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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
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsAn Immigration Hardliner's Reasoning
Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, says tough border policies are crucial to helping low-skilled workers in America. And…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsSome Red States Coming Around to Obamacare
Voters in some GOP-leaning states will get a chance to adopt the 2010 health care law's Medicaid expansion by ballot initiative this November while others may…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsCake Case Leaves Gay Rights Questions Unanswered
CQ Supreme Court Reporter Todd Ruger and University of Colorado Law Professor Craig Konnoth say that the Supreme Court victory of a Colorado baker, who refused…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsPutting Trump's Immigration Crackdown in Context
President Donald Trump's move to criminally prosecute migrants crossing the border illegally, and to separate them from their children, aims to end the…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsWhy the Made-for-TV Summit With North Korea Flopped
President Donald Trump's decision to cancel his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un marks a failure of communications and messaging by both…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsTrump Misses NAFTA Deadline
President Donald Trump's trade agenda is in disarray after his negotiators failed to reach a deal to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsConservatives Fight Trump on Trade When Congress Won't
As tensions mount over several Trump administration trade initiatives, CQ's Shawn Zeller talks with Bryan Riley of the National Taxpayers Union, which is part…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsOpioid Legislation on Deck
Legislation aimed at helping communities deal with the opioid addiction crisis is moving through the Senate and House, despite Democrats' disgruntlement about…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsTrump's Iran Deadline Is Nearly Here
President Trump has set a May 12 deadline for deciding whether to pull out of the 2015 deal with Iran to rollback its nuclear program. He has harshly…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsNew Climate Change Threats Alarm Scientists
A CQ Magazine special report this week examines alarming new consequences of climate change, such as beetles killing trees, coral reef die-offs and food losing…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsPentagon Reluctant to Enter Syrian War
Defense Secretary James Mattis fears wider U.S. involvement in Syria could "spiral out of control," even as President Donald Trump is threatening a strike. And…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsHow Congress Could Force Facebook to Strengthen Data Privacy
Three congressional committees are set to grill Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on its neglect of its customers' data privacy. CQ cybersecurity reporter Gopal…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsTrump Now Managing His Own Show
With a shakeup in administration staffing, President Donald Trump has purged aides who tried to manage him, replacing them with aides whose hardline instincts…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsBanking Deregulation in the Air
CQ banking reporter Doug Sword explains the state of play as Republicans (and some Democrats) try to relax banking regulations enacted during the Obama…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsThe Risks to Trump's Unconventional Approach to Tariffs, North Korea
CQ trade reporter Ellyn Ferguson and defense reporter John M. Donnelly spell out the risks posed by President Donald Trump's decision to impose tariffs on…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsRussia Meddles, Trump Fiddles, Midterms in Peril
Adm. Michael Rogers, the head of U.S. Cyber Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee this week that the Defense Department believes Russia will target…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsA Twist in the Gun Control Debate
Avery Gardiner, co-president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, wants Congress to toughen background checks, but not if it also means shielding…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsPentagon Aims at Russia, China With Big Budget Boost
Congress' budget deal gives the Pentagon the money it says it needs to deter the world's other great powers. CQ defense reporter Andrew Clevenger and Mandy…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsThe GOP's Fiscally Toxic Combo
Bob Bixby, executive director of The Concord Coalition, a nonpartisan group that encourages fiscal responsibility in Washington, explains how Congress'…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsRoadblocks to Rebuilding America's Roads and Bridges
President Trump says he wants a $1.5 trillion to rebuild America's roads, bridges and other infrastructure, but differences over how to pay for it could…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsTrump's Tangled War on Trade
CQ trade reporter Ellyn Ferguson looks at whether President Donald Trump will impose more tariffs and withdraw from more international trade agreements in…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsSurveillance Is Back
Congress disregarded concerns about government surveillance of Americans and on Jan. 18 reauthorized a controversial anti-terrorism law. CQ cybersecurity…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsImmigration Imbroglio
CQ immigration reporters Camila DeChalus and Dean DeChiaro dig into the complications of finding an agreement to safeguard immigrants with special protections…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsThe Senate GOP's Math Problem
The Week Ahead Podcast is now CQ on Congress. New look but same great show. CQ Senate reporter, Niels Lesniewski, says the Senate Republican majority, now just…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsOpportunity to Flip Congress?
Roll Call political reporters Bridget Bowman and Simone Pathé dissect the political landscape in 2018 when all 435 House seats and 34 in the Senate are up for…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsWhy Net Neutrality Isn't Dead Yet
Internet service providers say they'd like Congress to pass a law mandating net neutrality now that the Federal Communications Commission has rescinded the…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsTax Bill Would Cost Charities Billions
Jamie Tucker of Independent Sector, which represents charities from The Red Cross to the Salvation Army, says the GOP tax bill could reduce charitable giving…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsThe Consequences of Dismantling America's Diplomatic Corps
CQ foreign policy reporter Rachel Oswald and defense editor Patrick B. Pexton discuss the turmoil at the State Department and what Congress can do about it…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsTax Bills Stir Anxiety in Largest Generation - Millennials
Millennials are the largest living generation and are just starting their careers, so the GOP's tax plan would affect them all of their working lives. They're…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsTrip Wires Await the GOP Tax Proposals
Roll Call reporters Lindsey McPherson and Niels Lesniewski, who cover the House and Senate, walk us through the hurdles that Republicans have to overcome to…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsWhat Businesses Have to Gain From the Tax Overhaul
Rachelle Bernstein of the National Retail Federation and a long time voice on tax policy around Capitol Hill explains what businesses, large and small, are…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsThe GOP Tax Plan Unpacked
In a special episode of The Week Ahead and Budget Tracker Extra podcasts, CQ journalists Shawn Zeller, David Lerman and Peter Cohn take a deep dive into the…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsCongress Aims to Rein In Government Snoops
A bipartisan cast of lawmakers, including Sen. Ron Wyden, plan to curtail the government's surveillance powers that must be renewed by the end of the year…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsAmerica's Iran Quandary and Why Money Can't Prevent Military Mishaps
CQ foreign policy reporter Rachel Oswald and Kelsey Davenport of the Arms Control Association explain why Congress is in no rush to change the Iran nuclear…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsTrump Upends Obamacare
Foiled in Congress, President Donald Trump made far-reaching changes to the 2010 health care law that could make insurance more affordable for some, while…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsThe Trump Doctrine on Foreign Policy
Donald Trump, the candidate, pledged to withdraw from foreign conflicts. As president, he has done the opposite, taking on North Korea, Iran, Cuba and…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsHigh Court to Weigh In on Gay Rights, Redistricting and Immigration
CQ legal affairs writer Todd Ruger drills down on the cases before the Supreme Court this new term and the justices who may tip the scales. Learn more about…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsLatest Obamacare Repeal Bill Unravels
Sen. John McCain's opposition to the latest Republican bill to repeal Obamacare may well kill it, says Roll Call Senate reporter Niels Lesniewski. CQ health…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsTrump's Immigration Reversal Risks GOP Revolt
CQ immigration editor Catalina Camia explains why President Trump and Democrats are working on a deal to help 800,000 young, undocumented immigrants stay in…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsNew Capitol Hill Trifecta
CQ's budget editor David Lerman and Senate leadership reporter Niels Lesniewski explain the policy and political impact of the deal struck between President…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsTrump Agenda Rests on Tax Overhaul
President Donald Trump will meet with top House and Senate leaders after Labor Day in an effort to reach consensus on tax legislation. After a bruising defeat…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsPodcast: Trump Upends Congress’ Fall Agenda
President Trump’s speech in Phoenix on August 22, in which he threatened a government shutdown and criticized Republican lawmakers, isn’t going to help…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsU.S, Mexico and Canada Start Work on the Trade Deal That Trump Put at Center of His Campaign
The U.S., Mexico and Canada started renegotiating the trade deal that candidate Donald Trump said had to be torn up or renegotiated. Lawmakers want him to…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsWhy You Shouldn’t Be Alarmed Over North Korea...Yet
President Trump’s fiery rhetoric over North Korea’s nuclear program should not be taken seriously just yet, says CQ Roll Call’s foreign policy reporter Rachel…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsInside the Senate’s Struggle With Civility
Senators are heading home for summer break, after a health care implosion highlighted the partisan ill will that’s festered all year. Ed Pesce, who edits CQ’s…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsTrump and GOP Lawmakers at Odds
The demise of the Republican health care bill has added to a growing list of disagreements between President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress, from the…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsOn Russia, Congress Looks at the Collusion Question
Lawmakers will likely hear from three key figures in the Russia investigation next week, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, his son, Donald Trump Jr…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsHow the GOP is Shopping for Health Bill Votes
Republican lawmakers, by keeping two Obamacare taxes on the wealthy, hope to mute Democratic arguments that their health care plan would take away benefits…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsCongress Has Air Traffic Control and Passenger Woes on its Radar
Lawmakers are debating legislation that would put air traffic control into private hands, provide protections to airline passengers and regulate drones, says…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsTrump's Travel Ban Tests Family Ties
CQ Roll Call reporters Dean DeChiaro and Gopal Ratnam explain the latest on President Donald Trump's travel ban, which went into partial effect June 29…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsObamacare in Peril
CQ's health reporter Kerry Young and magazine editor Shawn Zeller explain the consequences of the draft health care bill crafted by Senate Majority Leader…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsInside the Senate’s Secret Health Care Talks
Capping Medicaid payments is just one of several ideas Republican senators are kicking around as they struggle to fashion a health care bill to overhaul…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsIn Comey We Trust?
Lawmakers could be in for more drama in the days ahead as they are expected to question other Trump administration officials following the testimony of former…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsComey Ready to Talk
Ex-FBI Director James Comey is scheduled to testify on June 8 at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about the conversations with President Donald Trump…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsTrump Budget a Shock to Farmers, Needy and Environment
President Donald Trump's first budget calls for mammoth cuts to programs that benefit everyone from farmers to the poor to offset a boost to the Pentagon. Even…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsA Special Counsel for Russia
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller is now leading the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and the special counsel's work will likely…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsAll the Russia Probes Dogging the President
Congressional investigations, as well as the FBI's, into Russian interference in the 2016 election are ongoing, but what will happen to them now that President…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsVexed by North Korea
Plans to confront the nuclear threat from North Korea include building a missile defense system in Hawaii, say CQ Roll Call's defense reporters Megan Scully…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsAnother Attempt to Undo Obamacare, Another Set of Problems
The new effort by Republicans to repeal and replace Obamacare helped secure conservative votes, says CQ Roll Call health editor Rebecca Adams, but it raises…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsThe Long Road Ahead to Fixing America’s Transportation System
President Donald Trump wants to invest $1 trillion into the nation’s crumbling roads, bridges, tunnels and airports, as well as into drinking water, electric…