CQ Budget: Politics of Ukraine aid
The House finally broke a logjam that held up Ukraine aid for months, but a majority of Republicans voted against the aid and Speaker Mike Johnson's job is on the line as a result. CQ Roll Call's Davi...
22 Apr 202433min
Political Theater: Meanwhile, in non-Trump, non-impeachment and non-speaker news
This has been a momentous week for politics. Jury selection started in the criminal trial of former President Donald Trump. The Senate dispensed with impeachment articles against Homeland Security Sec...
19 Apr 202442min
CQ Budget: Johnson's conundrum
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., faces pressure from all sides after promising to take up an aid bill for Israel this week that may or may not include money for Ukraine. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman and Pe...
15 Apr 202422min
Equal Time: A reality check on crime and justice
If it’s an election year, expect crime to be an issue. Candidates and parties draw conclusions with every headline, and exchange rhetoric that sheds more heat than light. But the history and reality o...
15 Apr 202437min
Political Theater: ‘Food, Inc. 2’ filmmakers provide plenty to chew on
People feel so passionately about food that perhaps it is not a surprise it has yielded that rarest of things: A sequel to a documentary. The makers of 2008’s “Food, Inc.,” are, as the new movie’s tag...
11 Apr 202428min
CQ Budget: Tumultuous appropriations cycle
Final fiscal 2024 appropriations came nearly six months late, left Republicans divided and bitter, triggered the ouster of a House speaker, and put a new speaker on notice that his own ouster could co...
29 Mar 202431min
CQ Budget: Biden's budget dissected
President Joe Biden's fiscal 2025 budget request offers up election-year domestic initiatives from child care to affordable housing while promising to reduce deficits from projected levels over the co...
25 Mar 202431min
Political Theater: When the most powerful people get what they want, Ohio version
What does it mean when both Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer and former President Donald Trump agree on the same candidate? Because that happened in Ohio’s Republican Senate primary. That was...
21 Mar 202428min
