Kevin's 11
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🗓️ 6 January 2023
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Once again, Rep. Kevin McCarthy failed to secure the votes he needed in the eleventh round of voting for Speaker of the House – even after offering new concessions to the far-right Republicans who continue to oppose him.
President Biden announced a major change to border policy, aimed at discouraging migrants from entering the U.S. from Mexico. It expands on a pandemic-era program used by the Trump administration to expel migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Venezuela who illegally cross the southern border.
And in headlines: South Carolina’s Supreme Court overturned the state’s six-week abortion ban, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin's condition is improving, and the Federal Trade Commission proposed a ban on non-compete clauses in job contracts.
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| 0:00.0 | It is Friday, January 6th. I'm Josie DeFu Rice. |
| 0:09.6 | And I'm Priyanka Eribindi and this is what a day where we are so glad that on the second |
| 0:14.6 | anniversary of the insurrection, things are finally chill at the Capitol. |
| 0:18.7 | Yeah, you know, I guess even though it's been 11 rounds, the voting for the Speaker of the House, |
| 0:23.9 | it could be worse. It could be. It has been. Yeah. |
| 0:31.1 | On Today's show, Dr. said Buffalo Bill's safety to Mar Hamlin is improving after collapsing |
| 0:35.8 | during a game Monday night. Plus, the U.S. has approved the first vaccine for honeybees. |
| 0:41.7 | I'm intrigued. Yeah. We'd love to know more. But first, after Kevin McCarthy failed to secure |
| 0:46.8 | the votes he needed in the 11th round of voting yesterday, there is still no Speaker of the House. |
| 0:54.3 | Despite offering new concessions to right wing Republicans who continue to oppose him, |
| 0:59.2 | he has bailed to secure their support. And for the record, it has not taken this many rounds |
| 1:04.4 | of voting to elect a speaker since 1859. That is pre-civil war for anybody keeping track at home. |
| 1:12.2 | Yep. So what are some of the sticking points behind all of this in fighting? Like, what's going on? |
| 1:19.6 | Right. What's the fuss about? So, I mean, it really just seems like a lot of these people |
| 1:23.9 | just don't want McCarthy to be the Speaker. There are currently 20 holdouts, many of the same people |
| 1:29.6 | who have been not voting for him since the beginning. Most of them are members of the House Freedom |
| 1:34.6 | Caucus, which is the far right wing of the GOP. And more than half of them have explicitly denied |
| 1:40.0 | the results of a 2020 election. Just so you get a sense of what we're working with here. |
| 1:45.1 | Nearly every one of the incumbents in this group voted against |
| 1:48.2 | certifying the 2020 election. So, like, you know, not only the worst people, but the ones who are |
| 1:53.6 | the least rooted in reality. As of now, most of them have been voting for Representative |
| 1:58.8 | Byron Donalds, a Florida, a few others have backed. Representative Kevin Hurn of Oklahoma, |
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