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This show is headed down your feed on June 5th, 2023 and I'm here to tell you congratulations

Today was supposed to be the X-Date in Washington the day the federal government would hit the debt ceiling and

Run out of money to pay its bills

But last week Congress did something it has trouble doing much of the time

It came to an agreement

Inside of seven days new spending legislation went from the negotiating table through the house

Over to the Senate and then back to President Biden to be signed into law

So Pamela we have a debt limit deal. It's flown through Congress. Are you celebrating?

So I think I'm the whole

Yes

Right because defaults

Especially for vulnerable populations really would have been catastrophic economically

Pamela heard is a professor of public policy at Georgetown University

The kind of person who reads the fine print when it comes to spending agreements like this one

For the last few weeks she has been particularly focused on one element of this debt limit deal

work requirements

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