SO MUCH SNOWW (Boston area)

I was starting to think we just weren't going to get anything significant... But alas:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/01/23/metro/boston-will-likely-see-snow-monday-afternoon-then-another-storm-wednesday/

Lots of snow in Boston area!

Way more than seemingly predicted and it keeps coming down. Super pretty but please be careful if you absolutely need to drive

Ukraine will receive additional Patriot missile Battery from Germany

This is in addition to the one the US is already providing. Just saw Biden announce this. Super good news!

https://apnews.com/article/biden-united-states-government-olaf-scholz-germany-84fc07af2356d8d02adec2e987d06c0a

Power sharing agreement would hurt the crazy 20 more than McCarthy

The GOP funded their re elections, and they are essentially breaking from the party giving Dems a clear plurality. If they commit to this and a power sharing agreement or Jeffries Speakership results, they will be the ones that the vast majority of the party takes their rage on with primaries, etc. Not so much McCarthy imho

How many more votes for speaker will there be before one is chosen for the 118th congress?

This is assuming that the 7th vote goes a similar direction as the last 6.

Vote hasn't started and McCarthy already lost

Just based on the applause for Dan bishop, McCarthy will lose this vote too.

Who will be the Speaker of the House for the 118th congress?

Has anybody ever won the most votes in a speaker election 6 times in a row??

(Going on 7th now??)

Go Hakeem Jeffries!!

Rep. Don Bacon:preliminary talks with Dems for consensus candidate "underway"

Don Bacon would work with Dems to elect moderate speaker if McCarthy bid falls short

Opinion piece by Don Bacon explaining this possibility:

https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/02/opinion-if-mccarthys-speaker-bid-fails-democrats-might-have-to-be-part-of-the-process-rep-don-bacon/

It’s going to be very close if indeed the supposed defectors follow through with their promises (and if 11 out 434 vote “present” then the Dems could actually win the speaker vote 212-211). I wonder how likely a coalition type scenario could be? Surely the hardliners would flinch before that becomes nearly a reality. Don Bacon is chair of the more moderate Main Street gop caucus. If the vote goes sour for McCarthy, they have enough votes(13) to be kingmaker . 🤔