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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/
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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.
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Tune in for our latest podcast episode “Unprecedented” with Mark, Josh, and Matt.
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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”.
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Matt, Mark, and Josh discuss the Speaker’s election, the CR dilemma, and a few other odds and ends.
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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.
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Mark and Josh talk with Professor Tony Madonna about Kevin McCarthy’s unusual speakership, among other things. Tony is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Georgia and author of numerous studies of House and Senate procedure.
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Laura and Josh talk with Georgetown Professor Michele Swers about abortion politics after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision and a bit of Nancy Pelosi’s speakership.
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Matt and Josh are joined by special guest Philip Wallach from the American Enterprise Institute to discuss his new book, Why Congress.
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Matt and Laura are joined by special guest Michael Thorning from the Bipartisan Policy Center, to discuss the debt limit negotiations, modernization of Congress, and the FY24 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill.https://gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Congress-Two-Beers-In-with-Michael-Thorning.mp3The post Debt Limit with Michael Thorning first appeared on GAI.
Rep. Brendan Boyle (D, PA) sits down with Laura and Josh to talk about the debt ceiling. We discuss the history of the debt ceiling, different potential reforms, and the state of play in Congress as we approach Treasury’s X date. Congressman Boyle has sponsored legislation on the debt ceiling every Congress since 2017 and continues to play a leadership role on the issue. He brings his perspective on how and to what extent MCs are affected by electoral concerns, misinformation, the “right time” for reform, and more.
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Laura is joined by special guest Congressman David Price to reflect on his long career in Congress: what got him into politics, his perspective as a scholar of political science, his focus on his district, time on the appropriations committee, and thoughts on party leadership over time.https://gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/David-Price-MP3-file.mp3The post A Conversation with Congressman David Price first appeared on GAI.
Mark, Matt, and Josh discuss special rules, leaders’ power, budgets, funding, McCarthy, the debt ceiling, and whatever else popped into Mark’s head.
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Senior Fellow Josh Huder sits down with political parties scholar Dave Hopkins to discuss what has changed and not changed in the Republican and Democratic parties. Dave is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Boston College and author of multiple books, including Asymmetric Politics(coauthored with Matt Grossman) and Red Fighting Blue. He is also a weekly contributor at Bloomberg Opinion.
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Laura and Matt are joined by Georgetown Law Professor Josh Chafetz to discuss congressional oversight, the importance of the type of oversight some people decry as mere “theater,” and upcoming high-profile oversight issues in the118th Congress.
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Mark, Matt, and Josh discuss the start of the 118th Congress in the Senate and the House. Emphasis on the House Speaker’s race and the implications on for the year!https://gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Pod-1-9-23-mixed.mp3The post New GAI Podcast Episode: 118th Congress Begins first appeared on GAI.
The Congress: Two Beers In crew ditch beer for bourbon as they discuss what happened in the 117th Congress. They also opine on the new Republican majority in the House, whether a Speaker will be elected on January 3, and the effects of an expanded Democratic majority in the Senate.https://gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Pod-mixed-12-19-22.mp3The post New Podcast Episode: 117th Congress Review and 118th Predictions first appeared on GAI.
Gingrich Transforms the Party and Congress Professor Matt Green joins Laura and Josh to talk about his new book (with Jeff Crouch): Newt Gingrich: The Rise and Fall of a Party Entrepreneur. Gingrich is contextualized in the ways he did -and didn’t- act as a congressional change agent.
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Josh and Matt are joined by political scientist and Bloomberg Opinion writer Jonathan Bernstein. We talk about the January 6th investigation, the committee’s presentations, American democracy, Watergate, House leadership, and several other topics that didn’t make it into this description.
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Josh and Mark are joined by James Wallner, senior fellow at the R Street Institute and lecturer at Clemson University, to discuss why the Senate is doing a lot and nothing all at the same time.
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Mark and Matt are joined by 30-year Hill veteran and former staff director of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Jason Steinbaum to discuss the role of Congress in foreign policy.
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Mark and Matt chat with Sue Lagon about the upcoming Supreme Court nomination, and also discuss the “framework” deal for FY22 appropriations.
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Mark, Matt, and Josh talk about what did and did not happen in the first session of the 117th Congress, and look forward to 2022 in Congress.
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Professor Marina Omar joins Laura for the podcast to help us make sense of Afghanistan: what she’d add to the current conversation, her fieldwork, what it was like doing interviews in Afghanistan, what larger lessons Afghanistan has for us, and how her personal experience as an Afghan woman who escaped the Taliban informs what’s going
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Josh and Matt and special guest Greg Koger discuss the Senate, congressional dysfunction, and some Florida politics. Greg is Professor of Political Science at Miami University, and the author of Filibustering: A Political History of Obstruction in the House and Senate. You can find him on Twitter @GregoryKoger.
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Mark and Matt sit down with Kevin Kosar, Resident Scholar at AEI, to discuss earmarks.
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Political scientist Emily Sydnor joins Laura to talk about incivility in politics and in Congress.
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Mark and Matt sit down with Caitlin Emma (@caitlinzemma), budget and appropriations reporter at Politico, to talk COVID relief, Shalanda Young for OMB Director, and the possible end of the earmark ban.
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Josh and Laura sit down with Professor Jim Curry, co-author (with Frances Lee) of the new book The Limits of Party, to discuss why congressional lawmaking has not changed much as many believe over the last 50 years.
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Election analyst Nathan Gonzales joins Laura and Mark to talk about how to understand the 2020 election, the polls, and where the Republican party goes after Trump and January 6th.
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Congressional scholars Jordan Ragusa and Nate Birkhead join Josh to discuss the politics of legislative repeals, impeachment, and where the parties are headed in the 117th Congress.
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Mark, Laura, and Matt discuss the remainder of the 116th Congress and take a look back at the last two years.
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Josh and Matt talk with Josh Chafetz, Professor of Law at Georgetown University, to talk Congress, its power, and the potential for filibuster reform in the Senate.
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Matt and Mark are joined by Wall Street Journal reporter Aaron Zitner to talk about the COVID relief politics in Congress and the fall elections.
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Laura and Josh talk with David Karol about the VP-stakes, party changes, and presidential nominations.
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Josh and Mark talk with Sarah Binder, Brookings Senior Fellow and professor of political science at George Washington University, about Congress and the politics affecting its coronavirus responses.
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Matt, Mark, and Josh discuss Congress’s coronavirus response, remote voting, and what happens when too many lawmakers get sick.
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Special guest James Wallner joins Matt, Josh, and Mark to talk about the Senate “trial,” and why Senators no longer act. James Wallner is a Senior Fellow at the R Street Institute, a former senior staffer in the Senate, and the author of several books on the Senate. He tweets from @jiwallner, can be found
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Matt and Josh discuss the politics surrounding the Senate impeachment trial. Also vote stacks came up somehow.
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Mark and Josh discuss impeachment, appropriations, and continuing resolutions with CQ reporter Jennifer Shutt.
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Special guest Colleen Shogan joins Matt and Josh to discuss impeachment, bipartisanship, and women’s suffrage. Colleen is Assistant Deputy Librarian at the Library of Congress, former Deputy Director of the Congressional Research Service, and the Co-Chair of the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission.
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Matt and Josh discuss how impeachment politics is shaping up in the House and Senate. Some relevant links: The memorandum of conversation between Trump and the Ukrainian president. Pelosi’s 9/24 announcement. The op-ed by seven Democratic freshmen.
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HuffPost congressional reporter Matt Fuller joins Josh, Mark, and Matt to discuss the tensions in the House Democratic caucus, the prospects for a Freedom Caucus of the left, the congressional budget deal, and the politics of impeachment in the House.
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Matt, Mark, Laura, and Josh discuss a the Speaker, budgets, NDAA, and the curious case of Justin Amash on this week’s podcast.
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Laura, Josh, Mark, and Matt are joined by political scientist and award-winning precinct captain Richard Skinner to discuss the large field of congressional POTUS candidates, the politics of impeachment in the House, and current issues in congressional reform.
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Special guest Jennifer Victor joins Matt, Mark, Josh, and Laura to talk about impeachment politics in Congress, congressional caucuses, and presidential candidate fundraising. Jennifer is associate professor of poltical science at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government. She tweets at @jennifernvictor.
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Matt, Mark, Laura, and Josh discuss the institutional politics of Trump’s Special Olymics budget cuts, the health care cloud hanging over congressioanl Republicans, and potential upcoming Senate rules changes.
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Mattt and Laura are joined by special guest Julia Azari, professor at Marquette University, to talk about the politics of the 2020 nomination and Trump in historical context.
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Matt, Laura, and Mark are joined by special guest Michele Swers, professor at Georgetown University, to talk about women in the 116th Congress.
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Laura, Mark, and Josh sit down with former Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen from South Florida to discuss her career and life in Congress, former speakers, Cuba libres, and the challenges ahead for the 116th Congress.
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Josh, Mark, and Matt discuss the end of the shutdown, committee organization, and what’s coming in the 116th Congress.
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Mark, Matt, Laura are joined by special guest Molly Reynolds of the Brookings Institution to discuss the shutdown, budget politics in the 116th Congress, and learning curves in Congress.
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In the latest episode of our podcast, GAI Senior Fellows Laura, Mark, and Josh discuss the shutdown, Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s second turn with the Speaker’s gavel, and the 116th Congress.
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Matt, Laura, Josh, and special guest Matt Green discuss leadership elections, factionalism in congressional parties, and prospects for the 116th Congress.
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Matt, Laura, Josh, and special guest Sarah Binder discuss expectations for the 116th Congress, the Speakership race, freshmen members of the House, and Sarah’s recent book, The Myth of Independence: How Congress Governs the Federal Reserve.
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Matt, Mark, Josh, and special guest Jonathan Bernstein discuss the results of the election, the brewing Speakership intrigue in the Democratic party, the lame duck session, and some prospects for the 116th Congress.
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Matt, Laura, and Josh discuss the upcoming congressional elections.
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Mark, Matt, and Josh have special guest Jennifer Shutt to talk appropriations until breaking news about Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination interrupts. Come for Capuano impersonations, stay for the appropriations news.
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Josh, Laura and Matt talk with Todd Ruger about SCOTUS and Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination on the latest GAI podcast.
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Josh, Mark, and Katina discuss status of appropriations, some intelligence related matters and impeachment.
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Special Guest Connor O’Brien joins Matt, Mark, and Josh to talk about NATO, the NDAA, and defense politics in Congress.
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Special Guest Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta), Chief Political Correspondent for Politico Magazine joins Matt, Mark, and Laura to discuss leadership in the House, the Supreme Court vacancy, and the 2018 election.
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Matt, Mark, and Josh discuss immigration in the House.
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Special Guest Casey Burgat of the R Street Institute joins Josh, Laura, and Matt to talk about congressional staff.
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Special Guest Matt Fuller joins Matt, Mark, and Josh to talk about the future congressional leaders, the House Chaplain controversy, and reading lips from the House gallery.
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Special Guest James Wallner joins Matt, Mark, and Josh to talk about his vision of politics and the problems of the contemporary Congress
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Special Guest Alexis Simendinger joins Matt, Mark, and Laura to talk about the recently-passed omnibus and the state of the Trump White House.
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Josh, Mark, and Matt discuss the president’s proposed steel an aluminum tariffs, the coming omnibus appropriations bill, and the effects of the 2018 elections on congressional politics.
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Josh, Mark, and Matt plan episode 9, tell Jim Traficant stories, and do impressions of their favorite members of Congress
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Josh, Mark, and Matt discuss the politics of gun control in Congress, as well as the potential for budget process reform
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CQ Roll Call reporter Jennifer Shutt joins Matt, Mark, and Laura to discuss the budget deal, DACA, and the politics of the second session of the 115th Congress.
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It’s Groundhog Day in Congress! Josh, Matt, an Mark discuss the politics and possibilities of another shutdown, and consider the large number of retirements in the House.
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Josh and Matt welcome special guest Molly Reynolds of the Brookings Institute to the show and discuss the shutdown, the BCA spending caps, DACA, and what to expect in Congress in the next month. You can follow Molly on Twitter @mollyereynolds.
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Josh, Laura, Mark, and Matt discuss the prospects for a government shutdown this weekend, the politics of a budget deal, the precarious position of a number of congressional leaders, and the possible return of earmarks to Congress.
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Political scientist Julia Azari joins Josh and Matt on GAI’s latest podcast episode to discuss Oprah as a presidential candidate,Trump as a legislative president, and the strength of American parties.
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Matt and Josh discuss the CR in the House, GOP judicial nominations success, Speaker Ryan’s future, and what 2018 holds for Congress.
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Tune in for our second podcast episode where Laura, Josh, and Matt discuss the Alabama election, the tax reform package that is currently winding its way through conference, and the prospects for federal spending beyond December 22 when the current continuing resolution is set to expire.
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Josh, Laura, and Matt discuss the Alabama election and the December agenda in Congress.
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Josh, Mark, and Matt welcome listeners to our first episode and discuss upcoming congressional action on the budget as well as the President’s influence in Congress.
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