CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics

CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics


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The Prickly Road Ahead for Repealing Obamacare
January 27, 2017

CQ Roll Call Health reporter Joe Williams brings us up to speed on the developments of Republican efforts to decimate Obamacare, what came out of the GOP policy retreat in Philadelphia and whether President Donald Trump’s symbolic...

NAFTA, Consumer Regulations on Trump's Undo List
January 20, 2017

President Donald Trump is likely to use executive orders to address Obama administration regulations and long-standing concerns about the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada, says CQ Roll Call's Trade Reporter Ellyn Ferguson....

Spooked by Russia
January 13, 2017

CQ Roll Call’s national security reporter Ryan Lucas separates fact from fiction on all the Russia-related reports that have thrown the nation’s capital into a tizzy. 

Congress Set to Revoke Last-Minute Obama Regulations ... But There's a Risk
January 13, 2017

CQ Roll Call's Senate leadership reporter Niels Lesniewski walks us through how the GOP-controlled Congress can roll out the Congressional Review Act to rescind some of President Barack Obama’s last-minute regulations.

Steps to Repealing Obamacare and the Republican Stragglers ​
January 06, 2017

CQ Roll Call's resident budget guru Paul Krawzak spells out the steps Republicans will take to achieve a repeal of Obamacare. The fast-track approach, however, is facing resistance within the GOP, says Health reporter Erin Mershon.

Senate Hearing on Trump’s Pick for Justice Department Could Preview Supreme Court Battle
December 16, 2016

Even before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in, the Senate will move forward with a hearing on Trump’s nomination of Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions to head the Justice Department, which has already inspired fierce opposition and...

CIA Russian Hacking Assessment Roils Congress
December 13, 2016

CQ Roll Call's National Security reporter Ryan Lucas explains how Republicans and Democrats reach sometimes conflicting conclusions about whether the Kremlin tried to throw the election to Donald Trump.

Repealing Obamacare Could Undermine New Mental Health Initiative
December 07, 2016

Democratic Congressman Frank Pallone of New Jersey discusses his fear that a bipartisan $6.3 billion health package that would also overhaul the mental health system could be undercut by GOP efforts to repeal the health care law. He tells CQ Roll...