Lawmakers in Washington gear up for major battles this fall
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🗓️ 6 July 2023
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USA TODAY Politics Reporter Miles Herszenhorn looks ahead, as lawmakers in Washington gear up for five major battles this fall.
U.S. Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith subpoenaed the Arizona Secretary of State's Office as recently as May.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds calls legislative special session to pass new Iowa abortion restrictions
USA TODAY Pentagon Correspondent Tom Vanden Brook explains how the Pentagon is tightening security after this spring's documents leak.
Americans are working fewer hours.
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson, and this is five things you need to know Thursday |
| 0:07.4 | the 6th of July 2023. |
| 0:11.4 | Today, an early preview at the upcoming fights between Biden and House Republicans. |
| 0:26.2 | Plus, we look at the subpoena for Arizona's Secretary of State's Office as part of a January |
| 0:31.1 | 6th investigation, and the Pentagon tightened security after this spring's document leak. |
| 0:43.8 | President Joe Biden and House Republicans are gearing up for a number of major battles |
| 0:48.8 | this fall. |
| 0:49.8 | I spoke with USA Today Politics Reporter Miles Harrisonhorn about what to expect. |
| 0:55.5 | Thanks for hopping back on the podcast, Miles. |
| 0:57.6 | Hi, thank you for having me. |
| 0:59.2 | Miles, let's start here. |
| 1:01.0 | Some Republicans have threatened to impeach top Biden administration officials. |
| 1:06.5 | Who are they focused on? |
| 1:08.0 | They're focused on a number of officials, but there are three people in particular that |
| 1:13.1 | have drawn the eye of Republicans in the House. |
| 1:17.3 | That is President Biden himself, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, and |
| 1:22.5 | FBI director Christopher Ray. |
| 1:25.2 | And what's their reasoning behind these impeachment threats? |
| 1:29.4 | So they all deal with slightly different issues. |
| 1:32.2 | The FBI director has drawn criticism from Republicans really since the raid on Mar-a-Lago |
| 1:38.9 | last year. |
| 1:40.4 | They view the Biden administration as weaponizing both the Department of Justice and the FBI |
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