In honor of The-House-Can't-Elect-A-Speaker Day:

In 1856--a Speaker election that took 133 ballots--a congressman attacked a reporter, biting his finger so badly that a newspaper described it as "catawompously chawed up."

I'd wager there's some modern-day catawampous chawing going on right now behind the scenes.

#SpeakerOfTheHouse #politics