Abortion threatens congressional impasse on funding
House Democrats' effort to rescind Trump administration anti-abortion policies threatens to hold up government spending bills. CQ Roll Call reporter Sandhya Raman details the debate and surveys how la...
14 Juni 201912min
Trump denies climate change as his Pentagon prepares for it
Former Navy Secretary Ray Mabus says President Trump's climate change denial risks an apocalyptic future that will stress the U.S. military. Ben Hulac, author of a forthcoming CQ magazine cover story ...
7 Juni 201919min
Lawmakers on impeachment and F35s to Turkey
In his first public statement after his two-year probe, Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel who resigned this week, said that he had never considered charging President Donald Trump with a crim...
31 Maj 201916min
House impeachment advocates gain traction
Democrat Jamie Raskin of Maryland, who sits on the House Judiciary Committee that would lead an impeachment inquiry, says he believes President Donald Trump has committed high crimes, both in obstruct...
24 Maj 201919min
Lawmakers seek solutions in Venezuela, Iran
Florida Democratic Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell criticizes President Trump's strategy to oust Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and touts a broad-based, multi-national diplomatic campaign as an alter...
17 Maj 201922min
Higher tariffs on Chinese goods spark call for Congress to intervene
The continuing damage to businesses and farmers from the trade stand off between China and the U.S. is a sign that Congress needs to reinsert itself into the trade policy-making process again, argues ...
10 Maj 201918min
Why Democrats haven't passed a minimum wage bill
Democratic presidential candidates and most House Democrats want to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour by 2024, a proposal David Cooper of the Economic Policy Institute says make...
3 Maj 201919min
The GOP's 2020 Agenda, or Lack Thereof
Jonathan Miller talks about his new CQ Magazine cover story on the Republicans' decision, thus far, to ignore policy proposals in their 2020 planning. Miller found this worries some lawmakers, like Wi...
26 Apr 201911min
