Podcasts Government Federal Drive with Tom Temin Is Congress even capable of thinking rationally about spending.

Is Congress even capable of thinking rationally about spending.

Published: March 31, 2023, 7:37 a.m.

b"By all accounts, the nation is on an unsustainable fiscal course. Congress's own budget and oversight agencies say this regularly. Yet members refuse to confront the main drivers of exploding deficits. There's gotta be another way. To look into this, Federal Drive host Tom Temin talked with Elaine Kamarck, a veteran of budget battles as a member of the Clinton administration. She is currently with Brookings, a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies and the Founding Director of the Center for Effective Public Management.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"