Political Theater: A short history of hoping people will change their minds
Jason Dick and Jessica Wehrman talk about how unpopular the “One Big Beautiful Bill” in Congress is, why Republicans will likely pass it anyway and the short history of how, regardless of how hard pol...
25 Jun 202523min
CQ Budget: 'Beautiful' bill picked apart
The Senate parliamentarian has been busy throwing out key provisions in the GOP's reconciliation bill, ruling against measures affecting food stamps, immigration policy, the Consumer Financial Protect...
23 Jun 202523min
CQ Budget: Medicaid and 'SALT' divide GOP
The release of the biggest portion of the Senate GOP's reconciliation bill triggered internal party clashes over the scope of Medicaid cuts and the size of the state and local tax deduction known as S...
17 Jun 202526min
Equal Time: What is ‘the way forward’ after violence born of hatred?
It’s been 10 years since a 21-year-old gunman murdered nine church members who welcomed him to Bible study. The attack on Charleston, S.C.’s historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church on June...
12 Jun 202538min
Political Theater: It’s déjà tea party all over again
Jason Dick and Jim Saksa discuss how easy it was to be angry in 2010, tea-party infused town halls, astroturf versus paid protesters, the Koch Brothers and George Soros and the wisdom of politicians r...
10 Jun 202527min
CQ Budget: 'Big, beautiful' bill on the line
Senate Republicans are struggling to produce text of their reconciliation package this week despite disputes over Medicaid, food stamps, tax policy, Medicare and more. CQ Roll Call's Peter Cohn, Caitl...
9 Jun 202526min
Political Theater: The 'predicament and necessity' of documentary movies
Jason Dick talks to Sky Sitney, co-founder of DC/DOX, about this year's documentary festival, as well as how grants being canceled and studios pulling back on the genre are playing out as both challen...
4 Jun 202525min
CQ Budget: Reconciliation headaches in Senate
Republican senators want changes to the "big, beautiful" House reconciliation bill, from Medicaid to tax cuts and more. And House appropriators begin writing their fiscal 2026 spending bills while the...
2 Jun 202528min
