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The Breakdown with Shaun King

Ep. 214 - Congress needs to end their recess and get back to work - even if remotely.

The Breakdown with Shaun King

The North Star

News, Society & Culture

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Today Nancy Pelosi is suggesting that she may extend the congressional recess - which is outrageous. They need to find a way to get back to work. Shaun also has an important update on California's jails and prisons. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Right now as we suffer through the coronavirus pandemic in the United States,

0:08.0

Congress, the people we've elected to represent us, they're in recess, which is preposterous all by itself.

0:16.8

They need to be able to get back to work to pass all the legislation that we need so we can

0:22.2

continue to do what we do as everyday Americans, but not only

0:26.1

are they in recess. Yesterday, the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi suggested that

0:31.8

they might extend the recess, which is ridiculous.

0:35.8

Hundreds of millions of people, billions of people around the world are working remotely,

0:41.3

and Congress needs to do the very same thing. Today let me

0:45.3

unpack and explain that and I have a very important update to give you on prisons

0:49.8

and jails in California, while California has done more than a lot of states to beat back the

0:55.1

coronavirus, they haven't done nearly enough in jails and prisons. This is Sean King,

1:00.1

and you were listening to, The breakdown. The breakdown.

1:03.0

The breakdown.

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The breakdown.

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The breakdown.

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The breakdown.

1:09.0

The breakdown. The breakdown. Yesterday, as we learned that nearly 17 million Americans have now lost their jobs

1:20.9

over these past three weeks, I set the blame for how little

1:25.2

support they received falls square on the heads of both Democrats and Republicans.

1:30.6

But this morning I saw something that truly made my blood boil.

1:36.6

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says she might not even bring Congress back in session

1:41.2

after the recess that they're currently on.

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