>SHUT IT DOWNNNN!!!!
In 2023, Republicans took five days — and 15 rounds of voting — to hand the speaker’s gavel to then-Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Jan. 7
That raises the prospect that the House could fail to elect a speaker before Jan. 6, the day reserved for Congress to certify the electoral votes that will make Trump president
If there is no speaker, there is no one with the procedural power to start the counting of the electoral votes. Without a speaker, the just-elected lawmakers cannot be sworn in — meaning they could not cast an official vote to certify the electoral votes or to re-open the government
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/shutdown-affect-new-congress-trump-inauguration-rcna184998