# CQ Budget: Ballroom blitz Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cq-roll-call-policy-and-politics-48177/cq-budget-ballroom-blitz Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cq-roll-call-policy-and-politics-48177/cq-budget-ballroom-blitz.md Podcast: [CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cq-roll-call-policy-and-politics-48177) Published: 2026-05-11T20:18:00+00:00 Episode link: https://chrt.fm/track/D3F8DG/traffic.megaphone.fm/FISCAL3323312828.mp3 Audio file: https://chrt.fm/track/D3F8DG/traffic.megaphone.fm/FISCAL3323312828.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cq-roll-call-policy-and-politics-48177/episodes/cq-budget-ballroom-blitz Duration seconds: 1339 ## Resource Democrats are taking aim at $1 billion in the GOP's reconciliation bill for security funds connected to plans for a White House ballroom. CQ Roll Call's Paul M. Krawzak joins host David Lerman for a look at the procedural challenges facing the security money and how it could complicate passage of a bill designed to provide immigration enforcement funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cq-roll-call-policy-and-politics-48177/episodes/cq-budget-ballroom-blitz/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/cq-roll-call-policy-and-politics-48177/cq-budget-ballroom-blitz.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.