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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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Political Theater: No more ‘Idiocracy’ references please; let's talk about the ads
5d 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
1w ago00:18:44Tap 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
1w ago00:19:08Tap 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
2w ago00:39:19Tap 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
2w ago00:28:38Tap 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
3w ago00:27:20Tap 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
Transcribe →CQ Budget: 'Anti-weaponization' fund retreat
3w ago00:27:08Tap to summarizeThe 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 Call's Michael Macagnone and Aidan Quigley join host David Lerman to discuss what the apparent retreat might mean for a GOP reconciliation bill on immigration enforcement. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Immigration funding bill derailed
4w ago00:28:39Tap to summarizeThe surprise creation of a Justice Department "anti-weapononization" fund outraged Senate Republicans and disrupted plans to pass their reconciliation bill for immigration enforcement before the Memorial Day recess. CQ Roll Call's Aris Folley and Jacob Fulton join host David Lerman in assessing the blow-up and the challenge ahead for getting the reconciliation bill back on track. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →CQ Budget: Reconciliation race
May 1800:19:58Tap to summarizeRepublicans are scrambling to rewrite portions of the $72 billion budget reconciliation bill after the Senate parliamentarian advised against key parts, including Secret Service funding connected to the White House ballroom project. CQ's Paul M. Krawzak and Aidan Quigley discuss the parliamentarian's advice and the prospects of passage before the upcoming Memorial Day recess. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →Political Theater: The sometimes fleeting status of Roll Call's Most Vulnerable Incumbent list
May 1800:37:37Tap to summarizeIt'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 Dick talks with Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari about who's on the list, who's leaving the list and why making a House list is so difficult. (Spoiler alert: It's redistricting) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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