Why lawmakers can vote for House Speaker before taking their oath of office ...Middle East

The House reconvened on Wednesday at noon to continue the process to choose a new Speaker after it was unable to elect one during the first day of its new session.  Tuesday was the first time in a century that the House failed to elect a Speaker on the first ballot. House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) fell more than a dozen votes short of the votes he needed to win a majority through three ballots, placing the House at a standstill.  Article I of the U.S. Constitution states that the House shall choose its Speaker and that it may decide its own rules of how its proceedings work. But the Constitution does not say much about the role of the Speaker beyond this.  The House is r

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