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Temporary House speaker Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., gavels the House into recess after Republicans failed on a second ballot to elect Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a top Donald Trump ally, to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

North Carolina Rep. McHenry, who led House through speaker stalemate, won’t seek reelection in 2024

By Gary D. Robertson - Associated Press

Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., speaks during the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 15, 2019, during the second public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has nominated Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Swalwell for the Intelligence Committee in open defiance of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s vow to block them. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Rep. Eric Swalwell speculates Kevin McCarthy will be next to leave Congress

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves the Capitol after being expelled from the House of Representatives, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Washington. The House has voted to expel Santos following a critical ethics report on his conduct that included converting campaign donations for his own use, making him just the sixth member in the chamber’s history to be ousted by his colleagues. Expulsion requires support from two-third of the House. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

With the expulsion of Santos and ouster of McCarthy, the House is making unexpected history

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., talks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Nov. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Tempers flare and bills languish as Speaker Johnson confronts the same problems that vexed McCarthy

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters ahead of a crucial vote on a continuing resolution to keep the government funded at its current levels, a measure not heartily supported by the hard right wing of his party, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Johnson likely to survive passing clean stopgap, but the honeymoon is souring

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., speaks to reporters as Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the new House speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Lawmaker who helped boot McCarthy says former speaker elbowed him in kidneys

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks with reporters after hearing from U.S. Attorney David Weiss in a transcribed interview before members of the House Judiciary Committee, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in Washington. The special counsel overseeing the Hunter Biden investigation is testifying behind closed doors as a GOP probe into the Justice Department's handling of the case continues to unfold. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Gaetz files ethics complaint against McCarthy for elbowing Burchett

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., speaks as members of Congress hold a candlelight vigil for Israel on the steps of the U.S. House of Representatives, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in Washington. It is the one month anniversary of the Hammas attack on Israel. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Speaker Johnson still fine-tuning stopgap bill to avert shutdown as time wears thin

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., addresses attendees at the Republican Party of Florida Freedom Summit, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, in Kissimmee, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

McCarthy says GOP would benefit ‘tremendously’ if Matt Gaetz were gone

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a press conference with House Republicans and families of hostages being held in Gaza at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

Just 10 days before another government shutdown, Congress eyes Ukraine, Israel and border security

By Lisa Mascaro and Stephen Groves - Associated Press

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks with reporters as he arrives as Republicans meet to decide who to nominate to be the new House speaker, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

McCarthy gets a MAGA challenger for California House seat

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

House Speaker-elect Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., addresses members of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Republicans eagerly elected Johnson as House speaker on Wednesday, elevating a deeply conservative but lesser-known leader to the seat of U.S. power and ending for now the political chaos in their majority. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

New Speaker Mike Johnson holds favor with conservatives. Can he unite the GOP where others failed?

By Stephen Groves - Associated Press

Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., the temporary leader of the House of Representatives and the speaker pro tempore, speaks with reporters as he departs after a Republican caucus meeting in which they dropped Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, as their nominee for speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, the House Judiciary chairman and staunch ally of Donald Trump lost a third ballot of the whole House today. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

McHenry calls last three weeks ‘dumbest set of politics’ ever by a majority party

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Speaker-elect Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., puts the gavel down before speaking at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Mike Johnson is the new House speaker, but the ally of Donald Trump faces same GOP challenges ahead

By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves and Farnoush Amiri and Kevin Freking - Associated Press

Temporary House speaker Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., talks with Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., before Republicans try to elect Johnson to be the new House speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House elects Rep. Mike Johnson as new speaker, breaking weekslong stalemate

By Susan Ferrechio, Kerry Picket and Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., stands to vote for Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., in the House Chamber, as Republican members try to elect a speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023.

Matt Gaetz feels ‘vindicated’ with new House Speaker Mike Johnson after forcing out McCarthy

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., center, is flanked by Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., the temporary leader of the House of Representatives, left, and Rep. David Joyce, R-Ohio, right, as lawmakers convene to hold a third ballot to elect a speaker of the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

There’s a long list of candidates for House speaker as Republicans try voting again on a new leader

By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves and Farnoush Amiri and Kevin Freking - Associated Press

Former Speaker Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., who was ousted by the hardline conservatives in his own party Oct. 3, talks to reporters after Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, was dropped by House Republicans as their nominee for speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rep. Kevin McCarthy: Process for next House speaker is ‘embarrassing for the nation’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Then-Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., speaks as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Liz Cheney points finger at Kevin McCarthy for House speaker turmoil

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., leaves the Republican caucus meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

McCarthy endorses Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer for speaker

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times