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The NPR Politics Podcast

Today Proved How Hard It Will Be For Democrats To Pass These Huge Bills

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Politics, Daily News, News

4.524.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Moderate House Democrats want to vote on infrastructure before negotiations continue on the big Biden economic plan. Progressive Democrats, joined by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, worry that would sacrifice much-needed leverage. The compromise the party brokered Tuesday shows just how much work lies ahead as the party works to pass the heart of President Biden's agenda.

This episode: demographics and culture correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben, White House correspondent Ayesha Rascoe, and congressional editor Deirdre Walsh.

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Anura from Washington, DC.

0:02.8

I'm about to officiate my twin brother, Urnav,

0:05.4

and soon to be sister-in-law Sarah's wedding,

0:07.8

which was delayed a year.

0:09.6

You're listening to the NPR Politics Podcast,

0:12.7

which was recorded at 207 PM on Tuesday, August 24.

0:17.2

Things may have changed by now,

0:18.6

but we are definitely going ahead with Ganesh Bhuja,

0:21.4

a Hindu ceremony to remove all obstacles.

0:24.4

With that, enjoy the show.

0:54.4

The conflict has been over how to move forward on both of those.

1:13.1

So, Deirdre, this is why you're here.

1:15.3

Walk us through the basics of this conflict,

1:17.5

because there's been a split between a smaller group

1:20.4

of more moderate Democrats and the rest of the party caucus.

1:24.1

So, what exactly has that tension been?

1:27.1

Well, it's certainly been a really messy couple of days

1:29.5

for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

1:32.0

I mean, there has always been tension

1:34.0

inside the caucus between the moderates and the progressives,

1:37.4

which make up a larger number of the House Democratic caucus.

1:42.7

But the moderates wanted to vote on the bipartisan infrastructure

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