"Republicans will take control of the House this week vowing to hold the Biden administration accountable, but big questions remain over who, exactly, will be leading the chamber.
The drama will come to a head Tuesday as the full House gathers to elect a new speaker. Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) bid for that post is in serious doubt as a handful of conservative holdouts have yet to relent on their threat to vote against him.
McCarthy can lose only four votes in the election, which will also include votes for other leadership positions and a rules package. Five conservative lawmakers, led by Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, have publicly declared they would not back McCarthy’s speaker bid without major concessions on floor and committee procedures."
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