Heard Tell Podcast: The Independent’s Senior Washington Correspondent & Author Eric Garcia

On The Senate Floor For Vote-a-rama, Covering Congress, Politics of Midterm, Autism, w/ Eric Garica

Journalist and author Eric Garcia returns to Heard Tell to give his first-hand account of the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, the long and often ridiculous spectacle of vote-a-rama, and how the US Senate really works. Eric also touches on the newsmaking players like Senators Bernie Sanders, Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, Rick Scoot, Mitch McConnell, and others. On the house side of Capitol Hill, Eric explains the looming changes and Kevin McCarthy, Nancy Pelosi, Elise Stefanik, Steve Scalise, and how just getting a majority in the midterms might be the beginning of a whole new set of problems for Republicans and Democrats alike. Plus, Eric talks about how the midterm elections is affecting office holders in both houses of congress, ans how the Rick Scott v Mitch McConnell dust up is a sign of things to come. Also, with the paperback edition of his great book We Are Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation now out we talk about media portrayals and news headlines and narratives surround folks on the spectrum, and how those…