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Congress in Context — 68 episodes

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How Congress weaponizes deadlines for leverage

2

Corporate Tax Loopholes and the FISA Fight

3

King Charles and the White House Ballroom

4

Upgrading Apollo-era IRS Computers and Counterfeit Laws

5

Geothermal energy and the national debt

6

A Reconciliation of Contrasts: Budgets, Borders, and the Price of War

7

Rural Health Success and the Border Shutdown

8

Bipartisan Broadband and Bitter Border Battles

9

Global War Debates and Local Love Letters

10

Clean Air Taxes and Boundary Waters Mining

11

Global War Debates and Local Post Offices

12

Brief Sessions, Lasting Legacies: A Record of Oversight and Honor

13

The Budgetary Brink: Pro Forma Sessions and the Appropriations Standoff

14

Haiti and healthcare in the record

15

Unpaid Coast Guard and Mexican trade war

16

The Homeland Security Funding Standoff

17

Federal paychecks and the SAVE America Act

18

War Debates TSA Lines and Local Heroes

19

Voter ID Fight Leaves TSA Unpaid

20

Frozen Funding and Local Heroes

21

The beagle bill and unpaid TSA agents

22

Weaponizing Procedural Levers for Legislative Friction

23

The Quiet Machinery of the Congressional Record

24

Blue Catfish Pet Food and Ancient Sequoias

25

Bipartisan housing relief and homeland security gridlock

26

Bipartisan Housing Wins During DHS Shutdown

27

Bipartisan housing wins and the DHS shutdown

28

Operation Epic Fury and housing amendments

29

Online privacy behind the March 5th gridlock

30

Iran war powers and local housing reform

31

Gravel roads and stranded Americans

32

Iran war powers housing and Skokie restaurant

33

Tax Cuts, Cupcakes, and Broken Toilets

34

House Repeals Green Home Appliance Rebates

35

Appliances, Beef Jerky, and Trump's Address

36

Drones, AI, and a Helicopter Safety Showdown

37

Weed Killer and Dogs in Two Minutes

38

41-Second Senate Session and Homeland Security Vote

39

Gun Safety and Sanctions in 28 Seconds

40

Empty Floor Hides Voting Rights Battle

41

Tasers, Sanctuary Cities, and Stopping Time

42

Voter ID, Trade Wars, and Undersea Cables

43

Trade Wars, Metro Surge, and Chickpeas

44

Scrapping Steel Chassis and Sanctioning Jet Fuel

45

DHS Standoff and Flesh-Eating Parasites

46

Critical Minerals and Overturning DC Taxes

47

Minneapolis Killings Ignite DHS Budget Showdown

48

Medals, Bourbon, and Vegas Bio-Labs

49

Federal Red Tape Freezes 1.5 Trillion Dollars

50

Congress Funds Everything Except the Border

51

Senate Blocks Funding Over Minneapolis Killings

52

Splitting the 2026 Budget to Defund DHS

53

Immigration, Abortion, and a Rodeo Clown

54

Avoiding the Brink: Appropriations, AI, and the Senate's High-Stakes Agenda

55

Governing America in 120 Seconds

56

Mandate 2026: Iron Skies, Steel Borders, and the American Dream

57

A House Divided Between Local Hearts and National Hardball

58

Chaos or Community: Main Street, Modern Tech, and the Moral Conscience of Congress

59

The 119th Congress, Second Session: January 16 Pro Forma Proceedings and New Public Bills

60

The 250-Year Squeeze: Global Armadas, Domestic Vetting, and the Battle for America’s Next Act

61

Ironclad Resolve: Operation Absolute Resolve and the Congressional Shield for Sovereignty, Security, and the Vulnerable

62

The 250-Year Stress Test: War, Welfare, and the Fight for Affordability

63

The Global Chessboard

64

The Need for Speed: Deciphering the High-Stakes Debate Over Permitting Reform and NEPA

65

The Healthcare Cliff and the Battle for Affordability

66

Congressional Record 12-8-2025 to 12-12-2025

67

Congressional Record 12-1-2025 to 12-5-2025

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