The first day of the 118th Congress will be marked by the election of a new Speaker, a normally routine affair that has been a source of political drama over the last month as Rep. Kevin McCarthy struggled to lock up support from the Republican caucus
. He has backed House incumbents facing progressive challengers and has at times been met with skepticism from the most left-leaning representatives. Still, House Democrats remain more united than Republicans. Jeffries has emphasized building bridges across ideological lines and has found support among Democrats of all stripes.The Constitution requires a new Congress to convene at noon on Jan. 3 as long as the previous Congress did not make a law mandating otherwise.
After the Speaker takes the oath of office, the new Speaker administers the oath to the other members all at once on the House floor. Once that’s done, the next major tasks are electing administrative officers and approving a new rules package through a House resolution. Rules from the previous Congress don’t carry over, but the majority party tends to offer an amended version of the old package.
During the midterms, Republicans ran campaigns that criticized Biden’s handling of the economy, and have signaled that they plan to push to reduce federal spending, including cutting the amount of resources the U.S. provides to Ukraine.With Republicans in control of the House, oversight and investigations into executive decisions made by the Biden Administration will pick up steam.
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