{"id":19976,"date":"2023-11-01T12:52:37","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T16:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/?p=19976"},"modified":"2023-11-01T12:52:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T16:52:37","slug":"facing-the-future-new-speaker-same-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nhtalkradio.com\/?p=19976","title":{"rendered":"Facing The Future |  New Speaker&#8230;Same Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(36, 36, 36)\">This week on<\/span><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(36, 36, 36)\">\u00a0<\/span><i data-ogsc=\"rgb(36, 36, 36)\">Facing the Future,<\/i><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(36, 36, 36)\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(36, 36, 36)\">we begin with a status check on the stalled appropriations process on Capitol Hill now that a new Speaker of the House has been selected by the Republican caucus. Our guest for that segment is Tom Kahn who served as Democratic House Budget Committee staff director from 1997 to 2016. He now teaches budget policy at American University in Washington. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(36, 36, 36)\">Then we\u2019ll talk with Richard Coffin, Chief of Research and Advocacy at USA Facts, a nonprofit, nonpartisan civic initiative that makes government data easy for all Americans to access and understand. That\u2019s certainly a useful mission for anyone interested in things like the nation\u2019s fiscal challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1654335231%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-gPlcjfMFrxs&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc; line-break: anywhere; word-break: normal; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate, 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Garuda, Verdana, Tahoma, sans-serif; font-weight: 100; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"WKXL - NH Talk Radio\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/wkxl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WKXL &#8211; NH Talk Radio<\/a> \u00b7 <a style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" title=\"Facing The Future | New Speaker...Same Problem\" href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/wkxl\/facing-the-future-new-speakersame-problem\/s-gPlcjfMFrxs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facing The Future | New Speaker&#8230;Same Problem<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on\u00a0Facing the Future,\u00a0we begin with a status check on the stalled appropriations process on Capitol Hill now that a new Speaker of the House has been selected by the Republican caucus. 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