OAN Staff Sophia Flores
11:02 AM – Friday, January 3, 2025
The House of Representatives will go to a second vote after failing to come to a majority consensus on who to elect as the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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The start of the 119th Congress began on Friday morning. The first order of duty for the House of Representatives was to convene to vote on a measure to elect a new Speaker of the House.
With a 219-215 Republican majority, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) could only afford to lose two votes….
