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Chaos at the Heart of US Government

The House of Representatives tries (and so far fails) to elect a Speaker.

The House of Representatives tries (and so far fails) to elect a Speaker.

The US House of Representatives has been in deadlock for days after the new Republican majority failed to elect their leading contender Kevin McCarthy as the new Speaker. Americast chats to one of the Republicans voting against him, Representative Ralph Norman, about why they think McCarthy isn鈥檛 the man for the job.

And the team goes over the key findings from the conclusion of the Jan 6 committee鈥檚 inquiry with one of the panel members, Democrat Representative Jamie Raskin.

Americast is presented by North America editor Sarah Smith, Today host Justin Webb, the 成人论坛's Ssocial media and disinformation correspondent Marianna Spring, and North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher.

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This episode was made by Phil Marzouk and Alix Pickles. The studio director was Emma Crowe. The assistant editor was Simon Watts. The senior news editor was Sam Bonham.

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