Scramble To Redraw Congressional Maps In PA, Avert Another Shutdown In DC
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2018
⏱️ 23 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Chris, calling from beautiful and cold Minneapolis. |
| 0:03.2 | We're my Philadelphia Eagles just won the Super Bowl. |
| 0:06.2 | This podcast was recorded at Tuesday, February 6th at 12.35pm. |
| 0:10.8 | Things might have changed since then, but one thing that didn't change was that the Eagles are world champions. |
| 0:15.0 | Keep up with all of NPR's political coverage on the NPR1 app or on your local NPR station. |
| 0:19.5 | Okay, here's the show. |
| 0:24.0 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast. |
| 0:26.5 | The stock market is having another volatile day, and that's after its record, 1,175 point drop yesterday. |
| 0:34.0 | That was the largest single day drop ever in terms of just points, but not percentage. |
| 0:39.5 | But President Trump had touted the stock market as it rose, so what happens now? |
| 0:44.0 | And here's something you've heard before, and we'll probably hear again, there are just two days left before the federal government runs out of money. |
| 0:51.5 | Also, the Supreme Court is staying out of a Pennsylvania court opinion that could affect the midterms. |
| 0:57.5 | Now state lawmakers there have until the end of the week to completely redraw Pennsylvania's congressional districts. |
| 1:04.0 | I'm Scott Detrella, I cover a Congress for NPR. |
| 1:06.5 | I'm Tamer Keith, I cover the White House. |
| 1:08.0 | And I'm Susan Davis, I cover Congress as well. |
| 1:10.0 | Sue, thank you for coming down from the Chris Code poll on Broad Street, you know what you've been the last few days. |
| 1:17.0 | And thank you for not punching a police horse while you were at it. |
| 1:20.5 | I did tip a Prius, and I won't apologize for it. |
| 1:23.5 | But Scott, are you excited too? You have a lot of Pennsylvania connections? |
| 1:27.5 | I think Sue's more excited she grew up in Philly, right? |
| 1:29.5 | Yeah, I sent these to Scott, but my brothers who are just like maniac football fans, after they won the Super Bowl, they sent videos to the family of them like losing their minds. |
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