Newsmakers meet New Yorkers as host Brian Lehrer and his guests take on the issues dominating conversation in New York and around the world. This daily program from WNYC Studios cuts through the usual talk radio punditry and brings a smart, humane approach to the day's events and what matters most in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, On the Media, Death, Sex & Money, Nancy, and many others.
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Thursday Morning Politics: New Congressional Leadership
Karen Tumulty, political columnist for The Washington Post, talks about the latest national news, including how new leadership in the House and Senate is shaping up now that the midterms are over.
"The Speaker’s office is incredibly powerful in deciding what comes to the floor, under what kinds of rules... and I think... the Republican Conference is about to get a great lesson on how the Democrats have been feeling in the last few years," @ktumulty. https://t.co/JE6GnVgu5p
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) November 15, 2018"Nancy Pelosi, when she was Speaker… she was as effective as any speaker for the last century. She managed to muscle through Obama’s entire agenda for the first year of his presidency." 2/2 https://t.co/9OZSoCEIf0
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) November 15, 2018She's good at the job and no one, I've heard, has been able to name anyone who should replace her. This resistance strikes me as sexism. Schumer hasn't been an effective leader but he was reelected to his position with little fanfare.
— Jamal Alexis Downer (@jamaladowner) November 15, 2018