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Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

105: Emily Bazelon & David Wessel

Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

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News Commentary, Politics, Government, News, National

4.73.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

James and Al are joined by David Wessel of the Brookings Institution to break down the challenges posed to our country by the debt ceiling, a stalled budget, and the real estate crisis in China. Then, Emily Bazelon of the NYT and Slate’s Political gabfest discusses the latest fronts in the war against Roe, and signs on to James’ idea for the next Supreme Court Justice.

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0:04.0

But did you know that when you expand your business to Canada,

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0:22.0

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0:24.0

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0:26.0

Learn more at investcanada.ca slash expand.

0:41.0

Hello and welcome to Politics War Room with James Carvelle and I'm Al Hunt.

0:45.0

This week we are joined by the writer for The New York Times and co-host of Slates Gabb Fest

0:50.0

and a Yale Fellow, Yale Law School Fellow, Emily Baselon and director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution,

0:58.0

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Wessel.

1:01.0

Remember, we take your questions each episode so write in the politics world.

1:05.0

Rome at gmail.com or send a tweet to atpliticon for next week's show.

1:10.0

We'll get to as many as we can, no forget to tell us where you're from.

1:13.0

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1:20.0

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1:24.0

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1:32.0

Hey James, the Democrats domestic initiative on Capitol Hill is teetering.

1:38.0

And if it goes down, it's going to be catastrophic for them, probably assuring a Republican tsunami next year.

1:45.0

But what's really great is it's some Democrats who are selfishly sandbagging their own party.

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