Roundup: Feinstein's Legacy, Shutdown, Biden And Democracy
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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| 1:27.4 | I'm Tamar Keith. I cover the White House. I'm Claudia Grisales. I cover Congress. And I'm Mara |
| 1:32.0 | Lias and National Political Correspondent. We are starting our weekly roundup with this news. |
| 1:37.6 | Senator Diane Feinstein of California has died at 90 years old. She was the longest serving woman |
| 1:44.5 | in the Senate. Claudia, how are her colleagues remembering her today? Well, there is a very |
| 1:51.7 | solemn and somber tone here on the hill today with everything going on. Even despite that, |
| 1:59.0 | it has been tribute after tribute on the Senate floor. As well as the House floor, the floor |
| 2:05.6 | on the Senate side was opened with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calling her a giant, |
| 2:11.5 | the loss of a giant in the Senate and remarking this incredible impact that she's had in these |
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