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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.
Episodes
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Coronavirus Special Report: Evening update, 4/16
Tonight, we’re breaking down the president’s “Opening Up America Again” plan; we’ll also discuss what could be next for small businesses that still need funds…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Reps. Jim Hagedorn and Dusty Johnson
Agriculture is the focus of this episode. Shawn Zeller speaks to GOP Reps. Jim Hagedorn of Minnesota and Dusty Johnson of South Dakota about the impact of…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Sen. Marco Rubio
CQ Roll Call's Jim Saksa speaks with GOP Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida on what Congress' next steps should be to help small businesses during the pandemic. Then…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Evening update, 4/14
Tonight: President Donald Trump spars with governors over who has the authority to reopen states. We also discuss how the closure of the Smithfield pork…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Evening update, 4/13
In tonight’s podcast, we tell you about the increased friction between the federal and state governments, how COVID-19 is causing the deficit to balloon and…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Rep. Karen Bass
Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus Karen Bass, D-Calif., talks about the disturbing trend of African Americans dying at a higher rate from COVID-19…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Sen. Ted Cruz
A conversation with Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz on his thoughts on the coronavirus outbreak. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Coronavirus Special Report: Evening update, 4/8
Tonight's podcast breaks down the next relief package, including what could be in the legislation, when it could be considered by Congress and any potential…
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Coronavirus Special Report: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., talks about trying to secure more funds for small businesses, as well as what he will push for in another economic…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Evening update, 4/6
Tonight's podcast puts a spotlight on why the U.S. health care system has been so fraught and how the supply chain is basically broken. We also talk education…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Exclusive with James Clyburn
We talk to House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., about why there is a need for an oversight panel for the COVID-19 stimulus package and much more about…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Evening update, 4/2
The pandemic is acting like a wrecking ball upon the U.S. economy, as a staggering 6.6 million unemployment claims were filed last week. We turn to CQ Budget…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Evening update, 4/1
As the pandemic washes across the nation, Washington continues to look for ways to alleviate the strain imposed by COVID-19 on America’s health and the…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Evening update, 3/31
In tonight’s podcast, we bring you the latest on health policy and explain how restrictions have been eased to allow more venues to be transformed into…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Evening update, 3/30
We're taking you behind the scenes of what it was like in the Capitol and at the White House over the last two hectic and historic weeks, Three of CQ Roll…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Evening update, 3/27
Tonight: We take you inside the Capitol, where lawmakers cleared for the president’s signature a historic stimulus package of more than $2.2 trillion for…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Morning minute 3/27
This Friday, we turn to the House and its upcoming vote on the $2.2 trillion stimulus package. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Coronavirus Special Report: Evening update: 3/26
Tonight: We unpack what's in the nation's largest stimulus bill passed by the Senate last night to combat COVID-19 and what we can expect from the House on…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Morning minute 3/26
CQ Roll Call's Shawn Zeller brings you the status of the latest stimulus package and all other coronavirus policy news to start your Thursday. Learn more about…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Evening update, 3/25
Tonight: The latest on the COVID-19 recovery bill that's stuck in Congress, and a roundup of Wednesday's health policy news. Learn more about your ad choices…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Morning minute, 3/25
CQ Roll Call's Shawn Zeller brings you the status of the latest stimulus package and all other coronavirus policy news to start your Wednesday. Learn more…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Evening update, 3/24
Tonight: The latest on the nearly $2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package, a roundup of Tuesday's health policy news and one story about how a small business in…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Evening update, 3/23
The Senate is still trying to get to yes on a nearly $2 trillion stimulus package to help combat the pandemic and the virus' economic wreckage. Meanwhile…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Mid-day update, 3/23
The pressure is on for the Senate to reach agreement on a $2 trillion stimulus package to blunt the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic. But senators…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Evening update, 3/20
We are delving deeper into the stimulus bill that key senators and the White House hope to have a deal on later today. We look at it from a budgetary…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Evening update, 3/19
Today we're unpacking the state of play and content in the second stimulus bill, what it means for Congress now that two lawmakers have tested positive for…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Evening update, 3/18
The president called himself a wartime president, and the Senate passed a stimulus bill and now turns to a $1 trillion economic stimulus plan put forward by…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Breaking down the $1T stimulus, 3/18
CQ Roll Call obtained a copy of the $1T economic stimulus plan put forward by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, We'll break down what's in it and what you…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Morning minute, 3/18
CQ Roll Call brings you the latest roundup of coronavirus policy news to start your Wednesday. Find out more about the next stimulus package being discussed in…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Evening update, 3/17
This episode rounds up the policy news of the day including the latest on Senate consideration of the recent House-passed stimulus bill, a larger stimulus bill…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Morning minute, 3/17
CQ Roll Call brings you the latest roundup of coronavirus policy news to start your day. First up, the coronavirus stimulus bill passed the House, again, late…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsCoronavirus Special Report: Evening update, 3/16
This episode of Coronavirus Special Report rounds up all the policy news of the day including President Donald Trump's latest remarks, the stimulus package and…
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Coronavirus Special Report: Morning minute, 3/16
CQ Roll Call brings you the latest roundup of policy news on coronavirus to start your day. First up, the stimulus: A House revote and Senate expectations…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsIntroducing Coronavirus Special Report: Evening update, 3/13
Today we're launching a special report with the latest policy news on coronavirus. This episode delves into the stimulus package headed for the Senate next…
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Congress and the pandemic
The coronavirus is officially a pandemic. In this episode of CQ on Congress, Shawn Zeller explores the role and responsibility that lawmakers and the…
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Pay-to-play in the judiciary
A CQ Roll Call investigation has found that people appointed to federal judgeships gave thousands of individual contributions over the last decade to lawmakers…
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What does Senator Bernie Sanders' style in Congress tell us about him? Plus: The coronavirus
Senator Bernie Sanders is the Democratic front-runner, leading the crowded field in both delegates and national polls. His populist message is resonating with…
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Trump packs the courts
President Trump focused on getting the Senate to confirm his judges in 2019, taking few positions on policy votes in either the House or the Senate, CQ Roll…
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Congress and the coronavirus
This week CQ on Congress delves deep into whether the government is ready to manage a pandemic. Shawn Zeller speaks first to Rep. Anna G. Eshoo, the California…
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Unchecked Power
CQ on Congress host Shawn Zeller builds a case of how the acquittal of President Trump is yet another notch in this administration's move toward an imperial…
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Senate says no to witnesses, as final vote is set for Wednesday
The Senate voted 51-49 on Jan. 31 against calling witnesses in President Trump's impeachment trial and will now move to closing arguments and votes, on Feb. 5…
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What's in an impeachment trial?
CQ Roll Call takes listeners inside Congress to where the impeachment trial is happening and shares its insightful observations from reporters. Also, we…
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Historic impeachment trial begins. Now what?
With elections looming, how politically perilous is the impeachment trial for senators — on both sides of the aisle — who are up for re-election in November?…
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Between Iraq and a hard place: Congress
CQ on Congress begins 2020 by examining what's next after the targeted killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad. Host Shawn Zeller talks to two…
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House Dems in Trump districts risk it all with impeachment vote
Elissa Slotkin is one of 31 House Democrats who represents a district Trump won in 2016. Nearly all of them voted to impeach Trump this week. But Slotkin’s…
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Curbing unexpected medical bills has bipartisan backing in Congress
Many Americans have been to the hospital in an emergency, or for a procedure, only to get a huge bill after because a doctor treating them doesn’t take their…
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How robocalls may be the thing to unite Congress
Those pesky robocalls may be the one thing that this deeply divided Congress can agree on. A bill passed by the House this week by New Jersey Democrat Frank…
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To beat Trump, Democrats need to win Wisconsin. The impeachment inquiry isn't helping.
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…
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New witnesses emerge after first week of public impeachment hearings
House Democrats made the case for impeachment public this week. Three witnesses, Foreign Service officers in charge of U.S. relations with Ukraine, confirmed…
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Disagreements on border wall could stall defense authorization bill
The defense authorization bill sets the nation’s defense priorities, spending limits for Pentagon programs and gives soldiers a pay raise. Despite differences…
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The House voted to make the impeachment inquiry public. Now what?
After weeks of frustration from House republicans, a majority of Democrats (and independent Justin Amash) voted to create rules for the ongoing impeachment…
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Closed-door impeachment inquiry irks the GOP
Gary Abernathy, a former district representative for Ohio Republican Sen. Rob Portman, assesses the impeachment inquiry from the GOP heartland and finds it…
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Polling impeachment and remembering Elijah Cummings
Polls now show a majority of Americans favor impeaching Donald Trump and removing him from office. Democratic pollster Brad Bannon explains how people should…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsWhite House staff on the hot seat
With President Trump now facing an impeachment inquiry over his request that the president of Ukraine investigate his political foe, Joe Biden, White House…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsTrump Upends Bipartisan Consensus on Homelessness
Donald Trump has challenged the idea, pioneered in George W. Bush's administration, that the best, and most cost-effective way to end homelessness is to offer…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsE-cigarette deaths prompt bipartisan response
Around 400 people are suffering from respiratory illnesses and six have died after using electronic cigarettes, sparking a rare bipartisan response in…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsCongress returns for a bleak fall session
CQ on Congress looks ahead at the fall congressional session with CQ Roll Call reporters Katherine Tully-McManus and Niels Lesniewski. Spoiler alert: The…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsDemocrats weighing new gun legislation
Update Note: After this podcast was recorded and posted, the House Judiciary Committee announced that it was postponing its markup to the week of Sept. 9 due…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsWhy do you have to come to Iowa if you want to be president?
Iowa plays a big role in presidential politics because of its first-in-the-nation caucuses. Even by that standard, though, the Iowa State Fair, which ended…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsGoogle under pressure from Congress, activists, shareholders
In the face of gridlock in Congress, investors, pension funds, and some states are pushing public companies to do more to diversify their boards, combat…