Vermont speaker and pro tem remain the same after first day of 2025 legislative session [Video]

TODAY MARKS DAY ONE OF THE 2025 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. TODAY HOUSE AND SENATE LAWMAKERS WHO WERE ELECTED IN NOVEMBER WERE SWORN INTO OFFICE. THE LEGISLATIVE MAKE-UP IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN THE PAST TWO YEARS. lots of new faces. REPUBLICANS PICKED UP NEARLY 20 SEATS IN THE HOUSE, SEVEN IN THE SENATE. democrats still have controls in both chambers. but it’s no longer a super-majority. NBC5’S STATEHOUSE REPORTER STEPHEN BIDDIX IS LIVE OUTSIDE THE HOUSE CHAMBER. STEPHEN WHAT DID THEY GET DONE TODAY? WHILE THERE ARE QUITE A FEW NEW LAWMAKERS IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE. THE TOP POSITIONS WILL REMAIN THE SAME AFTER TODAY’S VOTES… SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE JILL KROWINSKI DEFEATED HER CHALLENGER TODAY… AND SENATE PRO TEM PHIL BARUTH FACED NO OPPOSITION TO 01;22;23;01-01;22;25;02 <drop of gavel> WITH THE DROP OF THE GAVEL THE 2025 LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS UNDERWAY. DAY ONE CONSISTING OF A SPEAKERSHIP VOTE BETWEEN INDEPENDENT …