ITT Sound Off: The Congress Mess

Published: Oct. 1, 2021, 10:25 p.m.

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Julio and guest co-host Jamilah King, deputy inequality editor at Buzzfeed News, talk about the latest in Congress, including Thursday\\u2019s vote to temporarily stop a government shutdown, and the infrastructure and budget reconciliation bills. They hear from Representative Jamaal Bowman, of New York\\u2019s 16th Congressional District, about the frustrating delay in passing immigration reform. And, they discuss the impact of vaccine mandates on the NBA.\\xa0 ITT Staff Picks: - Stephen Crockett Jr. writes about how Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are loving the attention that comes with being the roadblock to the Democratic agenda in this piece for The Root.\\xa0 - \\u201cRepublicans think that by voting against the debt ceiling hike, they\\u2019re showing that Democrats are responsible for the debt. But they\\u2019re really demonstrating that the security of the United States depends on Democratic control of Congress,\\u201d writes William Saletan in this piece for Slate.\\xa0 - \\u201cBut if the league\\u2019s unvaccinated players are going to use their proverbial microphone to showcase their own lack of information\\u2014and potentially threaten their team\\u2019s ability to compete\\u2014then high-profile players should use their own platform to call out their teammates,\\u201d writes Jemele Hill in this piece for The Atlantic.\\xa0 Photo credit: AP Photo/Andrew Harnik \\xa0

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