Instead, most legislators will swear without a single guest company to reduce coronavirus exposure, and have been asked to stay in their offices except during voting. Capitol physicians have issued a stern warning against “any kind of gatherings.”
Even the election of Pelosi – what could be the final turn with Gavel for him – would be a lack of a common theater of votes for him to confirm the next speaker. The vote is likely to take itself three to four hours, as legislators swap through chambers in small groups to reduce the risks of the virus.
Pelosi wrote in a letter to his members before the swearing-in ceremony on Sunday that “since we have all been sworn in today, we will not accept a responsibility, as we have faced the leadership of previous generations.”
Pelosi will still face its tightening margin after Republicans swayed more than a dozen seats in November. The biggest threat to his uncle, however, will come from the absence of possible democracy, as legislators cannot vote for the speaker by proxy.
Pelosi told his caucus in a private call last week that his “opponent is Kovid.” But the math didn’t seem to bother as much on Sunday morning, with Democrats just expecting an absence from their side – the rap. Elsie Hastings, who is battling pancreatic cancer. Republicans were expecting two absentees – Repress. Elected David Vladao and Maria Elvira Salazar, both of whom recently tested positive for coronavirus. The second seat will be open: the 22nd District of New York, where the Democratic Rep. Anthony Brindisi and G.O.P. No race has been called between claimant Claudia Tenny.
“I am confident that today’s election of Speaker will show the United Democratic Caucus ready to face the challenges ahead, and we are ready to set our country on a new path,” Pelosi wrote in a note to its members.
The vote will, once again, seal Pelosi on the record books, and after losing her, as the first woman in six decades to retrieve the speaker’s jewels and the first woman to hold office.
Senate control, meanwhile, remains uncertain, with Georgia’s two-run race scheduled for Tuesday, deciding whether Mitch McConnell or Chuck Schumer will be the majority leader.
Sunday’s proceedings will mark the start of a packed week in Congress, which will include a chaotic but devastating attempt by Republicans to oust id biden as president.
Alabama Rep. In House. Moe Brooks and Sen in the Senate. Several GOPs led by Ted Cruz. Members have vowed to challenge those results in Trump’s last blow, reversing Baden’s victory. Sen. Josh Haley Wali (R-Mo.) G.O.P. Was the first senator to join the effort. Trump and his supporters have claimed that – without evidence – that Biden won simply because of “voter fraud,” but that the legal challenges of Trump and his allies have largely failed.
That gamble will take place on Wednesday Jan January, when the House and Senate will meet orally for a joint session to formally count the votes of the elected college. Vice President Mike Pence will be put in a precarious position to lead the joint session. That process, which would take a little over half an hour, is now until late Wednesday night or maybe. The stretch is expected to last until late Thursday night, especially since about a dozen G.O.P. After the senators signed the effort on Saturday.
Each of the early week’s proceedings, from the first quorum to the Electoral College College Ledge vote, will generate a logistical dream for Capitol executives, who will still be accused of protecting members during a raging coronavirus outbreak.
Unlike many in 2020, when many House legislators could vote by proxy and limit their travel to DC, members will be required to vote individually until the new rules package is adopted at the start of the 117th Congress.
That means hundreds of members will move to Washington after spending time with families during the holidays – probably D.C.
The freshmen will be sworn in as a group on the class floor, preserving at least some part of the house’s bi-annual tradition. But in a drastic change from previous sessions, each newly elected member will be allowed only one guest in the House Gallery on Sunday. (Returning members are not allowed guests.)
Congress leaders have stepped up coronavirus responses in Capital in recent weeks, including an in-house test site that provides results within 24 hours. Nevertheless, many legislators and aides are deeply concerned about the spread of coronavirus in the scattered capital complex.
More than 0 members and elected members have tested positive in recent months, many of whom have been hospitalized. Last Tuesday, legislators called on their soon-to-be ally, G.O.P. Mourned the death of the Rep.-elect Luke Letlow of Louisiana, who died in Covid-19 at the age of 41 and was just a few days old Away from their swearing.
Overall, the 117th Congress will include more than 60 incoming House members, with 14 Republicans reversing seats and helping to remove a slim majority of Democrats.
G.O.P. The new category includes a record number of women – there was only 1 female member last term after the conference – as well as a mix of ethnic and racial backgrounds – much needed women. Some newcomers are actually returning members: Rep. Darrell Isa (R-California.) And Pete Sessions (R-Texas), as well as Waladao.
A G.O.P. No. The new candidate, Rep.-elected Marianette Miller-Mix, will sit as “provisional”, while she was declared the winner of the race by a margin of just six votes. Her Democratic challenger, Rita Hart, has challenged the House for a closer look at the race, in particular, about two dozen ballots she claims have been improperly excluded from the count.
