Democrats' COVID Relief Bill Is Popular

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🗓️ 23 February 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The team looks at the popularity of the Democrats' COVID relief plan and how both Democrats and Republicans are thinking about its provisions. Thee also tracks the latest voting restrictions being considered by Georgia Republicans, including a proposal to end early voting on Sundays, which is when Black churches traditionally mobilize voters through "souls to the polls" events. Lastly, they ask whether a recent survey of Americans attitudes about secession is a good or bad use of polling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:24.2	Hello and welcome to the 538 Politics Podcast.
0:34.4	I'm Galen Druke.
0:35.8	Congress is back in session and Speaker Pelosi said she expects to pass the house version
0:40.7	of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan by the end of the week.
0:45.6	We're going to talk about any hurdles to the bill's passage, how Americans view it,
0:49.8	and whether this is the kind of thing that could shape public opinion of Biden and the
0:54.4	Democrats.
0:55.4	We're also going to again check in on Georgia, where Republican lawmakers have proposed
0:59.8	additional voting restrictions to the ones that we discussed two weeks ago.
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