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Paralyzed US House is an “absolute nightmare” - Sen. Chris Murphy
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Paralyzed US House is an “absolute nightmare” - Sen. Chris Murphy

A House (of bickering Republicans) divided against itself cannot stand. According to Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, who sat down with Ian Bremmer for an interview on GZERO World, the chaos in the House chamber due to Republicans' inability to nominate a House speaker may, in fact, be a feature, not a bug.

Israel-Hamas War: Can the US count on its Arab allies?
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Israel-Hamas War: Can the US count on its Arab allies?

Can you count on your partners when the chips are down? That's what President Biden is likely wondering after his trip to the Middle East was severely curtailed. US Democratic Senator Chris Murphy was particularly keen to discuss this in his interview with Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu greets US President Joe Biden in Israel
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Podcast: What's the US role in the Israel-Hamas war? Views from Sen. Chris Murphy & Rep. Mike Waltz

Listen: Two weeks into Israel's bloody war with Hamas, what role should the US government should play in the conflict? Ian Bremmer asks Senator Chris Murphy, the Connecticut Democrat who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Republican Representative Mike Waltz of Florida, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

America's tightrope walk with the Israel-Hamas war
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America's tightrope walk with the Israel-Hamas war

As the death toll mounts in Israel’s war with Hamas, Ian Bremmer asks Senator Chris Murphy and Representative Mike Waltz: What role should the US government play in the conflict?

Congress after the attempt to overthrow democracy: Democratic Senator Chris Murphy
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Congress after the attempt to overthrow democracy: Democratic Senator Chris Murphy

Two-term Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut joins Ian Bremmer to talk about his harrowing experience during the Capitol riots of January 6, why he thinks an impeachment trial is still valuable even if Republican support for a conviction looks increasingly unlikely, if he believes President Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus package will pass both chambers, and how he thinks US-China foreign policy should change under the new administration.

Senator Murphy on abolishing the filibuster, a Senate tool he has famously employed
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Senator Murphy on abolishing the filibuster, a Senate tool he has famously employed

Should Democrats push to eliminate the Senate filibuster in order to overcome Republican opposition to their legislative agenda? Bremmer posed this question to Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, a man who famously launched a 15-hour long filibuster of his own on gun control in 2016. The hedged reply by Senator Murphy indicates that eliminating the procedural rule may be harder than many progressives may have hoped.

Senator Chris Murphy on why impeachment trial should proceed despite a likely acquittal
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Senator Chris Murphy on why impeachment trial should proceed despite a likely acquittal

Although many Senate Republicans have signaled their intentions to acquit former President Trump of impeachment charges, Democratic Senator Chris Murphy thinks the trial should proceed anyway. If the situation was reversed, Murphy adds, and it was a president from his own party being impeached, he would still want to hold that president accountable. Murphy's conversation with Ian Bremmer is part of the latest episode of GZERO World, in which Bremmer is also joined by freshman Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace.