The U.S. House Representatives began a vote on Wednesday that could elect Republican Mike Johnson as speaker, potentially bringing an end to a three-week-long power vacuum that brought all legislative activity in the chamber to halt.
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 Elise Stefanik predicted Johnson would, unlike the party's three previous nominees, win the 217 votes needed to claim the speaker's gavel.
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