Gregg Trueman, Author at Goodfuse

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Hot Topic | October 30th, 2020

It’s week 8 of the 2020-2021 NFL season, which means it’s that time of year when all your friends can talk about is their fantasy football team. If you’re more of a policy wonk than a gridiron guru, don’t worry because Policy News has you covered. This fall, you can enthrall your friends with updates from your Fantasy Congress league. Combining the competitive thrill of fantasy football with the politicking of the United States government, Fantasy Congress gives you and your friends the ability to create a league and draft members of Congress to your teams. Points are earned based upon what your legislators do each week. For example, earn 3 points when one of your legislators participates in a roll call vote or 0.5 points for each time a legislator is mentioned in a news article. The player in a league with the most points at the end of the season (a predefined number of weeks) wins!

Policy News is not affiliated with the creator of Fantasy Congress, but more importantly, takes no responsibility for any lost productivity you may experience at work from playing the game.

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Hot Topic | October 23rd, 2020

As we enter the home stretch of the 2020 presidential race, we can expect the question of who will call 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue home for the next four years to continue making headlines. However, the fact that the White House is still standing as the home of our nation’s president is something we all take for granted.

When Harry Truman took office in 1945, the White House was falling apart – literally. In 1946, the Truman family piano fell through the floor of what is now the Private Dining Room! The addition of a third floor, steel roof, plumbing work and electrical retrofits had taken a toll on the building. Truman wanted to save the White House, even though it was more expensive than building a new residence for the president. Preservation work required contractors to gut the entire interior leaving only the outer walls. If you thought your last home renovation was messy, check out some photos from the mid-century construction job for comparison.

As you may expect, the race for the White House cropped up in this week’s headlines. Want to read more? This “insider only” newsletter can be delivered directly to your inbox each Friday and will be jam-packed with fun-to-read round-ups of Hot Topics, breaking news and some quirky facts to make your Fridays Goodfused!