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      <title>How a Federal Government Shutdown Actually Works</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A shutdown is not a light switch Washington flips on and off. It is a legal chain reaction set in motion by one missed deadline, one 1870s-era statute, and a narrow set of exceptions that decide who keeps working and who does not.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:51:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Getting a Federal Disaster Declaration</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Federal disaster declaration process explained: Stafford Act steps, FEMA damage thresholds, emergency vs major declarations, and cost shares.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How Medicare Drug Negotiation Works</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How Long a Federal Permit Takes</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Federal permitting timeline explained: NEPA review paths, the 4.5-year EIS average, the 2023 reform deadlines, and where delay really comes from.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>SNAP Work Requirements, Explained</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[SNAP work requirements explained: the three-month ABAWD time limit, the 2025 expansion to age 64, exemptions, state waivers, and CBO scoring.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>What a CBO Score Decides for a Bill</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[CBO scoring explained: how cost estimates are produced, why the ten-year window shapes bill text, and the rules that make the score a gate.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Reading an Agency&apos;s Budget Justification</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Federal agency budget justification explained: the fixed anatomy of the volumes, the three tables that matter, and how requests become law.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How Farm Bill Subsidies Are Structured</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Farm bill subsidies explained: commodity reference prices, 60% crop insurance premium subsidies, and why SNAP dominates the $867 billion bill.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Why the Highway Trust Fund Runs Dry</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Highway Trust Fund shortfall explained: the 1993 gas tax, $275 billion in transfers, and the reform options from a higher tax to a VMT fee.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Debt Limit and the X-Date, Explained</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How a Federal Agency Writes a Rule</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The federal rulemaking process explained: NPRM, public comment, OIRA review, final rule — and the four levers that can still stop a regulation.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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