House Republicans are doing everything they can to project unity in anticipation of the party taking total control of government under President-elect Trump.

But the House GOP, which has been marked by chaos and faces another slim majority for the next two years, will encounter a series of obstacles as it aims to push through an ambitious agenda. Amid that, it is likely to grapple with surprises from Trump.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), tasked with rounding up votes for the party’s legislative priorities, forecasted those coming disputes.

“It may not always be smooth sailing, and we may have some disagreements along the way” as they work to implement the Trump agenda, Emmer said after being reelected to his post on Wednesday. “But I've always been a firm believer that there's more that unites us than divides us.”

Warring factions are trying to play nice. Under a deal struck by hard-line conservatives and anti-chaos Republicans, it will take at least nine members, rather than a single member, to force a vote on ousting the Speaker — which brought the House to a halt when House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was ousted last year.

In return, proposed measures to punish members who stepped out of line on procedural votes — once-rare moves that were used........

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