Hi, I'm Kendra. I'm Sasha. I'm Delphinium and I'm Azalea from the Bronx

I'm seven years old and I just got my second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in two weeks our entire family will be

vaccinated

This podcast was recorded at

Congratulations to all of you it is

206 Eastern on Tuesday November 30th which happens to be my mom's birthday happy birthday mom

Oh happy birthday, Scott's mom happy birthday

Things may have changed by the time you hear this okay

Hey there, it's the NPR politics podcast. I'm Scott Detro. I cover the White House

I'm dear Derwalsh. I cover Congress and I'm Mara Laias and National Political Correspondent

Okay, so you know how for the last few months we have said that Congress kept putting a lot of things on its to-do plate for the end of the year

It is now that time of year Congress has a lot to do as it returns

Including but not limited to raising the debt ceiling by December 15th

dealing with

Government funding which runs out at the end of the week trying to pass a

Generational bill that would do all sorts of of different major changes to the social safety net too many changes

You could argue which is why it's taken so long to pass here. We are and as all of this happens

There is a lot of personal tension in the House of Representatives especially

So dear Dramara can we get into all of this stuff of course sure?

Let's start dear Dram with build back better last scene passing the House of Representatives now

It's in front of the Senate really essentially it's in front of one man West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin

What has happened over the last few weeks? What happens next?

...