Podcasts · 116th Congress
Union pension funds find bipartisan rescue efforts in congress
The Teamsters union’s largest pension fund is famous for appearing as a cash cow for movie mobsters, but the reality is the fund is running out of money.
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Podcasts · 116th Congress
What does Senator Bernie Sanders' style in Congress tell us about him? Plus: The coronavirus - Roll Call
Does Bernie's legislative record in Congress indicate that he can make good on his lofty promises, such as "Medicare for All" and free college tuition?
Podcasts · 116th Congress
Our Texas-size Super Tuesday jamboree - Roll Call
Super Tuesday! It's a big deal. And it's a very big deal in Texas. Bridget Bowman discusses her reporting from the Lone Star State on Political Theater.
Podcasts · 116th Congress
Fintech Beat: On location in the Caribbean - Roll Call
Fintech Beat goes to Barbados to ask Avinash Persaud, a professor, investor and regulator, how small countries can compete as global financial tech markets.
Podcasts · 116th Congress
Candidates jockeying to lead House Appropriations Committee
The race to succeed Nita M. Lowey is on, well ahead of the November 2020 election. Three official contenders have emerged.
Podcasts · 116th Congress
Trump packs the courts - Roll Call
President Trump focused on getting the Senate to confirm his judges in 2019, taking few positions on policy votes in either the House or the Senate.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Taco trucks, cookies and a ‘Battle Born’ caucus interview with Julián Castro
Tacos, cookies and brothels, oh my! There's a little something of everything during the Nevada caucuses, so why wouldn't Political Theater be there?
Campaigns · 116th Congress
He’s so populist: Trump, Sanders and beyond
Daron Acemoglu, an economics professor at MIT, talks to Political Theater about the surge in populist politics and where we might be headed.
Podcasts · 116th Congress
Fintech Beat: Mapping financial inclusion - Roll Call
Financial inclusion is the holy grail of fintech—though what it is, and how it’s delivered, differs dramatically depending on where in the world one lives.
Podcasts · 116th Congress
Military weapons funding takes hit for border wall - Roll Call
Military projects championed by key Republican lawmakers would lose funding under a Trump administration proposal to divert it to border wall construction.
Podcasts · 116th Congress
Congress and the coronavirus - Roll Call
This week CQ on Congress delves deep into whether the government is ready to manage a pandemic.
Podcasts · 116th Congress
New Hampshire scramble: Democrats’ slog heads south
The New Hampshire Democratic primary is in the books, and the winner, Bernie Sanders, is only 1,970 delegates away from securing the nomination.
Podcasts · 116th Congress
Top takeaways from Trump’s latest budget proposal
The president revelaed his budget plans, but it's very challenging for any budget to make it through Congress without significant changes.
Podcasts · 116th Congress
Breaking down Crypto Derivatives - Roll Call
Derivatives are tricky. Crypto is tricky. But what happens when you get crypto-derivatives?
Podcasts · 116th Congress
Unchecked power - Roll Call
 CQ on Congress host Shawn Zeller builds a case of how the acquittal of President Donald Trump is yet another notch in this administration’s move toward an imperial presidency leaving a sagging Congress and judiciary that will have implications for 21st century policies and policy making.  Show Notes: Trump touts more than 100 […]
Podcasts · 116th Congress
Donald Trump: How to win kitsch and influence people
Donald Trump: How to win kitsch and influence people - Republicans
Podcasts · 116th Congress
Wall Street czar Linda Lacewell takes on regulation - Roll Call
 When it comes to regulating Wall Street, perhaps no one person is more important than Linda Lacewell, the superintendent of New York’s Department of Financial Services. On her one year anniversary in office, she talks with Fintech Beat about changes to the BitLicense, the Apple Pay card and her 2020 priorities. Show Notes: Courts, […]
Podcasts · 116th Congress
Infrastructure week is back again - Roll Call
 House Democrats are making another attempt to pass a big infrastructure spending program, and both parties say they want one. But they’ve been saying that for years now and there’s been no real progress. So what’s this latest effort about? Jessica Wehrman, transportation and infrastructure reporter for CQ Roll Call joins the podcast to explain […]
Podcasts · 116th Congress
Senate says no to witnesses, as final vote is set for Wednesday - Roll Call
 The Senate voted 51-49 on Jan. 31 against calling witnesses in President Trump’s impeachment trial and will now move to closing arguments and votes, on Feb. 5, on the two articles of impeachment, accusing Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. CQ Roll Call White House reporter Niels Lesniewski explains why Republicans […]