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Congressional Dysfunction, Iran Conflict, and the 2026 Midterm Landscape
What happens when government funding deadlines collide with international conflict and looming midterm elections? In this wide-ranging episode of Practically Political, hosts Ashley Davis and Dave Spencer are joined by political strategist Kurt Bardella for a no-holds-barred conversation that spans the chaos on Capitol Hill to military action in Iran to early predictions for the 2026 electoral map.
You'll discover why Congress continues to fail at its most basic constitutional duty—passing a budget—and how the elimination of earmarks in 2006 fundamentally broke the legislative process. The…
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