1.   Absent the leadership of a Republican president, GOP veterans expect several ballots Friday before a new chairman is chosen.

2.   He dominates the House, choosing chairmen and pushing legislation through with an authority not seen since Cannon.

3.   He holds news conference today, and Republicans choose committee chairmen.

4.   He would end proxy voting in committees and he will no longer automatically defer to seniority in choosing committee chairmen.

5.   House Republicans did go North when they chose their conference chairman, who will coordinate the partisan message of caucus.

6.   It is unclear how soon the company will choose a new chairman.

7.   The CBS board will choose a chairman in January.

8.   The Democrats will also choose committee chairmen, giving them control over moving legislation and nominees to the floor for consideration.

9.   The new chairmen were chosen by a steering committee made up of Hastert, the majority leader, the chairmen of several committees and representatives from each geographic region.

10.   They could schedule votes on bills, change the rules and choose committee chairmen.