9 GOP Lawmakers Running for Speaker, Israel Ground Offensive, SPLC Mute on Hamas Terrorist Attack | Oct. 23

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: There are now nine GOP members running for House speaker. The Biden administration proposes a $105 billion spending package with aid for Ukraine and Israel. Israel’s ground offensive has appeared imminent, but may be delayed. The Southern Poverty Law Center’s labor union takes a public stance on Israel’s war with Hamas. Over 3.2 million illegal aliens were encountered on America’s border in fiscal year 2023. Relevant Links https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/10/23/splc-labor-union-condemns-beginnings-genocide-gaza-makes-no-mention-israeli-victims/ https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/10/21/hold-biden-admin-reports-over-3-2-million-illegal-aliens-on-americas-borders-in-1-year/ Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Virginia Allen and this is the Daily Signal Top News for Monday, October 23rd. Here are today's headlines. It's a new week and the race for House Speaker has taken a new turn.
0:25.0	There are now nine GOP members running for the House Speaker.
0:30.0	On Friday, Ohio Republican Congressman Jim Jordan lost his third vote for Speaker.
0:35.8	He lost by a significant margin, only getting support from 112 Republicans falling far short
0:42.2	of that 217 votes needed to win the gavel.
0:45.7	During a secret ballot on Friday, the House Republicans voted to remove Jim Jordan as the
0:51.9	nominee for Speaker.
0:53.7	Now a number of lesser known Republicans
0:56.1	are running for the position.
0:57.8	House Republicans will hold a closed door meeting
1:00.0	this evening to hear from the nine candidates.
1:03.3	And those nine candidates include representatives
1:06.8	Tom Emmer of Minnesota, Kevin Hearn of Oklahoma,
1:10.9	Austin Scott of Georgia, Mike Johnson of Louisiana, Jack Bergman of Michigan, Byron
1:17.7	Donalds of Florida, Dan Muser of Pennsylvania, Pete Sessions of Texas, and Gary Palmer of Alabama.
1:26.0	It's likely that Republicans will hold a vote via secret ballot tomorrow on who that next
1:32.0	nominee will be, and they may hold a vote on the
1:35.1	floor of the house later this week so stay tuned we were going to be following
1:39.1	that closely here on the Daily Signal podcast.
1:42.6	But in other news on Friday, we learned
1:46.3	the Biden administration has proposed a 105 billion dollar
1:51.1	national security package that includes spending for both
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