Do political scandals matter anymore?

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  Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

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  I'm Miles Parks.

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  I cover voting.

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  I'm Barbara Sprunt.

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  I cover Congress.

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  And I'm Danielle Kurtzleben.

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  I cover the White House.

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  And it has been another busy week in the world of politics,

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  and another week of President Trump pushing the boundaries of Republican support on Capitol Hill.

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  So I want to start there, Barbara.

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  The Senate overnight, early this morning, passed a funding package for immigration enforcement agencies.

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  Immigration is a clear priority for the Republican Party, and yet this was not a simple process.

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  Can you explain what happened?

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  Yeah, it feels like Groundhog Day, right?

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  It feels like we've been talking about funding immigration enforcement agencies for a long time,

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  and that's because we have.

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  Earlier this year, if we can cast back, Senate Democrats blocked funding the Department of Homeland Security.

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