CD139: Inside Congress

Congressional Dish

Jennifer Briney

News, Congress, Government, Politics, Corporations

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2016

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Chip Lake is a member of the Congressional Dish community and the former Chief of Staff to retiring Rep. Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia's 3rd district. In this enlightening episode, Chip provides valuable insight on how Congressional offices operate, which committees are the most powerful, what candidates buy with their "campaign contributions", and much more. Please support Congressional Dish: to contribute with PayPal or Bitcoin; click the PayPal "Make it Monthly" checkbox to create a monthly subscription to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Mail Contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North #4576 Crestview, FL 32536 Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Chip Lake is a member of the Congressional Dish community and a former Chief of Staff to retiring of . Chip also works as a consultant at and does campaign marketing work for . Chip Lake is also the host of the Contact Chip Twitter: Recommended Congressional Dish Episodes Music Presented in This Episode Intro & Exit: by (found on by mevio) Cover Art Design by

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0:00.0	I am so damn tired of being like to.
0:09.0	I don't think I can't deny it anymore.
0:15.0	You can stick to your story if you think it flies but I'm not going to buy it anymore.
0:30.0	Hello and thank you for tuning into the 139th episode of Congressional dish.
0:35.0	I'm your host Jennifer Briny.
0:37.0	So this episode is one that I've been sitting on for a really long time because basically I knew I'd have to take vacation sometime
0:45.8	and this is that time. So as you're listening to this episode I'm in Mexico and
0:51.2	the reason you're getting this episode a week early is because quite frankly I don't
0:54.8	have anyone to post it for me while I'm in Mexico so you're getting it now.
0:58.8	What that means schedule wise for congressional dishes you're getting this episode now. This is your second
1:02.7	episode for November and then your next episode will be back on the normal
1:06.1	schedule of the second and fourth Sunday of every month and that would make it December
1:09.6	11th is the next time you can can expect to my voice. But anyway, this episode is one that I did a long time ago.
1:16.4	This is an interview with Chip Lake, who is the former chief of staff to a retiring Republican
1:22.0	Congressman. The Congressman he worked for was
1:23.8	Representative Lynn Westmoreland and Lynn is on his way out the door so he's still
1:28.3	in Congress now but at the end of the lame duck that will be the the end of
1:32.0	Lynn Westmoreland's time in Congress.
1:34.0	But the way that I met Chip was in July.
1:37.0	Some of you might remember that I was invited to speak at
1:40.0	Podcast Movement this year.
1:42.0	And honestly, I would have been at podcast movement anyway.
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