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Once Derided As Graft, Earmarks Just Helped Congress Pass A Bipartisan Budget Deal

Once Derided As Graft, Earmarks Just Helped Congress Pass A Bipartisan Budget Deal

FromThe NPR Politics Podcast


Once Derided As Graft, Earmarks Just Helped Congress Pass A Bipartisan Budget Deal

FromThe NPR Politics Podcast

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Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Mar 11, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The $1.5 trillion dollar package also contained billions in aid to Ukraine. One thing that was absent? COVID relief money that the White House was banking on.And the 2020 Census undercounted many Black, Latino, and Native Americans. White, non-Latino Americans were overcounted. That could help to perpetuate inequality.This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, congressional correspondent Kelsey Snell, correspondent Hansi Lo Wang, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.Connect:Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.orgJoin the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
Released:
Mar 11, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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The NPR Politics Podcast is where NPR's political reporters talk to you like they talk to each other. With weekly roundups and quick takes on news of the day, you don't have to keep up with politics to know what's happening. You just have to keep up with us.