I have a question for those with a lot more knowledge of the House of Representatives than I have... [View all]

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We know the Repuqs are going to take over the house with the majority in early January.

My question is "what happens if the repuqs aren't able to get a majority vote for speaker of the house on that day?
I understand they have to keep voting until ONE person has 218 (majority of the full house) votes to be chosen as "Speaker of the House".

Let's assume (I know, I know) that NONE of the repuqs get 218 votes. My understanding is they keep voting until SOMEBODY gets 218 votes. Because of the huge divisions in the repuq party with the extreme idiots on the far right, what happens if that vote goes on for weeks, or even months? Who controls the house if that scenario should happen?

And to get even more entertaining, what if NO repuq gets 218 votes for the whole term?

In either case, who decides who is on the committees? Who decides what bills to advance to a full vote of the house? Who decides which committees get to subpoena witness's?

Inquisitive minds want to know!