Political Theater: Supreme Court confirmations keep us guessing
The stakes for Supreme Court nominations have always been high. But starting in 2016, when Senate Republicans refused to consider the nomination of Merrick B. Garland, the high court confirmation proc...
17 Mars 202222min
CQ Budget: Omnibus spending deal done
It came more than five months late, but omnibus appropriations for the current fiscal year made it across the finish line this week. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman and Lindsey McPherson explain what took...
11 Mars 202224min
Political Theater: ‘Time becomes elastic’: the long legacy of Guantanamo Bay
For the remaining prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detention facility, “time becomes elastic,” in the words of filmmaker Alex Gibney. One long-time detainee, for instance, Abu Zubaydah, just had ...
9 Mars 202228min
CQ Budget: Countdown to a spending deal
With one week to go before current government funding runs out, lawmakers are struggling to reach a deal on fiscal 2022 appropriations while accommodating a new White House request for additional Ukra...
8 Mars 202220min
Political Theater: Unified control, the political unicorn that never lasts
In the last 50 years, only six first-term presidents have been graced with their party in the majority in the House and Senate, and those majorities come under a lot of pressure in midterm elections. ...
3 Mars 202224min
Political Theater: ‘I just knew I had to be there’ — Jamie Raskin and the convergence of grief and politics
Rep. Jamie Raskin was already embroiled in a political struggle of titanic proportions when tragedy struck in late 2020: the death of his son, Tommy. Madeleine Carter’s documentary “Love and the Const...
23 Feb 202230min
Fintech Beat: Ro Khanna on dignity, big tech, and crypto
Ro Khanna, whose district lies at the center of Silicon Valley, talks about his book "Dignity in a Digital Age: Making Tech Work for All of Us" and how to decentralize opportunity beyond Northern Cali...
15 Feb 202227min
CQ Budget: What's happening with infrastructure spending?
Big spending increases for roads and other transportation projects approved in the bipartisan infrastructure law remain on hold until Congress passes an appropriations bill. In this episode of CQ Budg...
11 Feb 202225min
