Eye on Congress

President-elect Joe Biden's incoming health care team is likely to use executive actions and the regulatory process to roll back Trump administration health policies. CQ Roll Call's Mary Ellen McIntire reports. 2:11 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Carol Anderson's book “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide,” she reframes the conversation about race, methodically chronicling the powerful forces that have historically impeded Black progress in America. She speaks with Mary C. Curtis about the insurrection at the Capitol, voter suppression, and where this country is headed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are learning more about what law enforcement knew before the insurrection at the Capitol last week and it’s not a pretty picture. The Washington Post reported Tuesday that the FBI wrote a stark report warning of violence but no one seemed to pay attention. And the Capitol Police, the lead law enforcement agency in charge of protecting lawmakers on the Hill, is in disarray, CQ Roll Call’s Chris Marquette reports in this special episode of Political Theater. Then, what’s in a word or two? CQ Roll Call’s Todd Ruger reports on how GOP lawmakers’ refusal to say who perpetrated the attack help fuels the false narrative that left-wing groups were responsible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With slim majorities in the House and Senate, Democrats are likely going to rely heavily on budget reconciliation to pass major legislation. What is budget reconciliation and how does it work? CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Jennifer Shutt break it down. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With less than 10 days before Joe Biden gets sworn in as president, Congress is reeling from the assault on the Capitol and what it will mean to govern. House Democrats introduced impeachment again on Monday, this time charging President Trump with "inciting violence against the government of the United States.” While Republicans blocked another measure that would have called on Vice President Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment. Katherine Tully-McManus, who was at the Capitol during the siege, speaks to Shawn Zeller and Niels Lesniewski on what may be in store for this Congress, and CQ Roll Call's Ellyn Ferguson takes a look at some new findings about Tom Vilsack, the nominee to head the Agriculture Department. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emmalyn Shaw, the Managing Partner at Flourish, the socially-minded VC fund founded by Ebay Founder Pierre Omidyar, joins the podcast to talk fintech in our latest investor interview with Amias Gerety. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When the pandemic finally ends it is hard to imagine what going to the office will mean.  Employers will be hard pressed to eliminate the flexibility that their workers have grown accustomed to. Is this the end of commercial real estate? CQ Roll Call's Shawn Zeller speaks to John Mack, senior partner of the New York office design firm HLW, and David Smith, vice president in the Atlanta office of commercial real estate company Cushman & Wakefield on what the future may hold. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If anyone thought 2021 would come in like a lamb this week's events prove otherwise. Insurrection, treason, 25th amendment are all terms being tossed around in reaction to President Trump's rally cry to incite his followers to descend on the Capitol. What's next for Trump? The Dems and the GOP? Not to mention that President elect Joe Biden is less than 2 weeks away from being sworn in and is beginning to announce concrete plans for when he takes his office. Jim Saksa hosts and speaks to CQ Roll Call's politics editor Herb Jackson and Chief Correspondent Niels Lesniewski on the events of the week and what comes next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The shock of the violent overrunning of the U.S. Capitol this week featured a lot of people knuckling down, thinking on their feet and doing their jobs amid a dangerous and unpredictable situation. Katherine Tully-McManus recalls the strange and stirring moments in the Capitol as she evacuated with U.S. Senators, staffers and fellow journalists. Niels Lesniewski, meanwhile, details his thinking as he covered the implications of Congress having to possibly meet off-site, and what may come next in the aftermath of President Donald Trump's incitement of a mob. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The chances of passing budgetary priorities increases with Democrats at the helm of both chambers. CQ Roll Call's budget tracker David Lerman reports on what we might expect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Now that Democrats will have a slim majority in both chambers, CQ Roll Call's Mary Ellen McIntire unpacks what this means for health policy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wednesday's joint session of Congress will be a long, potentially tortuous affair to count the Electoral College votes that certify Joe Biden's win in the 2020 presidential election. Republicans plan on objecting to the proceedings and forcing what could become a days-long affair that usually takes under an hour. They don't have the votes to overturn the certified results from states. But it's going to take a long time to get through. Katherine Tully-McManus and Niels Lesniewski explain what to expect and why this is happening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The House adopted its rules package for the 117th Congress on Monday. The rules remove fiscal constraints on deficit-increasing legislation as long as it is related to the COVID-19 response or climate change. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Jennifer Shutt discuss what the rules change means and the rift it exposes between moderate and progressive Democrats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 117th Congress is under way, and it is already weird. A time usually filled with ceremony, celebration and at least a faint trace of optimism is clouded over by the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic, the spectacle of members of Congress attempting to overturn the results of certified elections and the uncertainty of who will even be in charge of the Senate, depending on the results of two dramatic runoffs in Georgia. Jim Saksa and Stephanie Akin discuss the spectacle that has already defined the beginning of the new year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While many of us might want to put 2020 in the rear view mirror, CQ Roll Call's three award winning photographers documented the year that was from impeachment (remember that?), the pandemic, Black Lives Matter and so much more. Jason Dick sits down with Bill Clark, Tom Williams and Caroline Brehman. They pick out their favorite photo and explain why and what went into getting the image. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The late evangelist Rev. Billy Graham, known as America's pastor, was as world famous as the presidents who sought face time him. But after a friendship with Richard Nixon affected that image, Graham backed away from the political spotlight. His son has chosen a different path. Mary C. Curtis speaks with the Reverend Franklin Graham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Congress has passed the fiscal year 2021 spending bill to fund the federal government through September next year. CQ Roll Call’s Mark Satter breaks down what you need to know. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Congress 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

 Congress 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

CQ 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