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Finally, a Deal

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Slate Podcasts

Daily News, News, News Commentary

4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Congress has agreed on another stimulus package, but to do so both Republicans and Democrats had to give up on high-priority demands. Why did this bill take so long, and why isn’t anyone all that excited about it? Guest: Jordan Weissmann, Slate's senior business and economics correspondent Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Every few weeks, I've been calling up Slate's Jordan Weisman to check in on Congress.

0:40.0

Specifically, whether Congress is planning to vote on additional coronavirus stimulus anytime soon.

0:47.0

His answer was usually, no.

0:50.0

In September, Jordan said the economy was bumping along just well enough

0:55.0

to squelch any motivation for a deal.

0:58.0

In October, the president seemed ready to make stimulus happen,

1:02.0

but Congress couldn't agree on what it should look like.

1:05.0

Now it's December. We've got a stimulus deal.

1:09.0

But is anyone happy with what we got here?

1:13.0

I think Democrats are relieved.

1:17.0

Different than happy.

1:19.0

I don't know if anyone's popping champagne gorks.

1:25.0

It's a B-plus work.

1:28.0

And I hate being one of those journalists.

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