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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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Political Theater: Nothing is simple in the Senate
Political Theater: Nothing is simple in the Senate Nothing is simple in the Senate Ah, the Senate. Anything you think should be simple never really is…
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Fintech Beat: UK Crypto Regulation (and MiCA)
Barney Reynolds walks through UK approaches to crypto, and how they diverge from the EU. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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CQ Budget: The politics of raising the debt limit
House Republicans are drafting legislation offering Democrats a debt limit increase combined with discretionary spending caps, tougher work requirements for…
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Political Theater: The National Press Club, explained
The National Press Club is part of the fabric of Washington politics and news. It is a professional and social gathering place for people in the news, or…
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Equal Time with Mary C. Curtis: How Black women, America’s invisible ‘saviors,’ can rewrite the narrative
With Black women rising to prominence in politics, the arts and every field in between, it could be said that it is their moment in history. But dig deeper and…
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CQ Budget: IRS funding in crosshairs
The IRS unveiled a 10-year spending plan designed to crack down on wealthy tax dodgers and improve customer service, but Republicans warned against an 'army"…
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Fintech Beat: What is (Good and Bad about) Embedded Finance?
Mike Hinkley, founder of the Growth Equity Interview Guide and formerly of Airbnb, joins the podcast to take a deep dive into the problems and opportunities of…
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CQ Budget: Debt limit pressure tactics
Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and President Joe Biden traded letters over talks to raise the debt limit as each side sought to ramp up the pressure for a…
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Political Theater: Worlds collide: Separation of powers fights heat up
The country’s founders were big fans of separating the powers of the branches of government. The current tussles among Congress, the White House and the courts…
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CQ Budget: Spending cuts standoff
President Joe Biden wants to see a Republican budget before resuming fiscal talks with Speaker Kevin McCarthy. But Republicans say their budget will be delayed…
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Fintech Beat: Is this crisis (really) like 2008?
Amias Gerety, former Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions, discusses what’s new, and what’s different, in the SVB and Credit Suisse banking…
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Political Theater: Yes, they look at ALL the votes
For decades, CQ has studied the votes of members of Congress and lined them up according to party unity, loyalty to the president, participation, and more…
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CQ Budget: GOP's budget attack
Senate Republican budget writers waged a multifront offensive on President Joe Biden's fiscal 2024 budget request, while Democrats pointed to a Congressional…
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Political Theater: The Gridiron Club, explained
The Gridiron Club is one of Washington’s longest-standing journalism institutions. Founded in 1885, it is known for its annual dinner, a gathering of club…
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Fintech Beat: Dante Disparte on Circle, Stablecoins and Silicon Valley Bank’s Lessons for Policymakers
Circle’s Chief Strategy Officer Dante Disparte offers his perspective from front lines after the most harrowing week in the banking sector since the 2008…
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CQ Budget: Dissecting Biden's budget
President Joe Biden unveiled a fiscal 2024 blueprint that Republicans have promised to oppose. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Peter Cohn and Aidan Quigley…
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Fintech Beat: Product Market Fit
Ayo Omojola, head of product for Carbon Health and former product lead for Cash App, explains the engineering of new fintech experiences. Learn more about your…
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Political Theater: Hope and Despair on the Campaign Trail '24
Trump-first Republicans have CPAC. Never Trumpers have Principles First. And on one magical weekend, the two twain did meet, or at least met at roughly the…
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CQ Budget: Preparing for budget release
As they await President Joe Biden's fiscal 2024 budget request, lawmakers are mulling the prospects for a budget resolution and issuing new guidance for…
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Political Theater: The environmental, agricultural and moral stakes in ‘The Smell of Money’
The documentary “The Smell of Money” chronicles several North Carolina families’ fight for environmental justice against pork producers whose facilities…
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Fintech Beat: Grayscale's Oral Argument
Grayscale Investments CEO Michael Sonnenshein and Chief Legal Officer Craig Salm discuss their proposed Bitcoin ETF and lawsuit with the SEC. Learn more about…
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CQ Budget: The politics of Medicare funding
President Joe Biden's accusation that Republicans are trying to cut Medicare triggered a counterattack by the GOP: that the Biden administration wants to cut…
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Fintech Beat: Chat GPT’s IP Landmines
Skadden Arps super lawyer Stu Levi joins the podcast to talk about what Chat GPT means for intellectual property law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
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CQ Budget: Gloomy fiscal forecast
Deficits over a decade will be 20 percent higher than forecast just nine months ago, and action is needed by summer to raise the debt limit, the Congressional…
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Political Theater: Early onset political prognostication
It might be early in the 2024 election season, but that doesn't mean there aren't significant events, candidates, polling and topics to tune into. Nathan…
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CQ Budget: Battle lines drawn
Both parties have made their opening bids in the battle over raising the statutory debt limit. CQ Roll's David Lerman, Paul M. Krawzak and Aidan Quigley…
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Political Theater: The State of the Union is ... saucy
Just when you think the State of the Union address is played out, we get one like Tuesday's: A call and response of political spectacle that very clearly…
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Fintech Beat: The Past and Future Silicon Valley
Historian Margaret O'Mara discusses how Silicon Valley has reinvented itself for nearly a century, and the forces shaping it now. Learn more about your ad…
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CQ Budget: Appropriations power shifts
The new Congress features a power shakeup on the House and Senate Appropriations Committees that will change how spending bills are written. CQ Roll Call's…
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Equal Time with Mary C. Curtis: When corporate activism takes center stage
How do companies achieve success and attract investors, and decide on how to center their own investments, while making a difference in the world? Can a…
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Political Theater: Where do Hollywood screenplays come from? Sometimes Washington
When we say “Hollywood,” it’s kind of like saying “Washington.” There’s more that makes up these places than just – these places. In many cases, the people who…
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CQ Budget: Debt limit strategy
House Republicans are mulling a short-term suspension of the debt limit in an attempt to buy time for a bipartisan deal. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman and Paul…
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Political Theater: Comeback angles: Trump, McMahon and the art of never quitting
It’s a reliable plotline. Old, battle-hardened wrestler left for dead and in exile mounts a comeback, looking to vanquish the people who always seem to…
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CQ Budget: Two fiscal brawls ahead
Both parties have raised the stakes in a battle over lifting the statutory debt limit. And House Republicans are promising big spending cuts while they try to…
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Fintech Beat: Howey gonna regulate crypto?
Lewis Cohen joins Jai Massari to discuss a new reading of the Howey Test designed to clear up regulatory uncertainty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
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CQ Budget: Fiscal train wreck ahead?
A partisan showdown over the debt limit and Republican promises to slash spending could add up to a fiscal train wreck this year for a divided new Congress. CQ…
- CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics
CQ Budget: Fiscal train wreck ahead?
A partisan showdown over the debt limit and Republican promises to slash spending could add up to a fiscal train wreck this year for a divided new Congress. CQ…
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Political Theater: "The Flagmakers," sews a portrait of an icon and the people who make it
The flag of the United States is a worldwide icon. It’s a symbol of liberty with a complicated history. “The Flagmakers” a documentary from veteran filmmakers…
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Fintech Beat: After the Asteroid: What’s next for Fintech in 2023?
Steve McLaughlin, the founder and CEO FT Partners, talks about what to look out for in fintech in 2023 and beyond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
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Political Theater: Bridge to Somewhere: Joe and Mitch on the Ohio River
The Brent Spence Bridge over the Ohio River has long been a symbol of the country's crumbling infrastructure, a familiar prop politicians used as backdrop to…
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CQ Budget: Next year's fiscal outlook
Lawmakers finally cleared an omnibus spending package three months late, but a divided Congress next year is sure to make fiscal policy even more contentious…
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Fintech Beat: The Vanishing Fintech IPO
Jigar Patel, Morgan Stanley's Fintech Chief, joins the show to talk about the present, and future, of fintech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
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Fintech Beat: Crypto after the Crash: The View from Singapore
Chee Kin Lam, the head of legal and compliance at DBS, Singapore’s largest bank, offers his views on crypto, and regulation from around the world. Learn more…
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CQ Budget: Omnibus showdown
Congress has one week left to complete an overdue omnibus spending package for the current fiscal year. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson, Aidan…
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Fintech Beat: What's the carbon footprint of your bank account?
ATMOS Financial Co-Founder and CEO Ravi Mikkelsen offers a deep dive on the future of Green Finance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
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Political Theater: 'Retrograde' chronicles the human consequences of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan
Matthew Heineman is one of the pre-eminent documentary filmmakers working, and his movies have provided ground level views of the world not available to many…
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CQ Budget: Omnibus Spending Talks Heat Up
After weeks of inaction, top appropriators and congressional leaders began making headway on a bipartisan deal that would pave the way for an overdue omnibus…
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Political Theater: Race, football and religion: Sorting through the Georgia Senate runoff
On Dec. 6, the last race of the 2022 campaign will conclude, when voting in Georgia ends in the runoff between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican…
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Political Theater: Measure for measure, the drama of the 2022 midterms starts to conclude
Things we know about the 2022 midterms: There will be a House Republican majority and a Senate Democratic majority. Elections went pretty smoothly. Incumbents…
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CQ Budget: Lame-duck fiscal agenda
After a split verdict in the midterm elections, a lame-duck Congress under Democratic control will try to complete its fiscal agenda. CQ Roll Call's David…
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Fintech Beat: Figure CEO Mike Cagney on (Real World) Blockchain Applications
Mike Cagney joins Chris Brummer to talk about concrete use cases for blockchain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Political Theater: The known knowns of the 2022 midterm election
As we prepare for Election Day, what are the things we know that we know about the 2022 midterm election? As the late Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld once…
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Equal Time with Mary C. Curtis: A celebration and reflection – and looking to the future -- after National Hispanic Heritage Month
When America started officially honoring Hispanic heritage in 1968, it was a one-week celebration. Though the country now marks National Hispanic Heritage…
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Political Theater: Up close and superPAC: Fisher Stevens and Karim Amer on their docuseries ‘The Lincoln Project’
The history of The Lincoln Project is a flash point in contemporary politics. A superPAC founded by high-profile Republican strategists who opposed…
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Political Theater: 'No Time to Fail' — An empathetic look at the people who make elections work
There has never been a better time to see how elections work. With intense interest in campaigns, and with the foundations of representative democracy at…
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Fintech Beat: Mairead McGuinness on Innovation, Crypto Regulation and Europe
Commissioner McGuiness, Europe's most powerful regulator, discusses crypto regulation and innovation policy at DC Fintech Week. Learn more about your ad…
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Political Theater: Supreme Court keeps on truckin'
Congress is in its pre-election recess lull. The president is signing a bunch of bills people can’t remember. But the Supreme Court is running at full speed…
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Fintech Beat: What Fintechs and Regulators Have in Common
Jo Ann Barefoot joins co-host Amias Gerety to explain the necessity of taking policy, and innovation, seriously. You can check out Jo Ann’s podcast, The…
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Fintech Beat: Converging on DC Fintech Week
Dante Disparte and Chris Brummer sit down to talk about the Circle's Converge conference and DC Fintech Week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
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CQ Budget: Stopgap funding finale
President Joe Biden signed a short-term spending measure that staves off the risk of a partial government shutdown until mid-December. But a lame-duck session…