How Congress Could Find Itself Paralyzed, and New Orleans Attack Update

国会如何发现自己陷入瘫痪,以及新奥尔良袭击的最新情况

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2025-01-03

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  • Today's Friday, January 3rd.

  • Here's what we're covering.

  • We live in very serious times.

  • We cannot afford any palace drama here.

  • We have got to get the Congress started so there's no time to waste.

  • We have to stay unified.

  • At noon today on Capitol Hill, the House will convene to elect a speaker, but there are already signs that it could be a contentious vote.

  • The current speaker, Republican Mike Johnson, is the leading candidate, and he's been struggling to keep his party united behind him despite an endorsement this week from President Elect Donald Trump.

  • Several far right lawmakers are upset with Johnson for compromising on a spending bill last month that narrowly avoided a government shutdown.

  • And because the GOP holds such a razor thin majority in the House, Johnson can effectively only afford to lose one Republican vote, which already seems guaranteed to happen.

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