After days of failed votes to elect a new speaker, the House is in limbo and questions remain whether Kevin McCarthy can unite Republicans. Plus, President Biden and Mitch McConnell appear together to tout infrastructure. Join Yamiche Alcindor, Ali Vitali of NBC News, Susan Page of USA TODAY, Carl Hulse of The New York Times and Yasmeen Abutaleb of The Washington Post to discuss this and more.

With a week of chaos in the House, the spirit in the Senate has been one of cooperation. This week, President Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell traveled to Kentucky to tout the bipartisan infrastructure act passed last year and the benefits of working across the aisle.

Airs Friday, January 6, 2023 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) House Turmoil & Senate Bipartisanship: After multiple days of failed votes to elect a new speaker, for the first time in 100 years, lawmakers cannot yet be sworn-in, and cannot conduct legislative business. The House is in limbo, and open questions remain whether Rep. Kevin McCarthy can reach the majority needed to claim the speakership, and unite the Republican Party. As the House feuds, the White House and the Senate strike a different tone: President Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appearing together in Kentucky this week to tout infrastructure in a show of bipartisanship. Joining moderator Yamiche Alcindor to discuss this and more: Susan Page, Washington Bureau chief, USA TODAY Carl Hulse, Chief Washington Correspondent, The New York Times Yasmeen Abutaleb, White House Reporter, The Washington Post Major funding for “Washington Week” is provided by Consumer Cellular, the estate of Arnold Adams, the Yuen Foundation, Sandra and Carl DeLay-Magnuson, Rose Hirschel and Andy Shreeves, Robert and Susan Rosenbaum, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS. Keep up with WASHINGTON WEEK anytime by visiting the website or joining the conversations on FACEBOOK and Twitter @washingtonweek.

The Jan. 6 committee is preparing to vote on urging the Justice Department to pursue charges against former President Trump and top lawmakers are scrambling to avoid a government shutdown. Join moderator Yamiche Alcindor, Monica Alba of NBC News, Carl Hulse of The New York Times, Nikole Killion of CBS News and Jonathan Martin of Politico to discuss these stories and more.

The Jan. 6 Committee is preparing to vote on urging the DOJ to pursue at least three criminal charges against former President Trump. The charges under consideration are insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government. Meanwhile, lawmakers scramble to avoid a government shutdown as Kevin McCarthy works to secure the votes to become House speaker.

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