Situation: there are 100 inefficient government agencies

Solution: let’s create a new government agency to manage efficiency

New situation: there now 101 inefficient government agencies

Relevant xkcd

But I never thought the leopards would eat my face!

Don’t threaten me with a good time

I want off mister musks wild ride.

Ah good point. In this case Vance could be elected as vice president in the senate, and the assume the office of president until the house gets its shit together

So if they fail to elect a speaker and can’t certify before the 20th, in theory Chuck Grassely as president pro tempore of the senate, would assume office at least until such time that the votes would be certified.

That’s assuming they keep with tradition of electing the most senior member of the party in power to the position. In all likelyhood if this were even a remote possibility they’d put some trump loyalist in the position until trump was sworn in. Grassley may be a loyalist, I’m not entirely sure. And of course this is assuming the senate has their shit together. If they don’t, I think the current Secretary of State gets it.