There are a few main things that have been under discussion. One involves what's known as the motion to vacate the chair. This is a tool that the hardline conservatives want to use to hang over McCarthy's head. They can put it forward and perhaps force another speaker vote.
The 118th Congress has begun with a showdown over who will be elected House speaker. Vox’s Andrew Prokop argues that this is the culmination of a decade-long trend of stonewalling in Congress.
Today’s show was produced by Amanda Lewellyn and Victoria Chamberlin. It was edited by Amina Al-Sadi and was fact-checked by Serena Solin. It was engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey and hosted by Noel King