CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics

CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics


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How Republicans Can Lose the Senate
October 07, 2016

Get an insider’s take on the cliffhanger battles in the six states that will determine control of the Senate with Roll Call’s Nathan Gonzales and representatives from two of the largest Republican and Democratic Super PACs. @iprior1177 and...

Thorny Issues Await a Divided Supreme Court
September 30, 2016

The Supreme Court begins its new term with several hot-button issues to consider, says CQ Roll Call's Legal Affairs writer Todd Ruger. A justice to watch is Stephen Breyer, who could play a pivotal role on the short-handed court in deciding...

Flint Aid Averts Government Shutdown
September 28, 2016

A deal to fund the government until December 9 all came down to House Republicans giving in to Democratic demands to help Flint, Michigan, address its contaminated water crisis. CQ Roll Call’s Managing Editor Adriel Bettelheim and Budget and Economy...

Clinton, Trump Battle on Long Island
September 23, 2016

Jonathan Allen, Roll Call columnist and co-author of the New York Times best-seller HRC:State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton, sets up Monday night's first presidential debate, discussing what Hillary Clinton needs to do to keep Donald...

Government Stopgap & Impeaching The Tax Guy
September 16, 2016

With fewer than two weeks left to fund the government past the Sept. 30 end of the fiscal year, deal-making in Congress is in overdrive, says CQ Roll Call’s Budget reporter Jennifer Shutt. Lawmakers will have to overcome a slew of sticking points to...

GOP Tries to Defang Agency That Fined Wells Fargo
September 15, 2016

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau created after the 2008 financial crisis just fined Wells Fargo millions of dollars for creating unauthorized accounts for 1.5 million customers, but Republicans in Congress want to strip it of its powers....

Funding Feud, Political Plotting & Deadly Drugs
September 09, 2016

Three weeks before the government runs out of money, Congress has two options: a three-month extension of current spending favored by most lawmakers or a six-month fix pushed by a group of House conservatives, says CQ Roll Call’s Budget and...

Spending Fights Await Lawmakers & Anti-Establishment Fervor Doesn't Trickle Down Ballot
August 31, 2016

With little possibility of any of the 12 spending bills getting done to prevent a government shutdown, lawmakers return to consider stopgap tricks to fund the government beyond September 30. The question is for how long, says CQ Roll Call’s...

Congress' Geek Caucus Tackles Tech
August 12, 2016

Congress is grappling with a plethora of technology-related legislation that appears to be headed nowhere fast, in part because of concerns over security and privacy. The Internet of Things Caucus hopes to provide a bridge for understanding the issues...

How to Dump Trump
August 11, 2016

Many have asked what it would take to remove Donald Trump from the GOP ticket and nominate a new presidential candidate. CQ Roll Call’s senior Senate reporter Niels Lesniewski and managing editor Adriel Bettelheim lay out how it could be done.