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Episode 214 : How Will Government Respond to Omicron?

Episode 214 : How Will Government Respond to Omicron?

Released Sunday, 5th December 2021
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Episode 214 : How Will Government Respond to Omicron?

Episode 214 : How Will Government Respond to Omicron?

Episode 214 : How Will Government Respond to Omicron?

Episode 214 : How Will Government Respond to Omicron?

Sunday, 5th December 2021
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On Friday, President Biden signed legislation to fund the government at the previous year’s fiscal levels through February 18, giving lawmakers more time to hammer out their differences and narrowly averting a government shutdown. Earlier in the week, citing the new and fast-spreading Covid-19 Omicron variant, the Biden Administration imposed new travel restrictions, as scientists race to determine just how virulent, transmissible, and responsive to vaccines Omicron is.

On the heels of the November jobs report, which gave a muddled picture of an improving economy, Public Strategies’ Howard Schweitzer, Towner French, Kaitlyn Martin, and Tristan Breaux breakdown the stopgap funding bill and discuss the potential impact of the Omicron variant on U.S. businesses.

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