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.
wasting time for articles of impeachment against donald trump. todd pyro joins us live to break it down. despite talk of all of challenge it was nancy pelosi sworn in as speaker of the house. congratulations, madame speaker. [applause] the vote along party lines, nancy pelosi wins 220 votes, house minority leader kevin mccarthy with 192 votes. with their new powerhouse democrats approved most of sweeping new rules package that restricts spending, defeating progressive blowback from the likes of alexandria cardio cortez and it shakes up several voting procedures in committees. as for those committees the new chairs are jerry nadler of the house judiciary committee, adam schiff, chairman about intel committee, elijah cummings, the house oversight and reform committee and maxine waters, chair of the house financial