psychothumbsWhat If There’s No House Speaker for a Month? For a Year?!
The only absolute deadline is the end of this Congress in early January of 2025. You have to figure, however, that a leaderless House Republican team would not fare well in the 2024 elections.
I would not make that assumption. Republicans are doing exactly what their base, fueled by Right-wing media, want them to: absolutely nothing. The government that governs best governs least!
After a few months with no Speaker (including a shutdown), they will finally be able to drown the Federal Government in their bathtub.
The GOP lost its majority (of votes/voters of the general populace) a long time ago. The only reason they have power right now is due to gerrymandering and very specific rules that work in their favor.
But yes, this could ruin that as well.