The Press: Calling CQ

To Washington correspondents, one of the nation's smallest publications is also one of the most important. Its name is Congressional Quarterly, and its circulation is a mere 3,000. But it is a gold-plated list. More than half the members of Congress subscribe to CQ; 282 top U.S. papers take it. Every week (despite its name) CQ goes out to more than 300 organizations, ranging from labor unions to the American Medical Association, which pay up to $1,000 a year for the service. They are willing to pay well because Congressional Quarterly provides the only authoritative weekly condensation of how every member...

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