June 29 — Sen. Markwayne Mullin, Sen. Chris Murphy, Zohran Mamdani

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🗓️ 29 June 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) discuss the Senate’s passage of President Trump’s tax bill. New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani talks about his victory in the Democratic primary.

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0:00.0	This Sunday, decision time. The Supreme Court imposes limits on the power of federal judges,
0:09.0	handing more power to the White House.
0:11.0	It only takes bad power away from judges.
0:14.0	As Senate Republicans rushed to get President Trump's massive tax and spending bill to his desk
0:20.0	before the July 4th deadline.
0:22.1	Call your senators, call your congressman. We have to get the vote.
0:25.6	At the end of the day, this is a process whereby not everybody's going to get what they want.
0:31.7	What programs will be funded and which will be cut?
0:35.0	And how much will the bill add to the debt?
0:37.5	We can't be cutting health care for working people and for poor people in order to constantly
0:45.2	give special tax treatment to corporations and other entities.
0:48.1	Plus damage report. The U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear program ignite a debate over what was destroyed. It's been obliterated, totally obliterated. The U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear program ignite a debate over what was destroyed.
0:55.6	It's been obliterated, totally obliterated.
0:57.9	The president was deliberately misleading the public when he said the program was obliterated.
1:03.6	My guest this morning, Republican Senator Mark Wayne Mullen of Oklahoma and Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut.
1:11.7	And Empire Shakeup, a 33-year-old Democratic Socialist shocks the political world,
1:18.5	winning the New York City Democratic mayoral primary over former Governor Andrew Cuomo.
1:24.0	We have won because New Yorkers have stood up for a city they can afford.
1:28.8	I'll talk exclusively to Zoran Mamdani. Welcome to Sunday. It's Meet the Press.
1:36.3	From NBC News in New York, the longest running show in television history. This is Meet the Press with Kristen Welk.
1:51.8	Good Sunday morning from our NBC headquarters here in New York. President Trump's signature piece of legislation hangs in the balance this weekend. Overnight, Senate Republicans moving
1:57.0	one step closer to passing his massive tax and spending bill by his July 4th deadline.
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