Aderholt: Election of new Speaker might take ‘a week or two’

U.S. Rep. Robert Aderholt is concerned that the process of electing a new Speaker of the House could take a while because of the current divisions in Congress. Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives made history when Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was voted out of his position. Aderholt (R-Haleyville) told Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal” that it’s going to be tough for one candidate to unite the GOP. “[B]eing elected as Speaker of the House is not just being elected among the Republicans, it’s elected as a whole. So there has to be 218 votes that are cast for the Speake