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Talking Feds

Harry Litman

Election, Government, January 6, Politics, Merrick Garland, Law, Harry Litman, Trump, News, Legal

4.8 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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A terrific round table of Alisyn Camerota, Bill Kristol, and Mike Podhorzer join Harry to analyze a week in which only a couple things went right for Trump this week, but they were big-ticket items. The House R’s dragged the “big beautiful bill” over the finish line by a single vote. And the Supreme Court gave Trump a big victory that will permit him to fire leaders of certain important agencies without cause. But otherwise the courts forcefully rejected Trump’s overreaching executive orders. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:12.6	Welcome to Talking Fed's, a roundtable that brings together prominent former federal officials and special guests for a dynamic discussion of the most important political and legal topics of the day.
1:19.6	I'm Harry Littman. After days of intense behind-the-scenes negotiations and no small amount of personal arm twisting from Trump himself.
1:30.3	The House passed his sweeping new legislative package by a razor-thin 215 to 214 vote.
1:38.3	The bill, which garnered support exclusively from Republicans, extends the 2017 Trump-era tax cuts
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