And ‘Here we Go’‼️
Congress starting in the waining days of the Donald Trump Presidential era….
And Joe Biden finally get to the White House after several false starts…
Drama on how things will be after the middle of the weeks voting in Georgia…
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic loomed large over every aspect of Sunday’s opening day of the 117th Congress, with fears of spreading the virus front and center and lawmakers fighting over masks on the floor of the House.
Lawmakers crowded into the Capitol in the closing days of Donald Trump’s presidency for the swearing in of hundreds of members and the election of Nancy Pelosi to speaker, all amid a Republican effort to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.
But with the pandemic still surging across the nation, the ever-present threat of the coronavirus was already dominating the day. In the starkest example, House officials created a plexiglass enclosure in a corner of the visitor’s gallery to allow three lawmakers — two Democrats and a Republican who are in quarantine after exposure to the virus — “to fulfill their Constitutional duties,” according to the Capitol physician. The so-called “holding facility” was created with “the highest possible safeguards,” the physician said in a statement.
The three members all had a recent negative coronavirus test but were still in quarantine after exposure to the deadly virus, according to a statement from the Capitol physician….
CSPAN
@cspan
Nominees for Speaker of the House:
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), nominated by
@RepJeffries
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Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), nominated by
@RepLizCheney
.
Watch members cast their vote – LIVE on C-SPAN https://c-span.org/video/?507549-1/opening-day-117th-congress-us-house-representatives…
#117thCongress
If Pelosi actually leaves?
Look for Jeffries to run for Speaker…
Pelosi IS on her way to keeping her job as Speaker….
I am sure she will pull through, but they called the entire House and she is trailing McCarthy by two votes. (2 votes for Other, 2 Present)
So, they have to find more votes pretty soon
Correction
189 McCarthy
187 Pelosi
3 Present
2 others
1 race uncalled
1 seat vacant
So, where is everyone else? Watching the NFL?
Why are they doing this on Sunday anyway? I have never remembered this not being done on the first Tuesday of January.
Its now 194- 189 McCarthy,
Is this unexpected?
I assume a lot of House Members just slept in a bit more.
They are calling the names of those who have not voted. McCarthy up by 7 at the moment. I am sure Pelosi will win.
She will pull ahead at 4:20
Dave Wasserman
@Redistrict
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Breaking: Nancy Pelosi wins vote for speaker, w/ AOC among final Dems putting her over the top.
They said it would be close…
Remember the Democratic Majority IS small…
Chip Roy of Texas is a very conservative Congressman. He has vocally opposed the efforts to do anything to try to deny Biden when the Electoral Votes are counted.
Today, he went a step further and voted against seating *any* of the Members-elect, of either party, where Trump’s backers are claiming he really won. If Biden’s win in those states were illegitimate, how can the Congresspeople be sure they actually won?
At least he is willing to stand on principle, which is something his former boss Ted Cruz is missing.
CG, will you be resuming your weekly political commentary once the Electoral College and Georgia Senate results are declared?