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Electing a speaker is first test for GOP with razor-thin control of House

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Electing a speaker is first test for GOP with razor-thin control of House .

The chaotic passage of a year-end funding bill by the outgoing Congress could be a preview of a bumpy two years ahead .

Failure to elect a House speaker this week could delay the Jan. 6 certification by Congress of President-elect Trump ’s victory.

Speaker Johnson is proposing to amend the rules to require that a minimum of nine GOP members are needed to force a vote.

Mr. Johnson became speaker in October 2023 after California Rep. Kevin McCarthy was ousted by his own caucus.

The tumult under McCarthy , who left Congress last year , was driven by the House Freedom Caucus .