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Josh and Matt talk with special guests Matt Grossmann, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University, and Dave Hopkins, Associate Professor of Political Science at Boston College, to discuss all the weird things happening with today’s political parties.
Tune in for our latest podcast episode “Unprecedented” with Mark, Josh, and Matt. https://media.blubrry.com/twobeersin/gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Congress-Two-Beers-in-May-1.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (43.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | More
Congress and appropriations reporter Jenn Shutt joins Laura to wrap up the year: appropriations, international supplemental funding, NDAA and what’s unprecedented, unusual -and usual- about this year. Shutt notes that the House has been “building the rollercoaster as they’re riding it”. https://media.blubrry.com/twobeersin/gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Jenn-Shutt-Dec-20-2023.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (36.1MB)Subscribe: RSS
Matt, Mark, and Josh discuss the Speaker’s election, the CR dilemma, and a few other odds and ends. https://media.blubrry.com/twobeersin/gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Speaker-Johnson-pod.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (23.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | More
To quote Steny Hoyer, “I don’t know what’s going on but I object.” Matt and Josh discuss the House of Representatives in October 2023, the GOP speakership vote, Speakers Pro Tempore, and more. https://media.blubrry.com/twobeersin/gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/I-dont-know-whats-going-on-but-i-object.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (28.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | More
Mark and Josh talk with Professor Tony Madonna about Kevin McCarthy’s unusual speakership, among other things. Tony is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Georgia and author of numerous studies of House and Senate procedure. https://media.blubrry.com/twobeersin/gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/tony-madonna-podcast.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (36.7MB)Subscribe: RSS |
Laura and Josh talk with Georgetown Professor Michele Swers about abortion politics after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision and a bit of Nancy Pelosi’s speakership. https://media.blubrry.com/twobeersin/gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Swers-interview.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (58.8MB)Subscribe: RSS | More
Matt and Josh are joined by special guest Philip Wallach from the American Enterprise Institute to discuss his new book, Why Congress. https://media.blubrry.com/twobeersin/gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/CBI-Wallach-edited.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (47.5MB)Subscribe: RSS | More
Matt and Laura are joined by special guest Michael Thorning from the Bipartisan Policy Center, to discuss the debt limit negotiations, modernization of Congress, and the FY24 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill. https://media.blubrry.com/twobeersin/gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Congress-Two-Beers-In-with-Michael-Thorning.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (54.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | More
Rep. Brendan Boyle (D, PA) sits down with Laura and Josh to talk about the debt ceiling. We discuss the history of the debt ceiling, different potential reforms, and the state of play in Congress as we approach Treasury’s X date. Congressman Boyle has sponsored legislation on the debt ceiling
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