Bidens spending bill, infrastructure, and a looming government shutdown: What the hell is going on?

Published: Sept. 29, 2021, 2:24 a.m.

b'Even people who follow DC politics closely are struggling to keep up with this week\\u2019s political drama. Between a looming government shutdown, the need to raise the debt ceiling by next month, and the Democrats\\u2019 intra-party fight over infrastructure and the Build Back Better Act, a tangled political mess is unfolding on Capitol Hill\\u2014and the results will directly impact the lives of everyday people. In this installment of The Marc Steiner Show, Sarah Anderson of the Institute for Policy Studies joins Marc to break the situation down in clear terms and to tell listeners how to contact their senators and representatives to voice their opinions. Anderson directs the Global Economy Project at the Institute for Policy Studies and is a co-editor of the IPS web site Inequality.org

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