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National Political Roundup

WUNC News | By Anita Rao,
Frank Stasio
Published September 15, 2016 at 12:23 PM EDT
Voters across North Carolina cast their ballots for representatives in Congress and a seat on the state's highest judiciary Tuesday.
Lawrence Jackson, whitehouse.gov.
Voters across North Carolina cast their ballots for representatives in Congress and a seat on the state's highest judiciary Tuesday.
Lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill last week for a short session before the November election. Reporter Geoff Bennett talks about the latest from Washington.
Credit Lawrence Jackson, whitehouse.gov.
Lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill last week for a short session before the November election. Reporter Geoff Bennett talks about the latest from Washington.

Lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill last week for a short session before the November election. Their priorities include passing a spending bill to avert another government shutdown and coming up with a funding plan to fight the Zika virus. The pressure is on to adjourn the session quickly to allow embattled incumbents, like North Carolina’s Sen. Richard Burr, time to campaign in their home states.

 A political update with Geoff Bennett, senior Washington reporter for Time Warner Cable News.

Host Frank Stasio talks with Geoff Bennett, senior Washington reporter for Time Warner Cable News, about the latest from Washington D.C. 

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Anita Rao
Anita Rao is the host and creator of "Embodied," a live, weekly radio show and seasonal podcast about sex, relationships & health. She's also the managing editor of WUNC's on-demand content. She has traveled the country recording interviews for the Peabody Award-winning StoryCorps production department, founded and launched a podcast about millennial feminism in the South, and served as the managing editor and regular host of "The State of Things," North Carolina Public Radio's flagship daily, live talk show. Anita was born in a small coal-mining town in Northeast England but spent most of her life growing up in Iowa and has a fond affection for the Midwest.
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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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