Biden Intends To End COVID Emergency Declarations. Now What?

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🗓️ 3 February 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy was at the White House on Wednesday for talks as President Biden continues to insist that the U.S. paying its debts is non-negotiable. House Republicans remove Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota from her seat on the Foreign Relations committee. And in response to pressure from Congress, the administration says it will end the COVID emergency declaration. Here's what that means in practice.

This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro, and health correspondent Selena Simmons-Duffin.

This episode was produced by Elena Moore and Casey Morell. It was edited by Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Research and fact-checking by Devin Speak.

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0:00.0	This is Victor calling from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Earlier today, when I was asked for a podcast recommendation,
0:07.1	I suggested the MPR Politics podcast with Mithani Maturi and Lexi Piddle. Sorry hosts, I forgot the names.
0:15.6	This podcast was recorded at...
0:17.4	Oh, 12.33 pm on Friday, February 3rd.
0:21.2	Now, I imagine someone will probably be out there finding new classified documents, but here's the show.
0:30.1	You know, it's shout out to Mithani and Lexi. They deserve their credits too.
0:33.8	I mean, the fact that he pronounced both of those names correctly,
0:37.0	which are two of the tougher names, I mean, you know, props to him.
0:41.3	Hey there, it's the MPR Politics podcast and Susan Davis, I cover politics.
0:45.2	I'm Tamara Keith, I cover the White House.
0:47.2	And I'm Domenico Montanera, Senior Political Editor and Correspondent.
0:50.0	And President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy had their first meeting at the White House this week
0:54.9	to begin what could become very intense negotiations to raise the debt ceiling.
1:00.2	The nation's current debt limit is just over $31 trillion.
1:05.4	Publicly, their positions have been this. Biden says he wants the debt limit raised without conditions.
1:10.8	And McCarthy says the House can't pass a bill unless there are some kind of spending cuts as part of the deal.
1:16.9	So, Tam, how'd this first meeting go?
1:20.3	Well, if you asked Speaker McCarthy, it was a great meeting.
1:25.4	And he did meet again.
1:26.5	Yeah, I mean, like they did. They agreed to meet again.
1:30.0	According to the White House, though, it was a frank conversation.
1:33.2	Yeah.
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