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18: The Ryan Budget
Episode 18
Low-lights of the Ryan budget are described after we run down the bills passed by the House this week. We also look into an eighteen-year emergency c…
13 years, 5 months ago
17: VAWA & Funding Defense
Episode 17
We take a close look at the Violence Against Women Act re-authorization as the President signs it into law. We also look at the continuing resolution…
13 years, 5 months ago
16: They Want Cuts
Episode 16
No one really tried to avert the sequester, the House of Representatives travels in style, and something good actually happened this week in Congress…
13 years, 5 months ago
15: Who Caused Sequester
Episode 15
House Republicans tried hard during their week off to label the huge March 1 cuts as "the President's sequester", but was President Obama really the …
13 years, 6 months ago
14: Marching Towards Sequester
Episode 14
Hydropower and veterans get some love from the House this week, while churches get taxpayer money and Federal workers get screwed… again. H.R. 267: …
13 years, 6 months ago
13: Surveillance, Stupidity, & Drones
Episode 13
The House passes a surveillance bill masked as pediatric research and then wastes our time. Also, highlights from the leaked legal justification for …
13 years, 6 months ago
12: ALEC
Episode 12
A quick fact check followed by an introduction to ALEC, the association of lawmakers and corporations working together to write bills. Fact Checking…
13 years, 6 months ago
11: No Budget, Still Get Paid
Episode 11
Lobbyist Jo Ann Emerson quits Congress early, the House votes to temporarily suspend the debt ceiling and probably-not postpone their own paychecks, …
13 years, 7 months ago
10: House (Finally!) Votes on Sandy Aid
Episode 10
Before the House (finally) agreed to give recovery money to Hurricane Sandy victims, they made new rules for the 113th Congress, including more priva…
13 years, 7 months ago
9: What's In the Fiscal Cliff Bill
Episode 9
The back story on the "fiscal cliff" debacle, the House's sad excuse for a compromise, and the contents of the fiscal cliff bill that became law on 1…
13 years, 7 months ago