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Tune in for our latest podcast episode “Unprecedented” with Mark, Josh, and Matt. https://media.blubrry.com/twobeersin/gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Congress-Two-Beers-in-May-1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (43.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | More
Dear Friends, With FY2024 funding bills finally off the to-do list, the House and Senate have a bit more bandwidth to focus on other priorities. But even as I write this, events are overtaking the chambers’ planned schedules. Following Iran’s weekend attack on Israel in retaliation for a recent strike,
As Congress struggles to act on a myriad of challenges, much of the blame – rightly or wrongly – is being laid at Speaker Johnson’s feet. Currently, he stands in the way of foreign aid packages to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, an FAA reauthorization, the farm bill, and more. However,
Dear Friends, “It’s a huge month for appropriations” isn’t always something we say about March, but nothing is normal on the Hill these days. Now that six FY24 funding bills have finally reached the President’s desk, we look to the next (partial) shutdown deadline ten days away. With huge, complicated
Another shutdown threat barely averted, and another stopgap spending bill passed with more to follow, while major legislation stagnates. If this feels familiar, you’re not alone. But how difficult is this moment we’re in? Congress has been derided as a “do nothing” institution before: in 1880, in 1948, and more
Dear Friends, The biggest news on Capitol Hill this week will be the bipartisan immigration deal reached by Senate negotiators. Surprising no one, it has already produced turmoil in both chambers. Many Senate Republicans, as well as a few Democrats, have signaled their opposition, and House Republicans have promised the
The first session of the 118th Congress was historically unproductive. Only 35 measures were signed into law, with only the Fiscal Responsibility Act and the Defense Authorization Act of significant note. Several major items on the agenda—border security, foreign aid, tax extenders—saw no floor action, while others—the Farm bill, FAA
After a chaotic and historically unproductive first session, the 118th Congress appears to be off to a more hopeful start in the new year. Recent news indicating congressional leaders have finally secured an agreement on the top-line numbers for funding the federal government for the remainder of FY24 is certainly
Congress and appropriations reporter Jenn Shutt joins Laura to wrap up the year: appropriations, international supplemental funding, NDAA and what’s unprecedented, unusual -and usual- about this year. Shutt notes that the House has been “building the rollercoaster as they’re riding it”. https://media.blubrry.com/twobeersin/gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Jenn-Shutt-Dec-20-2023.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (36.1MB)Subscribe: RSS
Matt, Mark, and Josh discuss the Speaker’s election, the CR dilemma, and a few other odds and ends. https://media.blubrry.com/twobeersin/gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Speaker-Johnson-pod.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (23.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | More
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