CQ Budget: Big tax-cut and spending agenda
Republicans are preparing to use the budget reconciliation process to push border security, tax cuts and more on party-line votes next year. CQ Roll Call's Caitlin Reilly, Aidan Quigley and David Lerm...
9 Dec 202422min
Equal Time: Looking at Climate Futures with Imagination and Resolve
With a recently concluded global climate summit with challenging takeaways, an incoming president who vows to again remove the U.S. from international climate agreements, and increasing weather disast...
6 Dec 202444min
Political Theater: Home improvements for the House
It happens every December: We ask ourselves, is this the best Congress can do? And the answer is no. They can do better. And there are a number of ways the legislative branch can function better by im...
4 Dec 202444min
CQ Budget: The meaning of DOGE
President-elect Donald Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency isn't really a federal department, but it promises to take a meat ax to federal spending and regulations. CQ Roll Call's Peter Co...
2 Dec 202428min
CQ Budget: Disaster aid scrubbing
Lawmakers are torn over the size and shape of a disaster relief package headed for a vote next month. CQ Roll Call's Aidan Quigley and David Lerman discuss the latest on disaster aid, overdue appropri...
22 Nov 202427min
Political Theater: A very judgy lame duck
If you're paying attention to the Senate, you know they're voting on a lot of judges, as happens during lame duck congresses. There are also a lot of partisan broadsides being fired about it all. How ...
21 Nov 202426min
Political Theater: Who are these guys? The Congress-to-Cabinet revue
President-elect Donald Trump has picked several current and former members of Congress for his Cabinet and senior staff. Here’s a quick and dirty on the roster, which includes former Democrats, former...
14 Nov 202439min
CQ Budget: Funding strategy unresolved
Congress returns for a lame-duck session with a major decision to make on fiscal 2025 spending: whether to pass an omnibus package by Christmas or punt spending bills into the new year. CQ Roll Call's...
12 Nov 202425min
