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🗓️ 2 January 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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This week, reporters Marianna Sotomayor and Marianne Levine join the show to discuss the House speaker drama that could unfold as GOP holdouts say they might not vote for current House Speaker Mike Johnson. Plus, what are Republicans' early legislative priorities – and are there signs that after winning the White House and both houses of Congress in November that the Republican party is far from unified?

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0:00.0	Look what happened. Is this crazy? We stand on the verge of the four greatest years in the history.
0:08.5	Make America great Hickley. How can you be against them?
0:17.5	Happy New Year and welcome to Sidebar from the Washington Post. I'm your host, Libby Casey.
0:22.4	Today, to kick off the new year, we have got something special, a conversation with two of my
0:27.0	newsroom colleagues who are reporting on some of the biggest stories of this moment.
0:31.3	Welcome to you both.
0:32.8	I have with me, Mariana Sotomayor, a congressional reporter who focuses on the House of Representatives.
0:38.3	But I ask you questions about basically everything having to do with the Capitol and down the street.
0:42.4	So thank you for being here.
0:44.0	And Marianne, National Political Reporter, who just finished covering up the 2024 election and has focused a lot on Donald Trump and the politics of this moment.
0:53.3	It's great to see you.
0:54.1	Thanks for being here.
0:55.1	Thanks for having us.
0:56.0	So hello, 2025.
0:59.5	So much is about to change.
1:01.2	And there's no buildup, right?
1:03.0	We know that Trump will get inaugurated on January 20th,
1:05.7	but Mariana, this is not a slow build for you
1:08.3	because you're hitting the ground running. We're taping this on Thursday,
1:12.3	January 2nd. Tomorrow on the 3rd, the House will vote to decide whether Speaker Mike Johnson
1:17.6	should keep the top job in the House. So we'll talk to you more about how that's all looking.
1:22.7	Also on today's show, what is Donald Trump up to as he counts down to the inauguration and how is his team
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