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Political Junkie Ken Rudin: GOP Senators Unveil Health Care Plan And More

Political Junkie Ken Rudin
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Political Junkie Ken Rudin
Political Junkie Ken Rudin
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Senate Republicans released their plan to roll back the Affordable Care Act this week. The measure was drafted in secret and comes after the U.S. House of Representatives passed its own version of a health bill last month. The bill is expected to come to the Senate floor next week.

Host Frank Stasio talks with Political Junkie Ken Rudin about the latest in politics.

Meanwhile, special elections in Georgia and South Carolina proved to be litmus tests for Donald Trump’s presidency. And President Trump admittedThursdaythat he does not have any recordings of his conversations with former FBI director James Comey.

Host Frank Stasio talks with Political Junkie Ken Rudin about the latest in politics.

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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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