As Senate GOP Demurs On Aid, Women Bear Brunt Of Economic Crisis

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🗓️ 9 October 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The Federal Reserve exists to lessen the severity of economic crises and its chair has been calling for more stimulus money for months. But Senate Republicans aren't likely to coalesce around a deal and mercurial negotiations between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin drag on.

And, what to expect from next week's Supreme Court confirmation hearings.

This episode: campaign correspondent Asma Khalid, congressional reporter Claudia Grisales, chief economics correspondent Scott Horsley, and national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, this is Chris Hammock from Fort Worth, Texas, and I'm making macarons.
0:06.3	Specifically since it's Filipino-American history month, they are Mango, Ube, and Bucobundan.
0:11.0	I would send you also, but I don't think the last in the mail.
0:14.5	Anyway, this podcast was recorded at 1.08pm Eastern Time on Friday, October 9th.
0:21.1	Let's face it, things will change by the time I finish this bake.
0:24.1	Alright, enjoy the show.
0:25.7	That's really impressive. I feel like macarons are one of those things I always aspire to make,
0:33.5	but never have actually tried.
0:35.3	It's not going to happen, not this lifetime, another one.
0:38.4	Well hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:41.9	I'm Asma Khalid, I cover the presidential campaign.
0:44.4	I'm Claudine Vincelis, I cover Congress.
0:46.4	And joining the show today, we've got our old friend back, Scott Horsley, Chief Economics
0:51.1	correspondent. Scott, it is always good to have you on the show.
0:54.2	Good to be with you.
0:55.4	So Scott, we have brought you on to talk about economics because the Federal Reserve job
1:00.1	in short is to alleviate financial crises.
1:02.8	And the man who runs the Fed believes Congress needs to pass another economic relief package.
1:09.0	Jerome Powell said in his speech this week that too much stimulus in response to the pandemic
1:13.8	is better than too little.
1:16.4	But it has been months since the Republican controlled Senate passed any coronavirus
1:20.2	aid bills and this week the Trump administration sent a lot of mixed signals about this all.
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