In this week鈥檚 Politically Speaking news roundup, 漏 2024 外网天堂鈥檚 Jason Rosenbaum and Julie O鈥橠onoghue discuss St. Louis' proposal to bring back red-light cameras, the city鈥檚 ban on 鈥渃onversion therapy鈥� for minors and how Missouri鈥檚 delegation is handling President Trump鈥檚 impeachment.
漏 2024 外网天堂鈥檚 and the Kansas City Star鈥檚 D.C. correspondent, , join the podcast for some of these conversations.
Here鈥檚 a rundown of some of the details:
- The city is looking at , which it contends would make the city safer. But Petrin says studies in other cities have shown that such measures don鈥檛 necessarily improve safety. Some people speculate that bringing the red-light cameras back might be more about finding another source of revenue for the city. The move has also produced a backlash in St. Louis County, where Councilman Tim Fitch, a Republican, recently proposed a ban on red-light cameras in reaction to the city鈥檚 discussion around implementing them again.
- The city is also looking to ban 鈥溾�� programs that are often used to try to change LGBTQ identification. The programs have been debunked by psychological experts. One gay alderman also said these programs could be emotionally damaging to children who are forced to go through them.
- We talk about what we are hearing 鈥� and what we aren鈥檛 hearing 鈥� from members of the Missouri delegation on impeachment. Also, we discuss what role Sen. Roy Blunt will take once the impeachment process moves to the upper chamber. Blunt, as chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, will likely be heavily involved, Lowry said.
In our final segment, the hosts look back on memorable political speeches they have witnessed. Rosenbaum focused on a speech given during the final meeting, and O鈥橠onoghue talks about Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal鈥檚 speech in which he announced he was dropping out of the 2016 presidential race.
Outgoing Music: 鈥� by Sam Cooke
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