Date uploaded: 2023-10-25 18:02:40
After 22 days, four nominations and countless closed-door meetings, House Republicans successfully found their unity candidate who was able to get the near-unanimous support they needed to become speaker. Not a single GOP lawmaker voted against Rep. Mike Johnson.
The Louisiana Republican now has a monumental task ahead of him: mending the deep divisions that has plagued the House Republican conference since it took control of the House in January.
The past three weeks of bitter infighting and turmoil has revealed at times how unwieldy the conference can be.
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