Republican House Majority Begins with Chaos

Published: Jan. 9, 2023, 8:06 p.m.

The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon. Brad runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. His show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon,' airs every Monday from 3-4pm ET.

The focus of today's show is chaos in Congress.
Brad is first be joined by Mica Soellner, Congressional Reporter for 'The Washington Times,' where she covers the House of Representatives.
The two talk about the 15 rounds of votes it took for Kevin McCarthy to become House Speaker, what he surrendered to the radical House 'Freedom Caucus' to secure the final votes, and their looming 'debt ceiling' fight.
Mica's Twitter handle is @MicaSoellnerDC.

During the second half of the show, Brad is joined by Sarah Jones, Editor-in-Chief of PoliticusUSA.
They discuss the tragic anniversary of the abortive Capitol coup, and then continue the show's earlier discussion on the radical right's takeover of the House of Representatives.

Sarah Jones is a 2 time Telly Award winner, and now hosts Politicus News and co-hosts Politicus Radio. The website for PoliticusUSA is www.PoliticusUSA.com and their Twitter handle is @PoliticusUSA. Sarah's handle is @PoliticusSarah.

Brad writes a political column every Sunday for 'The Hill.' He's on the National Journal's panel of political insiders and is a national political analyst for WGN TV and Radio in Chicago and KNX Radio in Los Angeles.
You can read Brad's columns at www.MuckRack.com/Brad-Bannon. His Twitter handle is @BradBannon.

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