Skip to content
RollCall logo

Podcasts

Trapped in a shutdown

CQ Budget, Episode No. 364

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said at a news conference on Monday that he plans to keep the House in recess until the government reopens. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said at a news conference on Monday that he plans to keep the House in recess until the government reopens. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By Aidan Quigley, Peter Cohn and David Lerman
Posted October 6, 2025 at 3:03pm

A partial government shutdown enters its second week with both parties dug in for a protracted fight and congressional leaders unwilling to negotiate. CQ Roll Call’s Aidan Quigley, Peter Cohn and David Lerman assess the roadblocks to a deal that could reopen the government and how long it might take to break the logjam.

Show Notes:

Recent Stories

Kevin Warsh, the nominee for chairman of the Federal Reserve, testifies during his Senate Banking Committee confirmation hearing on April 21.

Warsh moves closer to Fed role with Senate cloture vote

Rep. Terri A. Sewell, D-Ala., speaks during the Congressional Black Caucus news conference in the U.S. Capitol on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana v. Callais on April 29. Rep. Sewell is flanked from left by Reps. Yvette D. Clarke, D-N.Y., Troy Carter, D-La., House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Al Green, D-Texas, Shomari Figures, D-Ala., and Cleo Fields, D-La.

Supreme Court moves Alabama closer to new congressional map

Capitol Lens | Man’s best friend

Virginia House Speaker Don Scott speaks during the investiture ceremony of Chief Justice Cleo E. Powell in the chamber of the Supreme Court of Virginia on March 2, 2026 in Richmond, Va. (Mike Kropf-Pool/Getty Images)

Virginia officials ask Supreme Court to step into congressional map clash

Kevin Warsh, right, nominee to be chairman of the Federal Reserve, talked with Senate Banking Chairman Tim Scott, R-S.C., after his confirmation hearing last month.

This week: Ballroom fight, Warsh confirmation on the agenda

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins testifies during a House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on her department's fiscal 2027 budget request on April 16. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Higher fertilizer prices pressure Trump-loyal US farmers