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Roundup: Spending Bill Fight Continues; TikTok Ban Looms

DEC 20, 202424 MIN
The NPR Politics Podcast

Roundup: Spending Bill Fight Continues; TikTok Ban Looms

DEC 20, 202424 MIN

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Lawmakers are up against a deadline of midnight Friday to pass a bill to fund the government. What's behind the hold up?

Then, a ban on TikTok heads to the Supreme Court, and we go back to when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.

This episode: political correspondent Sarah McCammon, congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh, political correspondent Susan Davis, technology correspondent Bobby Allyn, and voting correspondent Miles Parks.

The podcast is produced by Kelli Wessinger, and edited by Casey Morell. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics.

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