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Continuing the conversation about continuing resolutions, and other happenings on the Hill

September 19, 2022 conversation, continuing, happenings, about, Hill, Resolutions0 comment

Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on <a href=”https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/federal-drive-with-tom-temin/id1270799277?mt=2″>Apple Podcasts</a> or <a href=”https://www.podcastone.com/federal-drive-with-tom-temin?pid=1753589″>PodcastOne</a>. The continuing resolution that Congress is debating is sort of like COVID. You know it’s coming, but how bad will it be? CRs can go for days or they can go for months. Last year’s went nearly halfway through the fiscal year. To find out how this one is shaping up, the <a href=”https://federalnewsnetwork.com/category/temin/tom-temin-federal-drive/”>Federal Drive with Tom Temin </a>talked with Loren Duggan, Bloomberg Government deputy news director. Tom Temin: Loren,…

Congress cares about one thing now and its not 2023 appropriations

September 7, 2022 Congress, about, thing, Appropriations, 2023, cares0 comment

Best listening experience is on Chrome, Firefox or Safari. Subscribe to Federal Drive’s daily audio interviews on Apple Podcasts or PodcastOne. Congress trucks back to Washington this week with only a few legislative days left before the end of the fiscal year. They’ll have to deal with government funding among other things. Here with the outlook Bloomberg Government deputy news director Loren Duggan, who talked to the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Interview transcript: Tom Temin: Let’s begin with what’s the schedules precisely for the House and the Senate. Loren Duggan: Well,…

Biden team is cautiously optimistic about slowing down monkeypox in NYC, Chicago, San Francisco

August 26, 2022 down, Francisco, Chicago, about, Biden, optimistic, team, slowing, cautiously, monkeypox0 comment

The White House said Friday it is “cautiously” optimistic about a slowdown in the rise of monkeypox cases in key cities and that it has almost enough Jynneos vaccines to give two doses to Americans who are at the highest risk for the virus. The Washington Times stories: White House

Biden rejects Musk’s ‘super bad feeling’ about economy: ‘There’s every reason… to feel confident’

June 3, 2022 Biden, 'Super, Feeling, Rejects, There's, Reason, feel, Every, Confident, Economy, Musk's, about0 comment

President Biden on Friday hailed the latest jobs report as proof that the U.S. economy is strong, even as he conceded that record high inflation and gas prices are still hurting many families’ budgets. The Washington Times stories: White House

People Need to Start Using ‘Their Brains’ About Abortion, Ben Carson Says

May 30, 2022 People, Their, need, Start, using, Carson, Brains’, abortion, about, says0 comment

A little bit of logic and brain power might go a long way in solving the controversy over abortion, Ben Carson says. “I wish people would just take a step back from all this emotional rhetoric, and just use their brain, and look and see what is in that mother’s womb,” Carson, a renowned brain surgeon, said. Through modern ultrasound technology, we know that a child in the womb is “a human being with a head, and a face, with eyes, a nose, and a mouth, and arms,…

What the Primaries Reveal About the Future of Trumpism

May 18, 2022 about, Future, Reveal, primaries, Trumpism0 comment

For all the talk about how Donald Trump’s endorsed candidates would fare in the Republican primaries this year, the results in this week’s races made clear: Whatever happens to Trump’s personal influence, Trumpism is consolidating its dominance of the GOP. The former president’s scorecard on Tuesday was mixed. Candidates he endorsed won the GOP nominations for governor in Pennsylvania and Senate in North Carolina, while his preferred choice for Idaho governor failed to topple the incumbent and his late intervention could not save troubled young Representative Madison Cawthorn in North…