The adventure of moving from Houston, Texas to Washington, DC, and all the shenanigans that take place!
12 Nov 2025 2 minute read 3 comments Cje95
For years now the calls to get rid of the Penny have been growing louder and louder but since Congress failed to pass legislation to phase out the Penny it kept on grinding along. That was until early this year when the Trump Admin announced that the...
29 Oct 2025 2 minute read 16 comments Cje95
While I have talked about the government shutting down first time was in March, which we avoided, and now with our current shut down what has unfolded is beyond what I ever imagined. If you were going to tell me last month that we were gearing up for...
24 Oct 2025 3 minute read 5 comments Cje95
This morning while I was reading emails at work I noticed that Speaker Johnson was on Squawk Box this morning. Given that ya know I am still coming to work and not getting paid I unmuted the TV to see what he had to say about what was going on and po...
21 Oct 2025 3 minute read 1 comment Cje95
Prior to the government shutdown the clean continuing resolution (CR) that the House passed was only going to extend funding for an additional 7 weeks. Well now we are 3 weeks in to those 7 weeks and talks for the full year spending bills have ground...
16 Oct 2025 4 minute read 1 comment Cje95
We are now two weeks into the Government shutdown and as someone working in DC on The Hill I do not see an end in sight. At the moment Senate Democrats, who have dug in their heels, no longer have an off ramp that in previous shutdowns has been aro...
7 Oct 2025 6 minute read 2 comments Cje95
This was a post I had written and posted last Tuesday on SN and it provides some key insights into what is going on right now with the US Government. I have to admit yesterdays White House meeting was much less eventful than I figured it would be...
1 Feb 2025 3 minute read 2 comments Cje95
I wrote this a couple of days ago when I was trying to process the tragic midair collision at DCA. In all honesty I am still dealing with trying to mentally hash it out. Being a frequent flyer into DCA at night.... typically landing between 9 and 10...
7 Jan 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Cje95
Federal Office Closures I am sure this is going to drive some people crazy but like the title says the Office of Personal Management or OPM last night announced that Federal Offices would be closed today. Well they said that "maximum telework was in...
3 Jan 2025 3 minute read 4 comments Cje95
Last year ended with quite the theatrics in the House of Representatives, which essentially ended in a bandaid for a few things and a punt on the rest. Even during the vote to pass the Continuing Resolution for government funding, a significantly hig...
29 Dec 2024 2 minute read 2 comments Cje95
The US markets are in a bit of a pickle that they quickly need to figure out for tomorrow. Since it is the end of the year and people are looking to trade to protect themselves against taxes the last few days of the year tend to be very very active....
