As the Federal Government Shutdown Approaches Day 30, We Get Insights and Predictions From Punchbowl News Reporter Samantha Handler on When and How This Drama Will End, and Bill Hoagland of the Bipartisan Policy Center Explains Why He is Hopeful and What Reforms Can Be Enacted to Prevent Future Bickering and Brinksmanship

On this week's 14th and G, we discuss the key issues at the center of the government shutdown - Affordable Care Act Tax Credits and the politics of health care reform. Host Dean Rosen speaks with national health care expert Larry Levitt of KFF on how we got here and what the data shows. Dean then debates who's winning, who's losing, and how we get out of this mess with Mehlman Democratic Partner Lauren Aronson and GOP colleague Alye Mlinar, both of whom have been deeply involved in health care policymaking for decades.

Financial reporter Patrick McGee’s bestselling “Apple in China: The Capture of the World's Greatest Company” was named one of the best books of the year by both The New York Times and The Economist, and offers a riveting portrayal of “how Apple allowed itself to become dependent on China for a huge percentage of its manufacturing, making it vulnerable and unwittingly laying the groundwork for the Asian superpower to rival the U.S. in technological expertise.” Patrick sat down with Bruce Mehlman to discuss his book and its implications.

Technology analyst Dan Wang wrote NYT bestseller “Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future.” His central contention is that America is run by lawyers, China by engineers, and this difference in mindset helps explain how each nation addresses challenges. Bruce Mehlman sat down with Dan earlier this month to discuss his book and its implications.

Dean Rosen, partner at Mehlman Consulting, launches a new era at 14th and G when he sits down with this month with two of Washington’s top experts on tax politics and policy—his Mehlman Republican colleague Sage Eastman and Democratic colleague Naveen Parmar, a tax lawyer. The three dive deep into the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, one of the largest tax cuts and health care bills in history. They discuss what it means for families, for businesses, for lobbying, and for the upcoming 2026 mid-term elections.

Democrat David Thomas & Republican Bruce Mehlman are back with a new high-energy podcast reviewing the 2025 policy and political landscape in 25 minutes. Where are we going? Where have we been? Our enthusiastic experts assess Trump Administration successes, expectations for trade and legislation and Democratic hopes for political rebound. And you won’t believe who they’ve signed-on to introduce them this time.

Dean is joined by Republican Bruce Mehlman and Democrat David Thomas to track the reconciliation bill, tariffs, and Washington's long, hot summer ahead.

Dean is joined by Republican Bruce Mehlman and Democrat David Thomas to level set the trade situation and forecast Congress' return from recess with a long, hot Reconciliation Summer ahead.