The 21st Show

The 21st Show Live, with Illinois Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski

 
Rep.-elect Nikki Budzinski, left, stands with other newly-elected members of Congress on the East Front of the Capitol in Washington in this file photo from Nov. 15, 2022.

Rep.-elect Nikki Budzinski, left, stands with other newly-elected members of Congress on the East Front of the Capitol in Washington in this file photo from Nov. 15, 2022. Patrick Semansky/AP

A special live 21st Show interview with U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski, taped Tuesday evening at partner station NPR Illinois' annual Thank-You Fest in downtown Springfield. Budzinski, a Democrat from central Illinois, talked with 21st Show host Brian Mackey about government funding, the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, climate change, and her impressions of working in Congress one year after she was first elected.

Guest

U.S. Rep. Nikki Budzinski
Democrat, IL-13 (Metro East, Springfield, Decatur, Champaign-Urbana)