Hey, all it's Beth here for a primer on the Constitution.

Sierra and I have been talking about a series on the United States Constitution for some time.

And so today is the first installment.

We will follow this up by getting into the Bill of Rights.

First up, Sarah has a fantastic interview with one of her law school professors on the first amendment.

We'll share that with you soon.

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And I will share that research with you.

So today I'm going to do a very quick overview of the actual constitution itself.

And then I'm going to go into more detail about a particular power granted by the Constitution to Congress, the power of the purse.

I think it's really important to understand Congress's budgetary and appropriations process as they move toward tax reform.

And tax reform will be our focus topic for Tuesday's podcast.

As you probably know, I always start our primers by saying, you know, I'm not an expert on anything.

I'm just a person who has done some research.

This is just intended to be a very accessible look at the framework of our government.

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