In News Conference, Biden Says Build Back Better May Have To Be Broken Up

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🗓️ 20 January 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In a press conference to mark one year in office, the president touted his administration's progress combating COVID, while conceding he'll likely need to break up his signature legislation to get it through the Senate.

He also threatened major sanctions on Russia if it invades Ukraine, but drew criticism for adding that consequences would depend on whether Russia committed a "minor incursion" or a more severe advance.

This episode: White House correspondent Scott Detrow, congressional correspondent Claudia Grisales, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:06.2	I'm Scott Detro, I cover the White House.
0:08.2	I'm Claudette D'Soulleys, I cover Congress.
0:10.5	And I'm Mara Lias and National Political Correspondent.
0:13.8	And it is 6.44 pm Eastern.
0:16.9	We are hitting your feeds a little later than usual because President Biden just wrapped
0:20.1	up a news conference to mark his first year in office and folks that was a very long news
0:24.8	conference.
0:25.8	Okay.
0:26.8	Well, whoa, whoa, hang on guys.
0:29.1	I've only gone an hour and 20 minutes.
0:30.8	I'll keep going.
0:32.1	But I'm going to go, let me get, let me get something straight here.
0:36.8	How long are you guys ready to go?
0:38.6	You want to go for another hour or two?
0:41.1	I was there.
0:42.1	It was long.
0:43.1	You got the very last question after nearly two hours of news conferencing.
0:48.4	Biden made a lot of news during this press conference.
0:51.0	I'll say right up top, he did talk a lot about the standoff in Ukraine and what he thinks
0:55.4	Russia may or may not do next, we're going to talk a lot about that in the second half
1:00.2	of the podcast.
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