Inside Sources Full Show November 20th, 2024: Pushing for cabinet confirmations, Wasatch County candidate disqualified, Eye on the Hill

Hosts: Taylor Morgan and Adam Gardiner 

Trump, Vance pushing for GOP Senators to confirm Cabinet nominations 
President-elect Trump’s transition team is ramping up pressure on Republican Senators as the incoming administration pushes to get Trump’s cabinet nominees confirmed. Several of the candidates have faced pushback from GOP Senators, especially over the nomination of Matt Gaetz as Attorney General. Inside Sources discusses what Trump and JD Vance are doing to secure the votes. 

House Ethics Committee investigation into former Congressman Matt Gaetz 
The House Ethics Committee is meeting today to discuss releasing the findings of their investigation into now-former Congressman Matt Gaetz. The committee’s chairman says the report isn’t complete, and that’s raising additional questions and concerns. Hosts Taylor Morgan and Adam Gardiner discuss the report and how releasing it would help with transparency. 

Winning school board candidate disqualified in Wasatch County; judge issues temporary stay 
A Utah district judge has issued a temporary stay in Wasatch County, putting on hold the election certification for County School Board Seat E. It comes after the winning candidate was disqualified after the election for failing to meet a financial disclosure deadline. But state law says the candidate should have been disqualified before the election, and no votes for the candidate should have been counted. We dig into this interesting – and complicated – story on Inside Sources. 

Plans laid out for new “Department of Government Efficiency” 
The incoming leaders of the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” have released some of their plans to ... make the government more efficient. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy say they plan to eliminate “thousands” of regulations, which would lead to a large reduction in head count within the government. Listen to hear more about their plans. 

Eye on the Hill: Discussing politics with Utah legislators 
Today is the final day of November’s interim session up on Utah’s Capitol Hill. The general legislative session is roughly two months away too. We’re getting an inside scoop on legislation coming down the pike with two legislators, Representative Andrew Stoddard (D) and Representative Casey Snider (R). They give listeners a taste at the kinds of cordial debates that happen during Utah’s legislative sessions, touching on election reform and housing affordability. 

Audit recommends Utah college presidents cut ‘inefficient’ programs 
A new audit released yesterday by the state recommends that Utah college presidents take a serious look at the programs they offer and cut the ones that are “inefficient.” The audit offered a kind of framework college presidents can use to determine which programs have better outlooks than others. The Inside Sources hosts break down the audit and its other recommendations. 

Well-known political pollster calls on President Biden to resign 
Political pollster Nate Silver says President Joe Biden should resign now and allow Vice President Kamala Harris a chance to be president for two months. Silver claims that the president is no longer competent. We finish the show with hosts Taylor Morgan and Adam Gardiner sharing their thoughts on what Silver says. 

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