Congressional chaos

Amanpour

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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In Washington, today marks a new year, a new Congress, and a new balance of power. But right off the bat, the new Republican House majority is stumbling amid a leadership contest that could – at best – be long and drawn out, and – at worst – cause congressional chaos. At this moment, majority leader Kevin McCarthy does not yet have the votes to secure the speaker’s gavel. A small contingent of hardline right-wingers are standing in his way, but are they enough to endanger his election, given his party’s razor-thin majority? McCarthy has already given in to demands from these holdouts, including a rule that will make it easier to boot him out of office. Former Republican Congressman Will Hurd is author of American Reboot: An Idealist’s Guide to Getting Big Things Done and joins the show from Texas. Also on today's show: Noa Landau, deputy editor-in-chief of Haaretz; Aaron David Miller, former Middle East negotiator for the US State Dept.; Johann Hari, author of Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Amunpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:07.0	I for one am excited for 2023.
0:12.0	One party rule in Washington is ending and
0:15.2	accountability is coming. But first Republicans must get their house in order.
0:20.3	Former GOP congressman will heard on what a pivot in American leadership will actually mean.
0:27.0	Then a provocative visit to a sacred site from Israel's extreme right-wing new security minister, what will the country's most
0:35.1	hard-line government ever mean for its standing with the United States and beyond?
0:40.1	Plus, just a quick note before you check your phone.
0:43.5	Author Johann Hari on stolen focus,
0:46.5	why you can't pay attention and how to think deeply again. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpoor back live tonight from
1:10.0	London after what we hope were happy family holidays for everyone. In Washington today
1:15.3	marks a new year, a new Congress and a new balance of power. But right off the bat
1:20.9	the new Republican House majority is stumbling amid a leadership
1:25.3	contest that could at best be long drawn out and at worst cause congressional chaos.
1:31.7	At this moment, majority leader Kevin McCarthy does not yet have the votes to secure the Speaker's
1:37.0	gavel.
1:38.0	A small contingent of hard-line right-wingers are standing in his way, but they are enough to endanger his election, given
1:45.4	his party's razor-thin majority.
1:48.1	McCarthy has already given in to demands from these holdouts, including a rule that'll make it easier to boot him out of office.
1:56.2	My first guest, the former Republican congressman, Wilherd, is the author of American
2:01.2	reboot, an idealist guide to getting big things done and he's
2:05.8	joining me now from San Antonio Texas. Congressman Heard welcome welcome to
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