Skip to content
RollCall logo

Podcasts

Ep. 10: Congress’ Post-Holiday Headache: Guns, Mental Health & Financial Regulations

The Week Ahead

By CQ Staff
Posted July 1, 2016 at 8:39pm

A slew of tough issues await lawmakers upon their return from the Fourth of July recess. CQ Roll Call’s editors and reporters break it down. Barring another Democratic sit-in, the House is expected to tackle a sweeping spending bill that GOP lawmakers hope will rein in financial regulators created in the aftermath of the 2008 economic crash, reports Doug Sword. Jonathan Miller explains what’s ahead for Puerto Rico now that Congress has enacted a financial rescue package, and Rebecca Adams talks about a House-led overhaul of the mental health system that could intersect with gun-control votes.

Subscribe on iTunes

Recent Stories

The Library of Congress’ Thomas Jefferson Building is seen from the observation area at the top of Capitol Dome. A power struggle at the library has become an unexpected focal point for questions of legislative branch authority.

As Library of Congress crisis deepens, lawmakers tread carefully

Speaker Mike Johnson, seen here in April, was slow to appoint members to the Office of Congressional Conduct, compared to previous House leaders.

After delay, Johnson appoints ethics watchdog board members

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee earlier this month.

States challenge immigration cooperation requirements for grants

Capitol Lens | Markup interuptus

Then-Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and then-Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., the vice chairman, hold a media availability following the committee's closed hearing into the attempted Times Square bomb attack on Tuesday, May 11, 2010.

Four-term former Missouri Sen. Christopher Bond dead at 86