On a personal note, January 3rd of an odd numbered year always brings back memories of new beginnings on Capitol Hill.  January 3rd is the date established in law for a new Congress to begin at noon. I remember the excitement of my first day working on The Hill.  I was 22 years old and joined my new boss, a new Representative, as we walked over from our office to the Capitol for him to take his oath of office.  Today a new Congress begins, and we have the added adventure of starting the day not knowing if the Republican Leader, Kevin McCarthy, has the 218 votes needed to be elected Speaker.

The voting for the new Speaker is the first order of business of the new Congress. At noon today any uncompleted legislation officially dies, every bill that will be considered by the new Congress must be reintroduced, starting the legislative process from the beginning.  For a possible trivia answer the Congress that ends today was the 117th, and the new Congress will be the 118th.

The tradition is for the two leaders of their party to run for Speaker; hence the candidates will be Kevin McCarthy and Hakeem Jeffries.  For the last 100 years the leader of the majority party has been elected Speaker on the first ballot; but 100 years ago on January 3, 1923, it too...

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