Groups launch last-ditch effort against drug pricing changes - Roll Call Interest groups are spending millions in hopes of blocking legislation allowing Medicare to demand lower prices for prescription drugs. Roll Call · Jul 29, 2022
Clean energy tax package undergoes substantial shifts - Roll Call Democrats made concessions to get Sen. Joe Manchin III on board with spending hundreds of billions of dollars on clean energy incentives. Roll Call · Jul 29, 2022
Republicans dominate rainy Congressional Baseball Game - Roll Call Climate activists had promised to disrupt Thursday’s Congressional Baseball Game, but in the end it was pouring rain that delayed the action. Roll Call · Jul 28, 2022
Lobbying ramps up around new health agency headquarters - Roll Call At least 10 states have expressed interest in hosting the new agency, tasked with speeding to market innovative health technologies. Roll Call · Jul 28, 2022
He went from intern softball to the Congressional Baseball Game - Roll Call Rep. Dean Phillips played softball, used the autopen and sweated through his suit when he worked for Sen. Patrick Leahy in the late 1980s. Roll Call · Jul 28, 2022
Angry callers are threatening Congress. These interns are on the front lines - Roll Call Adam Kinzinger’s interns took on a sobering summer project — compiling a video of threats against their boss. Roll Call · Jul 28, 2022
Veterans toxic exposure bill delayed as cloture attempt rejected - Roll Call An effort to give millions of veterans easier access to health and disability benefits suffered another surprising setback Wednesday. Roll Call · Jul 27, 2022
Seen but not heard? Sit-in protesters change the game for staffers - Roll Call Bosses used to tell Hill aides, “If I ever see your name in the newspapers, it better be in the obituaries … or it will be.” Roll Call · Jul 27, 2022
Manchin, Schumer reach deal on climate, health, tax measure - Roll Call A budget deal that West Virginia Democrat and the Senate majority leader had been discussing is officially back on the table. Roll Call · Jul 27, 2022
Democrats delay votes on police, gun control legislation - Roll Call House Democratic leaders pulled back on planned votes this week on bills that include police grant funding and an assault weapons ban. Roll Call · Jul 27, 2022
Health care budget bill to face open-ended 'vote-a-rama' - Roll Call The narrowed bill will be open for amendment on virtually any topic it originally was set to address, such as climate, taxes and child care. Roll Call · Jul 27, 2022
Capitol Lens | Taking flight - Roll Call Lawmakers and dignitaries unveil the statue of Amelia Earhart in Statuary Hall in the Capitol on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Roll Call · Jul 27, 2022
Semiconductor, science bill passes Senate, heads to House - Roll Call A bill to bolster chip manufacturing and scientific research won Senate approval, setting Congress up to clear it by week's end. Roll Call · Jul 27, 2022
PAC boosting Michigan Rep. Meijer in primary has family connection GOP Rep. Peter Meijer, who faces a Trump-backed opponent and tougher district this year, has a family-backed super PAC is helping him. Roll Call · Jul 27, 2022
Roll Call · Jul 26, 2022 McCarthy offers GOP agenda preview ahead of Trump’s return to Washington - Roll Call Ahead of Trump’s first speech in the capital since leaving office, McCarthy said the GOP will start rolling out its agenda on Wednesday.
Roll Call · Jul 26, 2022 Climate protesters will risk arrest at Congressional Baseball Game - Roll Call “We refuse to watch politicians literally play games while the world burns,” said an organizer with climate group Now or Never.
Roll Call · Jul 26, 2022 ‘Chips-plus’ bill advances toward final passage in Senate - Roll Call An economic competitiveness package meant to boost semiconductor manufacturing and scientific research is on track to pass the Senate.
Roll Call · Jul 26, 2022 How the 'chips-plus' bill grew by nearly 1,000 pages - Roll Call A handful of senators said they wouldn’t support a semiconductors incentive bill unless it also included science provisions.
Roll Call · Jul 26, 2022 When a senator is just ‘a normal person having a normal reaction to a crazy world’ - Roll Call There are a few tweets that Sen. Brian Schatz wishes he could take back, but that’s the way it goes on social media.
Roll Call · Jul 26, 2022 Leftovers pile up for year-end tax bill menu - Roll Call Incentives for clean energy and research and development could move as part of a year-end tax bill when the dust settles after the midterms
Roll Call · Jul 25, 2022 Former Indiana Rep. Buyer charged with insider trading - Roll Call Stephen Buyer, a former nine-term congressman from Indiana, was accused of using insider information to make more than $300,000.
Roll Call · Jul 25, 2022 Democrats blast Commerce for overseeing heavy increase in gun exports - Roll Call Countries with high rates of gun violence and problematic human rights records are among the top destinations for U.S. firearms.
Roll Call · Jul 25, 2022 House Democrats add child nutrition to legislative menu - Roll Call Democrats say expanded school eligibility is needed to feed more children in communities with high poverty rates.
Roll Call · Jul 25, 2022 This week: House begins busy sprint to August recess, Senate tees up 'chips-plus' bill - Roll Call House and Senate leaders are looking to pass a long list of items in a short time before taking their annual August break.
Roll Call · Jul 22, 2022 Richard Bookstaber on fintech, diversification and the volatility paradox - Roll Call Richard Bookstaber, author of the End of Theory and Demons of Our Own Design, Demystifies Fintech Market Volatility.