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The Transition: The Biden team wastes no time

Joe Biden delivers remarks on election night as seen on a screen in Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington. — Joe Biden delivers remarks on election night as seen on a screen in Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

By Katherine Tully-McManus, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell

Posted November 9, 2020 at 5:41pm

President-elect Joe Biden has launched his transition with a marquee roster to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. In this special episode of the Political Theater podcast, we look at that effort as well as what is likely to happen to immigration policy and the fate of the Senate’s majority. CQ Roll Call’s Katherine Tully-McManus hosts.

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