Kevin McCarthy Faces A Likely Bruising Path To Speaker Of The House

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🗓️ 14 December 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

It could be the most rancorous contest for Speaker of the House in the modern Congress — even though there is no clear alternative candidate. What will the process look like and what concessions might McCarthy have to make to secure the top job?

This episode: voting correspondent Miles Parks, political correspondent Susan Davis, and congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh.

This episode was produced by Elena Moore and Casey Morell. It was edited by Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Research and fact-checking by Katherine Swartz.

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0:00.0	Hello, this is Karen. I'm originally from Maryland, but right now I am in the cloud forest called Montevere Day in Costa Rica.
0:10.2	It's 5.20 in the morning here, and I'm on my way to my first ever guided bird walk.
0:16.1	This podcast was recorded at
0:18.7	145 pm on December 14th, 2022.
0:22.5	Things may have changed by the time you hear it, but hopefully I'll have seen a resplendent capsule.
0:28.1	Okay, here is the show.
0:34.4	I love the noises. I know.
0:36.4	Costa Rica is on my list. I've always wanted to go there.
0:38.4	We had tickets March 2020 that we had to cancel that.
0:41.6	I still haven't been. I want to go so bad.
0:44.1	You are overdue, Miles.
0:45.3	Yeah, I know. I need to get there.
0:46.8	Hey there. It's the Empire Politics Podcast. I'm Miles Parks. I cover voting.
0:50.5	Susan Davis, I cover politics.
0:52.3	I'm dear Drew Walsh. I cover Congress.
0:54.0	And today, you can probably guess based on the cast we've assembled here, we're talking about
0:58.8	the new Congress, specifically leadership where Kevin McCarthy is running into roadblocks on his
1:04.1	way to becoming the next speaker of the house. It's looking to be one of the more contentious
1:08.5	leadership votes of a modern Congress. With a four vote GOP majority, McCarthy needs
1:14.0	basically unanimous Republican support. And guys, I'm pretty sure he doesn't have it at this point.
1:19.6	He does not.
1:20.8	So where are we at?
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