CQ Budget: Debt limit deal explained
The bipartisan deal to suspend the debt limit until 2025 is more complicated than advertised, with side deals constructed to let both parties describe the measure to their own advantage. CQ Roll Call'...
30 Touko 202329min
Political Theater: When 'Yellowstone' came to Capitol Hill
"Yellowstone" and its related series are a cultural phenomenon, and have provided Native Americans a voice and platform that breaks boundaries. Two of the actors in the series, Mo Brings Plenty and Mi...
25 Touko 202333min
Equal Time with Mary C. Curtis: Why mental health policy is personal and political
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has described mental health as “the defining public health crisis of our time.” He has used his position and megaphone to highlight how the country is doing and where it f...
25 Touko 202338min
CQ Budget: Spending caps struggle
A bipartisan deal on a debt limit increase hinges mostly on resolving a fight over how to scale back discretionary spending. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman and Aidan Quigley explain what the fight is abo...
22 Touko 202323min
Political Theater: The Capital Challenge race, explained
The annual Capital Challenge foot race is a unique gathering of the three branches of government and the journalists who cover them: a three-mile, mid-week, morning race of about 600 people that raise...
19 Touko 202320min
CQ Budget: Debt limit drama
Pressure for a deal to raise the debt limit is building as President Joe Biden meets with congressional leaders for a second time this week. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Ellyn Ferguson...
15 Touko 202332min
Political Theater: The most vulnerable 2024 incumbents, so far
It is a Roll Call tradition: identifying the most vulnerable House and Senate incumbents each election cycle. And for our first look at the franchise for 2024, we will discuss the 20 on the hot seat w...
12 Touko 202343min
CQ Budget: Presidential engagement
After months of stalemate, President Joe Biden will sit down with the top four congressional leaders Tuesday to talk about how to raise the debt limit to avoid economic calamity next month when the go...
5 Touko 202325min
