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✊🤖 Join us for our third episode covering the interconnected issues of Infrastructure, Reconciliation, Filibuster, and the Debt Ceiling in Congress. Today we introduce Christine Lu, co-founder of Cross Border Lab and America Innovates for a global and AAPI perspective.

0:00 - Intro 2:58 - Welcome Christine Lu 5:48 - Introducing Infrastructure, Reconciliation, Filibuster8:40 - Melanie with Audience Q&A13:04 - Professor Buzzkill15:31 - Spotlight on the Violence Against Women Act18:49 - Spotlight on HBCU Funding21:51 - The History of the Debt Ceiling29:39 - How the U.S. is Viewed from Abroad35:01 - Civics Education39:12 - Debt Ceiling and the Age of Obama42:40 - Bipartisan Support for Infrastructure47:05 - The Status Quo50:46 - Wrap


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ScotChristineSusanMelanieJoe

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How the Infrastructure Deal Might Test the Limit of Popular Bills at 538Save the Women by Susan StutzHouse Renews Violence Against Women Act, But Senate Hurdles Remain at NPR

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