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Podcast: Heard Tell
Episode: On The Senate Floor For Vote-a-rama, Covering Congress, Politics of Midterm, Autism, w/ Eric Garica
Description: Journalist and author Eric Garcia returns to Heard Tell to give his first-hand account of the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, the long and often ridiculous spectacle of vote-a-rama, and how the US Senate really works. Eric also touches on the newsmaking players like Senators Bernie Sanders, Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, Rick Scoot, Mitch McConnell, and others. On the house side of Capitol Hill, Eric explains the looming changes and Kevin McCarthy, Nancy Pelosi, Elise Stefanik, Steve Scalise, and how just getting a majority in the midterms might be the beginning of a whole new set of problems...