Process determines outcome: Justin Amash on the rules that broke Congress.
Andrew Yang Podcast
Andrew Yang & Audacy
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 October 2020
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Summary
Andrew and Zach talk about Congress' inability to pass a stimulus bill. U.S. Representative Justin Amash gives an inside look at why Congress is so dysfunctional, tracing our current gridlock to a decision made by Newt Gingrich in the 90s.
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Zach Graumann - https://instagram.com/zachgraumann | https://twitter.com/Zach_Graumann
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, why are more members of Congress not banging the table on this? |
| 0:02.4 | And I have a hunch. |
| 0:03.2 | I mean, it has something to do with the performative aspects you talked about. |
| 0:07.0 | Yeah, I watch these, I'm seeing all these campaign ads right now. |
| 0:10.8 | And everyone's saying, I'm going to do this. |
| 0:12.6 | I'm going to do that. |
| 0:13.1 | I'm like, no, you're not. |
| 0:14.1 | You're not going to do that because you have no power to do it. |
| 0:16.9 | They're the system isn't designed to let you do that. |
| 0:20.1 | And you asked, well, why don't the members of Congress, |
| 0:26.0 | what, you know, why don't they talk about this? |
| 0:27.9 | And, and the, the sad truth is that the majority of them prefer this system. |
| 0:38.4 | And, you know, just to go through that a little bit, when you think about it, |
| 0:45.2 | it's actually a pretty easy life for them. |
| 0:48.5 | Okay, they, they come to Congress. |
| 0:52.0 | If they bend the knee for leadership and just say, we'll go along with whatever show |
| 0:57.6 | you're doing, you know, you're putting on the Democrat show or you're putting on the Republican |
| 1:02.1 | show or whatever, we'll go along with it. |
| 1:05.0 | As long as they, you know, play along and do the performance, they are taken care of. |
| 1:11.2 | They're baby. |
| 1:11.9 | All right, Andrew. |
| 1:25.9 | As of now, when this episode airs, it'll be essentially six months since the first |
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