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535 News brings you the policy of Congress, straight from Capitol Hill. Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday that Congress is in session, contributors Paul Kane of The Washington Sun, Leigh Ann Caldwell and Marianna Sotomayor of Puck, Scott MacFarlane of MeidasTouch Network, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Brody Mullins, and contributing hosts and analysts Susan Davis and Colby Itkowitz sit down with members of Congress, reporters, advocates, and all the people behind the policy. These are long-form conversations about the bills, debates, and efforts shaping Washington and the country - focused on substance over spectacle. If it’s important to the 535, it’s important to us.

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Episodes

  1. Are the Polls Right? What Dems Would Investigate and What Could Change in Congress

    Guy Cecil, president of the American Horizon Project and a former staff director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, talks about the polls, the Senate map and where he says the final weeks’ money should go. Matt Viser, staff writer at The Atlantic, explains how Democrats are planning...

  2. A Possible Democratic House, a Record Class of Women in Congress and Ohio’s Marquee Senate Race

    Keith Stern, who spent nearly a decade as floor director for Speaker Nancy Pelosi, explains how a floor director counts the votes, why he says House Republicans keep losing rule votes, and what a Democratic rules package could look like. Annie Karni, congressional correspondent at The New York...

  3. The House & Senate Rulebooks, New Polling, and How Washington Got Here

    It’s Tuesday, October 13. On today’s 535 podcast, we look at how power works in Washington as the midterms close in. Tom Wickham, House parliamentarian from 2012 to 2020, takes us inside the House and Senate rulebooks: why rules are getting voted down, how discharge petitions are changing the...

  4. What Voters Are Saying as Both Parties Plan for Power

    With the midterms weeks away, 535 goes inside the conversations shaping what comes next on Capitol Hill. Fmr. Gov. & Rep. Jim Blanchard, a former Michigan governor, congressman and U.S. ambassador to Canada, talks with Colby Itkowitz about election integrity, political civility and the latest...

  5. How Leadership Is Prepping for November, Georgia's Big Races & Unmasking @ringwiss

    Susan Davis talks with John Leganski, former deputy chief of staff to Speaker Kevin McCarthy and author of Glory, Grief, and the Gavel. They cover what leadership staff are doing now to get ready for the majority or the minority, how leadership races really get won, and what slim margins mean for...

  6. Rep. Hoyer, America’s Parks + Who Draws the Congressional Lines

    One month from Election Day, 535 goes beyond the campaign trail and into the policy fights shaping Washington now — and what comes next. Rep. Steny Hoyer joins Paul Kane and Mariana Sotomayor as he enters his final months in Congress, discussing Ukraine and Russia sanctions, government funding…

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  7. Congress Is Gone, But 535 Is Still Here: Coming Up This October

    The halls of Congress are empty. The members are home campaigning. But 535 is still here. Throughout October, we’re going deeper with the people who know Capitol Hill from the inside — policy experts, former leadership staffers, Hill veterans and campaign operatives who have helped win…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

535 News brings you the policy of Congress, straight from Capitol Hill. Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday that Congress is in session, contributors Paul Kane of The Washington Sun, Leigh Ann Caldwell and Marianna Sotomayor of Puck, Scott MacFarlane of MeidasTouch Network, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Brody Mullins, and contributing hosts and analysts Susan Davis and Colby Itkowitz sit down with members of Congress, reporters, advocates, and all the people behind the policy. These are long-form conversations about the bills, debates, and efforts shaping Washington and the country - focused on substance over spectacle. If it’s important to the 535, it’s important to us.

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Produced by Jeff Gohringer

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535 News brings you the policy of Congress, straight from Capitol Hill. Every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday that Congress is in session, contributors Paul Kane of The Washington Sun, Leigh Ann Caldwell and Marianna Sotomayor of Puck, Scott MacFarlane of MeidasTouch Network, Pulitzer Prize-winning...

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