The reconciliation bill was never enough. It just got a whole lot worse.

Episode 45 with Jordan Chariton

For months, on and off Krystal Kyle & Friends, we’ve been following the reconciliation bill. We’ve noted the possibilities it holds to lessen the massive financial burden placed on Americans by basic resources — childcare and healthcare provisions among them — and we’ve spoken with guests like Bernie Sanders, who has played an essential role in pushing the bill’s aims leftward, calling it a historic piece of legislature. But we’ve also watched the gleeful impunity with which corporatist, conservative Democrats have blocked, stalled, and eroded a bill that frankly wasn’t enough in the first place.