Sinopsis
Focus On Policy: CQ reporters and editors dig deep into the breaking developments in Congress and the federal government. They provide expert, nonpartisan news and analysis on high-stakes matters such as government shutdowns, fights over federal spending, legislation, cybersecurity, the Supreme Court, lobbying and money in politics.
Episodios
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State and foreign operations: Top issues in the spending bill
22/12/2020 Duración: 02minCongress has passed the fiscal year 2021 spending bill to fund the federal government through September next year. CQ Roll Call’s Rachel Oswald breaks down what you need to know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Tech: Top issues in the spending bill
22/12/2020 Duración: 02minCongress has passed the fiscal year 2021 spending bill to fund the federal government through September next year. CQ Roll Call’s Dean DeChiaro breaks down what you need to know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Budget deep dive: Congress clears omnibus spending package with coronavirus relief
22/12/2020 Duración: 19minCQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Jennifer Shutt discuss the $1.4 trillion spending package, breaking down what’s in it and where the $900 billion in COVID-19 relief is going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Labor: Top issues in the spending bill
22/12/2020 Duración: 02minCongress has passed the fiscal year 2021 spending bill to fund the federal government through September next year. CQ Roll Call’s Jim Saksa breaks down what you need to know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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HUD: Top issues in the spending bill
22/12/2020 Duración: 02minCongress has passed the fiscal year 2021 spending bill to fund the federal government through September next year. CQ Roll Call’s Jim Saksa breaks down what you need to know about housing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Transportation: Top issues in the spending bill
22/12/2020 Duración: 02minCongress has passed the fiscal year 2021 spending bill to fund the federal government through September next year. CQ Roll Call’s Jessica Wehrman breaks down what you need to know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Environment: Top issues in the spending bill
22/12/2020 Duración: 02minCongress has passed the fiscal year 2021 spending bill to fund the federal government through September next year. CQ Roll Call’s Joseph Morton breaks down what you need to know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Agriculture: Top issues in the spending bill
22/12/2020 Duración: 04minCongress has passed the fiscal year 2021 spending bill to fund the federal government through September next year. CQ Roll Call’s Ellyn Ferguson breaks down what you need to know about the agriculture department. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Energy: Top issues in the spending bill
22/12/2020 Duración: 02minCongress has passed the fiscal year 2021 spending bill to fund the federal government through September next year. CQ Roll Call’s Ben Hulac breaks down what you need to know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Immigration: Top issues in the spending bill
22/12/2020 Duración: 03minCongress has passed the fiscal year 2021 spending bill to fund the federal government through September next year. CQ Roll Call’s Camila DeChalus breaks down what you need to know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Appropriations: Top issues with the spending bill
22/12/2020 Duración: 03minCongress has passed the fiscal year 2021 spending bill to fund the federal government through September next year. CQ Roll Call’s Jenn Shutt breaks down what you need to know about the omnibus package. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Health and Human Services: Top issues in the spending bill
22/12/2020 Duración: 03minCongress has passed the fiscal year 2021 spending bill to fund the federal government through September next year. CQ Roll Call’s Mary Ellen McIntire breaks down what you need to know about HHS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Fintech Beat: Fintech’s futures past
22/12/2020 Duración: 27minFintech Beat sits down with Matt Harris, partner at Bain Capital Venture, to discuss how the COVID-19 crisis has accelerated trends of automation and fintech adoption, and what it means for the future of fintech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Budget: What's in the deal?
21/12/2020 Duración: 05minIt has been months in the making but Congress finally compromised and agreed to a COVID-aid package. CQ Roll Call's budget tracker David Lehrman breaks it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Political Theater's The Transition: A showdown over Federal Reserve powers stalls COVID aid deal
18/12/2020 Duración: 18minWe're looking at a dispute that is threatening the delicate coronavirus relief bill negotiations that are also tied to a Friday at midnight government funding deadline. The GOP wants to limit Federal Reserve lending programs that would tie the hands of a Biden administration. Also, we examine what energy and environment policy will look like as President-elect Biden's Cabinet comes into focus. CQ Roll Call's Jim Saksa hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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CQ Future: Working mothers
18/12/2020 Duración: 26minSecretary of State Hillary Clinton's former policy planning director Anne-Marie Slaughter shocked the world when she quit her high-powered job and wrote an article for The Atlantic, "Why Women Still Can't Have it All." Fast forward eight years. One book later and the head of the think tank New America, Slaughter has done a lot of writing and thinking about working mothers. The pandemic has upended families and profoundly wounded working mothers. CQ Roll Call's Shawn Zeller sits down with Slaughter to discuss the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Political Theater's The Transition: Trump's norm-busting. Let us count the ways
16/12/2020 Duración: 20minAmong the accomplishments of President Donald Trump is a crash-course in civics that showed the public that a lot of government business and transparency happens because of good will and cooperation, not statute. In the wake of Trump's busting so many norms about the presidency, there is discussion about what Congress can do to more clearly define presidential power in areas like releasing tax returns, congressional subpoenas and the pardon authority. CQ Roll Call Senior Writer Todd Ruger discusses how future presidents could be affected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Political Theater's The Transition: Sorry, but 2020's political drama will be leaking into 2021
15/12/2020 Duración: 20minWith the Electoral College certifying Joe Biden’s victory, and Senate Republicans acknowledging that fact, is the presidential race finally over? Not a chance! Katherine Tully-McManus discusses possible challenges to the congressional counting of electoral votes. Meanwhile, Biden picks Pete Buttigieg for Transportation Secretary and then heads to Georgia to stump for the Democrats in key Senate races coming up in less than a month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Health: Another COVID-19 vaccine looks like it's on the way
15/12/2020 Duración: 03minPublic documents released Tuesday show the efficacy of a vaccine produced by Moderna. If approved this week by the FDA another wave of COVID-19 vaccines will be made available to the public. CQ Roll Call's Emily Kopp reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Budget deep dive: Will COVID-19 aid be contained in the government spending package?
15/12/2020 Duración: 16minLawmakers are close to releasing text on a $1.4 trillion omnibus spending package which keep the government funded for the next year. But despite hope that COVID-19 relief might be a part of the spending package, key stumbling blocks still remain. CQ Roll Call’s Jennifer Shutt and David Lerman discuss the state of the spending package and what stumbling blocks lay ahead for a deal on COVID-19 relief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices