Article I of the United States Constitution creates the legislative branches of the federal government, including the United States Senate and House of Representatives. The vice president serves as president of the Senate, and the House is to be presided over by a speaker.

About two weeks ago, the House voted to remove the speaker, and as of this writing, has not replaced him. Because, as of now, it appears that no member of the majority party has enough votes to be elected speaker, and that the members of both political parties cannot work together to elect some present member of the House to serve as speaker. We need someone to serve as speaker through the end of the present session of Congress, or until the majority of representatives can chose a present member presumably from the majority party.