From Washington: The Shrinking Spending Bill

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🗓️ 23 October 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

What was once a $3.5 trillion dollar spending package may now be significantly reduced. Moderate and progressive Democrats continue to work behind the scenes to whittle down the number to something more palatable for both wings of the party. This as the Senate approved transportation bill waits on the sidelines. Democrats are holding out hope that they’ll come to a final agreement next week. But as FOX News Congressional Correspondent Chad Pergram reminds listeners it’s all about the math. A new wave of COVID-19 vaccine guidance was released this week. Moderna and Johnson & Johnson joined Pfizer as an FDA panel approved booster shots for American adults over 65, living in long-term care, or with underlying conditions. Meanwhile, the Biden Administration rolled out its plan to begin vaccinating 28 million elementary-aged kids as early as November, should the FDA sign off. Senior Scholar at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, Dr. Amesh Adalja makes sense of these new recommendations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:14.9	Saturday, October 23rd, 2021.
0:21.9	I'm Jared Halper.
0:23.2	President Biden won't get everything he wants in the Build Back Better Bill.
0:28.0	But I promise you, I guarantee you, we're going to get free community college in the next several years.
0:33.4	And what to know about new guidance on booster shots and vaccinating kids.
0:38.8	People should be happy about the fact that this vaccine is going to be available to anybody above the
0:45.0	age of five very shortly. This is the Fox News rundown from Washington. too.
0:53.0	Too often
0:54.0	Too often I rely on sports to make sense of Congress and politics who was winning the game strategy stuff like that
1:09.8	But this week it felt more like a game show, name the price, or what's behind door two.
1:15.8	As lawmakers and the press corps that cover them figure out what's in and what's out of a social spending package,
1:22.3	reducing in size.
1:24.3	As we talked about last week, what was once a three and a half trillion dollar proposal
1:28.2	from President Biden as part of the Build Back Better agenda is going to be smaller, maybe much smaller to the tune of less
1:34.8	than $2 trillion.
1:36.6	Have been shuffling.
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