House Begins 119th Congress with Speaker ElectionSean Moran 2 Jan 2025
The House on Friday will convene the 119th Congress, starting with an election for Speaker of the House, swearing in of lawmakers, and passing the rules for the chamber.
The House will convene at 12:00 P.M. Eastern to begin the 119th Congress, which will start with a quorum call, prayer, and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
Immediately following the procedural opening of the chamber, the House must elect a Speaker, and the chamber cannot conduct business until it elects the leader of the legislative body.
A candidate for Speaker must receive 218 votes to become the leader. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is the presumptive first choice to lead the House after President-elect Donald Trump endorsed the Louisiana Republican.
However, that does not mean that Johnson will necessarily glide towards becoming Speaker. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) has promised to vote for someone else, and Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), and others, have said that many lawmakers still have misgivings about voting for the Louisiana lawmakers for Speaker.
Johnson will have a razer-thin margin to become the next Speaker. The House can take an unlimited number of votes to elect a Speaker.
It took 15 rounds of voting to elect then-Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as Speaker in January 2023.
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