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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 Roll Call Policy and Politics
Defense: Will all military votes be counted?
In a few swing states, some military voters whose ballots might make a difference in the outcome could be disenfranchised by tight mail-in deadlines. To run on…
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Tech: Top cybersecurity and national security officials are monitoring presidential election
CQ Roll Call's Gopal Ratnam reports that intelligence officials are on alert for any interference or potential cyber attacks to compromise the presidential…
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Legal: An army of lawyers are watching out for voter intimidation tactics on November 3
CQ Roll Call's legal affairs reporter Todd Ruger reports on how lawyers across the country are preparing to counteract the possibility of voter intimidation on…
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Health: President Trump's touting of military involvement in distributing a COVID-19 vaccine could backfire
President Trump has often touted the role of the military in distributing a COVID-19 vaccine, but in recent days health officials close to the process have…
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Fintech Beat: Brex founder and co-CEO Henrique DuBugras co-hosts Fintech Beat to discuss regulatory diversity
Henrique DuBugras, the founder and co-CEO of Brex, the multibillion dollar payments company, jumps on the show as Fintech Beat’s first co-host and interviews…
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Special Report: How one man's death reveals the flaws of the Trump administration's immigration policy
President Donald Trump was elected to office nearly four years ago on promises of shutting out immigrants. He has largely delivered. And while pros and cons of…
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CQ Future: The presidency
President Donald J. Trump's time in the oval office has been unlike any of his predecessors, where he has broken many conventions. CQ Roll Call's Shawn Zeller…
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Health: No more secret negotiated rates
The Trump administration on Thursday finalized a rule requiring health plans to publicize detailed pricing information that includes secret negotiated rates…
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Political Theater: Worst case scenarios for the election
The 2020 Election is “rounding the corner” — sorry, I could not resist — but here we are, just a few days out from Nov. 3, which means that it’s almost…
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Tech: Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg goes to Washington
Silicon Valley's prized law Section 230 which guides how Big Tech can place content on its platforms is under fire in Congress. Big Tech leaders including…
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Legal: What are the election challenges before the Supreme Court?
With a week to go before Election Day, there are a number of cases before the Supreme Court that deal with voting. CQ Roll Call's Todd Ruger looks at the…
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Budget deep dive: How the election may impact the spending process
CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Jennifer Shutt explain the various ways the election outcomes could impact the appropriations process during the lame duck…
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Fintech Beat: How Switzerland will regulate Libra
Mark Branson, the top regulator in Switzerland, explains how Libra came to be based in the country, and how he intends to regulate the cryptocurrency. Learn…
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Health: Rapid COVID-19 tests from White House may help schools open
States are beginning to receive rapid antigen tests from the White House and are trying to figure out the best ways to incorporate COVID-19 testing in their K…
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Election special: Agriculture and trade issues for the next administration
CQ Roll Call's Ellyn Ferguson looks ahead at the top agricultural and trade policy concerns for whichever presidential candidate wins. Learn more about your ad…
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Election special: Environmental and energy issues for the next administration
CQ Roll Call's Benjamin J. Hulac looks ahead at the top environmental and energy policy concerns for whichever presidential candidate wins. Learn more about…
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Election special: Financial policy issues for the next administration
CQ Roll Call's Jim Saksa looks ahead at the top financial services and financial technology policy concerns for whichever presidential candidate wins. Learn…
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Election special: Budget policy issues for the next administration
CQ Roll Call's Paul M. Krawzak looks ahead at the top fiscal policy and budget concerns for whichever presidential candidate wins. Learn more about your ad…
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Election special: Immigration and border security issues for the next administration
CQ Roll Call's Camila DeChalus looks ahead at the top immigration and border security policy concerns for whichever presidential candidate wins. Learn more…
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Election special: Lobbying issues for the next administration
CQ Roll Call's Kate Ackley looks ahead at the top lobbying and campaign finance concerns for whichever presidential candidate wins. Learn more about your ad…
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Election special: Foreign policy issues for the next administration
CQ Roll Call's Rachel Oswald looks ahead at the top foreign policy concerns for whichever presidential candidate wins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
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Election special: Health policy issues for the next administration
CQ Roll Call's Mary Ellen McIntire looks ahead at the top health policy concerns for whichever presidential candidate wins. Learn more about your ad choices…
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Election special: Spending policy issues for the next administration
CQ Roll Call's David Lerman looks ahead at the top spending policy concerns for whichever presidential candidate wins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
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Election special: Transportation policy issues for the next administration
CQ Roll Call's Jessica Wehrman looks ahead at the top transportation and infrastructure policy concerns for whichever presidential candidate wins. Learn more…
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Election special: Defense policy issues for the next administration
CQ Roll Call's John M. Donnelly looks ahead at the top defense and national security policy concerns for whichever presidential candidate wins. Learn more…
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Election special: Tax policy issues for the next administration
CQ Roll Call's Doug Sword looks ahead at the top tax policy concerns for whichever presidential candidate wins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
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Election special: Tech policy issues for the next administration
CQ Roll Call's Dean DeChiaro looks ahead at the top technology policy concerns for whichever presidential candidate wins Learn more about your ad choices…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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”…
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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…
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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…
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Tech: The three biggest threats to election security
CQ Roll Call's Gopal Ratnam has more on what's keeping election security experts up at night. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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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…
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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…
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Equal Time: Joe Biden, Clarence Thomas, and Amy Coney Barrett with Angela Wright
It is not everyday that one person has a relationship to so many of the day's main news stories but Angela Wright has touched history as the woman not called…
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Tech: Department of Homeland Security issues its first-ever annual threat assessment
In this CQ Roll Call Policy Brief, Gopal Ratnam who covers tech policy discusses key findings of the first-ever annual threat assessment put out by the…
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Coronavirus Special Report: President Trump ends talks with Democrats on a new stimulus bill
In tonight's episode, CQ Roll Call delves into the President's latest move to declare an end to all talks about a stimulus package until after the election…
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Health: COVID-19 strains Medicaid coffers
CQ Roll Call's health reporter Sandhya Raman talks about the financial strain Medicaid is under. Some states are uncertain about where money will come from…
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Fintech Beat: Fundbox's big payback
Prashant Fuloria, the CEO of Fundbox, explains how the upstart fintech spent $100 million on data modeling, and avoided the worst of the pandemic. Plus, how…
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Budget deep dive: Could we see the return of earmarks?
After years of scandal, Congress banned earmarks in 2011. But growing bipartisan support for congressionally directed spending could could lead to a return as…
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Defense: Disinformation may rise with Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis
CQ Roll Call defense reporter John Donnelly examines the latest threat the military is worried about: Disinformation. US adversaries could seize on the…
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Transportation: Sen. Duckworth's efforts to get lactation booths in airports pays off
In this CQ Roll Call Policy Brief, transportation reporter Jessica Wehrman explains how Sen. Tammy Duckworth was able to get a bill passed that applies airport…
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Congress: Can power shift back from the Executive branch to lawmakers?
In this CQ Roll Call's Policy Brief, Shawn Zeller examines how Congress has been stripped of power in favor of the White House and what a new administration…
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CQ Future: Cities
People can work anywhere now, so why stay in cramped apartments? But the more people flee urban areas due to the coronavirus pandemic, the harder it will be to…