Topic: Jennifer Briney

Jennifer Briney, host of the Congressional Dish podcast, joins the program to discuss the legislative reality of the first year of the Trump administration. The conversation addresses the difficulty of separating truth from fiction amidst media focus on tweets and the Russia investigation. Briney explains her process of reading bills and watching hearings to provide a watchdog perspective on the federal government.

Jennifer Briney joins the show to discuss her work reading and summarizing every bill that passes through the House of Representatives. She explains that her process began as a personal quest to understand how government works because she felt mainstream news focused too much on political "horse races" rather than spending. Briney emphasizes that all this information is available in the public domain via the Congressional Record for anyone with a laptop or tablet.