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Congress in final push to approve bills before midterms

Congress in final push to approve contentious legislation before midterms

Aired 09/22/2022

PBS News Hour

Congress in final push to approve bills before midterms

Clip: 9/22/2022 | 5m 22sVideo has Closed Captions

Congress in final push to approve contentious legislation before midterms

With less than 50 days until the midterms, Congress is in its final push to approve legislation ahead of Election Day. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to make it harder to overthrow an election while the Senate debated Sen. Joe Manchin's energy permitting proposal. All of this as yet another government shutdown deadline looms. Lisa Desjardins joined Judy Woodruff to discuss.

Aired 09/22/2022

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