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    <em>The Atlantic</em> Politics &amp; Policy Daily: Nancy Drew Enough Votes

    Members of the 116th Congress were sworn in today. Nancy Pelosi was elected as speaker of the now Democrat-controlled House.
    by Madeleine Carlisle Jan 03, 2019 3 minutes
    Source: Cliff Owen / AP

    What We’re Following Today

    It's Thursday, January 3. More than 100 congressional freshmen were sworn in today. Here’s what we were keeping an eye on:

    New Speaker: Members of the 116th Congress, the most diverse Congress in America’s history, were sworn in. Nancy Pelosi was elected as speaker—despite a few Democratic defections, many from freshmen representatives—of the now Democrat-controlled House. Most Republican representatives voted for the minority leader Kevin McCarthy.

    The partial government shutdown, the environment that House Democrats wanted to enter when they regained power. More on the first day of the new Congress below.

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