Who Wants To Be Speaker Of The House Of Representatives?

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🗓️ 20 October 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) failed to win a majority of votes in the House on his third attempt to become speaker. The Republican conference then decided Jordan will not be their nominee for the role going forward, bringing the chamber back to a now familiar impasse. How will Congress move forward, and will it do so in time to act on President Biden's Oval Office request for more military funding for wars in Israel and Ukraine?

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0:21.1	Hello, this is Tim from Shiboygan, Wisconsin. Getting ready to run the minds of Spain
0:26.5	100 Mile Ultramarathon in Dubuque, Iowa.
0:30.0	Whoa. This podcast was recorded at 2.39 pm on Friday, October 20th.
0:36.8	Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but I'll still be putting one foot in front
0:41.2	of the other with a smile for every mile. Okay, here's the show.
0:50.5	I feel like our listeners are trying to one up each other with increasing intensity
0:54.8	of their athletic endeavors. That is insane. 100 miles. No, thank you, sir.
0:58.5	I mean, good luck. But no, thank you.
1:00.3	Having played basketball last night for the first time in about a month,
1:04.5	I was, was hard to get out of bed. So doing 100 miles, it's not going to happen.
1:10.1	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Tamara Keith. I cover the White House.
1:14.2	I'm Susan Davis. I cover politics.
1:16.1	And I'm Dominican Montenegro Senior Political Editor and correspondent.
1:19.2	And for the 18th time this year, the House of Representatives has held a vote to elect a speaker
1:25.2	of the House. And for this 17th time, they've come up empty.
1:29.6	No person having received a majority, the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not
1:34.8	been elected. That, that is the sound of a continuous loop that we are now all in.
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