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How Should Lawmakers Balance Privacy and Transparency About Their Health?

How Should Lawmakers Balance Privacy and Transparency About Their Health?

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Senator Mitch McConnell returned to the public eye after a weeks-long absence and after rumors about his health spread. What do politicians owe the public when they’re ailing or aging, and should they be expected to trade privacy for transparency with the

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Senator Mitch McConnell was absent from Capitol Hill for weeks.
Rumors and conspiracies swirled until he recently reappeared and
said he was in medical care recovering from a fall.

He’s not the only politician who’s hid their health from the
public eye – Joe Biden, for instance, tried to keep concerns
about his health quiet before the 2024 election – until it was
too hard to ignore.

We talk about what aging and ailing lawmakers owe to the public
especially if it impairs their ability to serve.

Plus, immigration enforcement is surging. ICE doubled the number
of arrests compared to earlier this year, and has been doing it
without the massive protests that rocked the country. But now,
with two headline-grabbing shootings of motorists by ICE agents,
what is the future of that strategy?

We also talk about how congress came together on a massive
affordable housing bill.

Producer: Leo Duran

Host: Mike Madrid

Guests:

Liz Bruenig, staff writer at The Atlantic -
@EBruenig

Sarah Isgur, senior editor at The Dispatch -
@whignewtons