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🗓️ 25 October 2021
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0:00.0 | I'm also gonna have to take issue with the fact that you included 30s in your characterization of older people. |
0:06.3 | I'm 42. So I'm watching my people. Fair enough. |
0:10.5 | I turn 40 tomorrow. Oh my god. |
0:14.7 | I'm so happy. Happy birthday. |
0:18.4 | Yeah. Thank you. I like, I have never, ever been hung up about age. |
0:24.9 | Did you hear anything like that? But 40. Yeah. Feels big. 40 sort of a big one. |
0:30.4 | It's a big one. |
0:38.0 | Hello and welcome to the 538 Politics Podcast. I'm Gail and Drug. |
0:42.2 | This is the week that Democrats in Washington say they'll come to an agreement on a multi-trillion dollar |
0:47.5 | economic and social programs bill known as the Build Back Better Act and possibly pass a bipartisan |
0:54.4 | infrastructure bill. It is the potential culmination of a month's of debate within the Democratic Party |
1:00.0 | and could clarify what parts of Biden's economic agenda are likely to become law during the current |
1:05.6 | Congress. There's still lots of moving parts so nothing is certain yet. But House Speaker Nancy |
1:10.8 | Pelosi said over the weekend that Democrats are quote, pretty much there now on a deal. |
1:15.7 | And President Biden shared some of the details of a potential agreement in a town hall late last week. |
1:21.1 | Today we're going to check in on those details and play a game that will help us get a sense |
1:25.1 | of how popular different provisions in the Build Back Better plan are. We're also |
1:29.4 | going to get in on the Governor's Race in Virginia and New Jersey where there is just one week |
1:33.2 | until Election Day. Here with me to do all of that are politics editors Sir Frostensen. Hey, |
1:37.9 | Sarah. Hey, Gail. Also for this is Managing Editor Michael Cohen. Hey, Michael. Hello, Gail. |
1:44.4 | And Atlanta Journal Constitutions Washington correspondent Tia Mitchell. Welcome back to the |
1:48.7 | podcast. Thank you for having me back on. Always great to have you. So next Tuesday is Election Day |
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