March 19, 2020
The Playbook Podcast
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🗓️ 19 March 2020
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| 0:00.0 | Stay tuned after the show for a message from United Health Group. |
| 0:04.9 | Good Thursday morning. I'm Jake Sherman and welcome to your political playbook audio briefing. |
| 0:08.8 | And I'm Anna Palmer. We've got some new movement. The phase three coronavirus bill text is expected to be released today. Then Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is expected to begin his talks with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer about the |
| 0:22.1 | legislation. McConnell on the Senate floor yesterday urged senators to stay close and said it was |
| 0:27.6 | important to move quickly because the situation demands it. Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin |
| 0:32.5 | has been privately talking with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Speaker Nancy Pelosi |
| 0:37.3 | about the package as McConnell has huddled with Republicans. |
| 0:40.6 | It's exceedingly difficult to see the House being able to return to session in typical fashion to pass the Phase 3 stimulus bill. |
| 0:47.2 | In the last 10 hours, Mario Diaz-Balart, Republican of Florida and Ben McAdams, Democrat of Utah, announced they have tested positive for the coronavirus. |
| 0:55.6 | Two senior House Republicans, second-in-command Steve Scalise of Louisiana, |
| 0:59.2 | and Congressman Drew Ferguson of Georgia, Scalia's deputy, have said they would quarantine. |
| 1:03.2 | Ann Wagner, a Republican from the St. Louis suburbs, said she would self-quarantine too. |
| 1:07.8 | Scalice said he had an extended meeting with Diaz-Balart last week. One would have to |
| 1:12.1 | imagine literally dozens of lawmakers and aides were in contact with these two men. Democratic leadership |
| 1:17.3 | has ruled out the use of mobile voting. They didn't need to pass a bill to allow it. But what are |
| 1:22.3 | there other options? Pass a 12-figure bill by unanimous consent? The calls for mobile voting in the congressional ranks has already begun. |
| 1:30.7 | Florida Democratic Representative Debbie McCarro, Powell, tweeted, |
| 1:34.0 | in-person voting should be reconsidered for the safety of our communities. |
| 1:38.5 | During this emergency, we must be able to legislate from our districts. |
| 1:42.5 | And some news. |
| 1:43.8 | In a sign of seriousness, Dr. Deborah |
| 1:46.1 | Birx, the head of the coronavirus task force, is getting West Wing office space. Next on the troubled |
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