As Congress Closes In On A Deal, Trump Says He Wants To Open U.S. By Easter
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🗓️ 24 March 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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And on a Fox News special, President Trump said that he hopes the United States can begin to get back to normal by the middle of next month, potentially setting up a clash with public health officials. Th
is episode: campaign correspondent Asma Khalid, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, and congressional reporter Claudia Grisales.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Kathy in Albuquerque, New Mexico. |
| 0:03.6 | I just finished recording a video lecture for my graduate students. |
| 0:07.4 | They're taking a class in the assessment of child language disorders. |
| 0:11.1 | Now I'm getting ready for my afternoon docket of video conferencing meetings. |
| 0:17.1 | This podcast was recorded at 2.13 pm on Tuesday, March 24th. |
| 0:23.2 | Okay, here's the show. |
| 0:25.0 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 0:30.1 | I'm Asma Khala that's covering the presidential campaign. |
| 0:32.4 | I'm Frank O'Rdenia as I cover the White House. |
| 0:34.8 | And I'm Claudia Grisales, I cover Congress. |
| 0:37.4 | Congress now seems to be close to a deal on a nearly $2 trillion stimulus bill. |
| 0:42.6 | And I know it feels like we have been close before, but this is different after lots of negotiations |
| 0:47.9 | yesterday. |
| 0:48.9 | It seems that things are moving very quickly. |
| 0:51.1 | Here's what top house Democrat Nancy Pelosi said to CNBC this morning. |
| 0:54.8 | I think there is a real optimism that we could get something done in the next few hours. |
| 1:02.6 | And Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell seemed to echo that sentiment on the |
| 1:06.9 | Senate floor. |
| 1:07.9 | Now, at last I believe we're on the five yard line. |
| 1:11.9 | It's taking a lot of noise and a lot of rhetoric to get us here. |
| 1:19.1 | That of course sometimes happens in this town. |
| 1:22.9 | So Claudia, before we talk about the status of the bill, we know that there is a lot in |
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