A Conversation With a Virginia Democrat

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🗓️ 9 November 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In a bipartisan win for President Biden, Democrats and Republicans have passed a trillion-dollar infrastructure plan. Now comes the difficult part — trying to win approval for a $2 trillion social spending bill. For more moderate Democrats in swing districts, the vote will be among the toughest of the Biden era — and one that some fear could cost them their seats in next year’s midterms. To gauge their concerns, we speak to one such lawmaker, Representative Abigail Spanberger of Virginia. Guest: Representative Abigail Spanberger, Democrat of Virginia.

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0:43.3	To fulfill President Biden's agenda, both Democrats and Republicans have now passed a trillion
0:50.3	dollar bipartisan infrastructure bill.
0:53.5	Now comes the hard part.
0:56.2	In the coming days, Democrats will pass a nearly two trillion dollar partisan social
1:02.3	spending bill.
1:04.1	For moderate Democrats in swing districts, it will be the toughest vote of the Biden
1:09.8	era, and it could cost them their seats in next year's midterms.
1:15.9	Today I spoke with one of those moderates, representative Abigail Spanberger, a Virginia's
1:23.2	seventh congressional district.
1:30.6	It's Tuesday, November 9.
1:39.7	Okay, Congresswoman, thank you very much for making time for us.
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