Capitol Lens | Tour de force - Roll Call American cyclist Greg LeMond accepts the Congressional Gold Medal during a ceremony in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall on Wednesday. Roll Call · Jul 9, 2025
Draft House NDAA demands details on Trump’s Golden Dome - Roll Call Pentagon would be required to provide answers about how DOD intends to realize the president’s proposed antimissile shield over America. Roll Call · Jul 9, 2025
Senate HELP panel advances Monarez for CDC director - Roll Call Senate HELP panel advances Monarez for CDC director - Health Care Roll Call · Jul 9, 2025
The House is revamping its dining options. Will workers keep their jobs? - Roll Call Sodexo is out, and new food vendors are in. But current House dining workers say they’ve been left without answers. Roll Call · Jul 9, 2025
House panel wants anti-drone systems at US defense facilities - Roll Call The draft defense authorization bill would require counter-drone defenses at military-related facilities inside the United States. Roll Call · Jul 9, 2025
UN agencies in dire straits amid threatened US funding cuts - Roll Call If Congress approves canceling $1 billion in federal funding for the U.N. system, experts say it will exacerbate a financial shortfall. Roll Call · Jul 8, 2025
Lawmakers applaud resumption of US military aid to Ukraine - Roll Call Defense-minded lawmakers from both parties welcomed the news that the U.S. is resuming the delivery of military aid to Ukraine. Roll Call · Jul 8, 2025
‘We had time back then’ - Roll Call Jason Dick and Chris Cillizza talk about the time needed to produce quality sourcing, good work and journalism, how the news business continues to change, for better and worse, and Damon Chappie’s sighs. Show Notes: Roll Call · Jul 8, 2025
Supreme Court allows Trump mass layoffs to move forward - Roll Call Justices lifted pause on efforts to slash jobs at federal agencies, including the CDC and the Social Security Administration. Roll Call · Jul 8, 2025
Trump slams Putin, touts self-made tariff deals and muses on gold leaf - Roll Call President Trump sent more mixed signals on his tariff policy and bashed Russian President Putin during a Cabinet meeting Tuesday. Roll Call · Jul 8, 2025
Nebraska independent Dan Osborn makes another bid for Senate - Roll Call Nebraska independent Dan Osborn, who waged a competitive bid for Senate in 2024, will challenge Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts next year. Roll Call · Jul 8, 2025
Reconciliation law offers radiation compensation to more people - Roll Call GOP budget bill expands coverage to more people in the Southwest and those near uranium sites connected with the Manhattan Project. Roll Call · Jul 8, 2025
FAA administrator nomination headlines a respite week for senators - Roll Call Senators will have the Capitol to themselves when they return Tuesday for an abbreviated work week, with several items on the agenda. Roll Call · Jul 8, 2025
Democratic divisions in Arizona special election don’t fall along conventional lines - Roll Call The Democratic primary for the late Arizona Rep. Raúl Grijalva's seat runs counter to the conventional narrative about intraparty divisions. Roll Call · Jul 7, 2025
Roll Call · Jul 7, 2025 They wanted to ‘fix Congress.’ They still do, modernizers say - Roll Call Despite losing a key Democratic champion to retirement, modernization advocates say the work isn’t done in the 119th Congress.
Roll Call · Jul 7, 2025 Republican primary to succeed Rep. Mark Green heats up in Tennessee - Roll Call The campaign for the forthcoming special election to succeed Republican Rep. Mark E. Green is heating up in Tennessee.
Roll Call · Jul 7, 2025 Far from the people it will impact, a big, beautiful circus on Capitol Hill - Roll Call The floor drama surrounding the final passage of President Donald Trump's budget bill felt detached from the world outside.
Roll Call · Jul 7, 2025 That championship Nats season - Roll Call Amid changes for the Washington Nationals, it's worth looking back on the joy they brought to the city in 2019.
Roll Call · Jul 7, 2025 Planned Parenthood challenges GOP reconciliation law - Roll Call Group seeks to overturn a provision that would make the abortion provider ineligible for Medicaid reimbursements for one year.
Roll Call · Jul 7, 2025 Political fallout of 'big, beautiful bill' - Roll Call President Donald Trump’s new budget reconciliation law is already starting to define next year’s midterm elections. CQ Roll Call’s Daniela Altimari and David Lerman assess the political repercussions for both parties of the mammoth legislation and what it took to get the package across the finish line. Show Notes:
Roll Call · Jul 7, 2025 DCCC targets 35 House Republicans over budget law’s impact on rural hospitals - Roll Call The DCCC’s first national online ad buy of the 2026 cycle will focus on the impact of Republicans’ new budget package on rural hospitals.
Roll Call · Jul 4, 2025 Trump signs ‘big beautiful bill’ at July Fourth ceremony at White House - Roll Call President Donald Trump signed his mammoth domestic policy bill into law, securing a major legislative win by his July Fourth target date.
Roll Call · Jul 3, 2025 Sweeping tax and spending bill hands both parties a midterm message - Roll Call The massive tax and spending package that cleared the House on Thursday handed Democrats and Republicans both a message for the 2026 midterms.
Roll Call · Jul 3, 2025 Law enforcement groups oppose proposed anti-drug program cuts - Roll Call Law enforcement groups are pushing for Congress to reject a Trump administration proposal to cut funding for an anti-drug trafficking program.
Roll Call · Jul 3, 2025 Trump worked phones on ‘big beautiful bill’ — but left some arm-twisting to others - Roll Call President Trump was heavily involved in helping craft a mammoth tax and spending bill, talking constantly with GOP leaders, sources said.