Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA) said he would vote for “the lead candidate,” Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), for speaker of the House.

The Republican Party has a scant one-vote majority in the House of Representatives speaker election. This new Congress will vote on the position on its first day of session on Jan. 3. A speaker will be needed to certify the 2024 election results on Jan. 6 ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20. Meuser suggested that Republicans should take their complaints to the Department of Government Efficiency rather than taking it out on Johnson.