House Impasse Continues
The NPR Politics Podcast
NPR
4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis, congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh, and senior political editor & correspondent Domenico Montanaro.
This episode was produced by Elena Moore and Casey Morell. It was edited by Casey Morell. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Research and fact-checking by Katherine Swartz. Thanks to Lexie Schapitl.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Amal and Morgan in Lansing, Michigan. |
| 0:02.7 | We are walking into our first day of our internship |
| 0:04.8 | with the Michigan House of Representatives. |
| 0:06.9 | This podcast was recorded at 5.47 pm on Thursday, January 5th. |
| 0:12.3 | Things may have changed by the time you hear this. |
| 0:14.7 | OK, here's the show. |
| 0:15.8 | Oh, nothing like young idealistic staffers and politics. |
| 0:23.5 | I mean, it's a good thing considering what we're going through |
| 0:25.8 | right now that politics is still how things get done. |
| 0:29.3 | A lot of lessons being learned this week. |
| 0:30.9 | Hey, there. |
| 0:31.4 | It's the MPR politics podcast. |
| 0:33.2 | I'm Susan Davis. |
| 0:34.0 | I cover politics. |
| 0:35.2 | I'm dear Drew Walsh. |
| 0:36.0 | I cover Congress and I'm Dominican Montenegro, |
| 0:37.9 | senior political editor and correspondent. |
| 0:40.2 | And for the third day in a row, |
| 0:42.3 | the House of Representatives is still |
| 0:44.4 | unable to elect a speaker. |
| 0:46.6 | Still 20 Republicans continue to vote for candidates other than |
| 0:50.6 | California Republican Kevin McCarthy, |
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