Happy Holidays From A Fairly Unproductive Congress
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Plus, a new poll from NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist reveals attitudes toward immigration and abortion, & a famous figure enters the public domain.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Scott Tong from NPR's Here and Now. |
| 0:02.9 | I am one of thousands of NPR Network Voices, |
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| 0:17.0 | The NPR Network, what you hear, changes everything. |
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| 0:24.0 | This is Hunter. |
| 0:25.0 | This is Trent. |
| 0:26.0 | This is Dakota. |
| 0:27.0 | This is Morgan. |
| 0:28.0 | And this is their teacher, Mr Clark. |
| 0:30.0 | We're headed into our first We The People District Competition of the Year. |
| 0:32.8 | This podcast was recorded at 11.36 a.m. Eastern time on Friday, December 15th. |
| 0:38.4 | Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but hopefully we won the district competition. |
| 0:44.0 | I have a note here that they did win the district competition, |
| 0:52.8 | and they are headed to the Nevada State finals |
| 0:55.6 | in February. |
| 0:56.5 | So congratulations. |
| 0:57.7 | I could feel the energy and their voices. |
| 0:59.7 | So they sounded like winners to me. |
| 1:02.2 | And it turns out they were. |
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