CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics

CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics


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Fintech Beat: The startup innovating the fintech of food stamps
June 08, 2021

The CEO of Propel, a startup dedicated to helping low-income Americans improve their financial health, sits down to talk about how his venture capital-backed startup is innovating how food stamp recipients manage their benefits. Learn more about your ad c

Demographics: What makes a city?
June 07, 2021

As OMB considers tinkering with the official population threshold of "city" for the first time in 70+ years, leaders in 144 cities fear they may lose billions of dollars. CQ Roll Call's Michael Macagnone reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me

Budget deep dive: Appropriators prepare for abortion funding fight
June 04, 2021

Democrats plan to remove the Hyde amendment from the House appropriations measure, igniting a battle with Republicans. CQ Roll Call’s Jennifer Shutt and Sandhya Raman break down the impending fight over federal abortion funding in Congress, looking at the

Equal Time with Mary C. Curtis: Why do Black American women die having babies?
June 03, 2021

The United States has the highest -- yes, the highest -- maternal mortality rates in the developed world. Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related issues than white women. That is in keeping with other sobering statistics of r

Budget: To reconcile or not
June 02, 2021

The Senate parliamentarian says use of a special procedure to pass multiple filibuster-proof bills should be reserved for "extraordinary circumstances." CQ Roll Call's Paul Krawzak reports on what those might be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m

Health: Vaccine update
June 02, 2021

The president is determined to reach his target of 70 percent of the nation vaccinated by July 4. CQ Roll Call's Emily Kopp reports on the latest administration plans to get there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Demographics: Diverse voters
June 01, 2021

The most diverse electorate in the country’s history headed to the polls in 2020, but pollsters and party officials aren't quite sure how to tap that potential source of political support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Political Theater: ‘The Courier’: How friendship trumped Cold War politics
June 01, 2021

The United States and Russia have a tense political relationship, which will be on display later this month when President Joe Biden has called Russian leader Vladimir Putin meet for a summit. But the two countries don't have to look to far in the past to

Health: To mask or not
June 01, 2021

While the pandemic begins to lift there are still many questions about moving forward. CQ Roll Call's Lauren Clason reports on lingering questions about masks, efficacy of vaccines and breakthrough cases of COVID-19. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi

Fintech Beat: Encore: All you need to know about Ant Group (and its cancelled IPO)
June 01, 2021

Fintech Beat is off for Memorial Day, so we decided to look back at an episode with Hong Kong University professor Douglas Arner where we talked about the origins of Ant Group, its regulatory shortcomings in the Chinese financial system, and when he expec