How (not) to budget

How (not) to budget

Congress narrowly avoided a government shutdown when it passed a bill funding the government for the next 45 days. And while keeping the government open is a good thing, Congress just kicked the can down the road. The bill didn’t actually resolve the big-picture budget fight, and certainly didn’t solve the inevitable problem of political fights delaying the appropriations process. Molly Reynolds, senior fellow at The Brookings Institution, explains why Congress does the budget this way and what could be done to fix it. Read More: Government shutdown 2023: House Republicans divided on stopgap bill with days to go - Vox Congress just avoided a shutdown. Kevin McCarthy's fight is just beginning - Vox How did Congress avoid a shutdown, and what happens now? - Vox Submit your policy questions! We want to know what you’re curious about. Credits: Jonquilyn Hill, host Sofi LaLonde, producer Cristian Ayala, engineer A.M. Hall, editorial director of talk podcasts Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a donation to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welfare reform, SCOTUS deadlock, and health care jerk

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt consider the alarming rise in deep poverty over the past 15 years, a fresh Supreme Court non-decision that imperils Obama's immigration policy, and what to make of the slowing ra...

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Sarah and Matt discuss the nexus of terrorism and gun control, Britain's upcoming referendum, and an unintended consequence of school condom giveaways. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...

17 Jun 201657min

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Hillary Clinton's clinch of the Democratic nomination gives Sarah, Ezra, and Matt a chance to go deep on what we know about women in electoral politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ...

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Accountable Care Organizations, more Swedish administrative data, and the big city recovery

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With Ezra in sunny California, Matt and Sarah gets weedsier than ever as she attempts to explain to Matt the mysteries of ACOs before they discuss a brewing controversy over economic journal citations...

3 Jun 201657min

Health care innovation, did Dems rig the primary, and fetal stress

Health care innovation, did Dems rig the primary, and fetal stress

Health care innovation, did Dems rig the primary, and fetal stress: Sarah, Ezra, and Matt look at a specific case in America's great productivity slowdown, assess Bernie Sanders' complaints, and exami...

27 Mai 20161h 8min

90s nostalgia, Obamacare lawsuits, and the truth about abortion

90s nostalgia, Obamacare lawsuits, and the truth about abortion

Ezra, Sarah, and Matt look back at whether Bill Clinton deserves credit for the booming economy of the 1990s, survey the ongoing legal challenges to Obamacare, and dissect new research revealing some ...

20 Mai 201655min

Competition in Obamacare marketplaces and how low-income housing can boost poor neighborhoods

Competition in Obamacare marketplaces and how low-income housing can boost poor neighborhoods

Sarah, Ezra, and Matt talk about which companies are succeeding and failure in the Affordable Care Act's new individual market and why, and delve deep into the weeds of some new research on the Low-In...

13 Mai 201649min

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Trump is the Republican nominee. What happens next?

Trump is the last man standing in the Republican nominating contest — so Ezra, Matt, and Sarah spend this week's entire episode taking stock of what that means. How did the rise of Trump happen? What ...

6 Mai 20161h

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