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Article snippet: House leadership races on both sides of the aisle are consuming the Capitol as major legislating grinds to a halt and attention shifts toward November’s midterms — and who will lead the parties through the high-stakes 2020 presidential season. While the first few months of the year were filled with legislative fights over immigration, guns and government spending, the last few weeks have been dominated by palace intrigue. And with Speaker MORE (R-Wis.) a lame duck, the rest of the year now looks like it will be filled with internal politicking — a situation some GOP lawmakers said they wanted to avoid ahead of what looks to be a difficult election season. “There is more unknown than I have seen in a long time,” Rep. on Tuesday. “I’ve been here 22 years and I have never seen this amount of uncertainty.” The House GOP leadership team is projecting an image of calm a week after Ryan’s sudden announcement that he won’t seek reelection. But behind the scenes, there is a storm brewing on Capitol Hill as party leaders try to figure out who should — or even can — succeed the Wisconsin Republican, and how soon that transition might take place. The House isn’t even staying in Washington the full week, canceling Thursday’s session in a sign of the light legislative workload. Ryan’s high-profile endorsement of his top lieutenant Rep. MORE (R-Calif.) to succeed him appears to have staved off a revolt to push the Speaker out much sooner than his planned January departure. But... Link to the full article to read more