What’s The Point Of Power If You Don’t Want To Use It?

Federalist Radio Hour

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🗓️ 1 June 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Christopher Bedford, executive editor at the Common Sense Society, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss the role political theater played in the debt deal and analyze how Republicans should leverage their power to secure accountability for the politicized bureaucracy.

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0:00.0	We're back with another edition of the Federalist Radio Hour.
0:19.5	I'm Emily Gisinski, Culture Editor here at the Federalist.
0:21.9	As always, you can email the show at radio at the Federalist.com, follow us on Twitter
0:25.5	at FDRLST.
0:26.5	Make sure to subscribe wherever you download your podcasts and to the freemium version
0:31.1	of our website.
0:32.1	I'm joined today by the Big B.
0:35.2	You might be wondering who the big B is.
0:37.0	It is the greatest nickname I've ever heard.
0:39.0	It was sent to us by listener Gregory, loved that email, immediately forwarded it to Bedford,
0:44.0	and said, I'm only calling you the Big B from now on because it's so funny.
0:47.7	I not only do I accept but I insist.
0:51.3	That sounds about right.
0:52.3	So the Big B, before we started recording in the midst of all the upheaval here in Washington,
0:57.0	DC, the Republican House Conference and members of the Senate as well, and some state of upheaval,
1:02.7	fault lines are being drawn over this debt ceiling deal.
1:05.7	People you would have assumed previously where allies have split.
1:09.7	It's sort of Shakespearean in the district this week, but I miss all of this and everything
1:14.8	going on with the intelligence community.
1:17.0	Chris had a thought.
1:19.3	I found it be rather profound.
1:21.8	Well, thank you.
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