Stephen Basaha
speaker
251 appearances
37 recordings
1 series
first heard Dec 2025
last heard 6 Sep
Stephen Basaha’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It now heads to the House of Representatives.
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Stephen Passaha, NPR News.
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Before passing 85 to 5, the bill's co-sponsor, Republican Senator Tim Scott, said the bill is meant to boost the country's housing supply.
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The bill does not order the construction of new homes.
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That's up to the private sector.
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Instead, Scott says the legislation is meant to encourage homebuilders by reforming parts of the permitting process.
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When you cut red tape, you actually reduce the cost of housing.
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It now heads to the House of Representatives.
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Stephen Passaha, NPR News.
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The bill does not order the construction of new homes.
That's up to the private sector.
When you cut red tape, you actually reduce the cost of housing.
It now heads to the House of Representatives.
Stephen Passaha, NPR News.
Excluding food and energy, prices were up in April 3.3 percent from a year earlier.
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That's according to the Commerce Department's inflation gauge.
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The Federal Reserve signaled last week that it's leaning more toward an interest rate hike at some point this year, and that'll be influenced by May's inflation numbers due out Thursday.
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On Wednesday, we'll get sales figures for newly built houses in May.
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In April, the annual rate of new homes sold was 620,000, 11% below the rate a year earlier.
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Stephen Basaja, NPR News.
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