Republicans eye Social Security in plans to cut government

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🗓️ 6 December 2024

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The House DOGE Caucus met Thursday with Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who Trump picked to operate the new unofficial Department of Government Efficiency. Caucus Co-chair Rep. Pete Sessions, a Republican from Texas, talks about where he thinks government can be cut. Then, UNESCO has recognized cassava bread as a key part of humanity's cultural heritage. The Miami Herald's Jacqueline Charles explains what kasav, or cassava bread, means to Haiti. And, 2024 brought surprising hits, huge flops, and mass layoffs to the video games industry. We discuss the year's best games and biggest trends with Here & Now's James Perkins Mastromarino.

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0:00.0	Support for Here and Now Anytime comes from MathWorks, creator of MATLAB and Simulink software for technical computing and model-based design.
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0:16.4	Welcome to Here and Now Anytime, a daily news show that's more than just daily news. In less than half an hour,
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0:31.9	episodes. Now here's the show. Right off the bat, we intend to do is to answer the call from the American people.
0:39.9	We're going to bend that curve. One of the congressmen working with Elon Musk to shrink the government
0:45.5	drops some hints on where he wants to cut. It's Friday, December 6th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBOR.
1:02.9	I'm Chris Bentley.
1:07.1	Today on the show, an ancient method of making bread from ground cassava is getting recognized by the UN as an essential part of the world's cultural heritage.
1:17.5	Also, the best games of 2024 have lots to offer, even if the gaming world overall had a rough year.
1:24.9	The industry has seen a lot of consolidation, a lot of layoffs that have
1:29.7	angered many gamers as their beloved companies have been going under because of the decisions
1:35.4	of their corporate overlords. But first, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramoswami, the two rich guys that
1:42.4	President-elect Trump tapped to recommend huge cuts
1:45.5	to the federal government. We're on Capitol Hill yesterday, meeting with lawmakers in the Senate
1:50.0	and House, to try to build support for their new Department of Government Efficiency.
1:55.0	They need Congress because, despite its name, Doge is not actually a government department.
2:02.2	And if they want to get anywhere near their goal of cutting $2 trillion from the federal budget, they're going to be
2:07.6	messing with some programs that affect a lot of people. We got a glimpse into what one
2:13.3	lawmaker might be thinking about cutting. In this conversation with Scott Tong, you'll hear Representative Pete Sessions, a Republican from Texas and co-chair of the House Doge Caucus, allude to a few potential targets. Services for immigrants, federal workers, and social security.
2:32.7	I'm pleased to report that the Doche Caucus is now bipartisan.
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