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The Roundtable

Congressional Corner with Peter Welch

By Alan Chartock
Published May 13, 2022 at 10:50 AM EDT

President Biden and his party are facing headwinds this fall. In today’s Congressional Corner, Vermont Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Peter Welch wraps up his conversation with WAMC’s Alan Chartock. This conversation was recorded May 2.

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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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