"In For a Long Haul." The Reporters' Roundtable-August 6
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🗓️ 6 August 2021
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Bipartisan Infrastructure Will Pass. Andrew Cuomo Alone. Eviction Ban Extended, For Now. Biden takes on January 6th and Covid Gets Real Again. With Ginger Gibson, Deputy Washington Editor at NBC News Digital, Addy Baird, Politics Reporter for BuzzFeed News and John Bennett, Contributing Editor at CQ-Roll Call.
Today, in the break, Bill honors the life of Richard Trumka who died this week at the age of 72. He was president of the AFL-CIO for nearly 12 years. He was a towering figure in the Labor Movement. He will be missed. More information at AFLCIO.org
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| 0:00.0 | Hello there. Welcome back to the Bill Press Pod and welcome to this week's roundtable, |
| 0:11.6 | where we take time out before heading into the weekend to look back on the big stories of the week |
| 0:16.4 | with three of Washington's top political reporters. A lot to talk about this week, including, well, |
| 0:23.1 | in an all-night session, we expected the Senate last night to finally finish debate on the big |
| 0:28.4 | bipartisan, bipartisan infrastructure bill and maybe even vote on it. But senators decided to go |
| 0:36.2 | home to bed instead. |
| 0:38.3 | President Biden did sign a bill yesterday, awarding a gold medal to Capitol Police and other law enforcement officers who protected members of the House and Senate on January 6th, a bill which 21 conservative Republicans voted against in the House. |
| 0:53.9 | The president also extended a moratorium on COVID-related eviction. 21 conservative Republicans voted against in the House. |
| 0:58.5 | The president also extended a moratorium on COVID-related evictions, |
| 1:03.5 | even though the Supreme Court says it's probably unconstitutional. |
| 1:08.5 | And New York Governor Andrew Cuomo faces a Niagara of demands, |
| 1:14.7 | mainly from fellow Democrats, to resign or be impeached. |
| 1:17.6 | So much for this week's panel to chew on. |
| 1:24.4 | So let's say hello to Ginger Gibson, Deputy Washington editor of NBC News Digital. |
| 1:25.1 | Hi, Ginger. |
| 1:27.0 | Hello, Bill. Glad to be here. |
| 1:33.3 | And to Addie Baird, politics reporter for BuzzFeed News. Hello, Eddie. Hi, Bill. |
| 1:40.2 | Okay. John Bennett, back with us, contributing editor for CQ roll call. Hello, John. |
| 2:01.9 | Hello, Bill. Happy Friday. Thank you. So let's start with the dog that didn't bite, Ginger. We were all lined up. They were going to vote. Consider these amendments and get to a vote. It was going to be a glorious day for bipartisanship. I don't know. It was going to save my weekend, and it didn't happen. |
| 2:07.3 | You know, we all thought we saw Rand Paul say he wouldn't object to them moving quickly, |
| 2:12.8 | and normally that's the last holdout. And when Rand Paul says we can do it quickly, |
| 2:18.2 | reporters rejoice that things are going to happen fast. And instead, Senator Haggerty, |
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