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CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics
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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CQ Future: Refugee policy
"It is deeply broken." That is the overall assessment of the process and policy to let refugees into the country from the former head of the agency in charge…
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Political Theater: He's not gonna wait
Mark McKinnon, long-time political adviser and current co-host of the Showtime political documentary series The Circus joins Political Theater to discuss…
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Equal Time with Mary C Curtis: DNC Chair Jaime Harrison
Jaime Harrison gained national attention last year when he broke fundraising records running against South Carolina incumbent Senator Lindsey Graham. While…
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Fintech Beat: Crypto custody 101
Ed Nalbantian and Mark Rasmussen join the podcast to compare crypto custody in the EU and US—and whether custodians have to return forked cryptoassets to…
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Budget deep dive: Senate Republicans push for $568 billion counteroffer on infrastructure
Senate Republicans unveiled a five-year, $568 billion infrastructure proposal on Thursday that they hope can be a starting point for negotiations with…
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Equal Time with Mary C. Curtis: "More people are afraid of the police than community violence"
It’s been 30 years since the world saw Rodney King on video being beaten by Los Angeles police officers. Since then, the list of Black people killed at the…
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Political Theater: The future of the Democratic Party
It's no secret that in the corridors of power there is a struggle for the soul of the Democratic Party. While Joe Biden won the presidency, there certainly…
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Fintech Beat: The fintech jobs market
Executive recruiter David Richardson joins the show to talk about where the fintech jobs are, and what sectors have been most impacted by the industry's…
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Health: NIH lifts Trump-era restrictions on fetal tissue research
The National Institutes of Health announced it would loosen restrictions on using fetal tissue in biomedical research and revert to the process in place before…
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Budget deep dive: Democrats torn over strategy for passing $2T infrastructure plan
Democrats are struggling to decide whether to pursue a bipartisan infrastructure bill or go it alone through another budget reconciliation process. Some are…
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CQ Future: Money in politics
The political money game is changing. Small donor fundraising is at an all-time high, while corporations are holding off on donating in the wake of the January…
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Health: HHS moves to reinstate aid to family planning clinics that perform abortions
The Biden administration released a proposed rule on Wednesday that would reinstate eligibility for federal family planning funds to organizations that provide…
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Census: States barrel ahead with redistricting
A handful of states are looking to draw their legislative maps amid the wait for census data, raising concerns about transparency in the process. Michael…
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Political Theater: Joe Biden's bold moves on race relations
The United States is amid a period of self-reflection and contentious debate on race relations and President Joe Biden is leaning into it. Rashawn Ray, a…
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Health: Broader vaccine eligibility may exacerbate racial inequities
States and the federal government are trying to stop the COVID-19 vaccine equity gap from growing as vaccine eligibility opens up to all adults — but officials…
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Fintech Beat: Mapping fintech in Latin America
Venture capitalists Ben Savage and Jonathan Whittle join Korefusion’s Alejandro Gonzalez Sanchez to break down investing in the immense region, and how it…
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Health: White House resists pressure to space out COVID-19 vaccine doses
A debate is raging among some top infectious disease experts as calls are growing to administer as many first doses of two-dose COVID-19 vaccines as soon as…
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Defense: Biden ends abuse-prone overseas military budgets
The Biden administration’s fiscal 2022 defense budget request would eliminate the so-called Overseas Contingency Operations account, a seemingly bottomless box…
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Climate: Biden sets bold agenda with release of budget
The Biden administration underscored its focus on climate change in the first glimpse of its fiscal 2022 budget proposal, calling for tens of billions of…
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Budget: Kicking off appropriations season
President Biden proposed a 16 percent increase in federal spending Friday on domestic priorities, including a hefty raise for education. CQ Roll Call's…
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Budget deep dive: Boosting domestic spending
The Biden administration on Friday released its wish list for discretionary spending for fiscal 2022. The proposal would boost non-defense spending by 16…
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Equal Time with Mary C. Curtis: Jim Crow 2.0
After a heated and contentious presidential election in 2020, voting rights are under attack. Georgia just passed a law that makes it harder for those who may…
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Political Theater: The future of the GOP
Rep. Mike Johnson is emblematic of the Republican Party of which he is now, in his third House term, and a leading member. He joined fellow Republicans in…
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Fintech Beat: Why startup employees don’t exercise their stock options
Frederik Mijnhardt, CEO of Secfi, joins Fintech Beat to explain why 80 percent of startup employees don’t exercise their stock options — and what that means…
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Budget deep dive: Why a $2 trillion infrastructure plan is a heavy lift
The Biden administration says its $2 trillion infrastructure plan would boost the economy, fight climate change and address racial inequity. But Republicans…
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CQ Future: The GOP
President Donald Trump is ensconced at Mar-a-Lago and everyone — on all sides of the aisle — is curious to know what his influence will be on the GOP. We turn…
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Transportation: Biden wants more money for highways
The president is on a spending spree and is asking for an additional $85 billion for surface transit. CQ Roll Call's Jessica Wehrman has details. Learn more…
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Transportation: What's in Biden's infrastructure plan
President Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure plan includes money to repair roads, bridges and beef up transit, but what it doesn't do is mention the gas tax…
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Political Theater: Governing in a hurry
Unified control of the White House and Congress does not happen all that often. We are in one of those periods now, with President Joe Biden and his fellow…
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Fintech Beat: Encore: The tax man
Tax season is upon us, so Fintech Beat wanted to take the opportunity to look back at an episode with one of the IRS’s top crypto cops to discuss how the…
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Defense: Semiconductors are tiny, essential and in short supply
Semiconductors are necessary for our economy and our national security and the pandemic has reemphasized a pre-existing issue in the U.S. supply. CQ Roll…
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Legal affairs: Biden administration looks to revive the sentencing commission
The Biden administration has reached out to key lawmakers and the criminal justice community for guidance on a slate of appointments to revive the sentencing…
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Foreign Policy: Building equity from within
Democrats are working to build support around a set of proposals, some legislative, that would order a series of structural changes to the State Department…
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Health: COVID-19 vaccine rates pick up
The Biden administration announced today that J&J, Moderna and Pfizer are on target to meet first quarter goals. And half of the states will open eligibility…
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Agriculture: USDA, Vilsack under scrutiny for record of discrimination
Secretary Tom Vilsack and a Black former Agriculture Department official he once forced out of her job testify on the department’s treatment of Black farmers…
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Taxes: Proposals take aim at large companies
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, is spearheading a package of tax proposals designed to raise $1.5 trillion from multinational corporations and large estates. Learn…
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Finance: Senate passes bill to extend PPP
The Senate will extend the paycheck protection program another two months. CQ Roll Call's Caitlin Reilly reports on what this means. Learn more about your ad…
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Equal Time with Mary C. Curtis: Back to the Future: The ERA
The Equal Rights Amendment known as ERA — yes that ERA — is back. The House passed a bill last week that would extend the deadline to ratify the amendment to…
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Defense: Vaccines lag for military families overseas
Military families stationed overseas say they are not getting vaccines. They are beginning to reach out to Congress for help. CQ Roll Call's Mark Satter…
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Political Theater: 11 years later, the Affordable Care Act is still ‘a big f-ing deal’
This week marks the 11th anniversary of Barack Obama’s signing of the Affordable Care Act, something Joe Biden, then the vice president, now the president…
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Fintech Beat: Non-Fungible Tokens: Hope or hype?
Nic Carter and Amy Luo explain how NFTs work, and what their meteoric rise means for the mainstreaming of blockchain technology and securities law. Learn more…
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Budget deep dive: The return of earmarks in Congress
The House Republican Conference will allow its members to submit earmark requests, ending a decade-old prohibition. CQ Roll Call’s Jennifer Shutt and David…
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CQ Future: Vaccine passports
The EU is considering requiring citizens to get a vaccine passport to move freely around Europe. After more than a year of lockdowns, some may embrace the…
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Health: J&J vaccine delays pose challenges
Johnson & Johnson is under pressure to deliver its promised 20 million vaccine doses by the end of the month, as several state public health officials indicate…
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Political Theater: What Deb Haaland at Interior means for Native Americans
Native Americans have long had a contentious relationship with the Interior Department. Now one of their own is at the helm of it, Deb Haaland, an enrolled…
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Fintech Beat: Roboadvising 101 with Wealthfront’s Andy Rachleff
Wealthfront CEO Andy Rachleff joins Fintech Beat to explain the operational mechanics and economics of roboadvising, and how the technology in the industry…
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CQ Future: Restaurants
We began this series last year to examine how the COVID 19 crisis has influenced public policy decisions. This week we reprised some of our podcasts to mark…
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CQ Future: Working mothers
We began this series last year to examine how the COVID 19 crisis has influenced public policy decisions. This week we are reprising some of our podcasts to…
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Equal Time: What the pandemic taught America about racial injustice
It's been one year since the global pandemic hit. Most Americans had no idea what was in store. The numbers of those impacted by COVID-19 are staggering. More…
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Political Theater: Making sense of Congress, one year into the pandemic
One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, Political Theater takes stock of the changes in Congress and how it operates, which of those will be lasting, which are…
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CQ Future: Public Transport
We began this series last year to examine how the pandemic was influencing public policy decisions. This week we are reprising some of our episodes to mark the…
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Budget deep dive: House to vote on Senate-amended coronavirus bill
The House is set to vote on the revised $1.9 trillion COVID-19 aid bill as soon as Wednesday with the votes expected be on party lines. CQ Roll Call’s Jennifer…
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CQ Future: Telehealth
We began this series last year to examine how the pandemic was influencing public policy decisions. This week we are reprising some of our episodes to mark the…
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Fintech Beat: An interview with the developer who owns $400 million in Bitcoin — but forgot his password
Coil CEO Stefan Thomas talks to Chris Brummer about how he stored 7,002 Bitcoins in a digital wallet, only to forget the password. Plus, what lessons he thinks…
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CQ Future: Housing
We began this series last year to examine how the pandemic was influencing public policy decisions. This week we are reprising some of our episodes to mark the…
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CQ Future: The Latino vote
The Latino vote played a big part in President Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in November, especially in battleground states like Arizona and Nevada. In…
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Equal Time with Mary C. Curtis: A window into the life and work of Stacey E. Plaskett
When Virgin Islands Del. Stacey Plaskett took center stage last month as a House manager in the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, America took note. A…
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Political Theater: If you want partisanship, you’ve got it
Look no further than Congress to hear gripes about gridlock and the lack of bipartisanship. But based on whom the voters are sending to Washington, it’s not a…
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Budget deep dive: Senate to take up $1.9 trillion aid bill
Now that the House has passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill, the Senate will take it up this week in what is likely to be a…
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Fintech Beat: Did social media 'manipulate' GameStop?
Emory law professor Kristin Johnson joins former Commodity Futures Trading Commission general counsel Patrick McCarty and Columbia University’s Josh Mitts to…