CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics

CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics


Latest Episodes

CQ Budget: Senate fumble on Ukraine aid
May 13, 2022

CQ Roll Call's David Lerman and Peter Cohn explain the cause of the holdup a $40 billion Ukraine aid measure and what it may mean for pandemic-related funding bills waiting in the wings.

Political Theater: Six months out, why these congressional incumbents are vulnerable
May 12, 2022

The most vulnerable congressional incumbents of the 2022 midterm elections.

CQ Budget: Aid package puzzle
May 06, 2022

CQ Roll Call's David Lerman and Lindsey McPherson discuss the latest twists and turns in assembling billions of dollars of supplemental funding.

Political Theater: Mod (Com) Squad: The people modernizing Congress
May 05, 2022

Reps. Derek Kilmer and Williams Timmons are under no illusion about the challenges to make Congress a more modern and efficient institution. But as the leaders of the House Selection Committee on the Modernization of Congress, the two are walking the walk

Fintech Beat: Fintech For Farmers?
May 03, 2022

AcreTrader Founder Carter Malloy.

CQ Budget: Aid quandary for Congress
April 29, 2022

The tangle over supplemental funding and assess the prospects for fiscal 2023 appropriations, a downsized "Build Back Better" measure and more.

Political Theater: White House Correspondents' Dinner is back: Expect super-spreader jokes
April 28, 2022

What to expect at the first White House Correspondents' Association Dinner since 2019.

Budget deep dive: Will the reconciliation bill pass soon?
November 12, 2021

The House could vote as soon as next week on the roughly $2 trillion reconciliation package, sending it to the Senate where it's provisions could be changed. CQ Roll Call’s Jennifer Shutt and David Lerman break down the latest around the reconciliation pa

Political Theater: Infrastructure Week: No longer a punchline
November 11, 2021

It's a good time to be Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. With President Biden about to sign an infrastructure bill into law, Buttigieg is one of its chief salesmen. CQ Roll Call's Jessica Wehrman joins the Political Theater podcast to discuss the b