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CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics

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This is CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics, formerly CQ on Congress, which has all of the audio content from the CQ Roll Call newsroom.
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Congress: Surprising data on how senators voted with Trump's policies

Conventional wisdom might suggest that GOP senators should run away from an unpopular president like Donald Trump. But as Shawn Zeller explains, CQ Roll Call data shows otherwise. What's more: Many Democratic senators voted with the president as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 23, 20203 min

Tech: Election security claims made by John Ratcliffe head of National Intelligence called into question

John Ratcliffe, the director of national intelligence, in a hastily assembled news conference late Wednesday, said that Iran and Russia had managed to steal voter registration information and were targeting voters, spreading disinformation, intended to harm President Donald Trump. CQ Roll Call's Gopal Ratnam explains why Ratcliffe’s warnings immediately drew skeptical reactions from Democratic lawmakers and former intelligence officials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

Oct 22, 20205 min

Equal Time: “Republicans often racialize poverty. Democrats often run from poverty.”

MacArthur “genius” grantee, founder of Repairers of the Breach, and organizer of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, Rev. William J Barber II has made eradicating poverty his life's work. He sits down with host Mary C. Curtis for a candid and surprising conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 22, 202039 min

Tech: Google sued by DOJ and 11 states in landmark case

This is the biggest lawsuit against any technology company since 1998 when an antitrust lawsuit was filed against Microsoft. CQ Roll Call's Dean DeChiaro explains how this increased scrutiny against Google is bipartisan and may have ripple effects against big tech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 20, 20204 min

Health: COVID-19 vaccine research may not be diverse in age or race

Clinical trials for COVID-19 therapeutics and vaccines are well under way and some drugs are already being given tentative approvals, with a vaccine likely to follow in coming weeks. But some of the populations that are most affected by the pandemic — the elderly and communities of color — are underrepresented in the research. CQ Roll Call's Andrew Siddons reports on what this could mean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 20, 20203 min

Transportation: Did the White House intervene in the cruise lines' ability to stay afloat?

The cruise industry, shut out of federal COVID-19 aid and ordered not to sail through Oct. 31, is now the subject of even more scrutiny. Democratic lawmaker Sean Maloney wants to know if the Trump administration intervened in a decision on when cruises can safely resume sailing. CQ Roll Call's Jessica Wehrman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 20, 20203 min

Fintech Beat: How Mpesa has transformed the world

Patrick Njoroge, the Governor of the Central Bank at Kenya, speaks with Chris Brummer at DC Fintech Week 2020 to discuss how Mpesa, one of the world's most successful mobile money transfer services, impacted Kenya’s economic development, and what central bank digital currencies and the rise of crypto mean for Mpesa, and vice versa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 20, 202027 min

Budget deep dive: Pre-election deadline looms for coronavirus aid deal

Congressional leaders and the White House must reach agreement on a coronavirus aid deal Tuesday if they want it to become law before Election Day. But Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin still have several unresolved items to work out and internal disagreements amongst Republicans threaten success. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Jennifer Shutt discuss the latest in the negotiations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 20, 202015 min

Census: The case to exclude undocumented immigrants from being counted

The Trump Administration has scheduled a court case in front of the Supreme Court for November 30th to rule on whether the government can exclude undocumented immigrants from apportionment. Michael Macagnone unpacks this case and what is at stake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 19, 20203 min

Economy: FDIC survey results on the number of unbanked Americans

The FDIC released survey results on the number of unbanked Americans -- a measure that determines poverty levels. While the numbers in it are improving, the survey does not include data since the pandemic, which in all likelihood pushed the number higher. CQ Roll Call's Jim Saksa breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 19, 20203 min

Health: What's next for long-term care facilities?

Nursing homes have been hit particularly hard by COVID-19. This may be a moment for government to recalibrate and make much needed improvements. Lauren Clason reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 16, 20203 min

Health: Marijuana is on the ballot in five states

Marijuana is on the ballot on Nov. 3 in several red and blue states alike. CQ Roll Call's Emily Kopp discusses why these initiatives are important to watch and why many eyes are on South Dakota and New Jersey in particular. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 16, 20205 min

Congress: How Congress can lower the temperature on the Supreme Court

There has been lots of talk about packing the Supreme Court if the Democrats win the presidency. But CQ Roll Call's Shawn Zeller lays out the case on why eliminating the filibuster would rebalance the scales of power between the Supreme Court and Congress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 16, 20204 min

CQ Future: Unions

For the last half century the GOP party platform has been to destroy labor, not save it. Now comes conservative Oren Cass who advised Sen. Mitt Romney's presidential campaigns. He has caught the attention of many conservatives as he raises the question of whether a new vision for unions could be embraced by both the left and right. CQ Roll Call's Jim Saksa talks with Cass, now executive director of American Compass, and explores how unions could be reinvented. Learn more about your ad choices. V...

Oct 16, 202035 min

Taxes: What would Biden's tax proposal mean for America?

If former Vice President Joe Biden wins the presidency, taxes will likely increase for the top 1 percent of American taxpayers. Doug Sword takes a look at what the candidate is proposing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 15, 20203 min

Immigration: Detainees placed in solitary confinement

Newly unsealed documents reveal that a private immigration detention firm placed detainees in solitary confinement for failing to volunteer for clean-up duty, contradicting what the company told Congress recently. Tanvi Misra reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 14, 20204 min

Immigration: DHS misuses funds to round up migrants bound for the U.S.

Department of Homeland Security agents in Guatemala misused State Department funds to rent unmarked vans and round up hundreds of U.S.-bound migrants and send them to Honduras. Camila DeChalus reports on this finding by Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 14, 20203 min

Budget deep dive: Republicans and Trump at odds over coronavirus relief

President Donald Trump and GOP leaders are at odds over how much COVID-19 aid the government should spend with Trump saying he wants negotiators to “go big” while Senate Republicans pursue a smaller bill. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Jennifer Shutt discuss why Republicans and the Trump administration are moving in opposite directions as well as the signs of fracturing within the Democratic Party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 13, 202017 min

Fintech Beat: The Fed, fintech, and corporate bond markets

Chris White, the CEO of Bondcliq, explains why the Fed's attempts to save the economy through corporate debt purchases needs an upgrade, starting with the bond market itself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 13, 202030 min

Health: The COVID vaccine furthest along may face a storage shortage

The Trump administration is leaving it up to states to locate medical grade deep freezers capable of storing Pfizer's vaccine, Emily Kopp reports. Medical supply chain experts describe them as "unicorns." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 13, 20203 min

Political Theater: The odd, hybrid world of the vice presidency

The vice presidency is a strange office, a hybrid of both the executive branch and the legislative branch, someone who breaks ties on Senate votes and can preside over the counting of his own electoral votes in a joint session of Congress. So Wednesday night’s vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris carried with it more significance as we brace for a possibly disputed election, a Supreme Court nomination fight and, oh yeah, health and age questions surrounding their running...

Oct 08, 202027 min

Health: How different are the presidential candidates' plans to fight COVID?

We compare the similarities and differences in the Trump administration's plan to fight COVID versus Joe Biden's plan. CQ Roll Call reporter Andrew Siddons takes a look after Vice President Mike Pence called Biden's plan "plagiarism" during Wednesday's vice presidential debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 08, 20203 min
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