Weekly Roundup: New Speaker, Same Challenges
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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And, polls in New Hampshire are tightening ahead of January's primaries — even with a major candidate off the ballot entirely.
This episode: voting correspondent Ashley Lopez, congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.
The podcast is edited by Casey Morell. It is produced by Elena Moore and Jeongyoon Han. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.
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| 0:42.0 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Ashley Lopez. I cover voting. |
| 0:46.8 | I'm Deer Dwara Walsh. I cover Congress. And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent. |
| 0:51.1 | And today we're going to take a look at the new Speaker of the House, Louisiana Republican, |
| 0:56.4 | Mike Johnson, and the challenges he's facing, Deirdre, he seemingly has the support of his fellow |
| 1:02.1 | members after a very fraught election, but one of the things a speaker has to be able to do is help raise money, right, for candidates up and down the ballot. |
| 1:11.8 | And correct me if I'm wrong, but that's not necessarily a thing |
| 1:15.1 | Johnson's had to do before. Not at all. I mean, and he has big shoes to fill, you know, |
| 1:19.6 | the former speaker Kevin McCarthy raised all together with all the various super PACs and political |
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