5,593 Pages: Congress Strikes Spending/COVID Deal

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🗓️ 21 December 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

From direct payments for American households to mass transit, the Congressional relief package contains money for individuals and institutions affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

This episode: political correspondent Scott Detrow, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, congressional reporter Claudia Grisales, and health reporter Pien Huang.

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0:00.0	This is Elise from Phoenix, Arizona.
0:02.9	I'm sitting here at my computer, trying to figure out what to get my secret Santa this year,
0:07.9	who just happens to be my mother.
0:10.4	Hopefully I can figure that out soon because I need to get it shipped.
0:14.7	This podcast was recorded at.
0:16.9	I think a second hand mentioned in a time stamp is the greatest present of all.
0:20.3	It is a two-oat-is.
0:23.0	It's 2-10 Eastern on Monday, December 21st.
0:27.1	Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but I'll still be wishing I was home for Christmas.
0:32.5	Here's the show.
0:36.4	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast.
0:38.4	I'm Scott Detreau. I cover the Biden transition.
0:40.4	I'm Tamara Keith. I cover the White House.
0:42.7	And I'm Claudigh D'Souder. I cover Congress.
0:45.0	And before we get into the news, I just want to say maybe folks in Phoenix
0:48.0	do not appreciate this as well as folks in colder, darker parts of the country.
0:52.0	But today is the winter solstice, and that means from here on out,
0:55.7	the days get longer again.
0:57.3	It just gets brighter from here.
0:59.5	Yay.
1:00.8	And legislatively, maybe that's the case as well.
1:04.6	That was not planned.
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