Episode 557 • • 6:21 - 11:48
557: Kalemia
Government Shutdown Resolution, Legislative Process and Power of the Purse
John C. Dvorak provides a constitutional analysis of the 2013 government shutdown, explaining the "power of the purse" defined in Article 1, Section 8. The discussion centers on how the House of Representatives attempted to defund the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and how the Senate and President Obama ultimately forced a resolution. The hosts characterize the event as a scripted crisis where leadership played along with various factions to demonstrate political futility.