Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Joe Mathieu delivers insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy.

Joe spoke with Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President, Maya MacGuineas on the breaking news that Joe Manchin dropped his effort to include permitting reform language into the government funding bill, and the hefty price tag for President Biden's student debt forgiveness plan, Ryan Teague Beckwith, Bloomberg News National politics reporter on Bloomberg's Election Risk Index that outlines which states are most vulnerable to political election interference. Plus, our politics panel, Bloomberg Politics Contributors Jeanne Sheehan Zaino & Rick Davis on Joe Manchin's permitting bill being cut from the stopgap spending bill, what states are the most vulnerable to political election interference, and video footage of Roger Stone that was filmed weeks before the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

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