According To Plan

To be fair, House Republicans haven’t promised anything other than made for TV shitshows so they are delivering.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) January 4, 2023

every single one of them cast their vote solely because they wanted to be in this infographic. https://t.co/KvybExZjyT

— Noah Berlatsky (@nberlat) January 4, 2023

Gaetz sent a letter to the Architect of the Capitol questioning why McCarthy is allowed to occupy the Speaker’s office. pic.twitter.com/gOlXOtlHQj

— Juliegrace Brufke (@juliegraceb) January 4, 2023

Yeah, this’ll be resolved soon.

What happens if there's no House speaker https://t.co/W0c5K9tVSx

— Axios (@axios) January 4, 2023

I was wondering about that. The implication of Gaetz’ letter is that there is no House in the 118th Congress. Seems that’s correct:

Why it matters: 

The House is in limbo until it elects a speaker. Members of the 118th Congress can't be sworn in, the House can't set rules to govern itself and it can't consider legislation or create committee assignments. 

House Republicans have pledged to unleash a slew of investigations, including some targeting President Biden — all of which would be on pause until a speaker is elected.

And this could take awhile:

Flashback: It took two months — and 133 ballots — for the House to elect its speaker in 1856. The last time the House has needed more than one ballot to confirm a speaker was 1923.

Happy days are here again!