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CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics
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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: New push on reconciliation 3.0
2d ago00:22:56Tap to summarizeThe 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 package. CQ Roll's Paul M. Krawzak and Aidan Quigley join host David Lerman to assess the impact of Graham's death and prospects for a new reconciliation bill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Political Theater: Sean Astin on being a leader during a time of upheaval
2w ago00:59:34Tap to summarizeJason 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 advocating on Capitol Hill and meeting the moment at a pivotal time in human history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →CQ Budget: Leadership test in House
2w ago00:25:10Tap to summarizeA 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 David Lerman in assessing the leadership test facing Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and what it means for spending bills and a third reconciliation package. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →CQ Budget: Spending split
3w ago00:26:20Tap to summarizeWhile House appropriators move forward with their fiscal 2027 spending bills, the usually bipartisan Senate process has run into major roadblocks with disputes over spending levels and amendments. CQ Roll Call's Aris Folley and Aidan Quigley discuss the status of appropriations in both chambers, as well as the prospects for reconciliation progress and an Iran war supplemental funding bill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Political Theater: No more ‘Idiocracy’ references please; let's talk about the ads
4w ago00:34:53Tap to summarizeJason Dick and Brandon Wetherbee discuss the big UFC bout at the White House, the relationship between President Donald Trump and combat sports and entertainment and the expansion of Brandon's media empire, Recommend If You Like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Political Theater: Rory Kennedy and the art of the documentary sequel
Jun 1600:18:44Tap to summarizeJason Dick talks with filmmaker Rory Kennedy about her new documentary, "Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing," a sequel to her 2022 "Downfall: The Case Against Boeing" and how, despite a very public airing of the company's quality control failings after numerous crashes, so little has changed and who is to blame. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →CQ Budget: Reconciliation 3.0 hurdles
Jun 1500:19:08Tap to summarizeHouse Republicans are scrambling to produce a third reconciliation bill focused on defense spending and combating fraud, but they face numerous obstacles. CQ Roll Call's Aidan Quigley and Paul M. Krawzak join host David Lerman to assess the bill's prospects and all the complications that lie ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Political Theater: DC/DOX Film Festival: A kaleidoscope of America and beyond
Jun 800:39:19Tap to summarizeJason 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 King, Earth Wind and Fire, AI, a Washington Commanders superfan, Sea Monkeys and even Yugoslavian leader Josip Tito's parrot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →CQ Budget: At the finish line
Jun 800:28:38Tap to summarizeRepublicans appeared set to clear a Senate-passed reconcilation bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies through the rest of President Donald Trump's term. CQ Roll Call's Aris Folley and Paul M. Krawzak join host David Lerman to discuss the final chapter of the reconciliation battle and how a controversial Justice Department "anti-weaponization" fund continues to complicate the process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Political Theater: You can't always get what you want, politics edition
Jun 400:27:20Tap to summarizeJason Dick and Nathan Gonzales talk about Super Junesday, with its reality-tv-infused results in California, missing persons intrigue in New Jersey and dusting of Rep. Dusty Johnson, among many, many results. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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