Will Senate Stymie Trump feat. Sen. Jacky Rosen

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🗓️ 6 December 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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There are only two weeks left for the 118th Congress to legislate. And there’s a lot to do. Lawmakers must pass a federal spending package to prevent a government shutdown, approve a defense budget, and decide how much money to set aside for relief after a rough year of natural disasters—no big deal. In the Senate, Democrats also need to confirm as many as President Joe Biden’s remaining judicial nominations before they lose power. Nevada Senator Jacky Rosen joins us to discuss what’s on the Senate Democrats’ agenda for the remainder of the year.

And in headlines: Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy paraded around Capitol Hill to push their vision for DOGE, the Justice Department says the Memphis Police Department violates residents' constitutional rights, and Republicans face a historically small House majority in the next Congress.

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0:00.0	It's Friday, December 6th. I'm Jane Koston, and this is What a Day, the show that just found out that Hulu will be streaming every episode of Law & Order starting December 16th.
0:10.7	On a related note, I will be unavailable from December 16th onwards until I finish watching every episode of Law and Order.
0:25.0	On today's show, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswami take Capitol Hill,
0:31.1	and we get into Georgian politics, the country, not the state. Let's get into it. There are only two weeks left for the 118th Congress to legislate. In the new year, many members won't return, and a new
0:36.9	Republican Congress will be sworn in on January 3rd.
0:39.9	These final few weeks of Biden's presidency are what we call the lame duck session, or in this case, the doomsday countdown till Trump 2.0.
0:47.7	This is the time of year when the House and Senate are hyper-focused on the national budget.
0:51.9	Lawmakers need to pass a federal spending package to prevent a
0:54.7	government shutdown. There's also the defense budget they need to approve. Oh, and they need to decide
1:00.0	how much money to set aside for disaster relief after a rough year of natural disasters. No big deal.
1:06.6	There's a lot to worry about when time is running out. But here's the thing. There's still time.
1:12.3	Senate Dems can roll up their sleeves right now to make these next four years not so bad.
1:17.5	Democrats have already said they're ready to confirm as many of Biden's judicial nominees as possible before they lose power.
1:23.6	These are the federal judges that serve for life. They've confirmed 221 of them over the past four years.
1:29.9	Democrats can also propose a number of executive orders to combat Trump's policy proposals.
1:34.8	They can expedite applications for citizenship to protect migrants from deportation, for example.
1:39.8	They can spend every cent of funding that Congress authorized for progressive measures like the
1:44.2	Inflation Reduction Act.
1:46.0	So I wanted to know more about what's on Democrats' to-do list.
1:49.8	So I called up Democratic Senator Jackie Rosen of Nevada.
1:53.0	She won re-election last month.
1:55.3	Senator Rosen, welcome back to Waddeh.
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