The House vote to determine the next speaker is scheduled for Jan. 3, three days before a joint session of Congress is set to certify President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory.

However, a protracted battle for the former could delay the latter, Politico reported. That’s because Congress can’t do anything else until it elects a speaker.

Republicans last month won the White House and control of both chambers in the next Congress, and many in the party are eager to get started on the Trump agenda.

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