Podcasts
Political Theater, Episode 419
CQ Budget Editor David Lerman, left, and CQ Roll Call Editor in Chief Jason Dick discuss Congress' agenda on a joint CQ Budget/Political Theater podcast. (CQ Roll Call)
Posted September 8, 2026 at 9:19am
Congress avoided a shutdown fight until December, but passed on several sticky problems it will need to address after Election Day. CQ Roll Editor in Chief Jason Dick and CQ Roll Call Budget Editor David Lerman outline the major fights looming in November in a very special Political Theater and CQ Budget podcast collaboration. Show […]
Podcasts
Political Theater, Episode 419
CQ Budget Editor David Lerman, left, and CQ Roll Call Editor in Chief Jason Dick discuss Congress' agenda on a joint CQ Budget/Political Theater podcast. (CQ Roll Call)
Posted September 8, 2026 at 9:19am

CQ Roll Call budget reporter Aris Folley talks about the House’s passage of the continuing resolution this week and the chamber’s…

The Senate wants to pass an expanded version of a House-passed stopgap funding bill before it leaves town for the August recess.…

With a bipartisan deal in hand to avoid a partial government shutdown starting Oct. 1, Senate leaders hope to pass the stopgap…

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is trying this week to adopt a budget resolution and pass the annual defense authorization bill and…

The bipartisan House vote means some fights will simply be deferred to a lame-duck session, with the next shutdown threat in…

The House on Tuesday passed a measure to extend government funding into December, averting a shutdown in the final stretch of the…