Johanna Maska
Press Advance
No Budget, No Pay
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No Budget, No Pay

As Republicans struggle to find a Speaker of the House, bipartisan budget conversations have paused. With another government funding deadline fast approaching, the crazy thing is if there's a shutdown, congressional officeholders, not military members, continue to receive their pay. Johanna Maska talks to Congressman Wiley Nickel from a swing district in North Carolina about what he's seen since he got to Washington, whether there can be a bipartisan solution to fill the speaker vacancy, and his new legislation, with bipartisan support to stop the pay of Congress when they don't do their job.

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Johanna Maska
Press Advance
Johanna Maska takes a fresh look at how we make political progress. As Director of Press Advance for President Obama’s White House and one of his early campaign staffers, Maska knows what it takes to move the needle on the national stage and in the presidential primaries. She takes us past the talking points to look at what it will take to make progress in today’s polarized political environment.