This is it! January 3rd!
That’s right! The last day of the 115th Congress!
You’re probably a little more excited for the first day of the 116th Congress, of course. The one with the Democratic majority in the House. But first, we have to close the books on the 115th. Paul Ryan is still Speaker of the House, right now. I know! Gross, right?
Well, that all changes today. But, unfortunately, not until after the show is over. The plan is for the 115th Congress to convene today at 11 AM, wind up whatever miscellaneous business there might be, and then adjourn sine die, just in time to convene the 116th Congress at noon.
I don’t know whether to hope for excitement or not! Maybe they could whack a straggler from the old Congress with the Mace, or something. Just a little harmless chaos, for the sake of keeping it interesting.
Well, we’ll make something up, if necessary.
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For now, how about one on the house? Here’s what we did last time out, on our previous LIVE show:
How’s the resolutions going? Oh well, there’s always 2020. But, don’t give up on ‘19 yet. It all starts to get better tomorrow with the the entrance of the 116th Congress. There’s a lot of processes to process and David Waldman takes to process discussions like only he can: Lawmakers choose their weapons as they charge into the real shutdown fight. Greg Dworkin assures us there will be no process that will lead to a trophy wall for Donald Trump, so all that is left, is for Trump to declare victory. Donald hoped Mitt Romney would just lay back and enjoy the ride, but instead Mitt stood right up for a big warm swig of defiance. Will Romney turn out to be a Flake or a fake? The Christian Right has already been victorious in receiving their king, as anointed by the invisible hand of prosperity theology. Badass Harry Reid exits the ring soon, not before throwing a nice combination to the glass jaw of our Palooka in Chief. Joan McCarter tells us that the House Democrats have a plan to end the shutdown, and the Republicans will accept all of the blame whether they plan to or not. Next comes the elimination of PAYGO, and the implementation of the the Green New Deal… but that might be a couple too many plans.
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