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Podcast: The Conversation with Dasha Burns
Episode: AOC’s advice to Joe Biden on the debt limit showdown
Description: In the last year, a lot has changed in Washington for progressives like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).In 2021 and 2022, with Democrats controlling the House, she and her allies could block any piece of legislation if they held together. Their big fights were with moderate Democrats over how many trillions of dollars to spend on President Joe Biden’s agenda. And they had easy access to the White House with Ron Klain as Biden’s chief of staff.Now they are in the minority and far from the negotiating room where Joe Biden is tr...