# The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton  - - Monday, May 18, 2026

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Podcast: [The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-federal-drive-with-terry-gerton-504783)
Published: 2026-05-18T11:00:00+00:00
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Coming up today on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton A tied vote, a stalled reconciliation package and big questions about how laws actually get finished Reorganization plans can look clean on paper and turn out far messier in real life The IRS’s service picture may be improving, but taxpayers are still running into real friction See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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