The battle for Congress

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🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Republicans are projected to take the Senate in November, but Democrats have a fighting chance to win the House — if they can turn out a broad anti-Trump coalition. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Matt Collette and Amanda Lewellyn, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Republican Congressman Thomas Kean Jr. at a memorial for Ukrainian soldiers. His contested House seat is key to the control of the House of Representatives next year. Photo by Serhiy Morgunov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'll look at the show Hurry Hurry to ring number two
0:07.1	See what they do in the Congress
0:10.8	Pass the laws and juggling bills and it's quite a thrill in the Congress.
0:17.0	Exactly two weeks from today Americans will decide not just who wins the presidency but the
0:23.9	makeup of our Congress. At the moment Democrats control the Senate and Republicans
0:31.3	control the House and that is why nothing ever gets done.
0:34.0	JKJK. But control of both houses and the presidency
0:38.0	means that a party in theory could get a lot done.
0:41.0	And so Democrats and Republicans are scrapping to the finish in a
0:44.6	handful of critical, crucial, key races. And what are those? Those are coming up on today's
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