Hi, this is Luke from Brooklyn, New York, and I just crossed the starting line at the

New York City marathon.

This podcast was recorded at...

I assume Luke was not that excited 26.2 miles later.

It is, I hope he finished though, it is 206 Eastern on Monday, November 8th.

Pretty cool.

They have changed by the time you hear this.

But please enjoy the show.

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

I'm Scott Detro, I cover the White House.

I'm Deerder Walsh, I cover Congress.

And I'm Mara Lias and National Political Correspondent.

Speaking of marathons, after months of tense negotiations and blown deadlines, the House

of Representatives, late, late Friday, more like early Saturday maybe, passed a $1 trillion

by partisan infrastructure bill.

This fulfills a major priority for President Biden's domestic agenda and cements a political

victory for Democrats.

We did something that's long overdue, that long has been talked about and washed it, but

never actually been done.

The House of Representatives passed an Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

That's a fancy way of saying a bipartisan infrastructure bill.

Of course, there's that other bill that has not yet passed, whose fate really overshadowed

...