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Is the US Doing Enough for the Refugees?
The nations of Europe are divided over what to do about tens of thousands of refugees from Syria's civil war. The US is also divided between its historic offer of liberty to the world's "huddled masses" and fears about homeland security.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenThe nations of Europe are divided over what to do about tens of thousands of refugees from Syria's civil war. The US is also divided between its historic offer of liberty to the world's "huddled masses" and fears about homeland security.
Also, the Senate rejects GOP efforts to quash the Iran Deal. On today's Talking Point, the Democrats have yet another candidate for president: a Harvard law professor who's running on just one issue. If elected, he says he'll resign from the White House — as soon as the Citizen Equality Act goes into effect. We hear what that is when we talk to Lawrence Lessig.
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3 storiesSenate Rejects GOP Efforts to Quash Iran Deal
Yesterday, Republicans in the Senate failed to stop the Iran nuclear deal . Today, Republicans in the House passed two bills designed to prevent major provisions from going into effect, as we hear from Karoun Demirjian who reports for the Washington Post .
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Four million people have fled from Syria during five years of civil war, and the number is still growing, and the massive humanitarian crisis is spreading from the Middle East to Europe -- all the way to the White House and Congress.
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In Donald Trump, Republicans have what could be called an "unorthodox" candidate for the White House. Now the Democrats have one, too… and it's not Bernie Sanders. If he could raise one million dollars to run for President, Lawrence Lessig said he would resign as a professor at Harvard Law School and begin his campaign.
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