PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS CHECK IN
The Hartmann Report
Thom Hartmann
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🗓️ 4 May 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
How do things stand today in the ongoing battles in the House and Senate? Progressive Congressmen Mark Pocan and Ro Khanna catch us up as they answer listener questions.
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| 0:47.2 | To start our program today, Congressman Mark Polkhan is with us for the hour. |
| 0:52.0 | Representative Polkhan represents the second district of Wisconsin and the US House of Representatives. |
| 0:56.8 | He's the former co-chair and a current member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. |
| 1:00.8 | He's on the Appropriations Education Labor Committees in the House. |
| 1:04.3 | His website is pocan.house.gov and you can tweet him at rep Mark Polkhan. |
| 1:09.4 | Speaking of which, Congressman Polkhan, welcome back. |
| 1:13.3 | Thanks Tom, glad to be here. |
| 1:14.8 | Great having you with us. |
| 1:16.0 | I'm wondering your thoughts on the next step, the next steps with regard to this leaked abortion report. |
| 1:22.9 | And also, I'm curious your thoughts on the primaries yesterday. |
| 1:26.8 | It looks like Trump's endorsement is a big deal. |
| 1:29.6 | 22 out of 22 of his endorsements apparently have won. |
| 1:34.3 | At least from reading the right-wing news sites. |
| 1:36.2 | I don't know if that's a true total or not, but it was reported in one of the right-wing sites. |
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