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Topic: Speaker of the House

Donald Trump listens as Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks during a press conference at Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on April 12, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Trump doesn't have the juice for Johnson

Heather Digby Parton

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is sworn in after he won the speakership on the 15th ballot on Saturday, January 7, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Kevin McCarthy's climate concessions

Zoya Teirstein - Grist

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) transfers the gavel to Speaker-elect Kevin McCarthy after Republicans won the vote for speaker in Washington, DC on January 6th, 2022. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

McCarthy claimed a hard-won victory

U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) talks to reporters as he leaves the House Chamber during the third day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 05, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Who really wins? The shutdown caucus

Lucian K. Truscott IV

U.S. Rep.-elect Lauren Boebert (R-CO) (L) and Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz (R-FL) walk to the House Chamber during the third day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building on January 05, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Will it even matter if McCarthy wins?

Heather Digby Parton

Reps. Lou Correa, D-Calif., left, Susan Wild, D-Pa., and Jason Crow, D-Colo., on phone, take cover as rioters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote in the House chamber of U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

The Speaker fight may stoke terrorism

Amanda Marcotte

Matt Gaetz and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Gaetz votes for Trump as speaker

Dana Marie Perino (Getty/Riccardo Savi)

Perino on speaker stalemate: "Get drunk"

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), addresses a crowd during an election night watch party at the National Ballroom at The Westin, City Center on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Kevin McCarthy ambushed by Matt Gaetz

Sarah K. Burris - Raw Story

Donald Trump (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Trump hinting at 2022 Congressional run

Matthew Chapman - Raw Story

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan announces his retirement during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 11, 2018. (Getty/Saul Loeb)

Trump lashes out at Paul Ryan

Meaghan Ellis - Alternet

Donald Trump speaks about the government shutdown on January 25, 2019, from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. (Getty/Alex Edelman)

Shutdown ends; Trump caves to Dems

(AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta/Salon)

Trump caves to Pelosi, delays SOTU

Nancy Pelosi (Getty/Alex Wong)

Pelosi to Trump: No SOTU during shutdown

Nancy Pelosi (Getty/Alex Wong)

Pelosi asks Trump to reschedule SOTU

Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds the gavel during the first session of the 116th Congress at the U.S. Capitol January 3, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Getty/Mark Wilson)

It's official: Pelosi is House speaker

Paul Ryan (AP/Getty/Salon)

Paul Ryan's disgraceful last act

Paul Ryan (AP/Susan Walsh)

Good riddance to the Speaker

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Paul Ryan (Getty/Mark Wilson)

Shed no tears for Paul Ryan

Nancy Pelosi (Getty/Alex Wong)

Nancy Pelosi: Designate a successor

Alton Frye - The Globalist

Nancy Pelosi (Getty/Zach Gibson)

Poll: Most don't want Pelosi to be speak

Nancy Pelosi (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Potential challenger emerges for Pelosi

Marcia Fudge; Nancy Pelosi; Seth Moulton (AP/Getty/Salon)

Nancy Pelosi has earned her shot

Amanda Marcotte

Nancy Pelosi (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Some Dems claim Pelosi won't be speaker

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