Senate Approves Infrastructure Bill

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🗓️ 11 August 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

At long last, infrastructure week is here! The gang contemplates what the bipartisan plan and Democratic reconciliation package mean for the country and the economy. Also, how would Sen. Goldberg vote on the bipartisan bill? Then the discussion turns to what should be done about the latest damning climate report. Plus, everyone’s worst fears about Afghanistan from a few weeks ago seem to be coming true. And finally, for dessert, Andrew Cuomo. Show Notes: -Uphill’s latest update on infrastructure -IPCC report -Pentagon press secretary John Kirby -State Department spokesman Ned Price -Cuomo resigns Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dispatch Podcast.
0:02.0	I'm your host, Sarah Isger, joined by Steve Hayes,
0:05.0	David French and Jonah Goldberg.
0:06.6	Today, we will start with the bipartisan infrastructure package
0:10.7	followed by the very not bipartisan spending package.
0:14.6	Then some Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report,
0:19.1	Afghanistan continuing to become more and more dire.
0:23.8	And finally, Andrew Cuomo, he's out.
0:27.1	Let's dive right in and Steve, you are starting us with the Hill.
0:46.6	Yes, major infrastructure needs.
0:49.8	I think this week can finally say, after several years,
0:54.4	this is in fact infrastructure week.
0:57.1	What happened?
0:58.7	Lots of false starts.
1:01.2	The prophecies were true.
1:03.5	But the Senate passed a bipartisan infrastructure package
1:09.3	earlier this week with 19 Republican votes,
1:12.8	including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell,
1:15.9	a split Republican conference and then moved quickly
1:20.6	taking what the New York Times describes as a major step on Wednesday
1:26.8	to enacting sweeping expansion of the nation's social safety net
1:29.8	of proving a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint.
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