Jen Briney Thinks Congress is Tricking You
The Political Orphanage
Andrew Heaton
4.9 • 1000 Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2020
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Jen Briney is host of "Congressional Dish," a podcast that deep dives Congress, its legislation, and its shenanigans. She comes on to discuss what the election means for the next few months, and the gambits lawmakers employ to push their agendas through without actually having to publicly debate them.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the political orphanage, a home for plucky misfits and problem solvers. |
| 0:13.4 | I'm your host Andrew Heaton. |
| 0:15.6 | And in a few moments, I will be joined by Jin Brining |
| 0:19.6 | a congressional shenanigans Mentat a |
| 0:24.4 | a delightful person who has hawk eyes forever focused on the halls of power in Congress for your benefit and mind. |
| 0:33.6 | Today we're going to talk about what to expect moving forward after the election and |
| 0:37.3 | the legislative branch, but we'll get past that pretty quick. |
| 0:40.8 | We're going to go past the, you know, the Democrats have maintained |
| 0:44.5 | control of the House to what I think is going to be far more fascinating of what |
| 0:50.2 | what tricks does Congress employ, specifically does leadership employ in order to get what they want |
| 1:00.6 | without actually having to pass it through normal legislation. |
| 1:05.0 | What are the means by which established figures, leadership, |
| 1:10.0 | the people in charge are able to spend money without having to debate spending money. |
| 1:16.9 | What are the ways that they slip things by, either their peers or the public |
| 1:23.4 | and circumnavigate the political process. |
| 1:26.0 | It's going to be fascinating and by the end of today's episode |
| 1:28.5 | you're going to have a new toolkit |
| 1:31.0 | that you'll be able to take with you when you're looking at Congress and what's actually happening. |
| 1:35.0 | We're going to pull back those blinds. |
| 1:37.0 | We're going to pull back those curtains and see the Wizard of Oz back there spending our money mostly on tanks. We're going to talk about all |
| 1:46.2 | of that in a moment. Before we do, the political orphanage is brought to you by your fellow |
| 1:51.4 | listeners. This is a value to value program. |
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