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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh meet in McConnell's office in the Capitol on Tuesday, July 10, 2018, the day after President Donald Trump nominated Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/POOL)

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Podcast: A Supreme Campaign Issue

Roll Call Decoder, Episode 14

By David Hawkings and Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted July 10, 2018 at 4:09pm

Farmland is watered by a large irrigation sprinkler in the desert near Palmdale, California, in May. President Donald Trump wants changes to make it easier for seasonal migrant farm workers to enter the country. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

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Podcast: A Growing Controversy

By David Hawkings and Ellyn Ferguson
Posted June 26, 2018 at 2:16pm
Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., left, and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., talk before a Senate Appropriations Committee markup June 7, 2018. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

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Podcast: Will a Minibus Rescue Hill’s GOP?

By David Hawkings and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted June 12, 2018 at 2:22pm
Vice President Mike Pence and his brother Greg Pence, who is the GOP candidate for Indiana's 6th Congressional District. (Left photo by Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call, right photo courtesy Greg Pence for Congress)

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Podcast: There’s (Political) Royalty in Congress, Too

By David Hawkings and Jason Dick
Posted May 15, 2018 at 4:41pm
House Chaplain Patrick J. Conroy blesses a walnut tree during a tree-planting ceremony in memory of Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., on April 18. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Podcast: Of Politicians and Pastors

By David Hawkings and Lindsey McPherson
Posted May 1, 2018 at 5:49pm
Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., talks with reporters in the basement of the Capitol on March 20, 2018. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Podcast: Use of Force vs. Use of Power

By David Hawkings and John T. Bennett
Posted April 17, 2018 at 5:08pm
The Capitol dome is seen in a reflection on a television news camera outside the Capitol on Friday, Dec. 1, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)

Podcast: Going Behind the Screen about Television Ad Reservations

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted April 3, 2018 at 2:06pm
MARCH 14: Speaker Paul D. Ryan holds a press conference with House GOP leadership in the Capitol on Wednesday, March 14, 2018, as a television displays election results from the special election in Pennsylvania. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Podcast: What Defines a Political Wave in the House?

By Nathan L. Gonzales and Stuart Rothenberg
Posted March 20, 2018 at 2:45pm
Rep. Ryan Costello, R-Pa., runs past Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Pa., on the House steps as members of Congress leave for the 4th of July recess following the final votes of the week in the Capitol on Thursday, June, 29, 2017. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call File Photo)

Podcast: A Map Puts Pennsylvania on Political Center Stage

By David Hawkings and Bridget Bowman
Posted February 21, 2018 at 4:27pm
Shirley Connuck, right, of Falls Church, Va., holds up a sign representing Texas’ 18th District, as the Supreme Court hears a case on possible partisan gerrymandering by state legislatures on October 3, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Podcast: ​In Search of the Ideal Political Map

By David Hawkings and Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted February 6, 2018 at 3:39pm