CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics

CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics


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Political Theater: We love it when you're vulnerable: Swing districts, members versus members and more
September 21, 2022

Elections always come down to a choice. Someone wins, someone loses, and Roll Call has long chronicled the path to Election Day by reporting on Congress' most vulnerable incumbents. It’s an evolving cast, and with roughly a month-and-half to go, we take m

Fintech Beat: Home Prices and Mortgage Costs: Why the US Housing Regulator is Looking Into Fintech
September 19, 2022

Jason Cave, Deputy Director of the FHFA talks fintech and what the agency's new office for innovation might mean for mortgage markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CQ Budget: Spending talks morass
September 16, 2022

Negotiations on a short-term measure to avoid a partial government shutdown next month have stalled, as disputes over environmental permitting, coronavirus aid, disaster relief and more create obstacles to a deal. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman and Peter Coh

Political Theater: Law and order revisited at "Riotsville, USA"
September 15, 2022

Filmmaker Sierra Pettengill’s documentary, “Riotsville, USA,” examines the history of the government’s efforts to crack down on protest movements. The title refers to the ersatz towns the military built for counter-protest training, and the film's archiva

CQ Budget: Obstacles to stopgap funding
September 09, 2022

A short-term funding measure to head off a partial government shutdown is now caught up in fights over emergency spending requests and an effort to streamline federal permitting for energy projects. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson and Aidan

Political Theater: Weird times, Weird poll numbers
September 08, 2022

Politics works in patterns. But we might be in one of those outlier election cycles, when politics don’t always match up with typical narratives. Roll Call Elections Analyst Nathan L. Gonzales joins the Political Theater podcast to discuss. Learn more ab

Equal Time with Mary C. Curtis: Progress? Certainly. But has the Americans with Disabilities Act changed the country enough?
August 30, 2022

Nicole Patton, the Manager of State Government Relations at the National Down Syndrome Society, and Charlotte Woodward, the Education Program Associate for NDSS

Fintech Beat: Ransomware (and Crypto) 101
August 24, 2022

Guest host Julian Ha with Elementus founder Max Galka

CQ Budget: A win for Democrats
August 18, 2022

Democrats celebrated the passage of their climate, health and tax package, but debate over the partisan measure now moves to the campaign trail. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Laura Weiss and Paul M. Krawzak examine what the new law could mean for the midte

Political Theater: Strange days are here: August in Washington
August 17, 2022

Brandon Wetherbee of Recommend If You Like magazine drops by to riff on the dog days in D.C.