Matt and Josh discuss DOGE, USAID, Congress’s power of the purse, norms, and lots of other things.

J.D. Rackey from the Bipartisan Policy Center joins Laura, Matt, and Josh to discuss his recent report on congressional primaries and recent events in Congress.

Laura, Matt, and Josh discuss the holiday CR, Democrats and Republicans organizational decisions, and things to look for in the 119th Congress.

Laura, Matt, and Josh review the 2024 Election, Congress and the 2nd Trump administration, recess appointments, leadership races in the House and Senate, the filibuster, and more.

On our latest podcast’s episode, Senior Fellow Mark Harkins talks with two college seniors to get the Gen Z perspective on our current state of politics. Mentioned material can be found at https://johnhaskell.substack.com/

Josh and Matt talk with special guests Matt Grossmann, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University, and Dave Hopkins, Associate Professor of Political Science at Boston College, to discuss all the weird things happening with today’s political parties.

Tune in for our latest podcast episode “Unprecedented” with Mark, Josh, and Matt.

Congress and appropriations reporter Jenn Shutt joins Laura to wrap up the year: appropriations, international supplemental funding, NDAA and what’s unprecedented, unusual -and usual- about this year. Shutt notes that the House has been “building the rollercoaster as they’re riding it”.

Matt, Mark, and Josh discuss the Speaker’s election, the CR dilemma, and a few other odds and ends.

To quote Steny Hoyer, “I don’t know what’s going on but I object.” Matt and Josh discuss the House of Representatives in October 2023, the GOP speakership vote, Speakers Pro Tempore, and more.