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>> let us pray -- hong holy spirit, rekindle with them than the fire of divine love. respond to your word and the needs of your people. lord, set forth on the face of arth from here may come fourth good news for the pork, healing for the broken hearted, and renewed hope in the nation. let their go forth a proclamation to the people that captivity is ended and the action of to politics will set

of this nation free. putting self-interest aside in the search for the common good, made a just society flourished with the gifts of your spirit and the recognized by elders for its equal justice community, and peace. lord, made a 112th congress of the united states of america to be an instrument of your goodness with abiding laws and grace and clarity and policy statements reaching beyond institutional banking and public opinion polls. may every human life in this country be renewed with dignity and purpose. so it may truly be the glory given to your name as the three children of god, made in your image and conform to your saving

grace both now and forever, amen. [applause] >> members and their guests, please remain standing and join in the pledge of allegiance. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> you may be seated. as directed by law, the clerk of the house has prepared the official role of members elect.

certificates of the election covering 4356 in the 112 congress have been received by the clerk of the house and the names of those persons whose credentials show they were regularly elected as representatives in accord with laws of their respective state for the united states will be called. the representatives of-an elective will record their presence by electronic device and their names will be recorded in alphabetical order beginning with the state of alabama to determine if a quorum is present. representatives-elect will have a minimum of 50 minutes to record their presence by

electronic device. representatives-elect to have not obtained their voting id cards may do so now in the speaker's lobby. [general chatter]

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>> as mandated every two years, the house of representatives convening. we have live coverage and in hd, getting some views we don't normally see as members assembled. new and old members are going to get under way with the business of the day. what is that had this afternoon in the u.s. house? >> today is largely about of pomp and circumstance of bringing in the new congress.

the highlights of today will be the election of a new speaker and the adoption of a rules package that congress passed late last night that will make changes to the operations of the house that the republicans ran on in november. host: about the election of the speaker, it will presumptively b. john boehner, but some made expressed displeasure with nancy pelosi. >guest: in a secret ballot, heah shuler was an alternate for nazi policy. he said he will vote for himself today on the floor rather than vote for nancy pelosi. he expects a number of other a moderate democrats to follow suit. a few of his colleagues in the blue dog coalition said they plan to vote for mr. shuler as

well. it will be interesting to see where that number comes in. in 1987 when newt gingrich was running for that position, he had some ethics problems and there were nine republicans that voted for someone else or voted "rresent" for speaker. it will be interesting to see where that number comes in. host: this accord rules package -- is rules package was approved last night. why is it important? guest: it is an early test it is about how this debate will play out in the next congress. democrats are pushing back pretty hard against the rules package today. they are trying to make republicans back off of promises that were made in the election of republicans had talked about an attendance requirement,

posting attendance at committee hearings. they have moved back of that. even though today is largely ceremonial in many ways, the debate over the rules package which comes after the vote on the speaker is actually going to be pretty partisan. straight out of the gate, we will see a partisan clash over the very rules that will govern the operations of the house over the next two years. host: thank you for that perspective. congressman jim moran is on left side of the screen. about two o'clock 40, we expect the house to move on with this ceremony, the election of the speaker. we will hear from john boehner, of course, and later this afternoon the debate and vote on the new rules packers brett live coverage of the house on c-span.

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and meeting with members and shaking hands and posing for pictures as the 112 congress gavels in on this january 5. the likely speaker will be nominated here shortly. roll-call of members is happening now, a quorum call to bring members to the house floor. following this at about two o'clock 40 eastern or so, we extract the name of john boehner code to be placed in nomination for speaker of the house. that will be followed by a manual roll-call of the votes and the election of the speaker. later this afternoon, we will hear from john boehner as he takes over the speakership. what you don't see off and on c- span on our house coverage is the tally board. members are registering their presence. you don't see that as often because our normal coverage of the u.s. house is provided -- the cameras are provided by the

house gallery. on this opening day of the u.s. house in the 112 congress, you are seeing additional hd coverage by our c-span cameras. it is a different look, when we don't often see except for opening days or joint sessions of congress. this will continue throughout much of the afternoon. the house will vote later today, debate and vote on the new rules as the republicans take over the house with 242 republicans, 153 democrats. republicans get to set the rules for the management of the u.s. house. that is the debate at this afternoon sometime probably in the 2:00 hour. [crowd noise]

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[sound of gavel] >> representatives- he lacked in the chamber which to record their presence. if not, all time has expired.

434 member-citizens elect have recorded their presence, a quorum is present. credentials, regular, and formal have been received showing the election of the hon. pedro r. peroluisi from the commonwealth of puerto rico for the term of four years beginning january 3, 2009. the hon. allan r. holmes norton has a delicate -- eleanor holmes norton from the district of columbia. the honorable madeleine z. ordayos , the delegate from haslam. the hon. donaldm. christenson as delegate from the

virgin islands. the hon.movaya from a somewhat. the hon. seblong as delegate from the commonwealth of the northern mariana islands. pursuant to law and precedent, the next order of business is the election of the speaker of the house of representatives for the 112th congress. nominations are now in order. the house will be in order. [gavel] the clark recognizes the gentman from the great state of texas, mr. henson. >> madam clark, every congress represents a sacred responsibility to write a new and greater chapter in our republic's history.

the providence or destiny, a unique man of uniquely american values is now called to lead this effort. at that time when far too many of our countrymen remain unemployed, a former small businessman will leave the house to pass policy to encourage job creation. at that time when all agree our nation is on an unsustainable fiscal course, a fiscal reformer will ensure that this house never mortgages the torch of liberty in order to pay our debts. at a time when too many doubts that their children can enjoy a brighter future in our country, he has lived the american dream and well protected for our posterity like few others before him. this proud son of ohio, one of 12 children born into a working- class family, has waited

tables, multifloras, tended bar, or construction, worked his way to a college degree at night school, led a thriving company and through his state, is hard work, his values is now poised to become the next speaker of the house of representatives. he knows firsthand that unlimited opportunity can only arise from limited constitutional government. madam clerk, as chairman of the republican conference, i am directed by the unanimous vote of that conference to present for election to the office of the speaker of the house of representative for the one hundred 12 congress, the name of the hon. john a. boehner, a representative-elect of the state of ohio. [applause]

[applause] \ [applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] >> the clerk now recognizes the gentleman from connecticut, mr. larsen.

>> thank you. madam cler5k, as chairman of the democratic caucus, i am directed by vote of that caucus to present for re-election to the office of speaker of the house of representatives for the 112 congress a person that gives me great honor and privilege who has led with decency and dignity. i submit on behalf of this caucus, the name of the hon. nancy delassandro pelosi, a representative from the great state of california. [applause] [applause]

>> the name of the hon. john n. boehner, a representative-elect from the state of ohio and the hon. nancy pelosi, a representative-elect from the state of california have been placed in nomination. are there other nominations? there being no further nominations,the clerk appoints the following tellers. the gentleman from california, mr. lundgren, the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. brady, the gentlewoman from ohio, ms. captor, the gentle woman from florida, ms. leighton. the tellers will take their place in front of the rostrum.

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and those responding to their names will indicate by surname, the of their choosing. the reading clerk will now call the roll. [no audio] >> mr. ackerman -- [laughter] mr. ackerman of votes policy. perlosi. mrs. adams the votes john

boehner. akin votes john boehner. alexander votes john boehner. offmeyer votes shuler. amash boats john boehner. andrews votes nancy pelosi. austria boats john boehner. bacca votes of nancy pelosi. bachmann the john boehner. baccus votes john boehner. baldwin votes nancy pelosi. barletta boats john boehner.

of georgia. lewsis bartlett lotus john boehner. barton of texas about john boehner. basque of california votes nancy pelosi. basque of new hampshire votes john boehner. basera votes nancy pelosi. benicek load john boehner. berg boats john boehner. berkley boats nancy pelosi. berman the notes nancy pelosi.

biggert votes john boehner. filbrqay the john boehner. filraccus about john boehner. bishop of georgia votes present. bishop of new york votes nancy pelosi. bishop of utah and boats john boehner. black but john boehner. blackburn votes john boehner. blumenauer votes nancy pelosi. john boehner -- boehner bonner boats john boehner.

bonomac both john boehner. borin votes shuler. boswell votes nancy pelosi. bestani about john boehner. brady of pennsylvania but nancy pelosi. brady of texas votes john boehner. braley of iowa votes nancy pelosi. brooks notes john boehner. brown of georgia boats john boehner. brown of the florida votes nancy pelosi. buchanan about john boehner. buchan boats john boehner.

berkel both john boehner. burgess boats and john boehner. burton of indiana about john boehner. butterfield "nancy pelosi. -- about said nancy pelosi. hocalvert had the john boehnerchamp of michigan votes and john boehner. campbell of california about john boehner. canseco votes john boehner. cantor votes c john boehnervotesaptio about john boehner. capp the it's meant to policy.

-- about its nancy pelosi. cardoza votes costa. carnahan votes nancy pelosi. carney votes perlosi. carter votes boehner. cassidy votes boehner. castor of florida that it's nancy pelosi. shabbas votes boehner. chaffin the john boehner. chandler about nancy pelosi.

chu, pelosi,. ciccolini pelosi . clark of michigan,pelosi. clark of new york, pelosi. clay, pelosi. cleaver, pelosi. clyburn, pelosi. coball, boehner. kaufman of colorado, boehner. cohen, pelosi.

cohen, pelosi. [laughter] cull of oklahoma, boehner. cobnaway, boehner. connally of virginia, pelosi. conyers, pelosi. cooper, shuler. costa, cardoza. costello, pelosi. courrtney, pwelosi. cravak, boehner.

crawford, boehner. crenshaw, boehner. critts, pelosi. crowley, pelosi., cuellar, pelosi. culbertson, boehner. cummuings, pelosi. davis of california, pelosi. davis of illinois, p [elosi.. davis of kentucky, boehner. defazio, defazio --- degett, pelosi. delauro.

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dryer, boehner duffy, boehner duncan of south carolina, boehner. duncan of tennessee, boehner. edwards, pelosi ellison, pelosi. elmers, boehner. emerson, emerson, boehner. engels, pelosi. eschu, pelosi. serenfold, boehner. farr, pelosi

fataa, pelosi. filner, pelosi. fincher, boehner. fitzpatrick, boehner. flake, boehner. fleischmann, boehner. fleming, boehner. flores, boehner. forbes, boehner. fortenberry, boehner. fox, boehner. rank of massachusetts. pelosi.

frank of arizona, boehner. uyesen, boehner./ gallaglee, boehner. garramindi, pelosi. arnder,. boehner garrett, boehner. erlach, boehner. gibbs, boehner. gibson,. boehner. giffords, lewis of georgia.

giingrtey of georgia. boehner. gomert, gomert --- gonzalez, pelosi. goodlatt, boehner. gosar, boehner. gowdy, boehner. granger, boehner. graves of georgia, boehner. graves of missouri, boehner.

al green, pelosi. gene green, pelosi. griffin of arkansas, boehner. griffith of va, boehner. grihalva, pelosi. grimm, boehner. ginta, boehner. guthrie, boehner. gutierrez, pelosi. hall, boehner. halibusa, pelosi. hanna, boehner,. harmonm, pelosi

harper, boehner. harris, boehner. hartsler, boehner. hastings of florida, pelosi. hastings of washington, boehner. hayworth, boehner. hecht, boehner. heinrich, pelosi. b.ller, henserling, boehner. herger, herger-- boehner herrera butler, boehner.

higgins, pelosi. hines, . p. henschi, . p. hinohosa, p. hirono, p pelosi holden, shuler. holt, p. pelosi. honda -- [unintelligible] pelosi. hoyer, pelosi but.