The Republicans will take control of the House of Representatives: this is how the president of that legislative body is selected

It’s a journey the California lawmaker has ventured, unsuccessfully, on once before, in 2015, facing the same opposition from the right flank of the party he is expected to encounter this week. His first run for House speaker came when then-house leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, resigned after an internal party battle with members of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus.