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Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., is seen during a house vote in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, September 22, 2021.

Ro Khanna on dignity, big tech and crypto

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted February 15, 2022 at 4:00am
A worker uses an asphalt roller to pave Maryland Avenue Northeast in Capitol Hill on Oct. 4, 2021.

What’s happening with infrastructure spending?

By David Lerman, Jessica Wehrman, Peter Cohn and Evan Campbell
Posted February 11, 2022 at 11:41am
Super Bowl LVI footballs are displayed for sale in the NFL Shop at the Los Angeles Convention Center on February 7, 2022.

The NFL’s missteps get amplified on its big stage

By Jason Dick and Evan Campbell
Posted February 9, 2022 at 8:00am
Members of Congress wearing Kente cloth kneel in Emancipation Hall for a moment of silence to honor George Floyd and victims of racial injustice in June 2020.

Should there be a Black History Month?

By Mary C. Curtis, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted February 3, 2022 at 10:02am
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., is seen in the Capitol.

The color of money, 2022 midterm edition

By Jason Dick, Kate Ackley and Evan Campbell
Posted February 2, 2022 at 2:59pm
FinLocker is a software firm that leverages big data and artificial intelligence to assist people looking for mortgages before they even to start to think about owning homes.

Navigating housing inflation, homeowners and data: A conversation with Finlocker’s Brian Vieaux

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted February 1, 2022 at 4:00am
Sen. Joe Manchin has been

Budget priorities clash in coming months

By David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson and Evan Campbell
Posted January 28, 2022 at 12:56pm
From left, Reps. Frederica Wilson, Jackie Speier, former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi attend a ceremony in the Capitol on Nov. 15, 2017, to name the House Democratic Cloakroom in honor of Giffords and the late Rep. Leo Ryan, who were victims of gun violence. Speier was wounded in the 1978 Jonestown massacre that claimed the life of Ryan, her boss, and Giffords was wounded in a 2011 Tucson, Ariz., shooting.

‘I’m not going to be bullied out of here’ — members of Congress react to death threats

By Jason Dick, Jim Saksa and Evan Campbell
Posted January 27, 2022 at 8:00am
White House senior adviser Cedric Richmond, seen here in 2019 as a member of Congress, says people "should be frustrated" with the latest setback on voting right legislation.

Richmond: ‘We’re not giving up’ on voting rights

By Mary C. Curtis, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted January 21, 2022 at 3:38pm
President Biden and his allies are figuring out if there is way to salvage pieces of "Build Back Better".

Getting something done

By David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Evan Campbell
Posted January 21, 2022 at 11:36am
Emails made public by the Brennan Center show that President Donald Trump tried to speed up the census process before the 2020 elections.

What do the census, voting rights and democracy have in common?

By Mary C. Curtis, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted January 21, 2022 at 10:21am
From left, Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, Cedric Richmond, D-La., Bobby Scott, D-Va., and Robin Kelly, D-Ill., conduct a news conference with members of the Congressional Black Caucus on steps to combat institutional racism in the Capitol Visitor Center on July 1, 2020.

‘Beat them in court, beat them in Congress and beat them at the polls’

By Mary C. Curtis, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted January 20, 2022 at 12:55pm
An immigration activist attends a rally outside the Supreme Court on Dec. 17, 2021.

Reshaping society, the Supreme Court way

By Jason Dick, Todd Ruger and Evan Campbell
Posted January 19, 2022 at 5:45pm
Calcie Cooper (L), Pierre Le Veaux II (R) attend Susan Fales-Hill's "One Flight Up" Book Launch Party Hosted by Isaac Mizrahi at Isaac Mizrahi Store on August 03, 2010 in New York City.

The MLK Day debrief: Equity crowdfunding at Seed at the Table

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted January 18, 2022 at 11:56am
The Bitcoin logo is displayed on the side of a Bitcoin ATM in Los Angeles, California.

What’s the definition of emeritus? The Fintech Beat awards for 2021

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted January 11, 2022 at 4:00am
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., arrives in the Capitol for a vote on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022.

New year’s outlook for reconciliation package and appropriations

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted January 7, 2022 at 12:06pm
Security barricades the door of the House chamber on Jan. 6, 2021, as pro-Trump rioters disrupt the joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College vote. Reps. Troy Nehls of Texas, blue shirt, and Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, right, are also pictured.

Jan. 6, 2021: In their own words

By Jason Dick, Bill Clark, Tom Williams, Chris Cioffi, Evan Campbell and Joanne Levine
Posted January 6, 2022 at 6:00am
Whether it comes to music, dress or the boundary-testing behavior common to all adolescents, discriminatory treatment by police, courts and schools has created a world where Black children don’t get to be children.

The fight for Black and brown children

By Mary C. Curtis, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted January 5, 2022 at 8:00am
The Capitol dome and the Capitol Christmas Tree are reflected in the Capitol Reflecting Pool in Washington at sunrise on Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021.

The 2021 Political Theater year in review

By Jason Dick, Evan Campbell and Joanne Levine
Posted December 22, 2021 at 3:38pm

The fintech job market for 2022

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted December 21, 2021 at 4:00am
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., makes his way to a Senate Democrats' luncheon in the Capitol on Thursday.

Democrats look to new year to pass tax and spending package

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted December 17, 2021 at 12:08pm
Hundreds are gathered at the Federal Plaza and take streets to protest after Kyle Rittenhouse verdict in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

The politics of equity 2021

By Mary C. Curtis, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted December 16, 2021 at 8:00am
Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., puts on a mask that reads “dignity” before the start of a news conference with other House Republican members on immigration in Washington on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. The image says a lot about the year that was, and is one of CQ Roll Call's photos of the year.

Images are everything: Our photographers on a momentous year

By Jason Dick, Tom Williams, Bill Clark and Evan Campbell
Posted December 15, 2021 at 7:00am
The seal of the FTC is seen on a podium at FTC headquarters in Washington in 2019.

Why the FTC matters for fintech

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted December 14, 2021 at 4:00am
From right, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks as Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., listen during the Senate Republicans news conference in the Capitol on Nov. 30, 2021.

Senate clears procedural debt limit measure

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted December 10, 2021 at 12:26pm
A surge in respiratory illnesses has pediatric groups begging President Joe Biden and Congress to provide the resources to help them better respond.

From COVID-19’s first wave to now, what we have learned

By Jason Dick, Rebecca Adams and Evan Campbell
Posted December 8, 2021 at 3:20pm
Dante Disparte, chief strategy officer and head of global policy at Circle.

What Circle Impact means for crypto’s inclusion conversation

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted December 7, 2021 at 4:00am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., and Rep. David E. Price, D-N.C., right, conduct a bill enrollment ceremony for the stopgap spending bill in the Capitol.

So much to do, so little time

By David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Evan Campbell
Posted December 3, 2021 at 12:22pm
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen, probably thinking about the debt ceiling fights that never seem to end.

Coal in your legislative stockings

By Jason Dick, Niels Lesniewski, Bridget Bowman and Evan Campbell
Posted December 2, 2021 at 2:53pm
Inequity is the common thread between the emergence of the omicron variant and public housing in the US.

What do the battle against omicron and HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge have in common?

By Mary C. Curtis, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted December 1, 2021 at 4:01pm
Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego discusses his new book on the latest Political Theater podcast.

Ruben Gallego’s ‘warts and all’ account of life and death

By Jason Dick, Jim Saksa and Evan Campbell
Posted November 23, 2021 at 2:04pm
An aerial view of Coco Point in the Eastern Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda.

D-Cash: How the Eastern Caribbean created one of the first CBDCs

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted November 23, 2021 at 4:00am

What we’re watching one year out from 2022 midterms

By Jason Dick, Bridget Bowman, Stephanie Akin, Kate Ackley and Evan Campbell
Posted November 17, 2021 at 2:58pm
“The right to vote is essential to who America is,” says Marc Morial, CEO of the National Urban League.

‘What has come of America?’

By Mary C. Curtis, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted November 17, 2021 at 9:57am
From left, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., turn away from the cameras after announcing their plans to move forward with the infrastructure and reconciliation bills on Nov. 5.

Will the reconciliation bill pass soon?

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted November 12, 2021 at 11:52am
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, here at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in 2020, is in a position to pursue his wonky infrastructure agenda. How he got to Washington is a story told in the forthcoming “Mayor Pete” documentary.

Infrastructure Week: No longer a punchline

By Jason Dick, Jessica Wehrman and Evan Campbell
Posted November 11, 2021 at 12:19pm

The Fintech Weeks of 2021

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted November 9, 2021 at 4:00am
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., leaves the House Democrats’ caucus meeting in the basement of the Capitol as she walks to hold her weekly news conference on Thursday, November 5th.

Reconciliation at risk

By David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Evan Campbell
Posted November 5, 2021 at 11:33am
A United States Border Patrol agent on horseback uses the reins as he tries to stop Haitian migrants from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas on September 19, 2021.

‘U.S. immigration policy is racist’

By Mary C. Curtis, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted November 4, 2021 at 9:27am
Campaign signs for Virginia gubernatorial candidates Terry McAuliffe and Glenn Youngkin stand at a polling location in Alexandria, Va., on Tuesday.

The what-have-you-done-for-me-lately elections of 2021

By Jason Dick, Nathan L. Gonzales and Evan Campbell
Posted November 3, 2021 at 11:38am
Minority and community banks, known as MDI’s, provide essential funding for people for minority communities.

Minority banks and the technology stack

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted November 2, 2021 at 4:00am
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hoped to approve the bipartisan infrastructure bill but Chair Pramila Jayapal said progressives wanted to pass the reconciliation package and the infrastructure bill through the House at the same time.

The skinny on the stripped-down reconciliation framework

By Jennifer Shutt, David Lerman and Evan Campbell
Posted October 29, 2021 at 11:43am
A familiar sight: Reporters and photographers follow West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin as he walks through the Capitol last week.

Joe Manchin: The man of the moment

By Jason Dick, Benjamin J. Hulac and Evan Campbell
Posted October 27, 2021 at 3:42pm
Mu Changchun, head of China's digital currency research institute, attends the China International Financial Annual Forum 2020.

China’s Mu Changchun on the digital yuan

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted October 26, 2021 at 4:00am
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer has his hands full trying to navigate the chamber with a narrow majority.

What is wrong with Congress? Let us count the ways

By Jason Dick and Evan Campbell
Posted October 21, 2021 at 8:00am
Law enforcement has been advocating for investment in policies and programs that provide early education.

Why universal pre-K may help stem crime

By Mary C. Curtis, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted October 20, 2021 at 3:03pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., conducts a news conference after the Senate Democrats policy luncheon in the U.S. Capitol.

What’s next for the reconciliation bill?

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted October 15, 2021 at 11:48am
Actors Will Poulter and Kaitlyn Dever and writer and producer Danny Strong attend the European premiere of “Dopesick” on Wednesday in London.

‘Dopesick’ humanizes the overwhelming losses of the opioid epidemic

By Jason Dick and Evan Campbell
Posted October 13, 2021 at 8:53pm
Twitter is the de facto space where you can see the latest from some of the biggest names in crypto opine publicly about their investments, predictions, lawsuits, and more. 

Why does crypto love Twitter?

By Chris Brummer and Evan Campbell
Posted October 12, 2021 at 3:02pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is seen after a lunch with Senate Democrats in the U.S. Capitol.

Debt limit crisis averted, for now

By David Lerman, Jennifer Shutt and Evan Campbell
Posted October 8, 2021 at 12:56pm