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Oct 2023
59m 49s

Help Wanted: Speaker of the House

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About this episode

Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. On this edition, Joe and Kailey speak with:

  • Bloomberg News Congress Team Lead Megan Scully after Rep. Jim Jordan loses a third vote for Speaker of the House.
  • Democratic Congressman Dan Kildee of Michigan about the current state of the House of Representatives that remains without a Speaker.
  • Bloomberg Politics Contributors Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and Rick Davis about the chaos in the Congress and President Biden's Oval Office address on Israel and Ukraine.
  • Former Commanding General of US Army Europe Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges about the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
  • Former US Ambassador to China and former US Senator from Montana Max Baucus about the relationship between China and Russia.

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