Biden Says He'll Make His Supreme Court Pick By The End Of February

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🗓️ 28 January 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says Democrats will move to confirm Biden's choice as quickly as possible. And Trump allies are under investigation for an electoral college gambit — but experts say that it's unlikely they will face criminal penalties.

This episode: White House correspondent Ayesha Rascoe, acting congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh, voting reporter Miles Parks, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Audrey from NOVA Michigan where we just got our 4 free COVID tests courtesy of the US government and Mara Lyson.
0:06.4	This podcast was recorded at.
0:08.8	It is Friday, January 28, 12, 12 pm.
0:15.2	Things may have changed by the time you hear it.
0:18.0	Okay, here's the show.
0:19.5	I wasn't ready for that joke.
0:24.0	Well, you know, Mara got it done, so everybody is getting their Mara test.
0:31.6	I hear Mara though now has moved on to getting Putin to pull back from the crane.
0:37.6	Okay, well she will get it done.
0:40.0	Okay.
0:41.2	Hey there, is the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:43.8	I'm Aisha Roscoe.
0:44.8	I cover the White House.
0:46.0	I'm Deer Deer Walsh.
0:46.8	I cover Congress and I'm Dominican Montenoro Senior Political Editor and Correspondent.
0:51.4	Just as Stephen Breyer formally announces retirement yesterday in an event at the White House.
0:58.6	My grandchildren and their children, they'll determine whether the experiment still works.
1:04.2	And of course, I'm an optimist and I'm pretty sure it will.
1:09.2	Does it surprise you that that's the thought that comes into my mind today?
1:14.1	But now the real kind of fun or just like the real work begins.
1:21.2	At least for the White House, Biden pledged during the 2020 campaign that he would tap a
1:27.1	black woman to be his nominee to the Supreme Court.
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