A DAILY PUBLIC RADIO PROGRAM FEATURING NEWS ANALYSIS OF THE DAY'S TOP ISSUES

Background Briefing: June 24, 2021

  How Much Does the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Address the Needs of the Future? We begin with President Biden’s announcement today of an infrastructure deal with 10 Republican senators and a number of Democratic senators which is half of what he...

Background Briefing: June 23, 2021

  Biden’s Strategy to Combat Violent Crime and Restrict Guns We begin with President Biden’s strategy to combat violent crime and guns announced today after meeting in the White House with big city mayors alarmed at the 33% rise in homicides who are...

Background Briefing: June 22, 2021

  The Debate About Having a Debate in Our Broken Senate We begin with the debate in the senate today on the For the People Act which was not a debate because in order to have a debate in the U.S. Senate you have to have a supermajority of sixty votes and that is...

Background Briefing: June 21, 2021

  Will We Get a Small Useless Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal or One That Meets Our Future Needs? We begin with the bipartisan infrastructure package that Senators Sinema and Portman were expected to present today which the Biden administration might well take up...

Background Briefing: June 20, 2021

  The Layered Republican Electoral Strategy to Cheat Rather Than Compete We begin with an overview of the electoral landscape ahead as the Republicans launch a multi-layered strategy to first gerrymander and suppress the vote to the extent they could win the next...