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Special Guest Matt Fuller joins Matt, Mark, and Josh to talk about the future congressional leaders, the House Chaplain controversy, and reading lips from the House gallery. http://media.blubrry.com/twobeersin/gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Episode-13-two-beers-in.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS | More
The federal budget process is broken. There are few things that political actors across the spectrum agree on; the deep dysfunctionality of congressional budgeting is one. This topic has received considerable attention in recent years, most recently via a joint select committee created to seek reforms. The need for such
Now that erstwhile Secretary of Veterans Affairs nominee Dr. Ronny Jackson has lost his job as the President’s personal physician, he should blame former Sen. Harry Reid for his troubles. On November 21, 2013, in the face of sustained Republican opposition to confirming President Obama’s nominees and judges, the Senate
GAI Senior Fellow Mark Harkins was interviewed recently by Politico and the Globe and Mail for stories on the Facebook congressional hearings. The Politico story is here and The Globe and Mail here.
March 2018 marked a curious milestone for national security that may portend some unexpected clashes ahead for President Trump and congressional overseers. New personnel selections have dredged up divisive political memories; while the choice of Mr. Bolton (for National Security Advisor) may draw more commentary, Gina Haspel (for CIA Director)
Hello Friends , I would wish you a happy spring, but looking at the forecast I think it’s best to just stay quiet for now. Whatever the weather, Congress will return on Tuesday after a two-week recess that gave members lots of opportunities to hear from constituents and take the
Special Guest Alexis Simendinger joins Matt, Mark, and Laura to talk about the recently-passed omnibus and the state of the Trump White House. http://media.blubrry.com/twobeersin/gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Episode-11-Two-Beers-In.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download ()Subscribe: RSS | More
Last month Congress struck a two-year deal that greases the budget wheels to the tune of an extra $320 billion. While political posturing and two brief government shutdowns hampered bipartisan negotiations, congressional leaders in the House and Senate ultimately settled on a budget that outlines discretionary spending, lifts the Budget
GAI Senior Fellow recently published a piece in Politico discussing what was gained and lost in last week’s weekend shutdown. You can read the entire piece here .
Three months into the 2018 fiscal year, Congress and the President have yet to finalize a budget deal. Delayed funding of government is not new to this Congress or its predecessors. Similar debates about how much to raise the Budget Control Act (BCA) caps (commonly referred to as sequester) occurred
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