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07-19-2022, 04:08 AM
When Democrats first set out to expand the social safety net, they envisioned a piece of legislation as transformational as what the party has achieved in the 1960s. In the process, they hoped that they’d win back the working-class voters the party had since lost.
But now that they’re on the brink of reaching a deal, the question is whether the enormous cuts and compromises they’ve made will make it impossible to fulfill either ambition.
Guest: Jonathan Weisman (https://www.nytimes.com/by/jonathan-weisman), a congressional correspondent for The Times.
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Background reading:
As Democrats ponder cutting a $3.5 trillion social safety net bill down to perhaps $2 trillion, a proposal to limit programs to the poor has rekindled a debate on the meaning of government itself (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/us/politics/manchin-democrats-means-testing.html).
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But now that they’re on the brink of reaching a deal, the question is whether the enormous cuts and compromises they’ve made will make it impossible to fulfill either ambition.
Guest: Jonathan Weisman (https://www.nytimes.com/by/jonathan-weisman), a congressional correspondent for The Times.
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Background reading:
As Democrats ponder cutting a $3.5 trillion social safety net bill down to perhaps $2 trillion, a proposal to limit programs to the poor has rekindled a debate on the meaning of government itself (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/us/politics/manchin-democrats-means-testing.html).
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily). Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
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