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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder.
What government funding bill did the House advance and what is its status?
On Capitol Hill, House lawmakers have advanced a bill that would extend government funding until after the midterm elections, sending the package to the Senate on a vote of 220 to 205. Republican Majority Leader John Thune says the Senate will act before leaving town for the August recess. Here's NPR's Eric McDaniel.
Republicans want to avoid a third government shutdown, this one coming just ahead of the midterm elections. Democrats have forced two record-breaking shutdowns since President Trump began his second term, the first over federal subsidies for health insurance plans and the second over funding for the president's immigration enforcement agenda after federal personnel killed Americans in Minnesota earlier this year. Leader Thune says he'll work on a different version of the funding extension in order to attract needed support from Senate Democrats. If that doesn't pan out, he has a plan to pass a funding extension on a party-line vote, avoiding the chamber's typical 60-vote threshold using a parliamentary quirk known as reconciliation.
Eric McDaniel, NPR News, Washington.
How might the Senate use reconciliation to pass a funding extension?
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was on Capitol Hill Tuesday asking Congress for tens of billions of dollars to fund the Iran war. It was the first public hearing on the war since the ceasefire collapsed. Here's NPR's Quill Lawrence.
Straight from their opening statements, I have to say that neither General Kaine nor Secretary Hegseth mentioned Iran at all in their opening. And Secretary Hegseth, I didn't hear him mention the casualties over the weekend. The senators who opened the hearing and General Kane did offer their condolences. When the question started, they were pretty bluntly dodged by the secretary and even the chairman. Democrat Patty Murray asked Hegseth about President Trump's proposed toll on traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, asking who talked the president out of it. And Hegseth's answer was that the U.S. is blocking Iran's ports. Murray quoted Hegseth himself saying a few months ago that Iran's missiles were destroyed.
And Hegseth's answer to that was that Iran is at its weakest point in 47 years. So they were fairly well talking past each other.
The U.S. military says it has identified the remains of a third service member killed in Friday's attack on a base in Jordan. The confirmation brings a death toll to 18 since the Iran war began. Iran's interior minister has been meeting with Pakistan's military chief, according to state-run Iranian media, as MPR's Diya Hadid reports.
Pakistani officials, led by the army chief of staff, Field Marshal Asal Munir, have been mediating between the sides ever since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran in late February. Pakistan mediated the first ceasefire between the US and Iran on April 8. Then in mid-June, the country mediated a memorandum of understanding. It was meant to lead to negotiations for a comprehensive peace deal. But early this month, Iran targeted three ships in the Strait of Hormuz. It said they had violated the understanding, which Iran interprets as giving it control over the vital waterway. Clashes have been escalating since. Pakistani officials have called on both sides to adhere to the memorandum. Dee Hadid, NPR News.
And this is NPR News. Arizona voters have set up a couple of key House races heading into the November midterm elections. In Tuesday's primary, voters advanced President Trump's preferred nominees. In Arizona's 6th congressional district, GOP voters stuck with incumbent Juan Siscamani. He will face Democrat Joanna Mendoza this fall. Former NFL place kicker Jay Feeley won the GOP nomination in Arizona's 1st congressional district. The Democratic race remains too close to call. Both races are being closely watched as key to Democratic efforts to regain control of the House. Ottawa says there will be no joint ceremony for the opening of the Gordie Howe Bridge next week. Dan Karpenchuk reports that Canadian officials say it would no longer be appropriate given the current trade tensions.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:04
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What government funding bill did the House advance and what is its status?
0:04–1:00
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How might the Senate use reconciliation to pass a funding extension?
1:00–4:51
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What did Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth request on Capitol Hill about the Iran war?
4:51–5:04