What's budget reconciliation, and how did it eat the Senate?

Explain It to Me

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Education, News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.4 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2017

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Sarah, Ezra, and Matt delve into Senate procedure arcana, break down the latest GOP repeal bill, and talk about a surprisingly easy way to reduce theft. White paper: SNAP Benefits and Crime: Evidence from Changing Disbursement Schedules Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Just a wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
0:02.0	All right.
0:03.0	Weeds.
0:04.0	Everyone here for Weeds.
0:17.0	Weeds.
0:18.0	Weeds.
0:19.0	Weeds.
0:20.0	Hello.
0:21.0	Welcome to another episode of The Weeds on the Box Media Podcast Network.
0:23.0	I'm Matthew Glacias, joined by Sarah Cliff and the newly unemployed Ezra Klein.
0:28.0	I'm unemployed.
0:29.0	I'm demoted.
0:30.0	All right.
0:31.0	You're at large.
0:32.0	Happy to motion, as well.
0:33.0	Thank you.
0:34.0	I'm very excited about my other issues.
0:35.0	As you're at large.
0:36.0	How was Germany, man?
0:37.0	Germany was great.
0:38.0	They had a vigorous campaign in which healthcare played no role whatsoever.
0:43.0	Should a campaign not taking healthcare for millions of Germans?
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