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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.
Episodes
- CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics
Political Theater: Taxidermy, attack ads, early voting and more: On the road in Iowa and Texas
Jason Dick talks with former Roll Call Editor in Chief Christina Bellantoni, now director of USC Annenberg's Media Center, about her students' recent political…
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Political Theater: How Sha Na Na could help determine the House majority
Jason Dick talks with the latest Roll Call on the Road mission crew, Mary Ellen McIntire and Tom Williams, about what they learned on their reporting trip to…
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Political Theater: Alex Gibney and the odyssey of ‘Musk’
Jason Dick talks with Alex Gibney about his new film “Musk,” a documentary about Elon Musk, the world’s richest man. It’s an exploration of how one person…
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CQ Budget: Power of the purse challenged
The Trump administration announced plans to cancel $810 million, mostly for health and education programs,that Congress had already appropriated, in a…
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Political Theater: Gathering threads: The stories defining the midterm elections
Jason Dick talks with Roll Call campaign writers Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire about their on-the-ground reporting as the midterm general election…
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CQ Budget: Iran war funding dilemma
The price tag of the Iran war is $43 billion and counting, but Congress has yet to agree on a funding plan. CQ Roll Call's John M. Donnelly joins host David…
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Political Theater: What a long, strange primary season it’s been
Jason Dick and Nathan Gonzales dive into what they learned now that the 2026 congressional primary season is over, whether re-redistricting and midterm…
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CQ Budget: Winter funding fight brewing
While Congress’ fall priorities — cryptocurrency, college sports and permitting — are not budget-related, a new December spending deadline is setting the stage…
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Political Theater/CQ Budget: Congress punts on big issues
Congress avoided a shutdown fight until December, but passed on several sticky problems it will need to address after Election Day. CQ Roll Editor in Chief…
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Political Theater: The Roll Call and 535 deep dive on the affordability agenda
Roll Call Editor in Chief Jason Dick and 535 Political Analyst Susan Davis discuss congressional efforts to address affordability with CQ Roll Call leadership…
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Political Theater: The Roll Call and 535 Deep Dive on Surface Transportation Reauthorization
Roll Call Editor in Chief Jason Dick and 535 Political Analyst Susan Davis discuss surface transportation reauthorization legislation and other…
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Political Theater: The Roll Call and 535 Deep Dive on Permitting Reform
Roll Call Editor in Chief Jason Dick and 535 Editor in Chief Brody Mullins discuss the bipartisan legislative efforts on permitting reform with CQ Roll Call…
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CQ Budget: Unfinished business
The Senate left town for its August recess with much of its agenda put on ice, including a third budget reconciliation package. CQ Roll Call's Paul M. Krawzak…
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Political Theater: The Roll Call and 535 Deep Dive on Cryptocurrency
Roll Call Editor in Chief Jason Dick and 535 Editor in Chief Brody Mullins discuss major cryptocurrency legislation in the 119th Congress with CQ Roll Call…
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CQ Budget: Senate funding patch secured
With a bipartisan deal in hand to avoid a partial government shutdown, Senate leaders hope to pass the stopgap measure this week. CQ Roll Call's Aidan Quigley…
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Equal Time: ‘How rebellion and activism have always sustained America’
Rebellion and activism have always been necessary to move America toward progress, with always present obstacles to overcome, including violent opposition from…
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CQ Budget: Funding patch expands
The Senate wants to pass an expanded version of a House-passed stopgap funding bill before it leaves town for the August recess. CQ Roll Call's Aidan Quigley…
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CQ Budget: House spending push
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is trying this week to adopt a budget resolution and pass the annual defense authorization bill and stopgap spending measure. CQ…
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Political Theater: The dog days are here already for Congress
Jason Dick and Molly Reynolds discuss how history will view the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., how congressional illnesses are starting to affect the…
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CQ Budget: New push on reconciliation 3.0
The death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., triggers a Senate Budget Committee shake-up as House Republicans make a new push this week for a third reonciliation…
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Political Theater: Sean Astin on being a leader during a time of upheaval
Jason Dick talks with film legend Sean Astin, the president of SAG-AFTRA, about his deep connections to Washington, D.C., public service, the issues he is…
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CQ Budget: Leadership test in House
A push for new voting restrictions has held up business in the House, including appropriations bills. CQ Roll Call's Aidan Quigley and Aris Folley join host…
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CQ Budget: Spending split
While House appropriators move forward with their fiscal 2027 spending bills, the usually bipartisan Senate process has run into major roadblocks with disputes…
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Political Theater: No more ‘Idiocracy’ references please; let's talk about the ads
Jason Dick and Brandon Wetherbee discuss the big UFC bout at the White House, the relationship between President Donald Trump and combat sports and…
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Political Theater: Rory Kennedy and the art of the documentary sequel
Jason Dick talks with filmmaker Rory Kennedy about her new documentary, "Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing," a sequel to her 2022 "Downfall: The Case Against…
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CQ Budget: Reconciliation 3.0 hurdles
House Republicans are scrambling to produce a third reconciliation bill focused on defense spending and combating fraud, but they face numerous obstacles. CQ…
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CQ Budget: At the finish line
Republicans appeared set to clear a Senate-passed reconcilation bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies through the rest of President Donald Trump's…
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Political Theater: DC/DOX Film Festival: A kaleidoscope of America and beyond
Jason Dick talks with Sky Sitney about this year's DC/DOX documentary film festival, which brings a slate of more than 100 nonfiction movies about Billie Jean…
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Political Theater: You can't always get what you want, politics edition
Jason Dick and Nathan Gonzales talk about Super Junesday, with its reality-tv-infused results in California, missing persons intrigue in New Jersey and dusting…
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CQ Budget: 'Anti-weaponization' fund retreat
The Trump administration began to back down from its push for a $1.8 billion Justice Department fund rewarding alleged victims of past administrations. CQ Roll…
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Immigration funding bill derailed
The surprise creation of a Justice Department "anti-weapononization" fund outraged Senate Republicans and disrupted plans to pass their reconciliation bill for…
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CQ Budget: Reconciliation race
Republicans are scrambling to rewrite portions of the $72 billion budget reconciliation bill after the Senate parliamentarian advised against key parts…
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Political Theater: The sometimes fleeting status of Roll Call's Most Vulnerable Incumbent list
It's been a weird election cycle, and one only has to look at Roll Call's Most Vulnerable Incumbents list to see the multiple storylines playing out. Jason…
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CQ Budget: Ballroom blitz
Democrats are taking aim at $1 billion in the GOP's reconciliation bill for security funds connected to plans for a White House ballroom. CQ Roll Call's Paul…
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CQ Budget: GOP friction over shutdown finale
Passage of a bill to end the record-breaking shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security exposed widening tensions between House and Senate Republicans. CQ…
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Political Theater: Claustrophobic paranoid thriller? Count us in, ‘PH-1’
Jason Dick talks with Mark Kassen, the director, writer and star of the new movie "PH-1," a contemporary political drama whose mix of mystery, social media and…
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Equal Time: Do Black women have solutions to what’s ailing American democracy? By Mary C. Curtis
When Black women show up – as election workers, activists, advocates, voters – they make a difference. So, when they step forward, why do they so often meet…
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Political Theater: A White House Correspondents Dinner like no other
Jason Dick talks with George Condon, long-time White House reporter, historian and a past president of the White House Correspondents Association, about…
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Political Theater: ‘Shall I project a world?’ — ‘The Crying of Lot 49’ episode
Real estate magnates, secret societies, alternative means of communicating, psycheledic drugs used as therapy? It's not our world; it’s the world of Thomas…
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Political Theater: The numbers that define Congress
Jason Dick and Molly Reynolds discuss the Brookings Institution’s latest update to Vital Statistics on Congress, the recent resignations of two members of the…
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CQ Budget: Reconciliation picks up, again
President Donald Trump has backed Senate Republicans' plan for two more reconciliation bills, the first of which would focus solely on immigration enforcement…
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Equal Time: Mixing religion and politics in America. That isn’t new. What makes today different?
If the line separating church and state in America has not yet disappeared, it is certainly fading fast. The evidence? A Supreme Court willing to rule in favor…
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Political Theater: How much does the Homeland Security shutdown matter to the public?
Jason Dick and Jessica Wehrman wonder what members of Congress are doing on their two-week recess, coming as it does while the Homeland Security Department…
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CQ Budget: GOP leadership schism
The House and Senate standoff over homeland security funding exposed a stunning disconnect between the top two Republican leaders. CQ Roll Call's Aidan Quigley…
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Political Theater: March madness, gladness or sadness? Breaking down the month's congressional primaries
Jason Dick and Nathan Gonzales talk about what we learned from March's congressional primaries in Texas, North Carolina, Illinois, as well as special elections…
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CQ Budget: Fiscal 2027 budget outlook
President Donald Trump is preparing to send Congress a fiscal 2027 budget request, even as lawmakers try to find a deal on this year's Homeland Security…
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CQ Budget: Uncertain path for Iran war funding
The Trump administration has sent mixed signals about plans for a supplemental war funding package, while providing Congress with little information about the…
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Everything is being disrupted
Jason Dick and Brody Mullins talk about the ongoing disruption of politics, business and journalism, how history repeats itself, Brody's book and podcast, "The…
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CQ Budget: New threat to funding
President Donald Trump threatened to block all legislation until Congress passes an expanded voter ID bill that Democrats oppose. CQ Roll Call's Paul M…
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Political Theater: ‘The Bleeding Edge’ bleeds into 2026
Jason Dick and Sean Carswell discuss Thomas Pynchon's 2013 novel "Bleeding Edge," and how its story about the dot-com bubble and 9/11 applies to the present…
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CQ Budget: War impact on funding standoff
The war against Iran gave Republicans a new line of attack in a push to end the partisan standoff over Homeland Security Department funding. CQ Roll Call's…
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Equal Time: Does labeling protest ‘domestic terrorism’ weaken national security -- and First Amendment protections?
Just who is a “domestic terrorist,” and what is the danger when a protest is labeled “an act of domestic terrorism”? President Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan…
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Political Theater: That's entertainment! Or not. State of the Union 2026
Jason Dick and Brandon Wetherbee discuss the artistic merits of the 2026 State of the Union, whether Hollywood or Washignton is the entertainment capital and…
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CQ Budget: Tug-of-war over tariffs
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CQ Budget: Immigration enforcement standoff
As a partial Homeland Security Department shutdown enters its first full week, there's no sign of a bipartisan immigration deal that could unlock a full-year…
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Political Theater: Spotlight on the National Press Club, and its new president
Jason Dick and Mark Schoeff Jr. talk about Mark's new position as president of the National Press Club and the club's mission, press freedoms, how politicians…
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CQ Budget: Homeland Security spending spat
Lawmakers are staring down a Friday deadline for Homeland Security funding, with little hope to avoid a partial shutdown. CQ Roll Call's Aidan Quigley, Chris…
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Political Theater: Dishing about the Washington Press Club Foundation dinner
Jason Dick and Jessica Wehrman digest their experience at the Washington Press Club Foundation dinner, which came at a time of trauma for the national press…
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CQ Budget: Struggle for votes to end shutdown
House leaders face a difficult challenge to muster the votes for ending the second partial government shutdown of this fiscal year. CQ Roll Call's Aidan…
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Political Theater: Forecast shows chance of snow, shutdown
The ongoing conflict in Minneapolis has increased the chances of a partial government shutdown, and the stress of finding a solution is only building, with…