Nathaniel: What are the specifics of what each side is asking for beyond just you know Republicans want cuts Democrats don't want cuts Yeah, so Republicans are looking to basically freeze spending at old levels basically across the board. And then they're also asking for things like work requirements on government assistance programsThings like food stamps and things like that On Biden's side he's basically saying you know clean clean debt limit That's at least that's kind of his starting position.
The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast gets ready for a big week in politics. South Carolina Senator Tim Scott officially kicked off his presidential campaign in North Charleston Monday morning. We also expect the long-teased Ron DeSantis presidential campaign to become a reality this week. And, according to the Treasury Department we are just a week or so away from a possible default on the nation’s debt. National politics reporter at the AP Meg Kinnard and Data Columnist at the Washington Post join the crew to weigh in.
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