Could Chuck Grassley Become Acting President if There's a Protracted Speaker Fight?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : If all goes according to schedule, the House will elect a speaker on Jan. 3, the election will be certified on Jan. 6, and Donald Trump and JD Vance will be sworn in on January 20, 2025.
44% : Hopefully, we all learned about that in school (unless you were one of the unfortunate young people subjected to Common Core).
41% : With a non-functioning House, Trump, Vance and the House Speaker are out of the chain-of-command, which puts the Senate pro tempore in as acting president.
32% : If there is no certification, Trump cannot be inaugurated as president.
32% : The best-case scenario would be for Republicans to elect a speaker on Jan. 3 and worry about leadership fights after Trump and Vance are seated.
17% : Republicans -- indeed, America -- cannot afford a protracted speaker fight right now, which is likely why Trump is pushing for a clean vote to elect Johnson quickly.

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