Budget deep dive: Reconciliation at risk
Financing concerns left moderate Democrats queasy about voting for a budget reconciliation package to expand the safety net and combat climate change. The plan hinges on new taxes, prescription drug c...
5 Nov 202119min
Equal Time with Mary C. Curtis: 'U.S. immigration policy is racist'
Many in the nation were shocked when horrifying photographs appeared of immigration officers on horseback rounding up Haitian asylum seekers at the border last month. To unpack this difficult subject,...
4 Nov 202123min
Political Theater: The what-have-you-done-for-me-lately elections of 2021
Gubernatorial elections this week in Virginia and New Jersey showed a huge swing toward Republicans in two states previously thought of as solidly Democratic. The way politicians react to the election...
3 Nov 202123min
Fintech Beat: Minority banks and the technology stack
Nicole Elam, CEO of the National Bankers Association, and Larry Parks discuss what digital transformation looks like for minority-owned and rural banks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...
2 Nov 202130min
Budget deep dive: The skinny on the stripped down reconciliation framework
President Biden presented House Democrats with a $1.75 trillion reconciliation framework text this week. CQ Roll Call’s Jennifer Shutt and David Lerman break down what was cut from the framework, the ...
29 Okt 202121min
Political Theater: Joe Manchin: Man of the moment
In an evenly divided Senate, every senator has the ability to be a kingmaker. But West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin has taken it to the next level. At a time when Democrats in the majority are assemb...
27 Okt 202126min
Fintech Beat: China's Mu Changchun on the digital yuan
Mu Changchun, director-general of China's central bank digital currency project, talks about the country's "wait and see" innovation path and the design of the digital yuan. Learn more about your ad c...
26 Okt 202123min
CQ Budget: What's the meaning of compromise?
When it comes to reconciliation, reducing the original price tag by $1.5 trillion has left a lot on the floor. President Joe Biden signaled Democrats are close now, or at least closer, to a final pack...
22 Okt 202119min
