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Understanding Congress — 70 episodes
What Is the Status of Congressional Modernization? (with Rep. Stephanie Bice)
Does Congress Need a Congressional Capacity and Technology Office? (with Aubrey Wilson)
Why Should We Care About Congress’s Power of the Purse? (with Shalanda Young)
What's Wrong With Congress? (with Kevin R. Kosar)
What Is the Primary Problem? (with Nick Troiano)
What Are Congressional Norms and Why Do They Matter? (with Brian Alexander)
Should Congress Pass a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution? (with Kurt Couchman)
What Are Budget Rescissions and Pocket Rescissions? (with Philip Wallach)
Was James Madison the First Majority Leader? (with Jay Cost)
Does Congress’s Power to Declare War Mean Anything? (With Gary Schmitt)
Why Are Legislators on Social Media? (with Annelise Russell)
Is Congress Getting Anything Done? (with Gabe Fleisher)
Special Book Edition: Congressional Deliberation: Major Debates, Speeches, and Writings, 1774-2023 (with Jordan Cash)
What Does a Member of the House of Representatives Do All Day? (with Fmr. Rep. Derek Kilmer)
Would Term Limits Fix Congress? (with Casey Burgat)
What Is the Lost History of Congress’s Offices of Legislative Counsel? (with Beau Baumann)
What Has Become of the United States Senate and Can It Be Revived? (with Anthony Madonna)
Special Book Edition: The Price of Power: How Mitch McConnell Mastered the Senate, Changed America, and Lost His Party (with Kevin R. Kosar)
Should the House of Representatives Change Its Rules?” (with Philip Wallach)
What Does the House Ways and Means Committee Do? (with Fmr. Rep. Tom Reed)
How Can the House of Representatives Better Prepare New Members? (with Rep. Stephanie Bice)
How Does Media Affect Our Perceptions of Congress? (with Rob Oldham)
Special Books Edition: An Interview with Michael Johnson, Author of Fixing Congress: Restoring Power to the People
Does Congress Still Suffer from Demosclerosis? (with Jonathan Rauch)
What Is Congress’ Role in a Contingent Presidential Election? (with John Fortier)
Special Books Edition: An Interview with Bradley Podliska, Author of Fire Alarm: The Investigation of the U.S. House Select Committee on Benghazi
Why Can’t Congress Budget Responsibly? (with Rep. David Schweikert)
What Is Legislative Effectiveness? (with Craig Volden)
What Is the State of the Union Address, and Why Does Congress Host It? (with Matt Glassman)
What Is Congressional Capacity, and Why Does It Matter? (with Kevin Kosar)
Delegates to the House of Representatives: Who Are They and What Do They Do? (with Elliot Mamet)
How Is Congress Involved in Foreign Policy? (With Jordan Tama)
Can Congress Access Classified Information? (with Daniel Schuman)
What Does the U.S. Government Accountability Office Do? (with Gene Dodaro)
What Is the Congressional Research Service, and What Does It Do? (with Kevin Kosar)
Does the Senate Still Work? (with Marty Gold)
Why Is Congressional Oversight Important, and How Can It Be Done Well? (with Elise Bean)
What Are the Job Descriptions of Representatives and Senators? (with Casey Burgat)
What Is the Congressional Debt Limit? (with Phil Wallach)
What Do Congressional Committees Do? (with Maya Kornberg)
Partisan Polarization: Is It Crippling Congress? (with Frances E. Lee)
What Are the Duties of the Speaker of the House of Representatives? (with Paul Ryan)
Are Elections Fueling Polarization in the House of Representatives? (with Andrew B. Hall)
Are Members of the House of Representatives Legislating in the Dark? (with James M. Curry)
Who Was the Meanest Man in Congress? (with Timothy J. McNulty)
What Role Should Congress Have in Foreign Affairs? (with Alissa Ardito)
What Are the Goals of Congressional Budgeting? (with Paul Winfree)
What Is a Conference Committee and Why Are They So Rare Today? (with Josh Ryan)
What Is the Relationship between Lobbyists and Congress? (with Timothy LaPira)
What does the Congressional Budget Office do? (with Philip Joyce)
Should we expand the membership of the House of Representatives? (with Yuval Levin)
What is wrong and right with the House of Representatives? (with Dan Lipinski)
What differences do women make in Congress? (with Michele Swers)
What is the role of the Senate’s majority leader? (with James Wallner)
What is the Congressional Review Act? (with Bridget Dooling)
How has Congress evolved as an institution? (with Eric Schickler)
How do legislators raise money to run for Congress? (with Weston Wamp)
How can a new staffer survive Congress? (with Mark Strand)
What does the Committee on House Administration do? (with Rep. Rodney Davis)
Are earmarks good or bad? (with Zach Courser)
Can Congress budget? (with Allen Schick)
How does Congress fund itself? (with Daniel Schuman)
What does the House Rules Committee do? (with Don Wolfensberger)
How Congress tricks Americans (with David Schoenbrod)
Is Congress broken? (with John J. Pitney)
How does the budget process work and not work? (with Tori Gorman)
What is the filibuster and does it have a future? (with Molly Reynolds)
How does the House of Representatives organize itself for a new Congress? (with Matthew Green)
Reforming Congress for the 21st Century (with Rep. Derek Kilmer)
Do we need a Congress? (with Phil Wallach)