Despite the high drama and hard feelings associated with the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, it’s unclear it will have an effect on the political coin of the realm: The next election. Senior politics correspondent Bridget Bowman and Political Editor Herb Jackson discuss some of the remaining questions about whether their votes during this latest impeachment round will come back to haunt any senators or members of the House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...
Feb 17, 2021•24 min
Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., told CQ Roll Call that he'll be proposing a bill Thursday to codify the Pentagon recommendations for preventing white supremacists from enlisting in the military. Listen to reporter John Donnelly for more on the report. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 16, 2021•5 min
Democratic lawmakers are expected to introduce legislation later this week to overhaul the immigration system. CQ Roll Call immigration reporter Suzanne Monyak reports on what to expect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 16, 2021•3 min
The House Budget Committee is set to assemble the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package this week through the budget reconciliation process. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak discuss the latest around the relief measure and look ahead to other parts of the reconciliation process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 16, 2021•20 min
Silicon Valley Bank CEO Greg Becker and top lawyer Michael Zuckert join Fintech Beat along with Kate Waldock and YeshaYadav to discuss the ins and outs of one of the most influential banks in the innovation economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 16, 2021•35 min
The latest data on border arrests show an increase last month, raising concerns that more asylum seekers and immigrant-hopefuls are heading to the border now that President Biden is in office. CQ Roll Call's Suzanne Monyak reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 11, 2021•3 min
Immigration policy is one of President Biden's top priorities. He has signed five executive orders and issued another four statements and proclamations — in less than two weeks — that include: upping the annual number of refugees allowed into the country nearly tenfold, seeking to reunify families that were separated at the border, stopping construction of the border wall, and looking at access to the legal system for immigrants. Mary C. Curtis speaks to former immigration advocate and senior di...
Feb 11, 2021•32 min
Showtime’s political documentary series “The Circus” wants to capture, in the words of co-host John Heilemann, the “big, giant chaotic, nightmarish stew” of our politics. At Political Theater, we’re pretty down with that. Heilemann and co-host Jennifer Palmieri join the podcast to discuss their approach to the Jan. 6 insurrection, the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, political violence and democracy’s “second chance.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 10, 2021•29 min
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted Tuesday to advance Michael Regan, President Joe Biden's nominee for EPA administrator, to the Senate floor for a confirmation vote. CQ Roll Call's Joseph Morton reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 09, 2021•3 min
Parents with advocacy chops are tapping into their political prowess to get schools in the DC area to open their doors to students. CQ Roll Call's Kate Ackley reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 09, 2021•4 min
House Democrats are barreling ahead with the budget reconciliation process, with committees spending the week marking up their portions of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan. But major changes are coming — with tax rebate checks aimed at lower-income households and additional aid for restaurants and airlines. And a Congressional Budget Office price tag of $54 billion for the $15 minimum wage proposal puts that provision at risk. CQ Roll Call’s Peter Cohn and David Lerman di...
Feb 09, 2021•17 min
Democratic Sens. Mark Warner, Mazie Hirono and Amy Klobuchar introduced a new bill Friday and CQ Roll Call's Dean DeChiaro has more details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 09, 2021•3 min
Nine committees have begun drafting bills for committee markups this week. And there were some surprises. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman previews what to expect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 08, 2021•6 min
The GOP is against President Biden's plan to universally raise the nation's minimum wage to $15 an hour. CQ Roll Call's Shawn Zeller reports on the economic implications of not lifting the current rate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 08, 2021•3 min
Even before President Joe Biden nominates someone to lead the federal Medicare and Medicaid agency, the administration and Congress are taking steps to unwind former President Donald Trump's Medicaid legacy. CQ Roll Call's Sandhya Raman reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 08, 2021•4 min
More than 20 percent of those rioters who turned out on January 6 had some affiliation with the military. CQ Roll Call's John Donnelly reports on how Congress and the Pentagon is trying to root out violent extremism. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 08, 2021•5 min
House votes on final budget adoption as Democrats meet with President Biden ahead of frenetic markup schedule next week. CQ Roll Call's Paul Krawzak reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 05, 2021•4 min
The Biden administration places the pause button on H1B visas via lottery. CQ Roll Call's Suzanne Monyak reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 05, 2021•3 min
Rethinking America's policies toward China is one area that has bipartisan support in Washington these days. China's emergence as an economic superpower on the world stage — coupled with its aggressive stance toward Hong Kong, Taiwan and anything resembling human rights — has Asia experts examining how tough the U.S. should be. A new administration provides a window of opportunity to change directions. Michael Beckley, author of "Unrivaled: Why America Will Remain the World's Sole Superpower," t...
Feb 05, 2021•25 min
Amid a pandemic, an impeachment trial, an economic crisis and the fallout over the Jan. 6 armed attack on the Capitol, Congress is trying to figure out how much enhanced security, and in what form, is necessary to protect lawmakers, staff and eventually the public, who at some point will be let back onto the complex. D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton speaks to us about balancing the needs of security and access. And Katherine Tully McManus talks about her discussions with House Appropriations Chai...
Feb 04, 2021•26 min
A Penn Wharton Budget Model says Biden’s $1.9T plan will expand the economy this year but the big $1,400 rebate checks will have limited impact. CQ Roll Call's Doug Sword reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 03, 2021•3 min
The vaccine rollout has been fractured and botched. CQ Roll Call's Emily Kopp reports on how the absence of a national strategy has hampered the vaccine distribution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 02, 2021•3 min
Pete Buttigieg was confirmed as Transportation secretary on Tuesday as transportation industries are demanding $130 billion in COVID-19 aid to help keep them afloat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 02, 2021•3 min
President Biden has wasted no time in undoing former President Trump's policies on immigration and migrants. CQ Roll Call's Suzanne Monyak reports on the latest round. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 02, 2021•3 min
Ten Republican senators released a $618 billion COVID-19 relief plan before meeting with President Joe Biden on Monday. Their alternative package cuts many Democratic priorities. Meanwhile, Democrats released a budget resolution to fast-track their COVID-19 relief bill through the budget reconciliation process — a move House Republicans are expected to reject. CQ Roll Call’s Jennifer Shutt and David Lerman discuss how these recent moves will affect the chances of bipartisan cooperation on COVID-...
Feb 02, 2021•18 min
Fintech Beat talks with Zest AI's top executives to learn about the role of machine learning software in credit underwriting and whether better math can lead to better outcomes when it comes to tackling racial bias in lending. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 02, 2021•24 min
Johnson & Johnson released good news about its single injection vaccine and expects to produce 100 million doses by July. CQ Roll Call's Ariel Cohen reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 29, 2021•3 min
The House Appropriations Committee announced that Rep. Chellie Pingree will be taking over the subcommittee responsible for Interior and Environment appropriations, bringing a focus on climate change and reversing Trump-era policies to the appropriations process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 29, 2021•3 min
Racial equity is front and center for the Biden administration. That said, how does the nation begin to dismantle centuries of ingrained policies? Mary C. Curtis talks to award-winning social change agent Dr. Gail C. Christopher in this episode. Christopher has some compelling ideas and is working with Congress to try to change policies that enable racism and inequity to flourish, and transform a belief system that values some lives over others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone....
Jan 28, 2021•31 min
Rep. Martha Fudge is President Biden's pick to lead the nation's housing agency. It was not her first choice and she once called the agency second tier. CQ Roll Call's Jim Saksa reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 27, 2021•3 min
