The Man in the Middle

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🗓️ 29 January 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

How a moderate West Virginia Democrat could decide what Biden can do on climate change. Plus, the story of a snowstorm, six expiring vaccines and a group of dedicated health-care workers.

One coal state senator holds the key to Biden’s ambitious climate agenda — and it’s not Mitch McConnell. Climate and science writer Sarah Kaplan reports.

When Oregon health-care workers got stuck in a snowstorm with expiring vaccines, they got creative. Andrea Salcedo reports.

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0:49.9	Hi, Jeff.
0:50.9	Hi, I'm Pete Oprah. Hi there. How are you? It's Lisa bonus. This is Post Reports. I'm
0:57.5	Martin Powers. It's Friday, January 29th. Today, the coal state senator who holds the key to
1:08.5	Biden's ambitious climate agenda, plus creative thinking in this no-store.
1:18.3	Basically, this COVID emergency relief package started the day after the election. Back
1:28.2	in December, Senator Joe Manchin from West Virginia stood with a bipartisan group of colleagues
1:33.9	to announce the latest pandemic relief package. Manchin has always occupied this unique
1:39.1	place within the Senate.
1:41.0	He's a Democratic Senator, but he's very, very centrist. He actually voted with Republicans
1:48.3	to support Donald Trump's nominees more than any other Democrat.
1:52.4	Sarah Kaplan is a climate reporter for the Post. She says that Manchin is a deal maker,
1:58.1	as much as that exists in the Senate these days.
2:00.4	And I know there's an awful lot of you thought that can't be done. You surely do goodness.
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