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 As Republicans push full steam ahead with repealing and replacing Obamacare, cuts in Medicaid may become an issue that could not only further divide the party but can have severe consequences for state budgets and recipients, says CQ Roll Call’s health reporter Joe P. Williams. He also takes us to the first marathon hearing […]
A week before Alabama’s special election, Roll Call election analyst Nathan Gonzales describes how he unearthed an obscure political action committee supporting Roy Moore — just one more twist in a campaign where his alleged preying on teenage girls is the main issue, and has created a deep rift among his fellow Republicans. RollCall  […]
Even though Democratic leaders snubbed President Donald Trump’s invitation to the White House this week, it doesn’t mean they don’t want to negotiate with him. Roll Call’s White House reporter John T. Bennett explains. RollCall  Show Notes: Trump’s Tweet Could Raise Odds of Government Shutdown Democrats Hold Cards on Year-End Talks With Trump, GOP […]
 Amid the bluster Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention, there was also another message, says senior CQ Roll Call Editor David Hawkings. Republican congressional leaders stressed the need to maintain control of the House and Senate so they could work with the GOP nominee Donald Trump to enact conservative policies. Show Notes: Reluctant […]
 The United States spends close to $11 million a day bombing Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria. But as CQ Roll Call’s Domestic Threats reporter Gopal Ratnam explains, efforts to stop the ideology from spreading at home are embryonic, with a $10 million Homeland Security Office of Community Partnership task force aimed at […]
 As President Barack Obama heads to Japan for a summit of leaders of the Group of Seven, the world’s biggest economic powers, CQ Roll Call’s foreign policy reporter Rachel Oswald and Managing Editor Adriel Bettelheim dissect the significance of the visit, the president’s stop in Hiroshima and why Japan worries more about Trump than […]
 Many have asked what it would take to remove Donald Trump from the GOP ticket and nominate a new presidential candidate. CQ Roll Call’s senior Senate reporter Niels Lesniewski and managing editor Adriel Bettelheim lay out how it could be done. Show notes: Replacing Trump on Ballots: Murky Payoff and a Legal Thicket GOP […]
  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau created after the 2008 financial crisis just fined Wells Fargo millions of dollars for creating unauthorized accounts for 1.5 million customers, but Republicans in Congress want to strip it of its powers. Listen to CQ Roll Call’s Financial Services reporter Doug Sword and Managing Editor Adriel Bettelheim explain […]
 The outcome of tight Senate races in Indiana, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin will determine which party controls the Senate, says CQ Roll Call senior political reporter Alex Roarty. Also, if Democrats pick up four seats and Hillary Clinton wins, it would make New York Sen. Charles E. Schumer the […]
 The third night of the Democratic National Convention was devoted to A-list speakers — from President Barack Obama to former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg — whose rousing speeches were filled with praise for Hillary Clinton and sharp attacks for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. CQ Roll Call’s Chief Content Officer David Ellis sums up what […]
 Republicans are quickly trying to pass a tax overhaul plan but indications are that obstacles are around every corner, say CQ Tax Editor Catalina Camia and Budget Editor Peter Cohn, who explain the complications facing the plan. RollCall   Show Notes: GOP Tax Overhaul May Bring Back Extenders GOP Tax Bill to Include Property […]
Lawmakers are starting to work on next fiscal year’s federal spending plan with nearly 30 hearings coming up — even though they’ve given a thumbs down to President Trump’s budget request and have no idea how much they can spend, says Budget Tracker editor David Lerman.   Show Notes:  No Summer Job? Hill […]
Subscribe to this podcast below    The impeachment hearings are getting all the attention, but there’s other big news on the Hill this week. Congress must fund the government by Thursday to avoid a shutdown. At this point, it seems like everyone is on board, our guest this week says, even President Donald […]
 In this joint podcast, FRT and Fintech Beat team up to cover October’s whirlwind of fintech discussions that took place at the Institute of International Finance, DC Fintech Week, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Also last month, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified on Capitol Hill about Libra.  Show Notes: The […]
 Subscribe to this podcast below   Congress needs to reach agreement on a second continuing resolution before funding runs out on Nov. 21 to avoid a partial government shutdown. But that deadline is going to be difficult to meet. Senior budget reporter Paul M. Krawzak joins the podcast this week to explain where […]
 From lawmakers struggling with the "high solemnity" of their votes to impeach Richard Nixon in 1974 to the "high farce" of the impeachment of Bill Clinton in 1998, each impeachment episode has its own distinct identity, according to CQ Roll Call contributor Finlay Lewis. In the latest Political Theater podcast, Lewis discusses his own […]
 Politicians and pundits are fond of saying that Washington has never been more polarized and that the Senate, in particular, may never recover from contemporary hyper-partisanship and rule-bending. But it is assistant Senate historian Daniel S. Holt’s job to remind us all that disputes in the chamber used to result in pistols at dawn instead […]
 With worries about a possible recession in the near future, the Trump administration has thrown around the idea of implementing new tax cuts to help stimulate the economy, only to flip flop on the idea multiple times later on. Specifically, the administration has flipped on two types of tax cuts — capital gains indexing, […]
 It’s September 2019, but we’re only just now wrapping up the 2018 election. Voters in North Carolina’s 9th District will finish it all off on when they decide on Sept. 10 whether Democrat Dan McCready or Republican Dan Bishop will represent them in Congress. The lagging special election was necessary because the North Carolina […]
 Congress is finally back in town after a long summer recess and the race is on to avoid a government shutdown before the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1. Not one of the 12 annual spending bills needed to fund the government has cleared the Senate yet and there are only three weeks to […]