CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics

CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics


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CQ Budget: Gloomy fiscal forecast
February 17, 2023

Deficits over a decade will be 20 percent higher than forecast just nine months ago, and action is needed by summer to raise the debt limit, the Congressional Budget Office said in two new reports. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman and Peter Cohn assess the lat

Political Theater: Early onset political prognostication
February 17, 2023

It might be early in the 2024 election season, but that doesn't mean there aren't significant events, candidates, polling and topics to tune into. Nathan Gonzales, Roll Calls elections analyst and the publisher of Inside Elections, joins the podcast to d

CQ Budget: Battle lines drawn
February 10, 2023

Both parties have made their opening bids in the battle over raising the statutory debt limit. CQ Roll'sDavid Lerman, Paul M. Krawzak and Aidan Quigley outline the political dynamics in the Republican push for spending cuts and pledges to protect Social

Political Theater: The State of the Union is ... saucy
February 08, 2023

Just when you think the State of the Union address is played out, we get one like Tuesday's: A call and response of political spectacle that very clearly defined differences in policy and approach between Democrats and Republicans, and might have previewe

Fintech Beat: The Past and Future Silicon Valley
February 07, 2023

Historian Margaret O'Mara discusses how Silicon Valley has reinvented itself for nearly a century, and the forces shaping it now.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CQ Budget: Appropriations power shifts
February 03, 2023

The new Congress features a power shakeup on the House and Senate Appropriations Committees that will change how spending bills are written. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Paul M. Krawzak outline the leadership changes in appropriations an

Equal Time with Mary C. Curtis: When corporate activism takes center stage
January 31, 2023

How do companies achieve success and attractinvestors, and decide on how to center their own investments, while making adifference in the world?Cana companys value and its values align? And, whatisthe plan for navigating these issueswith knowledge

Political Theater: Where do Hollywood screenplays come from? Sometimes Washington
January 30, 2023

When we say Hollywood, its kind of like saying Washington. Theres more that makes up these places than just these places. In many cases, the people who make things go in Hollywood, like in Washington, come from somewhere else, and they land in tho

CQ Budget: Debt limit strategy
January 27, 2023

House Republicans are mulling a short-term suspension of the debt limit in an attempt to buy time for a bipartisan deal. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman and Paul M. Krawzak outline the dilemma facing the GOP as it seeks to pair a debt limit increase with spen

Political Theater: Comeback angles: Trump, McMahon and the art of never quitting
January 23, 2023

Its a reliable plotline. Old, battle-hardened wrestler left for dead and in exile mounts a comeback, looking to vanquish the people who always seem to underestimate him.Of course, were talking about Donald Trump. Or Vince McMahon. Or both. With us to d