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CQ&A

CQ&A

Written by: CQ Roll Call
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CQ editors and reporters answer reader questions about the most important congressional news. Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Drive My Car — The Surface Transportation Bill

    Drive My Car — The Surface Transportation Bill
    Jun 5 2026
    Energy and transportation reporter Kelly Livingston joins host Peter Cohn to discuss the evolving surface transportation reauthorization bill. The sweeping measure (HR 8870), approved last month by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, must still navigate a thicket of floor and committee action in both chambers, and progress in the House could yet be upended by disputes over rail safety regulations, gasoline taxes and a first-ever national electric vehicle fee.
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    29 mins
  • Reconciliation 2.0

    Reconciliation 2.0
    May 15 2026
    CQ Budget newsletter author Aidan Quigley joins host Peter Cohn to discuss the Senate’s $72 billion budget reconciliation package as it winds its way through the legislative process. What will get attached? What will get cut? Will the extra funding for ballroom and other presidential security upgrades survive?
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    28 mins
  • "Hell Week"

    "Hell Week"
    May 1 2026
    CQ Roll Call House leadership reporter Valerie Yurk joins host Peter Cohn to discuss the chamber’s unforgiving workload ahead of next week's recess, the week that was — or wasn’t — when it comes to FISA, the farm bill, the budget resolution and Homeland Security spending, and what it all means for the rest of the 2026 agenda.
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    28 mins
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