November 14, 2023: The problem with Bidenomics
The Playbook Podcast
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🗓️ 14 November 2023
⏱️ 8 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, good morning. I'm Playbook co-author Rachel Bade. It's Tuesday, November 14th. Don't hold your breath, but it looks like Capitol Hill might actually get a holiday break this year. I'm hearing from both senior Democrat and Republican aides and lawmakers that they think Speaker Mike Johnson's two-step continuing resolution will probably pass when it comes to the floor today. |
| 0:23.7 | Of course, this is the house we're talking about here, so maybe don't book those plane tickets for a couple of hours to make sure. |
| 0:31.2 | Republicans are expected to put the bill on the floor under suspension of the rules. |
| 0:35.1 | That means they're going to need two-thirds of the chamber to actually get this passed. The magic number here is around 290. In fact, I think it's |
| 0:42.7 | 290 exactly if I'm doing my math right. Sources were telling me to look at the September 30th, |
| 0:47.9 | clean CR that passed with 335 lawmakers, including 209 Democrats, and 126 Republicans. |
| 0:56.2 | Officially, House Democratic leaders have been keeping their cards close and not |
| 0:59.8 | waited on this publicly. They're going to be meeting privately this morning with their members, |
| 1:04.0 | discuss the matter as a, quote, family, then decide altogether how they're going to vote. |
| 1:08.0 | But I'm told by Democrats familiar with discussions |
| 1:10.9 | amongst Hakeem Drey's leadership team yesterday that they expect senior Democrats to actually |
| 1:15.4 | back this measure, along with a majority of the Democratic caucus. Why? Because the alternative, |
| 1:21.5 | they think, just sounds bad that Democrats would be cheering a shutdown because they don't like |
| 1:26.9 | the two-step CR process. |
| 1:29.1 | And now for our second story of the morning. |
| 1:30.9 | So the White House has spent the past three months trying to build enthusiasm for Biden's economic record using one word, Bidenomics. |
| 1:38.7 | Now the White House is getting the picture. |
| 1:41.2 | This sales pitch just ain't working. |
| 1:43.7 | And joining me now is our White House reporter, |
| 1:46.4 | Adam Kankran, to talk about a scoop he has up this morning. Good morning, Adam. |
| 1:51.3 | Good morning. It's great to be with you, Rachel. |
| 1:53.4 | So tell us about this data you've got your hands on that the White House is pouring over right now. |
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