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CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics

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CQ Roll Call

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.

#1278

Political Theater: Buy the 'Shadow Ticket,' take the ride

Thomas Pynchon's latest novel, "Shadow Ticket," has a lot to say about politics, so Jason ... more

10 Dec 2025

55 MINS

55:38

10 Dec 2025

#1277

CQ Budget: Defense spending uptick

A new compromise defense authorization bill calls for a higher level of defense spending t... more

08 Dec 2025

25 MINS

25:07

08 Dec 2025

#1276

Political Theater: Can Congress save itself?

Despite its propensity for making itself look bad, some of the inner workings of Congress ... more

03 Dec 2025

37 MINS

37:35

03 Dec 2025

#1275

CQ Budget: Two months to go

As appropriators aim to finish the nine remaining fiscal 2026 spending bills ahead of the ... more

01 Dec 2025

20 MINS

20:01

01 Dec 2025

#1274

Equal Time: Despite DEI pushback, a corporate culture of belonging is possible

The Trump administration’s war on DEI, diversity, equity and inclusion policies, has left ... more

21 Nov 2025

30 MINS

30:59

21 Nov 2025

#1273

Political Theater: The re-re-redistricting chronicles

Jason Dick and Nathan Gonzales talk about how multiple rounds of redistricting congression... more

20 Nov 2025

37 MINS

37:01

20 Nov 2025

#1272

CQ Budget: Appropriations back on track?

Now that the partial government shutdown is over, can Congress make up for lost time and g... more

17 Nov 2025

26 MINS

26:07

17 Nov 2025

#1271

CQ Budget: Politics of a shutdown

Enough Senate Democrats finally broke ranks with their party to clear a path for ending th... more

10 Nov 2025

22 MINS

22:24

10 Nov 2025

#1270

Political Theater: There is no such things as an off-year in politics

Jason Dick talks with Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire about the new Roll Call Mos... more

06 Nov 2025

50 MINS

50:47

06 Nov 2025

#1269

CQ Budget: Shutdown pressures on the rise

The Senate is under growing pressure to find a way out of the partial government shutdown ... more

03 Nov 2025

19 MINS

19:34

03 Nov 2025

#1268

Political Theater: Taking the ‘Vineland’ express to ‘One Battle After Another’

Jason Dick and Sean Carswell discuss how Thomas Pynchon’s novel “Vineland” led to Paul Tho... more

31 Oct 2025

46 MINS

46:23

31 Oct 2025

#1267

CQ Budget: Shutdown pain growing as November nears

The largest union of federal employees has called on Congress to pass a "clean" continuing... more

27 Oct 2025

24 MINS

24:27

27 Oct 2025

#1266

Political Theater: Immigration, race and ‘One Battle After Another'

Jason Dick and Chris Johnson talk about how immigration and racial issues frame the action... more

21 Oct 2025

32 MINS

32:53

21 Oct 2025

#1265

CQ Budget: 'Power of the purse' at stake

President Donald Trump's decision to divert Pentagon research and development funds to pay... more

20 Oct 2025

24 MINS

24:33

20 Oct 2025

#1264

CQ Budget: Shutdown stalemate

Neither party shows any sign of blinking in the standoff over a partial government shutdow... more

14 Oct 2025

27 MINS

27:28

14 Oct 2025

#1263

Political Theater: An Orwell movie for Orwellian times

Jason Dick talks with filmmaker Raoul Peck about his documentary "Orwell: 2+2=5," the impo... more

07 Oct 2025

25 MINS

25:08

07 Oct 2025

#1262

CQ Budget: Trapped in a shutdown

A partial government shutdown enters its second week with both parties dug in for a protra... more

06 Oct 2025

27 MINS

27:12

06 Oct 2025

#1261

Equal Time: College Leadership in Turbulent Times

Being a college president has never been the easiest job. But today, it seems an impossibl... more

03 Oct 2025

49 MINS

49:06