The Capitol rotunda awaits Jimmy Carter, who is set to be brought in soon.

Tenn. Rep. Tim Burchett says Johnson speakership vote will go multiple rounds. He's got the power to do that himself, as Johnson can't lose any more GOP votes.

Connolly disputes the notion that Dems were interested in newer, younger members to lead Dems on House Committees, says this race was about experience.

Dems, though, did pick younger candidates for AG and Natural Resources for ranking members today.

Johnson says that he’s confident he’ll get a majority of his conference to vote for the CR, and that GOP upset over the end of year bill won’t affect his speakership race in January.

Still, he’s got a tight margin next year and there’s no guarantee there won’t be GOP holdouts.

Johnson says the CR is meant to get Congress to the first quarter of next year so a full Republican majority can “put their fingerprints” on appropriations legislation.

House Rs are not unified in the CR, some are complaining that it’s yet another year-end spending bill.

At his weekly presser, Speaker Johnson says they’ve been working around the clock to get a CR done. Not really a clean CR though. Text expected today. Johnson says he hopes to keep to the 72 hour rule.

Additions likely include disaster aid, farm bill extension and PBM reform.

Speaker Johnson tells us not to expect a lot of detail from the DOGE meeting with Elon and Vivek today. This is more of an introduction to further work next year.

After Speaker Johnson bans trans women from women’s restrooms in the Capitol, Rep.-elect Sarah McBride says she will follow the rule, even if she disagrees with it.

New York Rep. Mike Lawler’s office is next to the Ethics Committee room. He came out to the stuffy hallway with some bottled water for the reporters.

Days after Rep. Nancy Mace introduced a resolution to bar Rep.-elect Sarah McBride, the first trans member of Congress, from using women’s restrooms in the Capitol, Speaker Johnson issues a new rule making it official.

Media is set up outside the House Ethics Committee room, waiting for them to vote on whether to release their report on Matt Gaetz. Staff just brought in two boxes full of binders.

House Democratic leaders for the 119th #Congress are at today’s weekly presser.

Dems are not only looking to chart a path forward electorally, but to distinguish themselves from Republicans in the coming Congress. Taxes, abortion, democracy are issues at the front.