Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives kneel in prayer prior to a 12th round of voting for a new Speaker of the House on the fourth day of the 118th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2023. (REUTERS/Jon Cherry)
U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) walks out of the House Chamber during the fourth day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Jan. 6, 2023. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
U.S. Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) (R) talks to Rep.-elect Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) in the House Chamber during the fourth day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Jan. 6, 2023. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
US Republican Representative of Florida Byron Daniels speaks with a colleague after the 12th vote for House Speaker at the US Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2023. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images)
U.S. Rep.-elect Chip Roy (R-Md.) casts his vote in the House Chamber during the fourth day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Jan. 6, 2023. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) applauds in the House Chamber during the fourth day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Jan. 6, 2023. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
U.S. Rep.-elect Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) (R) tells fellow members, including Rep.-elect Anna Luna (R-Fla.) and Rep.-elect Mary Miller (R-Ill.), that he will support Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in that round of voting for Speaker of the House during the fourth day of elections at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Jan. 6, 2023. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Rep.-elect Andy Harris (R-Md.) (C) receives applause from his fellow Republicans after switching his vote for Speaker of the House to Republican leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) during the fourth day of elections at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Jan. 6, 2023. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
U.S. Rep.-elect Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) (R) talks to John Leganski, Deputy Chief of Staff for House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), in the House Chamber during the fourth day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Jan. 6, 2023. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
U.S. Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) delivers remarks in the House Chamber during the fourth day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Jan. 6, 2023. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
U.S. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) (L) talks to Rep.-elect Garret Graves (R-La.) in the House Chamber during the fourth day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Jan. 6, 2023. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Rep.-elect Chip Roy (R-Texas), Rep.-elect Mary Miller (R-Ill.), Rep.-elect Scott Perry (R-Pa.), Rep.-elect Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) and others talk to reporters in Statuary Hall after switching their support for Speaker of the House to Republican leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) during the fourth day of elections at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on Jan. 6, 2023. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
The chair of the Speaker of the House sits empty at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 5, 2023. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)
