October 29, 2021
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As America Teeters on Fiscal Disaster, Biden Worries about the Weather
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"The House and Senate majorities and my presidency will be determined by what happens in the next week," said Joe Biden yesterday. He then flew to Europe to attend a climate change summit without waiting to learn that the U.S. House once again postponed votes on both the massive Build Government Bigger spending package and the accompanying infrastructure bill. That's the Biden presidency in a nutshell: promise sweeping change on tiny majorities, without enough discipline and focus to ensure results.
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Beth Robinson: A Track Record of Disdain for Religious Freedom
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by Mary Szoch and Joy Zavalick
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Yesterday, the Senate voted 51-36 to advance the nomination of Beth Robinson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The confirmation vote will likely take place next week. Robinson is currently serving as an associate justice on the Vermont Supreme Court and was a counsel to former Gov. Peter Shumlin (D-Vt.).
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From Roe to Dobbs, a Prayer for Life
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by Mary Szoch
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On Wednesday, December 1, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a case widely recognized as the greatest opportunity to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision in a generation.
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On today's show: Travis Weber, FRC's Vice President for Policy and Government Affairs, discusses the reconciliation and infrastructure bills, language in the National Defense Authorization Act that forces women to register for the draft, and a federal judge temporarily banning the Biden administration from firing employees seeking vaccine exemptions; Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jerry Boykin, FRC's Executive Vice President and former commander of the U.S. Army's Delta Force, shares his concerns that the U.S. military is losing its edge over the Chinese military; Roger Hiatt, child and adolescent psychiatrist, talks about why the Safe Act is needed to protect children; David Closson, FRC's Director of the Center for Biblical Worldview, analyzes what the "Let's go Brandon" chant says about the coarsening of our culture, but also why the chant may indicate a new openness to questioning the Left's agenda.
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