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CQ immigration reporters Camila DeChalus and Dean DeChiaro dig into the complications of finding an agreement to safeguard immigrants with special protections while funding a border wall demanded by the Trump administration. RollCall Show Notes: He Said, He Said: Lawmakers in Trump Meeting Appalled — Or ‘Don’t Recall’ Spending, Immigration Talks Entangled Schumer, McConnell at […]
The Budget Tracker Extra Podcast is now CQ Budget. New look but same great show. CQ’s budget and appropriations reporter Ryan McCrimmon explains the obstacles faced by lawmakers to lifting the spending caps and agreeing to a long-term budget deal. RollCall Show Notes: Immigration Deal Tangled Up in Spending Talks Budget Chairman Race: Three Candidates, […]
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A deal to fund the government until December 9 all came down to House Republicans giving in to Democratic demands to help Flint, Michigan, address its contaminated water crisis. CQ Roll Call’s Managing Editor Adriel Bettelheim and Budget and Economy editor Jane Norman break down the late night deals and what happens after […]
Long before the polls close, 29 nominees for open seats are all but certain to win and they could end up as half or more of the House’s Class of 2016. CQ Roll Call’s senior editor David Hawkings and Managing Editor Adriel Bettelheim examine the newcomers and explain how demographics assure more diversity on […]
From Philadelphia, CQ Roll Call’s Managing Editor Adriel Bettelheim and Senior Editor David Hawkings recap and reflect on the historic events on the second day of the Democratic National Convention and look ahead to Wednesday when President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. are scheduled to speak. Show Notes: Clinton Shatters […]
Ahead of next week’s Democratic National Convention, CQ Roll Call’s Adriel Bettelheim and Shawn Zeller look at how much feminism will help Hillary Clinton this November. At the same time, sexism is unlikely to deny her the job. Find out why. Show Notes: Hillary Clinton Has an Edge as a Democrat, Not a Woman […]
Texas Sen Ted. Cruz has cast a shadow over the last day of the Republican National Convention after he was booed off stage Wednesday night for refusing to endorse Donald Trump for president. This memorable moment also overshadowed the acceptance speech of Trump’s vice presidential nominee Mike Pence. CQ Roll Call’s Elections Editor Nathan […]
Republicans hailed their budget resolution as the key to unlocking a tax code overhaul, but history suggests a partisan tax bill could still face a rocky road, as CQ Budget editor Peter Cohn explains. RollCall Show Notes: Trump Breaks With GOP Over 401(k) Changes in Tax Bill Republicans Use Past Democratic Tax Proposals as Ammo […]
Many Americans have been to the hospital in an emergency, or for a procedure, only to get a huge bill after because a doctor treating them doesn’t take their insurance. Republicans and Democrats have reached agreement on legislation to ban so-called surprise billing. CQ Roll Call reporter Mary Ellen McIntire joins the podcast to […]
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It is tempting to read into the 2019 campaign results, so-called off-year elections, for signs of what’s to come in next year’s big political brouhaha. Political prognosticators beware! But while we don’t want to look too much into what happened in high-profile gubernatorial and special elections that President Donald Trump campaigned in, there are a […]
Subscribe to this podcast below The defense authorization bill sets the nation’s defense priorities, spending limits for Pentagon programs and gives soldiers a pay raise. Despite differences in the past, Congress has always been able to pass the bill. This year may be different. Disagreements over the source of border wall funding […]
House Democrats made the case for impeachment public this week. Three witnesses, Foreign Service officers in charge of U.S. relations with Ukraine, confirmed that President Trump pressured that country to investigate his political rival, Joe Biden. Republicans pushed back to discredit the testimony as hearsay, while painting Trump as a crusader against […]
What is money? The answer is one of the most contested issues for regulators of fintech. As nonbank financial services and cryptocurrencies have hit the mainstream as substitutes for money, financial experts are also beginning to differentiate between "bad" and "good" money. Fintech Beat takes a closer look with the author of a […]
Remittances are poised to grow to $550 billion this year, making them the single biggest source of external funding for recipient economies, according to the World Economic Forum. More money is pumped into developing countries this way than by direct investment. But it’s often costly and inefficient. Fintech, specifically blockchain technology, may be able […]
The 2020 elections are shaping up as the most significant in memory, but predicting them is a handicapper’s nightmare. Nevertheless, CQ Roll Call elections analyst Nathan L. Gonzales gave it a whirl, offering these four scenarios: 1) Eviction at 1600 2) Blue Washington 3) Status Quo 4) Red Revival. Show Notes: A year out, here’s four […]
Subscribe to this podcast below After weeks of frustration from House Republicans, a majority of Democrats (and independent Justin Amash) voted to create rules for the ongoing impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. According to House Democrats, the rules will bring the impeachment inquiry into the open, allowing the public to follow […]
Joe Lubin, the co-founder of Ethereum and founder of ConsenSys, is planning a big upgrade to the Ethereum blockchain. Fintech Beat sits down with him to discuss the changes–as well as what he thinks about Libra and the CFTC’s stance that Ether is a commodity. Show notes: Venezuelans use cryptocurrency to bypass corruption, […]