Health Scares And Funding Fights Cloud Congress' Return
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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And funding the war in Ukraine, funding the government, responding to natural disasters, and investigating President Biden are all inter-related dilemmas as Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy walks the high rope that is guiding his caucus through the fall legislative session.
This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Grant. I'm here with my best friend of nearly two decades Hannah who flew all the way across the country just for my doctoral offense. |
| 0:08.0 | The current time is... |
| 0:10.0 | 10.36 a.m. on Thursday, August 31st. |
| 0:14.0 | Things may have changed by the time you hear this podcast. But my friends, the doctor! |
| 0:18.0 | Congrats! |
| 0:19.0 | Enjoy the show! |
| 0:24.0 | Hey, doctor. |
| 0:25.0 | In what? |
| 0:26.0 | I'm so curious. |
| 0:27.0 | Does it? |
| 0:28.0 | Does it matter? |
| 0:29.0 | Yes, he is. |
| 0:30.0 | I'm sure it matters to him. |
| 0:31.0 | Finished! |
| 0:32.0 | It's an impressive accomplishment. |
| 0:33.0 | He finished. |
| 0:34.0 | It's awesome. |
| 0:35.0 | Hey there! |
| 0:36.0 | It's the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 0:38.0 | I'm Tamara Keith. I cover the White House. |
| 0:40.0 | I'm Deirdre Walsh. I cover Congress. |
| 0:41.0 | And I'm Domenico Montenar, Senior Political Editor and Correspondent. |
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