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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 PoliticsRail Planners Try to Avoid Tunnel Vision
The 457-mile rail route from Washington to Boston is the busiest in the country, connecting four of the nation's 10 largest metropolitan areas and serving…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsWhy a Popular, Bipartisan Email Privacy Plan Stalled in Congress
A House bill that would require warrants for government access to personal and business emails attracted more than 300 co-sponsors as well as support from…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsDeal-Cutting to Fund the Government Keeps Congress Working Overtime
The House and Senate couldn't finish their legislative year by a self-imposed Dec. 11 deadline. That means a handful of lawmakers will have to make crucial…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsWhy the Paris Climate Talks Resulted in Few Binding Agreements
A two-week United Nations conference in Paris on climate change is coming to a close, and while the agreements that emerge carry moral and political weight…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsA Tempest Over Biofuel Use
The Environmental Protection Agency tried to strike a compromise setting mandates for the use of ethanol and other renewable fuels next year. But the balancing…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsYear-End Government Spending Battle Ripens
The days are ticking down on the legislative calendar and the big unresolved business in Congress is a giant spending bill that’s supposed to keep government…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsFeds Look to Tighten Their Grip on Recreational Drones
As many as 700,000 drones could be sold to American consumers this holiday season. But those unmanned aircraft will be taking to the skies on Christmas morning…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsMental Health Overhaul Could Boost Money for Psychiatric Hospitals
Congress is looking at whether psychiatric hospitals can bill the Medicaid program to care for adults — a move that signals a potential shift in lawmakers'…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsNo Child Left Behind Law May Get a Facelift
School administrators and other education groups could get an early Christmas gift if Congress overhauls the controversial 2002 education law known as No Child…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsWhy Paul Ryan's Honeymoon As House Speaker Won't Last
New House Speaker Paul Ryan’s grace period with his fractious House Republican caucus could run out next year, when demands for ideological purity collide with…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsDespite Paris Attacks, New US War Declaration Against ISIS a Long Shot
Congress appears unlikely to pursue a new authorization for use of military force against the Islamic State. Republicans and Democrats remain deeply divided…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsFarmers Face New Rules As FDA Tries to Get Ahead of Food-borne Bugs
The Food and Drug Administration is trying to be more proactive combating food-borne illness. But there are questions about whether it has the money to…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsHow Rep. Ken Calvert Took One For the GOP Team
A mild-mannered Republican congressman from Southern California unwittingly helped torpedo the annual appropriations process this summer, by triggering a…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsLobbying for Indian Gaming Flourishes a Decade After Scandal
A battle between two Arizona tribes over Indian casinos is offering proof of how the Jack Abramoff scandal that rocked K Street, Congress and Indian country a…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsCopycat Drugs Raise The Question: What’s In a Name?
An estimated $60 billion worth of biotechnology drugs will lose patent protection next year and the Food and Drug Administration and the government’s top…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsKevin Brady:Will "Relentlessly Pursue Tax Reform"
Ways & Mens Chairman Kevin Brady of Texas Talks to CQ Roll Call About Overhauling the Corporate Tax Code and a National Sales Tax. Learn more about your ad…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsWhere Does the Tussle Over Encryption Stand in a Post-Snowden World?
The Obama administration has given up on half-hearted efforts to require companies to provide the government with access to encrypted electronic communications…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsHighway Funding Crunch Presses Congress
Congress faces a Nov. 20 deadline to authorize spending on the nation’s highway and mass transit programs, another big task on lawmakers’ year-end to-do list…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsObama's Clean Power Plan Faces Court Challenges
The Obama administration’s limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants have triggered a slew of lawsuits and set off a tempest for states, utilities…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsWhy The Obama Administration Is Tiptoeing Through Syria
The Obama administration has taken a lot of heat for a Middle East policy that critics see as naïve and feckless. A CQ Weekly cover story shows how it’s most…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsWhy Tens of Millions of Americans Lack High-Speed Internet
Republicans, Democrats and the White House all agree on the need to expand high-speed Internet to outlying areas. But there are sticky questions about how to…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsBudget Deal:Fragile Truce?
A two-year agreement to lift budget caps and raise the government’s debt ceiling is speeding through Congress in time to beat a deadline for raising the…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsFlaw in the U.S.'s Costly Warplane of the Future
Some pilots could be killed during ejections from the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter being developed for the U.S. military under a nearly $400 billion program to…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsHurdles to Paying for Surface Transportation Projects
Congress is considering legislation to fund sorely needed surface transportation programs nationwide but hasn't figured out how to pay for it. CQ's Adriel…
CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsObamacare & Medicare
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CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsBattle for Speaker of the House
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CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsWhy the House Could Lead to a Government Shutdown
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CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsSen. Chuck Grassley's 82nd Birthday
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CQ Roll Call Policy and PoliticsIntroducing Rep. Darin LaHood
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