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June 17, 2022: Can Biden's domestic agenda be revived?
June 17, 2022: Can Biden's domestic agenda be revived?
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Released:
Jun 17, 2022
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President Joe Biden spoke to the AP’s Josh Boak in the Oval Office
Thursday afternoon for 30 minutes. There was plenty of old-school Biden
filibustering that ate up Boak’s time. He talked about his desire “to
grow the economy from the bottom up and the middle out.” He used the
word “literally” at a rate of once every 10 minutes, and peppered his
answers with assurances that he was “not being a wise guy,” that what he
was saying was “not a joke,” and introduced one point with the words
“here’s the deal.”
But there were also some intriguing moments …
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Raghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.
Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.
Thursday afternoon for 30 minutes. There was plenty of old-school Biden
filibustering that ate up Boak’s time. He talked about his desire “to
grow the economy from the bottom up and the middle out.” He used the
word “literally” at a rate of once every 10 minutes, and peppered his
answers with assurances that he was “not being a wise guy,” that what he
was saying was “not a joke,” and introduced one point with the words
“here’s the deal.”
But there were also some intriguing moments …
Subscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter
Raghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.
Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.
Released:
Jun 17, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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