CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics

CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics


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Fintech Beat: Innovating the gig economy
September 28, 2021

Matt Spoke, the CEO of Moves Financial, talks about what it takes to innovate for the gig worker and change labor's relationship to capital. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Budget deep dive: Stopgap funding faces uncertainty in the Senate
September 24, 2021

The House passed a bill that would fund the government through Dec. 3, but it still needs to pass the evenly divided Senate. CQ Roll Call’s Jennifer Shutt and David Lerman break down the bill's path in the Senate, if Democrats will end up addressing the d

Equal Time with Mary C Curtis: 'It's always urgent when it's about vote, voice and power'
September 23, 2021

Climate change — a major concern of this week’s United Nations General Assembly — affects people across the globe through immigration, food production and the economy, to name a few. But as Ashley K. Shelton tells Mary C. Curtis, climate change is also sp

Political Theater: The Circus’ comes back to (this) town
September 22, 2021

The Circus is back in town. At least Showtime’s political documentary series "The Circus" is back, resuming its sixth season this past Sunday. And the show has no shortage of topics to explore. Just in the coming weeks Congress is staring at a possible go

Fintech Beat: The bill to bring crypto clarity?
September 21, 2021

Congress is trying to bring clarity to crypto. In this episode, we discuss the most ambitious proposal to date with former CFTC General Counsel Patrick McCarty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Budget deep dive: Where things stand on reconciliation
September 17, 2021

House Democrats wrapped up markups for the 13 sections of the reconciliation package this week, sending the draft text to the Budget Committee where it’ll be compiled before heading to the Rules Committee. But disagreements between moderate and progressiv

Political Theater: Can Congress stay bipartisan on Olympic oversight?
September 15, 2021

Congress is deeply split, but not when it comes to the Olympics. Former U.S. women's national gymnastics’ team doctor Larry Nassar’s serial sexual abuse of female gymnasts provoked bipartisan action to toughen oversight of the Olympics organizing committe

Fintech Beat: Exit interview with Brian Quintenz
September 14, 2021

Former CFTC Commissioner Brian Quintenz joins Fintech Beat to talk about his tenure and the recent confrontations between the crypto industry and government. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Equal Time with Mary C Curtis: Reconciliation, infrastructure and the social safety net
September 09, 2021

President Joe Biden made clear from his first day in office that social justice issues are at the top of his economic agenda. A "human" infrastructure bill remains on Congress's to-do list, which includes subsidies for child care, education, paid leave, h

‘Detainee 001’ and the untold story of the American Taliban, John Walker Lindh
September 08, 2021

Filmmaker Greg Barker’s new documentary, “Detainee 001” comes at a turning point in U.S history and its timing could not be more ideal. The story of John Walker Lindh, the “American Taliban” makes for a poignant narrative as the United States stands on th