Congress in Context20 Des 2025

The Healthcare Cliff and the Battle for Affordability

Congressional Record 12-15-2025 to 12-17-2025

Welcome to Congress in Context, your essential audio guide to the proceedings and debates of the 119th Congress as documented in the United States Congressional Record. We provide a deep dive into the affordability crisis currently impacting American families, from the heated battle over healthcare premium tax credits to the economic fallout of Presidential tariffs. Our episodes explore high-stakes legislative action, including the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2026, while monitoring national security through intense debates on unauthorized maritime strikes and blockades in the Caribbean.

Listen as we unpack the complexities of the Kayla Hamilton Act and the Protect Children’s Innocence Act, and examine the future of energy reliability under the Reliable Power Act. Beyond the headlines, we bring you moving tributes to fallen service members and insights from the Former Members of Congress, highlighting the urgent need for civility and bipartisanship in modern governance. From wildfire research in the West to Great Lakes fishery protection, we document the diverse efforts of the Article I branch to sustain our representative democracy.

The legislative process is like a massive tapestry; while the headlines focus on a single thread of conflict, this podcast reveals the thousands of individual laws, debates, and tributes woven together to form the fabric of our Nation.

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Episoder(133)

Wild horses and agroterrorism in three minutes | September 10, 2026

In this episode of Congress in Context, we examine how legislative machinery operates behind the scenes—from solemn floor actions like the 25th-anniversary commemoration of September 11th to key commi...

14 Sep 21min

32-Hour Workweeks and AI Tax Audits | September 8, 2026

In this episode of Congress in Context, we look past the political noise of Capitol Hill's procedural pro forma sessions to examine how newly introduced legislative proposals directly impact the daily...

11 Sep 23min

Congressional business in two minutes | September 4, 2026

In this episode of Congress in Context, we pull back the curtain on the rapid-fire legislative sessions of September 4, 2026, demonstrating how even brief minutes of "pro forma" proceedings carry mass...

9 Sep 21min

The Markup | Federal Land Limbo and Birthright Citizenship Battles | Week of August 31, 2026

This episode of "Congress in Context" peels back the bureaucratic layers of a pivotal House Federal Lands Subcommittee hearing on nine bills that directly decide how America's public lands, local name...

7 Sep 57min

Strategic House Traps for Mining and SCOTUS | September 2, 2026

In this episode of Congress in Context, we pull back the curtain on the House floor to explore how procedural maneuvers directly shape the legal, economic, and representation systems that everyday Ame...

6 Sep 21min

Nuclear energy chips and your credit score | September 1, 2026

As Congress returns from its August recess, the House moves to avert a shutdown by passing a short-term continuing resolution extending federal funding through December 11, 2026, ensuring that critica...

5 Sep 18min

New mandates for safety and AI | August 31, 2026

In this episode of Congress in Context, we pull back the curtain on the House of Representatives' legislative machinery to examine how lawmakers utilize specific procedural maneuvers—such as the "susp...

4 Sep 44min

The Markup | Defending military service on school boards | August 25, 2026

In this episode of The Markup (a segment of Congress in Context), we examine the House Committee on Education and the Workforce's field hearing in Richmond, Michigan, titled “Deployed, Not Disqualifie...

1 Sep 11min