Hey, this is Tamara, and before we get to the show, I want to tell you a little story about something

that happened last year in the lead up to the election. We heard from a lot of podcast listeners

who wanted to know how they could support what we were doing, and some of them sent us candy

or popcorn or things like that, and we were like, no, no, no, no, no, no. What would be even more

awesome is if you could give to your local public radio station and tell them that we sent you.

And the amazing thing is you did lots of NPR politics fans went to your local public radio station,

went on their website, called them up, gave them a donation, and we heard from those stations

thanking us for sending you to them. And it led to this whole cool thing, hashtag why public radio.

It is a campaign that is going on right now, and if you go to donate.npr.org slash politics,

you can figure out how to donate to your local station, and we will get credit. And there might be

maybe a friendly competition going on between all of the different NPR podcasts, and we want to win,

right? Because yeah, so donate.npr.org slash politics. And thank you.

Hi, this is Dave on a layover in Inchon, Korea. I'll be flying some of those online purchases you

made back to the US headed for a delivery truck near you. This podcast was recorded at Thursday,

November 30th at 208 PM. Things may have changed by the time I land in Anchorage.

Keep up with NPR's political coverage at NPR.org, the NPR-1 app, and your local public radio station.

Okay, here's the show. Hey there, it's the NPR politics podcast here with our weekly roundup

of political news. The Senate is debating the Republican tax bill with a vote likely before

the end of the week, maybe even the end of the day. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi now says

Congressman John Connures should resign over sexual harassment allegations. The FCC is two weeks

away from officially voting to end net neutrality, the rules that currently govern the internet.

And finally, can't let it go. I'm Tamer Keith. I cover the White House for NPR. I'm Susan Davis.

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