Bob, lets begin with opening day at noon. Guest there was controversy couple years ago, a couple members in the house did not realize when they would do the swearing in. They were by a Television Screen and thought they could get sworn in that way. That will not happen again. They will get sworn in. A first vote they will have is for the house speaker. House republicans have chosen john boehner and the the democrats have chosen nancy pelosi. Thats the first order of business. There is some drama expected. Yes. And there had been speculation of republicans going after john boehner. He has been weakened over the past couple months. That is not going to happen. We have been talking to members sandy will be reelected as speaker. Big difference between two years ago when it came in. He was elected unanimously by House Republicans for speaker. This time there will be at least one but we are expecting a few defections. We dont know who they will vote for. They have to vote for a person. They
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