Today we're talking about the next speaker of the house, a medical emergency in Monday

night's football game, Ukraine's deadly strike on Russian troops, and other top news

for Wednesday, January 3rd.

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If you would test the character of anything, you only need to inquire whether that thing

leads you to God or away from God.

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Ready for your latest episode of Did Anyone Know This Is How The Government Works?

Yesterday, the house voted on who should be speaker of the house, a typically low drama

formality where the majority party, Republicans, chooses their party leader, Kevin McCarthy.

This time wasn't so seamless.

The speaker needed 218 votes to be elected, and McCarthy received only 203.

19 members of his house chose various other candidates.

In a second vote, 203 Republicans backed McCarthy and 19 backed Jim Jordan, despite Jordan

himself supporting McCarthy.

In a third vote, 20 Republicans supported Jordan.

Until the speaker is sworn in, the house can't do anything, so they'll just keep voting.

Multiple ballots haven't been required since 1923 when it took nine, but the record was

133 ballots in 1856.

Republicans for speaker of the house may be big U.S. news, but it's small kingdom of

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