A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — Washington and Congress have their own, often impenetrable, languages. So it may be somewhat confusing to assess what it means that the office of the speaker of the House of Representatives is vacant. Why, as a result, has Nancy Pelosi, who hasn’t been speaker since January, been kicked out of her office in the Capitol building? What does it mean for Americans that one chamber of Congress is in a state of paralysis? What’s below, compiled...