Congress in Context

This episode of Congress in Context examines a high-stakes Senate session where the "unanimous consent" mechanism served as the final gatekeeper for sweeping reforms in healthcare transparency and int...

26 Sep 12min

In this episode of Congress in Context, we go beyond floor rhetoric to examine how Senate floor maneuvers and legislative machinery directly touch the daily lives of everyday Americans. By invoking cl...

25 Sep 23min

In a swift four-minute pro forma session on September 21, 2026, the House demonstrated how routine procedural mechanics quietly keep the federal legislative apparatus running even when formal debates ...

23 Sep 21min

In this week's episode of The Markup, committee proceedings demonstrate how technical legislative machinery directly shapes public policy and everyday American life. Through procedural maneuvers such ...

21 Sep 36min

In this episode of Congress in Context, we break down how Capitol Hill's procedural maneuvers directly hit household budgets and reshape national institutions—from rising utility bills to the governan...

20 Sep 19min

In this episode of "Congress in Context," we break down how pivotal procedural maneuvers and floor votes in the House of Representatives directly touch the lives and wallets of everyday Americans. Fro...

19 Sep 44min

In this episode of Congress in Context, we move past the political noise to examine how critical legislative machinery and procedural maneuvers directly touch the lives of everyday Americans[1][2]. Fr...

17 Sep 19min

In this episode of Congress in Context, we examine how legislative machinery operates behind the scenes—from solemn floor actions like the 25th-anniversary commemoration of September 11th to key commi...

14 Sep 21min