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Andrew Yang Podcast

Process determines outcome: Justin Amash on the rules that broke Congress.

Andrew Yang Podcast

Andrew Yang & Audacy

Society & Culture

4.83.2K 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.

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/g5aRvUu2daM

Justin Amash - https://twitter.com/justinamash | https://amash.house.gov

Andrew Yang - https://instagram.com/andrewyang | https://twitter.com/AndrewYang

Zach Graumann - https://instagram.com/zachgraumann | https://twitter.com/Zach_Graumann

Transcript

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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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