Brian Laird on WNYC, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker joins us now.

At a pivotal moment in a number of ways, we remain on the health insurance cliff for millions of Americans

with the Obamacare subsidy cuts coming at the end of the month unless Congress acts to extend

them. Plus, what an increasing number of people see is the human rights emergency, national

security emergency, and U.S. reputational emergency of Pete Hexeth's leadership at the Pentagon. Also, do any of you

remember Senator Booker's idea for baby bonds to help reduce the rampant economic inequality in

this country by the time the next generation matures and those bonds mature at the same time?

Well, President Trump got something like that in the so-called big, beautiful

budget bill this summer. Of course, they're called Trump accounts. We'll see if the senator thinks

it's more real or more fake as something that can be financially transformative for people.

And yes, I know some of you want to know about the senator's wedding, which if you do a Cory

Booker Google search right now, this is about

80% of the links. Senator Booker, we always appreciate when you come on with us. Welcome back to

WNYC. Thank you. It's always great to be on. I, as you know, I'm a big fan and just grateful

for your show and voice. Thank you. And listeners, we only have about 15 minutes with the senator today because of other

things that he's got backed up. But if some of you want to call and ask New Jersey's senior

Democratic senator a question, you can or text if you keep them really to the point. 212-433, WNYC, 212, 433-9-6-92.

So let's start on this New Year's Eve subsidy in Premium High Cliff.

The deal that ended the shutdown did include a promise by Majority Leader John Thune

of a vote in the Senate this month on the subsidies,

there is no such promise by Republicans in the House. But do you have a date for the vote in the

Senate or the language of a bill? Yeah, it looks like it's going to be next week. It's going to be a very

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