Some last-minute deals came together before lawmakers left DC for the holiday.
In today’s Congressional Corner, New York representative Paul Tonko tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock about the 11th-hour negotiations.
Dr. Alan Chartock is professor emeritus at the University at Albany. He hosts the weekly Capitol Connection series, heard on public radio stations around New York. The program, for almost 12 years, highlighted interviews with Governor Mario Cuomo and now continues with conversations with state political leaders. Dr. Chartock also appears each week on The Media Project and The Roundtable and offers commentary on Morning Edition, weekdays at 7:40 a.m.