From Washington: House Speaker Stalemate Continues

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🗓️ 21 October 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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The U.S. House of Representatives has been without a Speaker for over two weeks since the ousting of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). Republican members remain divided over who should fill the vacant speaker’s chair, and will now wait until next week before they take another vote. FOX News Senior Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram discusses what happened behind the scenes this past week, why Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-OH) bid wound up failing, and what Republicans may throw their names in the hat next. Hamas’ brutal terrorist attack on Israel on October 7th has brought the threats posed by Iran and its proxies to the forefront. As the U.S. fears the nation will try to expand the war between Israel and Hamas even further, there is also a growing concern about U.S. national security and protecting our homeland. Former Ambassador at Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Nathan Sales, to discuss why Iran is a "complete concrete threat" and how Iran and terrorist groups could be taking advantage of America’s porous southern border. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Saturday, October 21st, 2023, I'm Jessica Rosenthal. The speaker's fight drags on again.
0:10.7	Jim Jordan is voted down, and after two weeks of infighting, the question remains, who
0:16.3	or what can Republicans agree on?
0:18.6	There is such a tone of desperation right now among House Republicans, the fact that we're
0:23.3	going on as of Tuesday, three weeks without having a House speaker.
0:27.2	The Biden administration says there's no direct evidence Iran knew of Hamas's planned
0:31.9	attack on Israel, but either way, Iran's a big supporter of the group and other proxies
0:36.9	that could pose a threat to our homeland.
0:39.9	So Iran doesn't get to hide behind like standards of proof that would be applicable at a criminal
0:45.2	prosecution. This isn't criminal law. This is intelligence assessment.
0:50.0	This is the Fox News rundown from Washington.
0:58.0	After losing a third ballot in his run for speaker and after the conference voted against
1:07.3	him continuing to run, Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan conceded.
1:10.9	Well, it was, I told the conference, it was an honor to be there, speaker designee.
1:17.0	But I thought it was important that we all know the next question, they want to be
1:23.0	continue in that role. And so if we put the question to him, they made a different decision.
1:29.9	I told the conference that I appreciate getting to work with everyone, talk with everyone.
1:34.0	I got to know members in our conference that didn't really know that well over the last three
1:37.8	weeks. And that we need to come together and figure out who our speaker is going to be.
1:45.7	We're going to work as hard as I can to help that individual so that we can go help the American
1:50.0	people. Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said quite
1:52.8	bluntly now more than two weeks without a speaker that this was bad.
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