Thursday, November 17th, 2022

Morning Announcements

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🗓️ 17 November 2022

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Today's headlines: Republicans have officially won control of the House of Representatives, with the current seat count at 218 to 210 seats for Democrats; The Respect for Marriage Act received enough votes for the Senate to agree to vote on it; Mitch McConnell has officially been re-elected minority leader. Oregon voters approved a measure to strengthen gun ownership requirements in the state. The missile that killed two Polish citizens was most likely an accident. Revolutionary protests against the Islamic Republic in Iran continue to escalate, with four protesters being sentenced to death. Finally for today, NASA launched its Artemis I rocket yesterday, which is expected to pave the way for the US to send astronauts to the moon for the first time since the 1970s. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: Washington Post: Republicans narrowly win House, ending full Democratic control of Congress AP News: Same-sex marriage legislation clears key Senate hurdle NY Times: Mitch McConnell Beats Rick Scott, Holding Onto Republican Leadership Role AP News: Poland, NATO say missile strike wasn’t a Russian attack BBC: Iran hands out more death sentences to anti-government protesters Axios: NASA launches its new Moon rocket for 1st time Host: Sami Sage Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Thursday, November 17th, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:07.8	by Betches Media.
0:08.8	On your host, Sammy Sage, and the Morning Announcements is your daily five-minute breaks-on-of-the-headlines
0:13.8	that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality show there is.
0:18.7	Our government.
0:21.1	Republicans have officially won control of the House of Representatives.
0:27.6	With the current seat count at 218-210 seats for Democrats, there are seven more races
0:33.2	left to call as of this recording at midnight EST last night, which is when I finally finished
0:38.4	recording after working on this week's extra extra about Elon Musk, so please subscribe.
0:44.2	Not to be upstaged by the House, the Senate was also quite active yesterday, especially
0:48.7	when you consider how many octogenarians there are.
0:51.9	The respect for Marriage Act received enough votes for the Senate to agree to vote on it,
0:56.0	which remains how they do things in spite of it all.
0:59.0	And now it will likely go to a final vote to pass and to laws as soon as this week or later
1:03.0	this month.
1:04.0	Quite the range.
1:05.6	The respect for Marriage Act does not quite codify the right to same-sex marriage, as much
1:09.6	as it suspends the Defense of Marriage Act, and requires that states that do not have same-sex
1:14.1	marriage laws on their books still recognize marriages from states where they're lawful.
1:19.1	So it's not doing nothing, but also don't call me codifying, baby.
1:24.8	The other big news out of the Senate is that Mitch McConnell has officially been reelected
1:28.5	minority leader.
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