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When Will We Get a New House Speaker?

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Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

On October 3 the House of Representatives ousted California Congressman Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker. After the withdrawal of initial GOP nominee Steve Scalise, their next nominee, Jim Jordan, failed to receive a majority of votes in an election held Tuesday. The House leadership vacuum becomes increasingly problematic as President Biden continues to pledge U.S. support for Ukraine and Israel. We talk about the dysfunction in the House and how it might resolve. Guests: Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs, Princeton University - His most recent books include "Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974" and "Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party" Lee Drutman, political scientist; author; senior fellow, Political Reform Program at New America Joan Greve, senior political reporter, The Guardian US Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Mina Kim. Coming up on forum, Republicans this morning again failed to elect a new speaker after Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan was unable to secure the votes needed on a second ballot.

1:28.8

The inability of the Republican House majority to govern is happening at a terrible time.

1:33.9

Quote, the world is on fire, says Princeton historian and political analyst Julian Zelzer.

1:39.1

The Israel-Hamas war rages, as does Russia's war on Ukraine,

1:42.2

and the nation faces the prospect of a government shutdown

1:44.6

next month. Yet back in Washington, Congress cannot do its work of allocating defense

1:49.6

spending or negotiating a funding compromise. We talk with Zelzer and others about how a party

1:54.4

that cannot govern hurts us all, and what can be done about it. Join us.

2:05.4

Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim.

2:10.5

Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan has again failed to secure enough votes to ascend to the speakership when several Republican holdouts denied him the gabble.

2:14.3

And now it's even more unclear if Jordan, the hard right Trump ally and

2:18.7

election denier, will ultimately prevail. But here's Oklahoma Representative Tom Cole making

2:24.6

the case for Jordan today. I don't think anybody in here on any issue of any substance

2:30.8

would have to guess where Jim Jordan is going to stand. He doesn't deceive.

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