Podcast Episodes

Senate Republicans hit their limit with Trump

With less than six months from Election Day, Senate Republicans are hitting their breaking point over President Donald Trump’s wants and needs. Anna …

2 weeks, 6 days ago

Budget Chair Jodey Arrington on reconciliation 3.0 and his political future

House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) stopped by the Punchbowl News Townhouse to talk reconciliation, Texas politics and his own pol…

3 weeks ago

Inside the Senate GOP's Trump rebellion

Senate Republicans are preparing to buck President Donald Trump on two of his long-running obsessions: the White House ballroom project and the “weap…

3 weeks ago

Does Trump care about the GOP majorities?

With less than 24 weeks until Election Day, President Donald Trump seems almost maniacally focused on doing and saying things that could harm the GOP…

3 weeks, 1 day ago

Committee term limits? Not for House Dems

House GOP leaders have pulled the SCORE Act from this week’s floor schedule, according to multiple sources. Anna and Jake discuss what’s next for the…

3 weeks, 2 days ago

What Collins and Platner told us in Maine

In Maine, a state that could decide the Senate majority, GOP Sen. Susan Collins is touting her mastery of Washington’s power and influence system, wh…

3 weeks, 3 days ago

Readback: The GOP’s ballroom security fight

Laura Weiss breaks down how Trump's ballroom plan complicated Republicans’ reconciliation bill that includes money for ICE and Border Patrol. This st…

3 weeks, 5 days ago

How crypto conquered Congress

The crypto industry scored a legislative triumph in the Senate this week, marking a major moment for the future of U.S. capitalism.

Congressional Rep…

3 weeks, 6 days ago

Fly Out Day: CBC Chair Clarke on Black power in Washington

Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette Clarke joins Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer to discuss Republican-led redistricting efforts, why Black Democrat…

4 weeks ago

The CBC is at a crossroads

For decades, Black power was on the rise on Capitol Hill. But during the last two weeks, the conservative-dominated Supreme Court and Republican legi…

4 weeks ago