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Banning a book can boost sales of a book, but for other authors it can bring financial hardship.

I'm David Brancacci of First, the House of Representatives is without an elected speaker for

over a week now. No speaker of the House with authority complicates President Biden's plans to

send further aid to Israel. White House wants to combine that with more money for Ukraine.

Marketplace's Nancy Marshall Genzer is following this.

President Biden is urging Congress to, quote,

fund the national security requirements of our critical partners.

In normal times, funding bills start out in the House and the Appropriations Committee.

If the committee passes the legislation, it goes to the full house for a vote.

But the House can't vote on any bills without an elected speaker

and Laura Blessing at Georgetown's Government Affairs Institute.

Says the House speaker has to agree to put bills on the floor for a vote.

If the speaker doesn't like your bill, you can pretty much forget about it.

The difficulty in getting something passed that the speaker of the House is opposed to

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