Weekly Roundup: November 24th

The NPR Politics Podcast

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🗓️ 24 November 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Though it has grown more popular with time, the Affordable Care Act was widely disliked by the public in 2010 and cost Democrats dearly in the midterms. Democrats failed to successfully explain the legislation's benefits in the face of Republican attacks. Could Biden's infrastructure plan and, should it pass, social programs bill face the same fate?

And the investigation into what role former President Trump played in the January 6th attack on the Capitol, led by House Democrats, has interviewed more than 200 people. Investigators are weighing a contempt of Congress vote against another top aide, then-Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.

This episode: demographics and culture correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben, congressional reporter Claudia Grisales, and acting congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Hope Smith from Fort Wayne, Indiana.
0:03.0	I'm about to brave the grocery store the day before Thanksgiving to get the last few ingredients I need.
0:08.0	This episode of NPR Politics Podcast was recorded at 1.04pm on Wednesday, November 24th.
0:14.0	Things may have changed by the time you hear it, but I hope everyone is having a safe, happy, and healthy holiday week.
0:20.0	Here's the show.
0:24.0	Ah, good look at the store, I'll be there later.
0:26.0	I know, me too!
0:28.0	I set my partner out to do it, I feel great.
0:30.0	Good work.
0:31.0	I know.
0:32.0	Dividing Conquer.
0:33.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:35.0	I'm Danielle Kurtz, Leyla Neck, cover demographics and culture.
0:37.0	I'm Deer Drowalch, cover congress.
0:39.0	I'm Claudique Risaalis, I also cover congress.
0:41.0	And happy, almost Thanksgiving to the both of you and to our listeners.
0:45.0	Happy Turkey Day!
0:46.0	Yay!
0:47.0	And today we are going to be talking about you guessed it, everyone's favorite congress.
0:51.0	Specifically, we're going to talk about two of the biggest stories out of Capitol Hill right now.
0:55.0	The infrastructure and build back better agenda and the January 6th investigation.
1:00.0	Now we're going to start with that first one.
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