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Speaker of the house. lauren boebert is one of the 20 republicans who has blocked kevin mccarthy from becoming the speaker. all of this is stopping the start of congress. and on behalf of americans who would like a functioning government, i've got one big question. why? joining me now is republican congresswoman-elect lauren boebert of colorado, to answer that very question. congresswoman, welcome to our program. you are opposed to kevin mccarthy -- >> thank you so much stephanie. >> i know negotiations took place tonight. is he now offering anything that will win your vote? >> i'm not persona...

Appropriations committee. anything mccarthy could do to sway their vote to him or are we past that point? >> i haven't heard revised requests, i know for the last 60 days we worked in good faith in conference, transparnotally, i would like to see written requests be written down. this is not just about 20 people, this is about 220 people and about 350 million americans who want to see a functioning government. anybody who has additional request needs to bring that before the conference like with a rules request. you have to remember, we have nearly 200 plus votes, move forward in electing a sp...

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0n the issue of a windfall tax, there is some support for that in parts of scotland, but in the north—east of the country in particular, there is concern that it might affect investment in the north sea, including in renewable energy. one of the problems facing northern ireland at the moment is that there is a big black hole in public finances. some £660 million has been overspent on public services due to the cost of so many things going up. and there is no functioning government in place here at the moment either to help tackle it. today, the chancellor said that northern ireland would ge...

Glasgow. the chancellor jeremy hunt glasgow. the chancellorjeremy hunt says his decision to increase public spending on health and education in england means there will be an extra £1.5 billion available for the scottish government's budget over two years, although the first minister nicola sturgeon says that money is being swallowed up by inflation and she accuses the conservatives of re—imposing austerity. it will be up to the acting finance secretaryjohn swinney to decide how to spend the money he does have and that will happen next month. he will also have to decide whether or not to re...