House Proceeding on Jan 4th, 2007 :: 0:20:00 to 0:40:00
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be conducted. ahead will be the election of the speaker, nancy pelosi, and then the introduction of the house rules package. we are live from the house floor here on c-span. host: i look

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at congressman david scott of georgia a moment ago and we had a couple of red heads, adam putnam he has a new role as a father and he'll have a new role with the minority party as well guest:

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he will be the chairman of the republican conference. he will have the duty of nominating john boehner as speaker. nancy pelosi is going to be elected as speaker. putnam will put boehner's name

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in nomination. rahm emanuel will do the same for pelosi. host: this is a his storic day. on this day going back to 1995 that newt gingrich got the gavel from tom foley, he was elected adds

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seeker in 1993 on january the 5. what is your sense on talking to democrats? gloip they're excited about what happens over this 100 hours which is 100 consecutive hours, but 100 hours of floor

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time scripted out over the next week or so. they know there are going to be hard times ahead. most of the members who you were going to see in any kind of leadership position have spent 12

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years in the minority for the chance to lead again. there are going to be some frustrated ambition that is they're going to try not to take out on the former revenge. host: we saw rahm emanuel

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who played a key role in the campaign committee in getting a lot of candidates and successful candidates at that what is his role going to be with the party in the new congress? guest:

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he has been elected as the democratic caucus chairman. there was so utch interest in rewarding him for his efforts, the duties have been expanded to make sure it's a satisfactory role for him.

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rahm emanuel is someone who is very ambitious and there was an effort to make sure his political ambitions within the conference didn't go any higher than that that he didn't try to run for majority

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leader or something like that. he will be a player in the party and politics for years if not decades to come. host: the republicans had a couple of news conference in looking for the ability to

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have input, there is tom foley. at former speaker congratulating nancy pelosi on her victory and ascension to power. host: i'll ask you same questions about the republicans, what's their mood?

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guest:, there is joe barton who will lose his post. they knew what was coming long before election day. they were certain they were going to suffer losses. there is some resignation and i

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think they know that it's time for a turnover. they know that they have some housecleaning to do before they'll be ready to take power again. host: if folks are just joining us, we are

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live from the house floor. it's the first day of the 110th congress. we are getting some different views of the house and we get c-span cameras an pool cameras getting some angles that we don't normally

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see. you see delegate eleanor holmes norton. now the district has an interest coming up. are they going to get a vote on that potential bill to get them some voting rights? guest: that is

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what she is talking about right there, a new mayor, a new democratic majority in both chambers. they feel their time has come, the voting rights need to be restored and it will be an issue. whether

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they can deliver remains to be seen. there is complicated schemes involved, but it's an issue you're going to hear a lot about it. host: you might have noted the woman in the red dress, and

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barney frank of massachusetts. he'll take over chairmanship as well guest: he'll be the financial services chairman. host: i think it is. what are sort of his key issues? guest: it's going

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to be a huge reversal from the previous administration. barney frank is outspoken. he is extremely liberal. he is somebody that the democratic leadership doesn't necessarily have to worry about

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you but you can expect him to be talking with the chairman, chris cox, he will be no shrinking violet when it comes to economic debates over the next two years. host: incoming speaker pelosi

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and a number of the dell grates from guam, for example. we are live from the 110th congress. have you been in the gallery before on these opening days? guest: it is really something host:

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roy blunt who was the majority whip will be the minority whip. it is different than most days. it's fascinating to be in the gallery for some drawnout very tense votes. but it's a celebration

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of family is what is ruling the day. host: given what's ahead with the election of the speaker, beyond the rules package coming from the democrats is that unusual for an opening day like this?

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guest: no it's for the house to establish itself, to set its rules in place a little more dramatic when there is a shift in power. it's interesting to note some of the things democrats

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didn't change. they're going to retain term limits for committee chairmen which is something they had put in place and wasn't necessarily popular. she's very close to nancy pelosi, a big player in the

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leadership. george miller, no bigger supporter anti-lieutenant of nancy pelosi in the foreground there host: they will change his name, correct? gloip it's a very interesting sort of con

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notative thing that happens in a number of committees. what was the education and work force committee under republican role will be the education and labor committee under george miller's

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stewardship host: and that became education and work force in -- guest: i don't know but there are several kess that will revert. the resources committee will become the natural resources

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committee. the international relations can will go back to being foreign affairs committee. it's a very subtle but very interesting distinction the way they decided to describe these committees.

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host: we're live on c-span. joining us is tim from roll call. we're seeing former senator sarbanes on the house floor it guest: recently replaced by ben cardin in the senate. host: he's here

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because of his son, correct? guest: the one seat in maryland has been the seed that launched sarbanes, barbara, the senior senator from maryland and ben cardin, the junior senator and

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when cardin left, he was replaced by none other than sarbanes son. there is certain symmetry there. host: the texas respective -- respective in the past election, which delegationings, which

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was the most turnover and change? guest: you saw some of the smaller states like new hampshire where we didn't expect to see a lot of change. we saw a lot of change in indiana which is normally

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a republican stronghold, we saw three or four members. the midwest, the mid athletic, the northeast were the -- atlantic were the states that saw most of the change in the election. host: if

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you're just joining us, we are watching live coverage of the house, obviously. they are in a quorum vote. they are establishing the quorum, 218 members is the level for the house. the house

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numbers are 233 democrats and 202 republicans, the new democratic majority, we're understanding that 427 members have voted so it should come to an end fairly shortly, although it looks like

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this could be one of the votes they extend a little longer. there are so many people on the floor. host: another prominent californian who will play a prominent role in this canning host:

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albert from maryland. he had a close race in that state of the the congressional black caucus had a swearin of their members earlier today and you'll see that in our schedule on the c-span

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networks. we'll show some of the ceremonial swaringsin of members. the official swearingin is here but what is that ceremony i can't recall situation is all about? guest: a lot of that is for families

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and it's i chance for new members to spend some time with the speaker, have themselves and their families photographed with the new speaker or the minority leader in some cases. it's a

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chance for them to safer this moment. host: on the right-hand side of your psychiatry is jim, we mentioned majority leader steny hoyer with the green tie. you mentioned family and friends. how

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important is staff on a day like this? guest: i think it would be hard for a lot of these members to figure out where the floor is without staff. there is a lot of emphasis early on in making

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sure you got one or two central players in your staff. people who are maybe junior on a current member's staff who moved over to take a more senior roll on a freshman staff. these people are

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so overscheduled that it's important to them getting anything done around there host: you saw a shot of hank johnson i believe in georgia replaces sind they i can't. guest: he was one of the

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two self-identified buddhists being brought in in this class. >> are there additional representatives elect in the chamber who wish to record their presence? if not, all-time has expired.

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435 representatives elect have recorded their presence. a quorum is present. credentials regular and foreign have been received showing the election of the honorable louis as resident commissioner

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from the commonwealth of pore at that rikeco for a term of four years beginning january 3, 2005. the the honorable eleanor holmes norton as delegate from the district of columbia. the

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honorable donna m. christensen as delegate from the virgin islands, the delegate from american samoa and the honorable madeline as delegate from guam. [applause] pursuant to law and precedent,

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Rahm Emanuel: the next order of business is the election of the speaker of the house of representatives for the 110th congress. [applause] >> nominations are now in order . >> madam clerk. >> the clerk

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Speech By: Rahm Emanuel

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Rahm Emanuel: recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. emanuel. >> madam clerk, as the father of three young children, i'm particularly thrilled to be part of this moment. thrilled that a generation

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Rahm Emanuel: of young girls and boys across america are about to witness another historic step in our nation's march toward equality of opportunity. nancy pelosi's goal is a congress known for its

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Rahm Emanuel: ideas, not its insults. it's paidtism not its partisan. mad am clerk, as chairman of the democratic caucus, i'm directed by the unanimous vote of that caucus to present her election to