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58: Space Travel, TSA, Wall Street, & Patents
Episode 58
During the first week of December, the House of Representatives passed bills to extend an insurance program that provides taxpayer bailouts to privat…
12 years, 8 months ago
57: DATA Act-tually Pretty Good
Episode 57
Hudson Hollister, Executive Director of the Data Transparency Coalition, schools Jen on the DATA Act, the bill from episode CD054. Turns out, the bil…
12 years, 8 months ago
56: Fired
Episode 56
Jen's husband loses his job; in this episode, the political situation that doomed his solar power company. Then we make a rough plan for the future, …
12 years, 8 months ago
55: Three Bills for Fossil Fuels
Episode 55
Before going home for Thanksgiving, the House passed three bills designed to fast-track permits for oil and natural gas drilling. This episode highli…
12 years, 9 months ago
54: Hidden Data Act
Episode 54
A bill marketed as for "transparency" appears to keep information secret from the public and gut an oversight board. Taxpayers treat a group of Repre…
12 years, 9 months ago
53: TPP – The Leaked Chapter
Episode 53
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is an international treaty being negotiated in almost total secrecy by the United States and eleven other nations…
12 years, 9 months ago
52: The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
Episode 52
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a secret international treaty designed to give corporations power over governments; it is labeled as a "free t…
12 years, 9 months ago
51: Expand Bank Bailouts
Episode 51
The House passed a bill this week that would expand the number of banks that will be eligible for government bailouts and eliminated rules to prevent…
12 years, 10 months ago
50: Privatize Water Projects
Episode 50
Now that the government is back up and running and the American public has looked away, the House of Representatives got back to work privatizing our…
12 years, 10 months ago
49: Crisis… Postponed
Episode 49
The shutdown is over & the debt ceiling postponed; we take a close look at the new law that finally ended the unnecessary crisis. Links to Informatio…
12 years, 10 months ago