“The Cloak Room” is a new podcast from the Washington Examiner hosted by former Ohio Senate Minority Leader Capri S. Cafaro. “The Cloak Room” will capture an oral history from current and former elected officials as they share their real life stories about when government worked and why.
There was a time, not too long ago, when government was populated with Democrats and Republicans who put country before party and policy before politics. “The Cloak Room” podcast tells the bipartisan stories of these public servants and provides new members of Congress an opportunity to learn from their predecessors and restore civility to public discourse.
In this first podcast, Cafaro talks with John Kasich and Charlie Rangel on topics including balancing the budget and insight into past government shutdowns.
Kasich, the former Republican governor of Ohio, was the chief architect of the Balanced Budget act of 1997 when he served in Congress. Former New York Democratic representative Charlie Rangel was one of the longest-serving members of Congress, and the first African-American chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.
