What Next - McCarthy’s Impeaching Biden to Keep His Job
What Next | Daily News and Analysis
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4.3 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
House speaker Kevin McCarthy announced the opening of an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, but members of the Freedom Caucus—a group of right-wing Republicans with a taste for dramatic, extreme actions—had already moved on to fighting the next spending bill, potentially steering the government to another shutdown.
Guest: Jim Newell, Slate’s senior politics writer.
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| 0:00.0 | Getting money from clients can feel I'm trying to wrestle honey from a grizzly bear. |
| 0:04.2 | That hasn't eaten in days. |
| 0:06.4 | While an emerald skunk clings to your leg. |
| 0:08.5 | Not now, scusky. |
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| 0:12.6 | you can give customers more ways to pay and keep your cash flow flowing. |
| 0:16.7 | Soon, rather than wrestling a grizzly bear, |
| 0:18.8 | it feels more like you're cuddling a koala bear. |
| 0:21.9 | On a really soft sofa, while watching a favourite soap. |
| 0:25.2 | Oh God, believe she was her mother. |
| 0:27.4 | The healthy business, so do zero, with an X. |
| 0:31.2 | Oh, is that a pumpkin spice latte? |
| 0:33.2 | No, it's the pumpkin spice latte. |
| 0:35.8 | Starbucks. |
| 0:36.8 | Obviously. |
| 0:37.6 | You know, I once got so obsessed with pumpkin spice, I only wore orange for a month. |
| 0:41.2 | Ugh, that's nothing. |
| 0:42.4 | I once got so obsessed I got a pumpkin shame into my hair. |
| 0:45.0 | Oh yeah? |
| 0:45.6 | Well, last year I cured outside Starbucks for a week. |
| 0:47.8 | And my tent was a shame of a pumpkin. |
| 0:49.6 | Well, I'm changing my name to pumpkin spicy. |
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