Congress

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Debt Limit DEFCON 2

September 10, 2021

The United States Armed Forces uses an alert system called the “defense readiness condition” (DEFCON) to describe different levels of readiness, or states of alert, for military personnel

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Big Budget Challenges Loom in September

September 03, 2021

This week on Facing the Future our guest was Austin Smythe who has over 30 years of experience working in both the legislative and executive branches of the Federal government.

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Bipartisan Race to the Bottom

August 20, 2021

This week on Facing the Future we heard from Tom Kahn, a veteran Democrat congressional staffer who is concerned that both parties have abandoned fiscal discipline.

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Budget Suspense

August 20, 2021

Democrats announced in early July that the progressive and moderate wings of the party had agreed to a top line spending level of $3.5 trillion for the upcoming reconcili