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CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics

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Government Shutdown
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Medicaid
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Budget Reconciliation
Affordable Care Act

This is CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics, formerly CQ on Congress, which has all of the audio content from the CQ Roll Call newsroom.

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Congress has five legislative weeks left to avoid a partial government shutdown, while Republicans try to pass their third reconciliation bill to fund defense and other priorities before they lose power next year. CQ Roll Call's Aidan Quigley and Pau... more

Jason Dick chews over the midterm results by considering Roll Call Factba.se’s tabulation of how Democrats and Republicans fared in every county that has a Cheesecake Factory. Factba.se founder Bill Frischling and producer extraordinaire Alan Tuszyns... more

Jason Dick talks with former Roll Call Editor in Chief Christina Bellantoni, now director of USC Annenberg's Media Center, about her students' recent political reporting trips to Iowa and Texas, where the battle for the House and Senate majorities co... more

Jason Dick talks with the latest Roll Call on the Road mission crew, Mary Ellen McIntire and Tom Williams, about what they learned on their reporting trip to Pennsylvania, including interacting with candidates from Scranton to Harrisburg, as well as ... more

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Bill Frischling
Founder of Roll Call Factba.se.
Roll Call Factba.se
Episode: Political Theater: Digesting the midterms with The 2026 Cheesecake Index
Christina Bellantoni
Director of USC Annenberg's Media Center, professor and former Roll Call editor in chief
USC Annenberg
Episode: Political Theater: Taxidermy, attack ads, early voting and more: On the road in Iowa and Texas
Alex Gibney
Documentary filmmaker and director of Musk
Jigsaw Productions / film subject
Episode: Political Theater: Alex Gibney and the odyssey of ‘Musk’
Paul Krawzak
Senior budget reporter at CQ Roll Call
CQ Roll Call
Episode: CQ Budget: Power of the purse challenged
Aris Folley
Appropriations reporter at CQ Roll Call
CQ Roll Call
Episode: CQ Budget: Power of the purse challenged
Mary Ellen McIntire
Campaign staff writer, Roll Call
Roll Call / CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics
Episode: Political Theater: Gathering threads: The stories defining the midterm elections
Daniela Altimari
Campaign staff writer, Roll Call
Roll Call / CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics
Episode: Political Theater: Gathering threads: The stories defining the midterm elections
John Donnelly
Senior defense reporter at CQ Roll Call
CQ Roll Call
Episode: CQ Budget: Iran war funding dilemma
Nathan Gonzales
Editor and publisher of Inside Elections and Roll Call's Campaigns Experts
Inside Elections / Roll Call
Episode: Political Theater: What a long, strange primary season it’s been

Hosts

Jason Dick
Political journalist and host of Political Theater
David Lerman
Host of CQ Budget and CQ Roll Call reporter

Reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars from 65 ratings
  • Juvenile snark

    According to these guys, Hispanics have a moral right to be lobbyists for the military because they’ve been oppressed.

    If you enjoy that sort of thing, you’ll love this!

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    Beccaaz746
    United States6 years ago
  • March 8, 2019

    I can’t believe the hate & bashing I heard on this episode! It’s sad that it has crept into every aspect of life, even hiding under the guise of Pro-Israel! Just another partisan podcast pushing deception! Disappointing!

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    HomeisJax
    United States8 years ago
  • Go To Policy News Source

    Quick, easy to digest and always a non-partisan, unbiased opinion. Great for the morning commute to help you stay ahead.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    TM in DC
    United States9 years ago
  • Useful and pragmatic

    This is a useful, informative, and to the point podcast that tells you what’s going on and offers some dispassionate analysis. It’s a nice break from all the opinionating heard elsewhere.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    krs617
    United States11 years ago
  • Mrs

    Very interesting information

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    raleita.day
    United States11 years ago

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CQ Budget: Power of the purse challenged
Q: Is this legal or not?
The Government Accountability Office argues the president cannot cancel appropriated spending without Congress acting, while the White House argues the law does not prohibit a late request. The issue remains unresolved, and the guests expect another lawsuit.
CQ Budget: Power of the purse challenged
Q: What exactly is a pocket rescission?
It is a presidential rescission request made with fewer than 45 days remaining before funding expires while Congress is out of session. The money may expire without Congress voting to approve or reject the request.
Political Theater: Digesting the midterms with The 2026 Cheesecake Index
Q: What was the most surprising thing you learned from this Cheesecake Factory Index, Bill?
Frischling expected the locations' results to broadly reflect the election, but was surprised that they over-indexed in every category. He checked the data again to make sure he had not made a mistake.
Political Theater: Digesting the midterms with The 2026 Cheesecake Index
Q: So talk about your process on that.
Frischling says he started after seeing Andrew Kuczynski ask how cheesecake did, collected Cheesecake Factory locations, matched them with election data from Civic API, and compared the results. He cautions that the analysis was intended as a humorous snapshot, not a deeper political explanation.
Political Theater: Taxidermy, attack ads, early voting and more: On the road in Iowa and Texas
Q: But let's talk about Iowa and Texas.
Bellantoni describes different voter attitudes in the two states, the influence of economic concerns and attack ads, early voting, campaign organizing, and the challenges of predicting close races.

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Coverage centers on Congress, federal policy and U.S. elections, with recurring attention to budget negotiations, appropriations, campaign dynamics, and the effects of legislation on voters and industries. The format combines newsroom discussion and analysis with interviews featuring reporters, political analysts, academics, authors, and filmmakers. Political Theater host Jason Dick connects on-the-ground campaign reporting to national trends, while David Lerman leads CQ Budget conversations about spending, funding bills, and the legislative process. Guests bring subject expertise and reporting context, rather than serving mainly as entertainment or opinion personalities.

The mix is distinctive for its close view of Capitol Hill procedure ... more

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