Inside the stunning vote to force the release of the Epstein files

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  Good morning.

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  It's Wednesday, November 19th.

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  I'm Shamita Basu.

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  This is Apple News Today.

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  On today's show, the race to figure out a plan for healthcare subsidies,

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  how Iran ran out of water, and raccoons are showing signs of domestication.

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  But first,

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  the bill to force the DOJ to release Epstein files breezed through the House and the Senate yesterday and now heads to President Trump's desk.

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  This was the moment lawmakers in the House applauded abuse survivors and their families

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  as they passed the bill 427-1.

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  The bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

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  The single no vote was Republican Clay Higgins of Louisiana, who said he was concerned about,

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  quote, innocent people being hurt with the release of the information.

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  The vote was a major turnaround for the GOP,

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  which has for months largely resisted pressure to back the petition.

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  But as momentum was building in the House, Trump's decision to back it all but cemented the result.

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  Speaker Mike Johnson remained critical of the bill, even as he voted for it,

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  and said the way it had been rushed through would prevent careful congressional scrutiny.

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  That's why I had been opposed to it all along.

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  But having now forced the vote,

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