As Senate GOP Demurs On Aid, Women Bear Brunt Of Economic Crisis

The Federal Reserve exists to lessen the severity of economic crises and its chair has been calling for more stimulus money for months. But Senate Republicans aren't likely to coalesce around a deal and mercurial negotiations between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin drag on.

And, what to expect from next week's Supreme Court confirmation hearings.

This episode: campaign correspondent Asma Khalid, congressional reporter Claudia Grisales, chief economics correspondent Scott Horsley, and national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson.

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