Vol 3- The US government:
First of all, context for people from other countries:
In the United States, government is split between three branches. The executive branch (President, Vice President, and other executive positions), The Judicial Branch (the Supreme Court and other courts), and the Legislative branch (The Senate and the House of Representatives). The 3rd most powerful government position in the US is the leader of the House of Representatives which is called The Speaker of the House. That election has been going on for several days now. The first time since the time since the years following the Civil War when the vote has taken more than 1 round of voting. That was 164 years ago. Tonight it took not 1, not 2, not 3, but 15 voting rounds to elect a speaker.
My thoughts: Thank god for the U.S. House not having control of C-span cameras during the election of the Speaker of the House. Tonight everyone who watched has witnessed history. Messy history…but history nonetheless. 15 votes for speaker!! Crazy! Congress is more divided than ever and though the drama is obviously interesting, A LOT of work has to be done to make congress unite enough to get work done and function in the best interests of the American people.