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Dec. 15, 2021: A junkie’s guide to the 2022 midterms
Dec. 15, 2021: A junkie’s guide to the 2022 midterms
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Dec 15, 2021
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The Senate passed a debt limit increase of $2.5 trillion Tuesday
afternoon, and the House followed suit just after midnight. Congress
should be freed from addressing the issue again until 2023.
A final vote on the long-stalled NDAA is likely in the Senate today.
Congress has funded the government through mid-February. It shouldn’t
exactly get a big pat on the back for doing the basics, but the three
issues were all cleared with some degree of bipartisanship and less
brinkmanship and drama than expected.
The next big hurdle for Democrats? Senator Joe Manchin.
And, Doug Sosnik was an adviser to Bill Clinton for six years, and for
some dozen years he has written regular memos about national trends that
have attained something of a cult following among political junkies. We
know many of our readers are fans of his wonky missives, so we’re
pleased to present Sosnik’s latest memo, “A Look Ahead to the 2022
Midterm Elections and Beyond,” exclusively to the Playbook audience.
Subscribe to POLITICO Playbook.
Raghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.
Jenny Ament is the Senior Producer of POLITICO Audio.
afternoon, and the House followed suit just after midnight. Congress
should be freed from addressing the issue again until 2023.
A final vote on the long-stalled NDAA is likely in the Senate today.
Congress has funded the government through mid-February. It shouldn’t
exactly get a big pat on the back for doing the basics, but the three
issues were all cleared with some degree of bipartisanship and less
brinkmanship and drama than expected.
The next big hurdle for Democrats? Senator Joe Manchin.
And, Doug Sosnik was an adviser to Bill Clinton for six years, and for
some dozen years he has written regular memos about national trends that
have attained something of a cult following among political junkies. We
know many of our readers are fans of his wonky missives, so we’re
pleased to present Sosnik’s latest memo, “A Look Ahead to the 2022
Midterm Elections and Beyond,” exclusively to the Playbook audience.
Subscribe to POLITICO Playbook.
Raghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.
Jenny Ament is the Senior Producer of POLITICO Audio.
Released:
Dec 15, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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