Hi NPR, this is Nina from Chattanooga, Tennessee. I've just made myself some popcorn as an afternoon snack

Settling back into my sit stand desk that I bought back in April

for my home office which has been in the stand position

maybe twice

This podcast was recorded at nothing wrong with setting aspirations. It is

It's two thirty five Eastern on Thursday December 10th things may have changed by the time you hear this

But I will probably still be sitting at my desk. All right. Here's the show

I like to think about popcorn is like dinner like a full on dinner

Not just a snack in pandemic times. You're just like I guess I'm having dinner in the glass of wine exactly where it

Hey there. It's the NPR politics podcast. I'm Scott Detro. I cover the Biden transition. I'm Kelsey Snalik cover congress and I'm Claudio

Griesa. I also cover Congress so as we all know the coronavirus pandemic is getting worse and worse

We have more than three thousand people dying a day now the economic impact is grim as well

850,000 people filed for unemployment last week

Congress of course as we have spent a lot of time talking about on this podcast has been stalled on another round of relief for months

What is the latest on that front Claudia?

It seems that we're stuck again. It's been little movement since we saw a burst of energy last week with a group of

Centress lawmaker to made a pitch for a new

$908 billion dollar plan that got leaders talking again for both sides and the White House

However, now these leaders are struggling to reach agreement on what that plan could make the basis for if they can reach an

Ultimate plan. I thought Republican Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana earlier today had a good summary of where things stand now

We're stuck in the same place we were four months ago

That is the Democrats are insisting upon additional monies for state and local government the Republicans are insisting on

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