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Rhiannon12866

(205,798 posts) Wed Jan 4, 2023, 02:37 AM Jan 2023

New Clerk Cheryl Johnson makes history presiding over U.S. House - The Last Word - MSNBC

Former Missouri Democratic Congressman William Lacy Clay Jr., who has known new House Clerk Cheryl Johnson for more than 40 years, joins MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell to discuss her history-making term as the presiding officer of the House, pending the election of a new Speaker. - Aired on 01/03/2023.

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New Clerk Cheryl Johnson makes history presiding over U.S. House - The Last Word - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jan 2023 OP

Kicking for visibility SheltieLover Jan 2023 #1

Outstanding. Tactical Peek Jan 2023 #2

That's a good question. Lawrence O'Donnell announced that she'd be Clerk of the House last night Rhiannon12866 Jan 2023 #3

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)

1. Kicking for visibility

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Wed Jan 4, 2023, 02:54 AM

Jan 2023

Tactical Peek

(1,211 posts)

2. Outstanding.

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Wed Jan 4, 2023, 03:01 AM

Jan 2023

But I do not grok why she is referred to as the "new" Clerk of the House. Nancy Pelosi named her to be the Clerk in December 2018 and she took office in February 2019.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Johnson

Rhiannon12866

(205,798 posts)

3. That's a good question. Lawrence O'Donnell announced that she'd be Clerk of the House last night