CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics

Grayscale Investments CEO Michael Sonnenshein and Chief Legal Officer Craig Salm discuss their proposed Bitcoin ETF and lawsuit with the SEC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Joe Biden's accusation that Republicans are trying to cut Medicare triggered a counterattack by the GOP: that the Biden administration wants to cut benefits in Medicare Advantage plans. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman and Jessie Hellmann unpack the basis of those claims and the potential impact of new administrative rules for the privately run Medicare Advantage plans.  Learn more about your...

Skadden Arps super lawyer Stu Levi joins the podcast to talk about what Chat GPT means for intellectual property law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 latest budget forecasts and what they may mean for the spending and debt limit battles to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

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 Call’s elections analyst and the publisher of Inside Elections, joins the podcast to discuss why it's so important to pay attention to what's going on now.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Both parties have made their opening bids in the battle over raising the statutory debt limit. CQ Roll's David Lerman, Paul M. Krawzak and Aidan Quigley outline the political dynamics in the Republican push for spending cuts and pledges to protect Social Security and Medicare. They also assess how new members could influence spending bills in the Appropriations Committees. Learn more about your ad...

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 previewed the 2024 campaign ahead for President Joe Biden and the GOP. Niels Lesniewski and Jim Saksa join the podcast to discuss the raucous caucus.  Le...

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

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 and assess the political dynamics in the battle over raising the statutory debt limit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...

How do companies achieve success and attract investors, and decide on how to center their own investments, while making a difference in the world? Can a company’s value and its values align? And, what is the plan for navigating these issues with knowledge and nuance. On this month's 'Equal Time,' host Mary C. Curtis talks with Jonas Kron, Chief Advocacy Officer for Trillium Asset Management, respo...

When we say “Hollywood,” it’s kind of like saying “Washington.” There’s 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 those places after long professional or personal journeys that start all over the globe. And sometimes those Hollywood scripts start in a place like...

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 spending cuts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s 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, we’re talking about Donald Trump. Or Vince McMahon. Or both. With us to discuss wrestling in politics and politics in wrestling is Brandon Wetherbee, host of the You Me Them Everybody Podcast, founder of Recommend if Y...

Both parties have raised the stakes in a battle over lifting the statutory debt limit. And House Republicans are promising big spending cuts while they try to protect the Pentagon's budget. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson, Paul M. Krawzak and Caroline Coudriet outline the biggest fiscal challenges of the year and assess prospects for possible compromise. Learn more about your ad cho...

Lewis Cohen joins Jai Massari to discuss a new reading of the Howey Test designed to clear up regulatory uncertainty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A partisan showdown over the debt limit and Republican promises to slash spending could add up to a fiscal train wreck this year for a divided new Congress. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Paul M. Krawzak, Aidan Quigley and Laura Weiss offer a preview of the budget, appropriations and tax policy agenda for the year to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A partisan showdown over the debt limit and Republican promises to slash spending could add up to a fiscal train wreck this year for a divided new Congress. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Paul M. Krawzak, Aidan Quigley and Laura Weiss offer a preview of the budget, appropriations and tax policy agenda for the year to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The flag of the United States is a worldwide icon. It’s a symbol of liberty with a complicated history. “The Flagmakers” a documentary from veteran filmmakers Sharon Liese and Cynthia Wade, profiles the people at Eder Flags in Wisconsin, a major manufacturer of flags and flagpoles in the United States. They are a diverse lot, in an influential, swing state, and they represent the tapestry of Ameri...

Steve McLaughlin, the founder and CEO FT Partners, talks about what to look out for in fintech in 2023 and beyond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Brent Spence Bridge over the Ohio River has long been a symbol of the country's crumbling infrastructure, a familiar prop politicians used as backdrop to call for needed repairs. Now through bipartisan legislation, the old bridge is finally getting a $1.6 billion makeover. And this week, while the House plunged into chaos over the election of its speaker, President Joe Biden and Senate Minorit...

Lawmakers finally cleared an omnibus spending package three months late, but a divided Congress next year is sure to make fiscal policy even more contentious. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson, Aidan Quigley, Laura Weiss and Paul M. Krawzak assess how the two parties fared in the omnibus deal and the range of disputes coming in the new year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

Jigar Patel, Morgan Stanley's Fintech Chief, joins the show to talk about the present, and future, of fintech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chee Kin Lam, the head of legal and compliance at DBS, Singapore’s largest bank, offers his views on crypto, and regulation from around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Congress has one week left to complete an overdue omnibus spending package for the current fiscal year. CQ Roll Call's David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson, Aidan Quigley and Laura Weiss outline what to expect in the final bill, what may end up on the cutting room floor, and how a climactic week on Capitol Hill may play out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ATMOS Financial Co-Founder and CEO Ravi Mikkelsen offers a deep dive on the future of Green Finance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices