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Hurricane Harvey and the upcoming budget battle

Hosted by Warren Olney Aug. 31, 2017 National
The best laid plans of Republicans and Democrats are likely to go astray when Congress returns on Tuesday. Damages from Tropical Storm Harvey will be political as well as financial and the impacts will last until the mid-term elections in November of next year.

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Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Luke Vander Ploeg, Katie Cooper, Sáša Woodruff, Devan Schwartz

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