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 Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone of New Jersey discusses his fear that a $6.3 billion health package that would also overhaul the mental health system could be undercut by GOP efforts to repeal the health care law. He tells CQ Roll Call’s Health reporter Andrew Siddons and Managing Editor Adriel Bettelheim that Medicaid cuts are […]
RollCall All politics is state and local. Positions on the Republican tax legislation break down not just on a partisan level but regional ones. That’s because several members of the House, including vulnerable Republicans, represent high-tax states like New York and New Jersey where their constituents currently deduct state and local taxes from their federal […]
 Lawmakers in the House and Senate remain divided over gun control in the aftermath of the June 12 Orlando attack. But, as CQ Roll Call’s Adriel Bettelheim and Niels Lesniewski explain, that isn’t hurting either side’s political campaigns. Show Notes: Video: Democrats Stage House Sit-In For Gun Vote Chris Murphy: NRA ‘Vise Grip’ On Senate […]
  CQ Roll Call’s Managing Editor Adriel Bettelheim and CQ Magazine Deputy Editor Jason Dick break down how so-called ‘poison pill’ amendments get the majority party in Congress to sink its own legislation. Yes, you read right. Though it’s a time-honored tactic, such make-or-break amendments are flying with greater frequency in an election year […]
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 […]
Roll Call Political analyst Stu Rothenberg explains why GOP gains in a generic ballot represent just a part of the overall political picture and political reporter Bridget Bowman previews Arizona’s upcoming special election. RollCall Show Notes: Analysis: The Generic Is Falling! The Generic Is Falling!
 Donald Trump won Wisconsin in 2016 by just 27,000 votes. Now, to beat him in 2020, it is crucial that Democrats win the state. A new poll from Marquette University Law School finds that Democrats face an uphill battle and, it seems, the impeachment hearings in Washington aren’t helping them. Charles Franklin, who runs […]
 Last week, House Appropriations Committee chairwoman, Democrat Nita Lowey of New York, said she will be retiring from Congress at the end of this term. And that decision immediately set off what could be a contentious, long battle to succeed her. Why is Lowey stepping down from a position she sought for so long to obtain? […]
 What is Uber? It’s not just a ride share company and definitely more than a technology company. Increasingly, it’s a fintech company, too. We speak to the CEO of Uber Payments LLC and Uber’s associate counsel to explore the company’s identity. Show Notes: Fintech Beat examines Block.one’s settlement with the SEC Fintech Beat explores […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks from his office to the Senate floor in the Capitol for a vote. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)   Senate leaders hope to break a weeks-long stalemate by pushing long-delayed spending bills to the floor for votes this week. But the effort will test the ability […]
 The fiscal 2019 deficit was up 26 percent over the 2018 level. Paul M. Krawzak unpacks what accounts for the rising red ink. Show Notes: $960B deficit expected this year, more than $1 trillion next Bipartisan cooperation put to the test in Senate Power struggle begins atop the House Appropriations Committee Subscribe to this […]
 The memorials for the late Maryland Democratic Rep. Elijah E. Cummings illustrate the unique way the nation remembers figures like him, a tradition of grieving both in public and private in places important to the deceased. Longstanding rituals in the Capitol, and in also in his hometown of Baltimore, give his family, friends, colleagues and […]