speaker. rob: the vote fell along party lines with nancy pelosi getting 220 votes. house minority leader kenneth mccarthy with 192 votes. with their new powerhouse democrats approve most of the sweeping rules package that restricts new spending defeating progressive blowback from the like of alexandria ocasio-cortez and new ethics reforms and shakes up several key voting procedures and committees. the new chairs are jerry nadler of the house judiciary committee, adam schiff, chair of the house intel committee, elijah cummings, chair of the house oversight and reform committee, maxine waters, chair of the house financial services committee and it should neil, chair of the house ways and means committee, a veritable who's who on the trump impeachment express which got off to an inauspicious start.