Category: Podcast

Josh and Matt talk with Josh Chafetz, Professor of Law at Georgetown University, to talk Congress, its power, and the potential for filibuster reform in the Senate. https://media.blubrry.com/twobeersin/gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Episode-43-Two-Beers-In-Chafetz.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (52.4MB)Subscribe: RSS | More

Matt and Mark are joined by Wall Street Journal reporter Aaron Zitner to talk about the COVID relief politics in Congress and the fall elections.

Laura and Josh talk with David Karol about the VP-stakes, party changes, and presidential nominations. https://media.blubrry.com/twobeersin/gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Episode-41-Two-Beers-In.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (33.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | More

Josh and Mark talk with Sarah Binder, Brookings Senior Fellow and professor of political science at George Washington University, about Congress and the politics affecting its coronavirus responses. https://media.blubrry.com/twobeersin/gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Sarah-Binder-Pandemic-Podcast.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (44.2MB)Subscribe: RSS | More

Matt, Mark, and Josh discuss Congress’s coronavirus response, remote voting, and what happens when too many lawmakers get sick. https://media.blubrry.com/twobeersin/gai.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Two-Beers-In-Pandemic.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (31.1MB)Subscribe: RSS | More

Special guest James Wallner joins Matt, Josh, and Mark to talk about the Senate “trial,” and why Senators no longer act. James Wallner is a Senior Fellow at the R Street Institute, a former senior staffer in the Senate, and the author of several books on the Senate. He tweets

Matt and Josh discuss the politics surrounding the Senate impeachment trial. Also vote stacks came up somehow.

Mark and Josh discuss impeachment, appropriations, and continuing resolutions with CQ reporter Jennifer Shutt.

Special guest Colleen Shogan joins Matt and Josh to discuss impeachment, bipartisanship, and women’s suffrage. Colleen is Assistant Deputy Librarian at the Library of Congress, former Deputy Director of the Congressional Research Service, and the Co-Chair of the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission.

Matt and Josh discuss how impeachment politics is shaping up in the House and Senate. Some relevant links: The memorandum of conversation between Trump and the Ukrainian president. Pelosi’s 9/24 announcement. The op-ed by seven Democratic freshmen.