CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics

CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics


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Environment: Climate change across the globe
May 12, 2021

U.S. Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Wednesday to talk about efforts to form a global effort on climate change. As CQ Roll Call's Joseph Morton reports China took center stage. 3:47 Learn more abou

Fintech Beat: The GameStop hearings — and what comes next
May 11, 2021

Dennis Kelleher, the CEO of Better Markets and point man for investor advocacy in D.C., provides an insider account of the GameStop hearings — and what comes next at the SEC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Equal Time with Mary C. Curtis: Righting economic wrongs of the past
May 11, 2021

Cecilia Rouse is the first Black woman to chair the Council of Economic Advisers, a White House think tank, of sorts, on economic policy. Yes, she has an impressive background — dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and a member

Budget deep dive: Budget season preview
May 07, 2021

Lawmakers are bracing for a hectic few months, with President Biden’s budget request expected by Memorial Day, House committee markups in June, and a potential reconciliation bill for Biden’s infrastructure, education and child care plans. CQ Roll Call’s

Political Theater: History and drama: Republicans’ 2022 balancing act
May 06, 2021

Heading into the 2022 midterm elections, history and redistricting favor House Republicans. But even with built-in advantages, there are some wild cards to consider, particularly former President Donald Trump’s effect and some internal party drama that th

Equal Time with Mary C. Curtis: The tax lady cometh
May 06, 2021

What do paying taxes and racial equity have to do with one another? As it turns out, quite a lot since American tax policy is written in a way that keeps Black Americans impoverished, according to Professor Dorothy Brown, author of  “The Whiteness of Weal

Penn Wharton: Biden's families plan would cost $2.5 trillion
May 05, 2021

New analysis from Penn Wharton finds that President Biden’s family aid package — which would expand child care, education and more — would cost more than advertised if passed, and the proposed tax increases won’t raise as much as expected. Doug Sword repo

Fintech Beat: Singapore’s fintech chief breaks down Partior, its blockchain-based cross-border payments system
May 04, 2021

Sopnendu Mohanty, Singapore’s fintech chief, breaks down Partior, the “watershed” blockchain-based platform for cross-border payments announced by JPMorgan Chase, Singapore’s Temasek Holdings and DBS Group Holdings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

Budget deep dive: Biden goes even bigger on spending
April 30, 2021

President Joe Biden outlined his plan for spending big on key areas in his prime-time address to Congress, calling for over $4 trillion in new spending with tax hikes on corporations and upper-income households. CQ Roll Call’s Jennifer Shutt and David Ler

CQ Future: Refugee policy
April 30, 2021

"It is deeply broken." That is the overall assessment of the process and policy to let refugees into the country from the former head of the agency in charge of immigration. Both sides of the aisle likely agree with Doris Meissner, a senior fellow with th