Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Correspondent

Nancy covers Washington, D.C. for Marketplace. However, she has a wide range of interests and has reported on everything from homelessness to government shutdowns and the history of the Fed.

Before joining Marketplace, she worked in the NPR newscast unit as a producer and fill-in editor and newscaster. She also worked at WAMU, the NPR affiliate in Washington.

In 2023, Nancy was honored with a Gracie Award for a story on how pediatricians were coping with the end of the federal government's COVID public health emergency. The story also won a National Headliner Award and a Society of Professional Journalists award.

Latest from Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Dec 21, 2017
The power behind the scenes at Congressional hearings
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Congress holds hundreds of hearings a year. Most are webcast. So why go?
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Dec 19, 2017
After taxes, what’s next for the GOP?
Forget the tax overhaul. That’s old news. Republicans are already looking ahead to their next goal: cutting Medicare, Medicaid and other programs like food stamps. They’re calling it “entitlement reform.” Click the audio player above to hear the full story.
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Dec 12, 2017
Republicans want $700 billion in defense spending next year. Can they get the Democrats on board?
President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act today. It calls for around $700 billion in defense spending for fiscal year 2018. That would blow right through the spending caps Congress agreed to back in 2011. Congress has to vote to modify those caps, if it wants to spend this much money on defense. […]
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Dec 11, 2017
Saudi Arabia lifts ban on movie theaters
The announcement, made today, ends a ban that dates back to the 1980s. Saudis will be able to go out to the movies as soon as next year. It’s all part of a push by the Saudi royal family to diversify the economy away from oil.
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Nov 30, 2017
Congressional tax proposals wouldn’t do much to help low-income families with children, study says
Low-income families with young children wouldn’t see a lot of benefit from the House or Senate tax overhauls, according to a new study from the left-leaning Tax Policy Center. It found the tax cut proposals tilt heavily toward middle- and upper-income families. That’s even if the final version of the tax overhaul increases the child […]
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Nov 30, 2017
Tax think tanks are having a moment
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With Congress working on a tax reform bill, demand for tax theories is way up.
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Nov 21, 2017
FCC targets net neutrality
The next target of the Trump administration’s regulatory rollback appears to be net neutrality. The Obama-era rule that says all internet traffic has to be treated equally. The Federal Communications Commission is expected to release a new net neutrality rule this week reversing that decision. Here’s how net neutrality works. Think of the web as […]
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Nov 16, 2017
Head of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will step down
Richard Cordray announced today that he’s leaving the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by the end of the month. President Donald Trump will get to appoint Cordray’s successor, giving him yet another way to reshape U.S. financial regulation. We take a look at how the president is putting his stamp on these regulations. Click the audio player […]
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Nov 15, 2017
Smaller banks could win big if one Dodd-Frank oversight rule is loosened
A bipartisan group of senators has agreed to take a big step in loosening up some of the bank regulations that were put in place after the 2008 financial crisis under the Dodd-Frank law. They’re backing a deal that would exempt small and regional banks from regulations and testing meant to ensure that financial institutions […]
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Nov 13, 2017
Another spin of the revolving door between industry and Washington
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President Donald Trump today announced his pick for HHS Secretary.
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