What Next: Why We Still Don’t Have a Speaker of the House

Oct 24, 2023

Joseph Zeballos-Roig, Congress reporter at Semafor, discusses the ongoing search for a new Speaker of the House among Republicans. The podcast explores the failed attempts of candidates to secure votes, the conservative record of Steve Scalise, and the involvement of Jim Jordan. It also highlights the complexities of solving Congress's problems and the state of disarray within the House GOP conference.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

The Stalled Speaker of the House Election

01:46 • 2min

Potential Replacement for Speaker of the House and the Bid of Steve Scalise

03:24 • 2min

The Battle for Speaker of the House

05:46 • 15min

The Inability to Solve Congress's Problems

20:50 • 2min