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The Playbook Podcast

June 12, 2020

The Playbook Podcast

POLITICO

News, Daily News, Politics, Government

3.9699 Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2020

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Congress tries to cobble together a police reform package, Trump rally attendees must agree not to sue the campaign over potential coronavirus exposure and more in today's Audio Briefing.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today's Politico Playbook Audio Briefing is presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.

0:06.7

Good Friday morning. I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your political playbook audio briefing.

0:11.0

And I'm Anna Palmer. The president is at his home in New Jersey. He landed in Bedminster at 11.51 p.m.

0:16.8

per the Wall Street Journal's Catherine Lucy, who was the pooler for Thursday's trip to Dallas.

0:22.0

He has nothing on his schedule today. Vice President Mike Pence is traveling to Pittsburgh for a

0:26.3

roundtable with faith and community leaders, lunch, and an event at a local company about opening the

0:31.8

economy. The House and Senate are out of session today, but Washington has quite the next six weeks in store.

0:39.0

Congress is going to try to cobble together a police reform package. More on that in a moment.

0:44.4

All parties appear in agreement that another coronavirus relief package needs to get done,

0:49.7

including some sort of extension of unemployment insurance. Congress may begin the process of funding the government.

0:55.5

The National Defense Authorization Act needs to be completed, coupled with the fight over renaming Confederate military bases.

1:01.0

The Senate wants to remove the names, and President Donald Trump says he has no interest.

1:05.0

Senate Dems have sent Trump a letter pressuring him to reverse his decision.

1:08.0

Will Congress ever finish FISA?

1:10.0

There's also a fight brewing over

1:11.1

how to remove Confederate statues from the Capitol, and Joe Biden said he'll name his VP candidate

1:16.0

by August 1. Two important updates on police reform. Senator Tim Scott, the Republican of South

1:21.5

Carolina, said he has some changes he's making to the GOP police overhaul package, and he hopes

1:27.4

to file it by next Tuesday or Wednesday.

1:30.2

Burgess Everett is up with a profile of Scott.

1:32.8

And Senator Rand Paul, the Republican of Kentucky, unveiled a bill to eliminate No Knock Warrants,

1:38.6

a major part of the House Democrats bill.

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