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Podcast: Unpacking This Year’s Version of the Budget Mess

Roll Call Decoder, Episode 1

Tourists file past the statue of George Washington in the Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 8. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Tourists file past the statue of George Washington in the Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 8. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By David Hawkings and Kellie Mejdrich
Posted January 9, 2018 at 1:36pm

The amounts of money are enormous, the congressional system is complex and the politics of spending have broken down yet again. How better to debut the Roll Call Decoder podcast than with CQ appropriations reporter Kellie Mejdrich untangling the fiscal meltdown? 

Show Notes: 

 

The GOP Is Anxious to Be Productive: 4 Takeaways From the 2018 Congressional Calendar 

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