CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics

In today's episode, we look at how the pandemic is pushing lawmakers to reexamine health care policy, the backlash over pricing for drugmaker Gilead's experimental COVID-19 drug and how numbers of those infected with the coronavirus continue to soar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we bring you the latest on health policy news and why Tom Ridge, who is also a former Republican governor of Pennsylvania, has joined a bipartisan effort to secure voting in November. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s episode we listen to Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and the star witness at a House Energy and Commerce hearing. Fauci hasn’t testified on Capitol Hill since mid-May. He was joined by other public health luminaries the head of the FDA and CDC. This kicks off a week-long set of hearings on COVID-19. Learn more about your ad choic...

Partisan tensions over coronavirus aid and police brutality now threaten to derail the Senate appropriations process, while the House Appropriations Committee prepares for an extremely busy July. David Lerman and Jennifer Shutt discuss what’s changed during the last week and how it’ll impact the appropriations process for months to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...

In this new, occasional series, The Future Of, CQ Roll Call brings you a podcast that reimagines how policies will change because of COVID-19. In this episode we explore the future of public transportation with Sam Zimbabwe, Director for Seattle's Department of Transportation. Jessica Wehrman tops off this podcast with a look at how the coronavirus is impacting the upcoming appropriations bill on...

In this episode, we delve into health care policy and some of the methods that public health officials say can help contain the coronavirus from spreading further. We have two reports: one on contact tracing and the other on masks. We also take a look at how the coronavirus economy has drained Social Security and Medicare coffers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In tonight's episode we delve into health policy. The White House is saying that the media is creating a false narrative of a second wave of infections from COVID-19. Public health officials disagree. Meanwhile there is some good news regarding treatment. An update on "Operation Warp Speed" and finally the undue burden of the coronavirus on the mental health of African Americans. Learn more about...

In today's episode, we examine the Food and Drug Administration's move to withdraw emergency approval for hydroxychloroquine. We also take a sobering look at new statistics that show the rate of hunger and housing insecurity is nearly twice as high among African Americans than whites. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The annual appropriations process is starting later than normal this year due to coronavirus-related delays. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Jennifer Shutt discuss what could trip up lawmakers as they begin debate on nearly $1.4 trillion in spending. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Coronavirus Special Report, politics is back in full view when it comes to the coronavirus and Capitol Hill. Political ads are targeting vulnerable Senators and their stance around relief, while one lawmaker goes on the defense about money aimed to help farmers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In tonight's episode, we look at how Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin views the Paycheck Protection Program, what the pandemic could mean for schools this fall, and give a roundup of health policy news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this inaugural episode for an occasional series on policies, social justice and Congress, CQ Roll Call sits down with House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn on why this moment in history is different, and the House's move to overhaul policing, among other issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A modest decline in unemployment last month gave Republicans fresh ammunition to slow the timing and scale back the size of the next relief package. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Jennifer Shutt discuss the complicated negotiations still to come as the Trump administration pushes more targeted aid and Democrats seek more robust relief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...

In the next evolution of the Coronavirus Special Report, we are launching The Future Of, a podcast that reimagines how policies will change because of COVID-19. We will delve deeply into policies to provoke thought, vision and suggestions about what the future holds, featuring leading thinkers and doers in their disciplines on what to expect in a post-coronavirus world. We begin with government, a...

Tonight, we explore how disinformation about COVID-19 is spreading across social media, and what the tech companies who own these platforms and Congress are doing to mitigate it. Then, we explore the uptick in coronavirus related franked mail and the latest in health policy news. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight, we have a report on the disproportionate economic impact the virus has had on minorities, the House’s proposal to fund transportation programs to the tune of nearly $500 billion, and the latest on the Paycheck Protection Program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight, we examine how protests across the country might bring about a spike in coronavirus infections. Then, we discuss why two senators have held up the PPP bill in the Senate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part of Congress’ $2 trillion coronavirus relief package passed in March was to give aid to states and cities. Much of that money has gone to police departments, but fire departments haven’t seen a dime. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Jennifer Shutt explore why that is, and how that could change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonight, we have an interview from reporter Clyde McGrady with Rep. Joyce Beatty, a Democrat from Ohio who was pepper sprayed during a protest in Columbus over the death of George Floyd. Then, we examine how campuses are preparing to re-open in the fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Already-strained relations between China and the U.S. have become even tenser during the coronavirus pandemic. CQ Roll Call's Niels Lesniewski sits down with Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee to discuss what is at stake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we delve into why the House made some changes to the Paycheck Protection Program, how proxy voting is going and the latest on health care policy news, including a look at opioid deaths since the pandemic broke out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In tonight's episode we look at the New York Governor's visit to DC, how swing states are among the hardest hit from the pandemic and the House's first attempt at proxy voting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emergency relief agencies, already stretched thin by the corornavirus, are bracing for above-average hurricane and wildfire seasons. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Jennifer Shutt discuss the financial and logistical challenges of responding to natural disasters in the age of COVID-19. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In tonight's episode, we cover a raging battle over whether lawmakers should vote by proxy and examine the bipartisan support for figuring out a way to help those who are unemployed. Then, we look at how an oversight committee examines the dismissal of an internal watchdog at the Health and Human Services Department. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In tonight's episode, we examine the latest in the Paycheck Protection Program. Then, we look at how how some lawmakers are trying to prevent companies from being held liable if their employees contract coronavirus on the job.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices