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Democrats scramble to pass legislation before August recess

Democrats scramble to lock down legislation ahead of August recess

Aired 08/03/2022

PBS News Hour

Democrats scramble to pass legislation before August recess

Clip: 8/3/2022 | 4m 29sVideo has Closed Captions

Democrats scramble to lock down legislation ahead of August recess

With days left until an August recess, the question looming over Capitol Hill is whether a handshake deal among Democrats will hold, allowing a more than $700 billion piece of President Biden’s agenda to pass and become law. Lisa Desjardins joins Judy Woodruff to break it all down.

Aired 08/03/2022

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