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Passing the Buck
President Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson answer questions about the budget bill from the media at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.
Welcome back to the weekly politics chat with Neil and Claire! Remember that if you prefer to read, you can activate a transcript by clicking the “transcript” button above.
We begin this week’s episode with a clip from President Donald Trump’s speech on July 4, 2025, as he prepared to sign H.R.1, otherwise known in the Republican Party as as the One, Big, Beautiful, Budget Bill.
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