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Agony in California, Banks Bask In Congress' Cash, And A Diaper Fix For Working Families!
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Agony in California, Banks Bask In Congress' Cash, And A Diaper Fix For Working Families!
FromSo That Happened
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59 minutes
Released:
Dec 3, 2015
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This week, we live through the horrors of two mass shootings -- one in Colorado Springs, one in San Bernadino. We'll fight this battle of broken records with our August 28 interview with Senator Chris Murphy. In hopeful news, world leaders have assembled in Paris to discuss the next steps to combat climate change, and observers are coming away feeling fairly optimistic about what's unfolding. And closer to home, a few lawmakers have hit upon one of those small ideas that make a big difference -- a way to help working class parents make ends meet by providing them with diapers, a product that poor parents spend an astonishing portion of their income procuring. Joining us to discuss this is Representative Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) Meanwhile, in Washington, a big winner has emerged in the fight to pass a highway funding bill and, naturally, it's an obscure bank with enough lobbying clout to get key lawmakers to just hand it money. Finally, the ostensible mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, is presiding over the... For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
Dec 3, 2015
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Podcast episode
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