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The Roundtable

Congressional Corner with Peter Welch

By Alan Chartock

Published August 25, 2022 at 10:50 AM EDT

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Congressman Peter Welch

Democrats have gotten a major chunk of President Biden’s agenda across the finish line.

In today’s Congressional Corner, Democratic Rep. and Senate candidate Peter Welch of Vermont continues his conversation with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.

This interview was recorded August 22.

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Alan Chartock

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.

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