Hello listeners. It is Thursday May 4th 2017. I'm Scott Bland, your host. May the 4th be with you,

this is the podcast you are looking for. You are listening to Politico's nerdcast.

We're going to start off this week's show where we have started. You are listening to Politico's Nurdcast.

We're going to start off this week's show

where we have started off a number of episodes

in recent months, health care.

House Republicans finally felt like they found a health care plan

that can pass through the chamber this week.

We'll talk about how they got there

just when it looked like things were collapsing.

That vote is scheduled later today.

And that chaos in the legislative process was mirrored by a frantic week at the White House

and turmoil at one of the conservative

movement's oldest institutions in Washington, the Heritage Foundation.

Former Senator, I should say, Jim DeMint, is out as president of the think tank and our panel, which broke the story last week, will tell

you why that matters.

And we'll also take a look at the people already retiring from the House of Representatives

and how that will affect the 2018 elections and just generally everything in Washington.

Some quick housekeeping before we dive in.

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