CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics

Congress has five legislative weeks left to avoid a partial government shutdown, while Republicans try to pass their third reconciliation bill to fund defense and other priorities before they lose power next year. CQ Roll Call's Aidan Quigley and Paul M. Krawzak join host David Lerman to assess the outlook for the lame-duck session. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason Dick chews over the midterm results by considering Roll Call Factba.se’s tabulation of how Democrats and Republicans fared in every county that has a Cheesecake Factory. Factba.se founder Bill Frischling and producer extraordinaire Alan Tuszynski help nibble over the trends.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason Dick talks with former Roll Call Editor in Chief Christina Bellantoni, now director of USC Annenberg's Media Center, about her students' recent political reporting trips to Iowa and Texas, where the battle for the House and Senate majorities could be decided.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason Dick talks with the latest Roll Call on the Road mission crew, Mary Ellen McIntire and Tom Williams, about what they learned on their reporting trip to Pennsylvania, including interacting with candidates from Scranton to Harrisburg, as well as Sha Na Na frontman and Social Security advocate Jon "Bowzer" Bauman, who is trying to fire up voters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason Dick talks with Alex Gibney about his new film “Musk,” a documentary about Elon Musk, the world’s richest man. It’s an exploration of how one person accumulated so much power — in the White House, over AI, space exploration, transportation, robotics and more — and asks the question: What will he do with it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices