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    Left, Right & Center

    New year, new Congress

    And a continuing government shutdown.

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    By Josh Barro • Jan 4, 2019 • 51m Listen

    President Trump met with Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to discuss the border wall and bringing an end to the now weeks-long government shutdown. According to Schumer, Trump said he would keep the government closed for months, even years. Capitol bureau chief at POLITICO John Bresnahan fills the panel in on the latest from the new Congress and the status of the shutdown.

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      Josh Barro

      Former host of Left, Right & Center

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      Ana Marie Cox

      political writer, host of “90 days with Ana Marie Cox” podcast

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      Reihan Salam

      National Review / The Atlantic

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      Sara Fay

      Former producer of Left, Right and Center

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      Rosalie Atkinson

      Associate Producer, Left, Right & Center and All The President's Lawyers

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      John Bresnahan

      senior congressional reporter for Politico

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      Mike Konczal

      Roosevelt Institute

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      Jason Furman

      Harvard Kennedy School of Government

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