CQ on Congress

CQ, formerly Congressional Quarterly, is the gold standard for authoritative, nonpartisan congressional news. Every week, CQ on Congress hosted by Shawn Zeller brings you inside the halls of the House and Senate for an insightful, smart discussion into pressing policy and political debates.

  • 13 minutes 48 seconds
    Political Theater: 5 big questions about this election with Nathan Gonzales

    So, we have questions in the aftermath of this election. Who is the leader of the Democratic Party? What lessons do Republicans take from their victories? Do we have to keep calling it a "Blue Wall." And more!

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    7 November 2024, 6:55 pm
  • 33 minutes 11 seconds
    Political Theater: The last Most Vulnerable Incumbents lists of the 2024 cycle

    Roll Call looked under every nook, cranny and poll to round off the Most Vulnerable Incumbents lists for the 2024 cycle. Find out how and why who got where!

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    31 October 2024, 2:38 pm
  • 45 minutes 49 seconds
    Equal Time: How a battle for locker-room access was about so much more

    Sports and politics don’t mix. In truth, that has never been the case. Sports, in fact, reflect every issue, every conflict in society from civil rights to equal justice. Melissa Ludtke knows this from experience. In the 1970’s, when she was trying to cover Major League Baseball for Sports Illustrated, her path to doing the job – which required equal access to the players – was blocked by a powerful and inflexible commissioner. The battle mirrored America’s burgeoning women’s movement, and ultimately ended up in federal court, presided over by a judge with her own civil rights experience. Ludtke tells the story in “Locker Room Talk: A Woman’s Struggle to Get Inside,” and on this episode of Equal Time.

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    28 October 2024, 4:00 pm
  • 22 minutes 32 seconds
    Political Theater: But is it art? Unpacking ‘The Apprentice’

    For many film buffs, October is Scary Movie Month, when we go to the vault to watch "Last House on the Left" or head to the theater to catch "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice." It is also election season. So does "The Apprentice" fit in here? It’s a biopic about the relationship between Roy Cohn and a young Donald Trump and how Cohn helped shape the future president’s no-holds-barred approach to business, politics and life.

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    23 October 2024, 6:59 pm
  • 27 minutes 14 seconds
    Political Theater: What it means for an electoral race to be unstable

    The 2024 campaign is in the home stretch, and there are several races that are defined by a high degree of instability. How do we mean? It starts with the campaigns themselves not even agreeing on the basic contours of the race. From there things can get weird. Nathan Gonzales walks us through a few races that fit the bill — and that are incredibly significant in determining which party will be in the majority in the Senate and House.

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    18 October 2024, 9:00 am
  • 33 minutes 57 seconds
    Political Theater: ‘War Game’: Rehearsing the uncomfortably plausible

    What happens when a veterans organization conducting an unscripted role-playing simulation with real political figures about an attempted coup on Jan. 6, 2025 joins forces with filmmakers who have “Dr. Strangelove” and Nathan Fielder on the brain? The experimental but highly relevant documentary “War Game.” Co-director Jesse Moss and Vet Voice’s Janessa Goldbeck talk about their project.

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    9 October 2024, 10:00 am
  • 25 minutes 32 seconds
    Political Theater: "Sleepy" but consequential term awaits Supreme Court

    The Supreme Court starts its new term this coming Monday, October 7th, and while the docket does not include such high-profile cases as the last two years, when the justices overturned Roe v. Wade and granted presidents wide immunity over official acts, the high court will still consider matters of constitutional rights that could reverberate for years — and also might be called upon to referee any lingering fights over the current election season.

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    2 October 2024, 9:18 pm
  • 36 minutes 9 seconds
    Equal Time: Has grift hijacked American conservatism?

    In the middle of a contentious election season, it might be the perfect time to look back, to try to figure out how we got here. In “The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism,” best-selling author and Equal Time guest Joe Conason investigates how lofty rhetoric can sometimes hide money-making motives. Who benefits, who is left to pay the bill and how does anyone get away with it?

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    1 October 2024, 6:00 pm
  • 23 minutes 4 seconds
    CQ Budget: Post-election end game

    Lawmakers will return to Washington after the elections with a heap of unfinished business and little time to get it done. Hurricane Helene may push disaster aid to the top of the agenda, while a year-end spending deal could be a heavy lift amid hopes for a farm bill and a defense policy bill. CQ Roll Call's Peter Cohn and David Lerman assess the political pressures and legislative possibilities of the upcoming lame-duck session.

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    30 September 2024, 6:31 pm
  • 22 minutes 18 seconds
    Political Theater: Tales of the three-headed incumbent: Biden/Harris/Trump

    The 2024 presidential race feels a bit "incumbenty." A former president, Donald Trump is running against first the current president, Joe Biden, and now the current vice president, Kamala Harris. There aren't a lot of parallels.

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    25 September 2024, 9:57 pm
  • 21 minutes 7 seconds
    CQ Budget: Finish line in sight

    After weeks of partisan posturing, congressional leaders settled on a bipartisan bill to stave off a partial government shutdown next month. CQ Roll Call's Paul M. Krawzak and David Lerman assess the bumpy path to a continuing resolution and the final obstacles to passage.

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    23 September 2024, 5:32 pm
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