Weekly Roundup: Friday, December 20
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2019
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The Senate was expected to begin the trial in January, but cannot do so until they have officially received the articles of impeachment from the House.
After some Democrats expressed concerns that Senate Republicans would not conduct the trial in good faith, Pelosi has held off on transmitting the articles as senators negotiate the trial's format.
This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, Congressional correspondent Susan Davis, senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro, and senior political editor and correspondent Ron Elving.
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| 0:42.6 | Hi, this is Chloe and this is Matt. |
| 0:46.7 | And we're calling for the car at our 18 of our road trip from Boston to South Bend, |
| 0:53.4 | whereas we're calling it from Warrenville to Buttigieg town. |
| 0:59.7 | This podcast was recorded at 109 pm on Friday, December 20th. |
| 1:05.2 | Things may have changed by the time you're listening. |
| 1:07.9 | We will definitely be on our holiday vacation. |
| 1:12.5 | Enjoy the show. |
| 1:16.6 | By the time you hear this podcast, I will also be on my holiday vacation. |
| 1:20.6 | So those people actually have no reason to go to South Bend other than to make that show. |
| 1:25.3 | Do you think that they're doing the Pete Buttigieg dance in the car on the way there? |
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