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🗓️ 2 October 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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The US government is open for business at the cost of Ukraine aid. Semafor’s Jordan Weissmann explains how we got here. And White House communications director Ben LaBolt explains how the Biden administration is justifying the compromise. This episode was produced by Jon Ehrens and Miles Bryan with an assist from Siona Peterous, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact checked by Amanda Lewellyn and Laura Bullard, and engineered by Patrick Boyd and Rob Byers. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The honorable Kevin McCarthy of the state of California,
0:05.0	having received a majority of the vote's cast,
0:08.0	is duly elected Speaker of the House of Representatives.
0:12.0	Since the dawn of his speakership,
0:15.0	Kevin McCarthy's position in the House of Representatives
0:18.0	has been tenuous at best.
0:21.0	It took him 15 votes to win the position
0:25.0	and it's been a tough road ever since.
0:28.0	A military could not defend themselves if he trained him in work.
0:32.0	But this past weekend he faced his toughest challenge yet,
0:37.0	avoiding a government shutdown.
0:39.0	Nobody wins in a government shutdown.
0:42.0	Nobody wins in a government shutdown. I've been here.
0:45.0	And he pulled it off.
0:47.0	All he had to do was work with the Democrats.
0:52.0	Now, it might cost him his job.
0:56.0	Anyway, that's coming up on today explained.
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