CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics
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CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics
This is CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics, formerly CQ on Congress, which has all of the audio content from the CQ Roll Call newsroom.
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CQ Budget: Shutdown stalemate
Neither party shows any sign of blinking in the standoff over a partial government shutdown that enters its third week. CQ Roll Call's Aidan Quigley,...
Political Theater: An Orwell movie for Orwellian times
Jason Dick talks with filmmaker Raoul Peck about his documentary "Orwell: 2+2=5," the importance of stepping back from the news cycle to keep things i...
CQ Budget: Trapped in a shutdown
A partial government shutdown enters its second week with both parties dug in for a protracted fight and congressional leaders unwilling to negotiate....
Equal Time: College Leadership in Turbulent Times
Being a college president has never been the easiest job. But today, it seems an impossible one. The campus may still be a place that encourages stude...
Political Theater: The great 'meh': Scenes from a shutdown
Jason Dick and Mary Ellen McIntire talk about how the government shutdown hasn't created much urgency on Capitol Hill, even though the effects could b...
Political Theater: Let’s get existential
Jason Dick and Molly Reynolds talk about the most significant things Congress has done this year and what kind of ripple effects could follow, as well...
CQ Budget: Health subsidies standoff
A partisan divide over extending health insurance subsidies that expire at year's end threatens to trigger a partial government shutdown next week. CQ...
Equal Time: A moral call-to-action on climate and energy policy
There had been progress on the issue of environmental justice, with the contributions of citizen-activists, who spurred the government to protect hist...
Political Theater: They seem fine: Life After Congress
Poetry readings, brewing beer, helping out kids: Jason Dick and Jessica Wehrman talk about Roll Call’s revived Life After Congress feature and what f...
CQ Budget: Search for an end game
With barely three weeks to spare, Congress and the Trump administration are struggling to settle on a strategy for a funding extension that would avoi...
Political Theater
Discharge petition: congressional procedure or great band name?
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CQ Budget: 'Pocket rescission' showdown
Democrats are warning that Republicans risk a partial government shutdown next month if they don't resist President Donald Trump's plan to claw back $...
Equal Time: Closing the opportunity gap in education
It’s back to school time, with excitement mixed with uncertainty and anxiety. News from the Department of Education is primarily about cutting its bud...
Political Theater: How Democrats hope to flip the script on energy as a campaign issue
Jessica Wehrman talks with David Jordan of CQ Roll Call about how energy affordability could become a sleeper issue in next year's midterm elections.<...
CQ Budget: Rough-and-tumble September
The effort to avert a partial government shutdown next month could be uglier than usual after Congress left town for its August recess with partisan t...
Political Theater: Off to the redistricting races
Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari discuss how a potential new congressional map in Texas could set off a race among other states to redraw thei...
CQ Budget: Politics of appropriations
The appropriations process is under threat from a poisonous political climate as Republicans seek cooperation from Democrats while pursuing partisan r...
Political Theater: Six months in, a gut check on Trump 2.0
Talking Epstein, congressional chaos and the Senate races to watch with Nathan Gonzales of Inside Elections.
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Political Theater: Rush job: Life in Congress
Jason Dick and Mary Ellen McIntire talk about what happens when Congress tries to do too much in too short a period of time, how Republicans and Democ...
CQ Budget: Big test on rescissions
The Senate will take up a bill to claw back $9.4 billion in foreign aid and public broadcasting funds that Democrats warn would blow up the bipartisan...
Equal Time: ‘Accidental activists,’ the local heroes who expose government secrecy
In “Backroom Deals in Our Backyards: How Government Secrecy Harms Our Communities and the Local Heroes Fighting Back,” Miranda Spivack tells the stori...
Political Theater: 'We had time back then'
Jason Dick and Chris Cillizza talk about the time needed to produce quality sourcing, good work and journalism, how the news business continues to cha...
CQ Budget: Political fallout of 'big, beautiful bill'
President Donald Trump's new budget reconciliation law is already starting to define next year's midterm elections. CQ Roll Call's Daniela Altimari an...
Political Theater: The ‘rock and roll poetry’ of Joe Iconis’ Hunter S. Thompson musical
Jason Dick talks with Joe Iconis about what led him to write "The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical," how much the world changed during...
Political Theater: A short history of hoping people will change their minds
Jason Dick and Jessica Wehrman talk about how unpopular the “One Big Beautiful Bill” in Congress is, why Republicans will likely pass it anyway and th...
CQ Budget: 'Beautiful' bill picked apart
The Senate parliamentarian has been busy throwing out key provisions in the GOP's reconciliation bill, ruling against measures affecting food stamps,...
CQ Budget: Medicaid and 'SALT' divide GOP
The release of the biggest portion of the Senate GOP's reconciliation bill triggered internal party clashes over the scope of Medicaid cuts and the si...
Equal Time: What is ‘the way forward’ after violence born of hatred?
It’s been 10 years since a 21-year-old gunman murdered nine church members who welcomed him to Bible study. The attack on Charleston, S.C.’s historic...
Political Theater: It’s déjà tea party all over again
Jason Dick and Jim Saksa discuss how easy it was to be angry in 2010, tea-party infused town halls, astroturf versus paid protesters, the Koch Brother...
CQ Budget: 'Big, beautiful' bill on the line
Senate Republicans are struggling to produce text of their reconciliation package this week despite disputes over Medicaid, food stamps, tax policy, M...
Political Theater: The 'predicament and necessity' of documentary movies
Jason Dick talks to Sky Sitney, co-founder of DC/DOX, about this year's documentary festival, as well as how grants being canceled and studios pulling...
CQ Budget: Reconciliation headaches in Senate
Republican senators want changes to the "big, beautiful" House reconciliation bill, from Medicaid to tax cuts and more. And House appropriators begin...
Political Theater
Jason Dick talks with former Roll Callers and current journalism professors Christina Bellantoni and Neda Semnani about the value of just talking to p...
CQ Budget: 'Big, beautiful' bill heads to Senate
The House-passed reconciliation bill containing most of President Donald Trump's agenda won't clear the Senate in its current form. CQ Roll Call's Cai...
Political Theater: That's a lot of Supreme Court there
Jason Dick and Todd Ruger discuss their (and some public officials') race times at the ACLI Capital Challenge, then delve into the Supreme Court's int...
Political Theater: Call it the Most Not Invulnerable List
Jason Dick and Nathan Gonzales discuss House and Senate races that could be competitive, but aren't quite yet. Basically, what would it take for someo...
CQ Budget: Medicaid cuts in play
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has proposed Medicaid cuts to help pay for the GOP's budget reconciliation bill, though the cuts are less deep...
Political Theater: Still vulnerable, even while batting .400
Jason Dick, Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire discuss the first Roll Call Most Vulnerable Incumbents list of the 2026 cycle, why House freshman...
CQ Budget: Trump's budget ax
President Donald Trump's preliminary fiscal 2026 budget request, which takes a meat ax to domestic programs and foreign aid, is getting a frosty recep...
Equal Time: The Politics of the Catholic Church after Pope Francis
The personality and outreach of Pope Francis attracted worldwide admiration. Though he did not stray from Catholic doctrine, he connected those teachi...