With that I want to congratulate the speaker.

I do not have the gavel.

I pass this great gavel of our government with resignation but with resolve.

As I hand you this gavel, I asked did you keep in mind of all the voices in America

that have a voice on this floor.

Before I hand the gavel over to our new speaker let me say to him simply let's bury the hatchet.

You're listening to Civics 101 I'm Nick Capadiche and

I'm Hannah McCarthy and today we are talking about the history and ever shifting

powers of what is sometimes referred to as the second most powerful job in

Washington DC the Speaker of the House.

Nick, so this position has been in the news an awful lot lately and probably shall continue to be in the months to come. So should we do an as of this recording thing here?

A major breakthrough in the House of Representatives

after three weeks of chaos and dysfunction among Republicans,

the GOP finally came together to elect a new Speaker of the House.

Conservative Mike Johnson of Louisiana...

As of this recording, November 1st, 2023,

after many failed votes and three weeks of no speaker in the House for the first time in

US history, the newly elected current speaker of the House is Mike Johnson.

He is a Republican congressman from Louisiana, and he is the 56th person to claim that role.

And I would really like to talk about what it means that there have been so many

failed votes, but can we just talk about the job first?

Absolutely, that sounds good. I'll save the current situation dealing with the

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