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Bipartisan Buds? Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, and Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, hold a news conference Thursday outside the Capitol to discuss the introduction of two bipartisan marijuana bills. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

When you want to HR 1 but have to anti-hate first

By Jason Dick
Posted March 9, 2019 at 9:00am
Michael Cohen, former personal lawyer for President Donald Trump, testifies Wednesday during a House Oversight and Reform hearing. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Things that go boom: Michael Cohen, Apollo 11 and this week

By Jason Dick
Posted March 1, 2019 at 9:00am
"Apollo 11" director Todd Douglas Miller, right, discusses his documentary about the iconic moon landing with Political Theater Podcast host Jason Dick. (Nathan Ouellette/CQ Roll Call)

How the National Archives helped ‘Apollo 11’ get a fresh look

By Jason Dick
Posted February 28, 2019 at 2:30pm
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, represent the range of generations making up the 2020 Democratic presidential field. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

From silent to millennial, generations of the Democratic presidential field

By Jason Dick
Posted February 22, 2019 at 10:15am
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., a presidential candidate, gives a thumbs-up to Rep. Billy Long, R-Mo., as senators arrive in the House chamber for President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Is 2019 over yet? It kind of feels like 2020 already

By Jason Dick
Posted February 8, 2019 at 9:00am
Get ready to see a lot of this at Tuesday’s State of the Union and its aftermath. Above, California Rep. John Garamendi, left, waits to do a TV news hit in the Capitol on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

I’m ready for my close-up, Mr. Trump

By Jason Dick
Posted February 2, 2019 at 9:00am
Rep. Eliot L. Engel, D-N.Y., chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is seen on a bus Thursday, before being dropped at the Rayburn Building after President Donald Trump canceled military support for an overseas congressional trip Engel and other lawmakers were scheduled to take. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

When life gives you shutdowns

By Jason Dick
Posted January 18, 2019 at 9:00am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is congratulated in the Capitol’s House chamber Thursday after winning the speakership on the first day of the 116th Congress. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

The 116th Congress and the week of the woman

By Jason Dick
Posted January 4, 2019 at 9:00am
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The Most Listenable Political Theater Podcasts of 2018

By Jason Dick
Posted December 27, 2018 at 3:00pm
Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., is retiring, but he’ll keep talking about tax cuts until then. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Congress and Tax Cuts, A Love Story

By Jason Dick
Posted December 21, 2018 at 9:00am