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The NPR Politics Podcast

Weekly Roundup: Thursday, November 16

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

Politics, Daily News, News

4.425.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The House passed the tax bill, and it's now on to the Senate. Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified again before Congress. And there are new allegations of sexual misconduct against Roy Moore, the Republican nominee for Senate in Alabama, and now against Minnesota Democratic Senator Al Franken. Also, can't let it go. This episode: host/congressional reporter Scott Detrow, congressional correspondent Susan Davis, justice correspondent Carrie Johnson and national political correspondent Mara Liasson. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey there, I'm Joshua Johnson, the host of 1A.

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Every weekday people gather here to speak freely.

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You may hear some things you don't like,

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you may learn something new,

0:08.8

and every Friday we review the week's top stories

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in our Friday news roundup.

0:13.0

You'll find the 1A podcast on the NPR1 app

0:16.2

or wherever you listen to podcasts.

0:18.3

Hi, this is Kelsey calling from Buffalo, New York.

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This podcast was recorded at...

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205 Eastern on Thursday, November 16th.

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Things may have changed by the time you hear this podcast.

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To keep up with all of NPR's political coverage,

0:33.1

check out mpr.org,

0:34.9

download the NPR1 app,

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or listen to your local NPR station.

0:39.4

Here's the show.

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Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast,

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here with our weekly roundup of political news.

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This week nearly everything we're going to talk about

0:50.9

happened on Capitol Hill.

0:52.6

The big Republican tax cut has passed the House,

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