Congressional Dish

Democracy by Mail - CD346

This episode looks at two very different questions surrounding the U.S. Postal Service: how the Trump administration tried to use it to impose new requirements on mail-in

The Slippery Slope from 9/11 - CD345

Twenty-five years after 9/11, America is still sliding down the slippery slope created by the War on Terror. This episode traces how the George W. Bush, Obama, and Biden

Housing for the 21st Century Act - CD344

Congress passed a new housing law, including an attempt to limit corporate ownership of homes. We'll also examine the Senate's summer confirmations, including Todd Blanch

The National Weather Service Under Fire - CD343

The National Weather Service is one of the few government agencies that affects every American every single day. Every weather app, television forecast, hurricane warning

Mapped to Flood - CD342

The Texas Hill Country flood that killed 139 people was described as a natural disaster. But after digging through state legislative hearings and Congress's oversight of

Land Grabs and Cages - CD341

June brought a massive expansion of ICE and immigrant detention, failed efforts to rein in the unauthorized war with Iran, a debate over U.S. support for Israel's actions

CD340: No More Iran War

In CD340: No More Iran War, Congress finally pushes back against President Trump's unauthorized war with Iran as Republicans join Democrats to pass War Powers resolutions

CD339: Raising Screen Zombies

Children are spending more time on screens than ever before, but what is all that screen time actually doing to them? In a recent hearing, Congress heard testimony from e

CD338: April 2026 — Bulldozing the Rules

April 2026 gave us a Congress that took a two-week vacation, came back to vote on war powers, Israel weapons sales, FISA surveillance, DHS funding, and whether Minnesota'

CD337: March 2026 — At War, On Vacation

Congress took multiple vacations during a DHS shutdown, failed to check an unauthorized war with Iran, and passed just two bills—both honoring the dead. Meanwhile, a bipa

CD336: SAVE America from Easily Voting

The SAVE Act and the SAVE America Act are two of the most searched bills in Congress right now—and they're confusing a lot of people. By digging into what these bills act

CD335: February 2026 — Overdue Funding

February's big accomplishment: partial government funding—months late and still incomplete. This episode breaks down the most important provisions in the law, from war po

CD334: Untrained and Unwarranted

An ICE whistleblower says officers are graduating without proper training and entering homes using "administrative warrants." Hear the testimony from a shadow congression

CD333: January 2026 — Big Tests, Minimal Action

January 2026 put the 119th Congress to the test—and once again, it barely showed up. This episode tracks how sudden vacancies shrank the Republican majority, why that par

CD332: Controlling Venezuela

Secretary of State Marco Rubio testified before the Senate to defend the U.S. seizure of Venezuela's president—and his answers raised more questions than they settled. Th

CD331: December 2025 — Authorizing Future Disasters

This episode breaks down major provisions of the newly passed National Defense Authorization Act, including how Congress quietly weakened air-traffic safety rules, expand

CD330: Prosecutor Jack Smith's Deposition

Special Prosecutor Jack Smith gave a closed-door, eight-hour deposition to the House Judiciary Committee that was later—surprisingly—made public. In this episode, hear hi

CD329: Citizens Detained

In this episode, hear testimony that Republican leadership refused to make part of the official Congressional Record—stories from U.S. citizens who were violently arreste

CD328: November Laws & Vaccine Chaos

In this two-topic episode, we break down what became law in November—including the shutdown deal that reopened the government and the dingleberries that were quietly slip

CD327: 23AndMe and the Sale of Your DNA

Millions of people have trusted 23andMe with their most intimate data—but what happens when a company holding 15 million DNA profiles goes bankrupt? In this episode, you'