Airs Friday, December 16, 2022 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings)
Government funding feud & Trump’s popularity problem:
With days to go before this session of Congress ends, the House and Senate are scrambling to wrap-up work before heading home for the holidays. But negotiations over government funding has exposed a growing rift between the Republican Party’s top congressional leaders Rep. Kevin McCarthy and Sen. Mitch McConnell.
And all this comes as recent polls show former President Donald Trump’s popularity among republicans has hit a new low.
Joining Washington Week moderator, Yamiche Alcindor to discuss this and more:
- Monica Alba, White House Correspondent, NBC News
- Carl Hulse, Chief Washington Correspondent, The New York Times
- Nikole Killion, Congressional Correspondent, CBS News
- Jonathan Martin, Politics Bureau Chief, Politico
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