CQ Budget: Search for an end game
With barely three weeks to spare, Congress and the Trump administration are struggling to settle on a strategy for a funding extension that would avoid a partial government shutdown next month. CQ Rol...
8 Sep 202522min
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3 Sep 202541min
CQ Budget: 'Pocket rescission' showdown
Democrats are warning that Republicans risk a partial government shutdown next month if they don't resist President Donald Trump's plan to claw back $4.9 billion in foreign aid through a so-called poc...
2 Sep 202522min
Equal Time: Closing the opportunity gap in education
It’s back to school time, with excitement mixed with uncertainty and anxiety. News from the Department of Education is primarily about cutting its budget or eliminating the department altogether. How ...
15 Aug 202540min
Political Theater: How Democrats hope to flip the script on energy as a campaign issue
Jessica Wehrman talks with David Jordan of CQ Roll Call about how energy affordability could become a sleeper issue in next year's midterm elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....
7 Aug 202523min
CQ Budget: Rough-and-tumble September
The effort to avert a partial government shutdown next month could be uglier than usual after Congress left town for its August recess with partisan tensions at a fever pitch. As the Trump administrat...
4 Aug 202525min
Political Theater: Off to the redistricting races
Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari discuss how a potential new congressional map in Texas could set off a race among other states to redraw their own maps, and how that might affect the 2026 mid...
29 Jul 202525min
CQ Budget: Politics of appropriations
The appropriations process is under threat from a poisonous political climate as Republicans seek cooperation from Democrats while pursuing partisan reconciliation and rescissions measures. CQ Roll Ca...
28 Jul 202523min
