There's A Debt Ceiling Agreement ... For Now

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🗓️ 30 May 2023

⏱️ 63 minutes

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In this installment of the podcast, the crew talks about what’s in the debt ceiling agreement, why polls on the debt ceiling have been straight-up contradictory and what could happen if the legislation isn’t passed by next Monday. They also discuss the significant increase in laws involving sexuality and gender in Republican-led states and what Americans think about them. And Galen speaks with senior writer Monica Potts about her new book, "The Forgotten Girls." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:49.3	Hello and welcome to the 538 Politics Podcast.
1:00.2	I'm Gaelin Druke, and I hope everyone had a nice Memorial Day weekend.
1:05.2	Over the weekend, the White House and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
1:08.3	announced an agreement on suspending the debt ceiling and making cuts to
1:12.4	discretionary spending. The bill is expected to be taken up in the House
1:16.6	Wednesday. According to the Treasury Department, the U.S. will run out of cash
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