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Roll Call Roundtable #1

The private struggles of lawmakers in the face of cancer & the politics surrounding Obama's Supreme Court nominee

By Melinda Henneberger, Lindsey McPherson, John T. Bennett and David Hawkings
Posted March 13, 2016 at 7:39pm

In this inaugural episode of Roll Call Roundtable, Editor in Chief Melinda Henneberger interviews reporter Lindsey McPherson about her feature, The Cancer Caucus: The personal stories shaping the new fight for the cure . John Bennett talks about the likely timing of a Supreme Court nomination. And David Hawkings, discusses the politics of Senate Republicans continuing their anti-Obama-SCOTUS-nominee rhetoric.  


Roll Call Roundtable: Episode 1


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