U.S. House Speaker drama could turn into nightmare for Americans

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U.S. House Speaker drama could turn into nightmare for Americans

STORY: U.S. House Speaker drama could turn into nightmare for Americans DATELINE: Jan. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:18 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Congressman Kevin McCarthy in U.S. House of Representatives election 2. various of Congressman Hakeem Jeffries 3. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: The U.S. House of Representatives elected Congressman Kevin McCarthy as speaker early Saturday morning after a historic deadlock that kept the lower chamber from being fully functional days after the new Congress convened. All House Democrats voted for Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from New York, making him the minority leader and the first African American lawmaker to run a party in either chamber of the U.S. Congress. To flip Republican holdouts, McCarthy reportedly made a series of concessions, including a lower threshold to force a vote on ousting the House speaker and a floor vote on a border security bill. He also promised that efforts to rai

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