Skip to content
RollCall logo

Podcasts

Joe Biden, Clarence Thomas and Amy Coney Barrett with Angela Wright

Judge Amy Coney Barrett is President Donald Trump's nominee to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Judge Amy Coney Barrett is President Donald Trump's nominee to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)
By Mary C. Curtis, Joanne Levine and Evan Campbell
Posted October 8, 2020 at 9:00am

It is not everyday that one person has a relationship to so many of the day’s main news stories, but Angela Wright has touched history as the woman not called to support Anita Hill when she testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee during Clarence Thomas’ confirmation hearings almost 30 years ago. Wright talks to Mary C. Curtis about former Vice President Joe Biden, #MeToo and the inner workings of a contentious Supreme Court battle.

Show Notes:

Recent Stories

Senate Majority Leader John Thune talks with reporters on Monday.

Major spending package planned for Senate floor faces doubts

A mid-decade redistricting effort in Indiana that could target Democratic Rep. Frank J. Mrvan has hit a roadblock in the state Senate.

Republican efforts to redraw Indiana’s congressional map stall again

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., was among the Democrats who forged a deal to re-open the government.

In shutdown deal, bipartisan legislating trumped party unity

A chair with a “broken” sign sits in a hallway in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Oct. 30. As the federal government emerges from a shutdown, members of Congress have some thoughts on lessons learned.

After a shutdown, no ‘A’s for effort

The Capitol dome is lit on Wednesday night as the House prepared to pass the funding bill to end the partial government shutdown. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Photos of the week | November 7-13, 2025

A worker stocks Angus beef top-sirloin filets in the meat section of a grocery store in Washington.

US drops reciprocal tariff on Argentine beef, plans to boost quota