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The House committee investigation the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is moving to take legal action against former Trump advisor Steve Bannon for refusing a subpoena. Correspondent Clayton Neville reports on that for us. Kevin Carr tells us what's new in streaming with "Second Chance Home Cinema". The SEC approved trading of cryptocurrency futures. Kellie Mejdrich of Politico tells why this was and wasn't a popular move. And we'll discuss President Biden being forced into reimplementing the Trump era "Remain in Mexico" policy, with Rebecca Morin of USA Today. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Federal regulators are letting the cryptocurrency move one step closer to legitimacy. POLITICO's Kellie Mejdrich reports. Plus, the State Department's Inspector General launches investigations into the end of diplomatic operations in Afghanistan. And Trump sues the Jan. 6 committee. Kellie Mejdrich is a financial services reporter for POLITICO. Jeremy Siegel is a host for POLITICO Dispatch. Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio. Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio. Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.
It's big. But Wall Street wants it to be even bigger. POLITICO's Kellie Mejdrich reports on an effort to open up access to Bitcoin investment — and explains why its facing opposition in Washington. Plus, the TSA reports its highest number of travelers since the pandemic hit. And Biden visits Oklahoma to remember the Tulsa race massacre. Kellie Mejdrich is a financial services reporter for POLITICO. Jeremy Siegel is a host for POLITICO Dispatch. Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio. Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio. Read more: Wall Street struggles to sell Washington on Bitcoin for the masses
Congress is racing to complete work on some big-ticket items before adjourning for the August recess. CQ Roll Call's budget and appropriations reporter Kellie Mejdrich reports on a deal in the works to extend the debt limit and set spending levels for two years. And finance reporter Doug Sword explains why the House plans to vote on a bill to shore up struggling pension plans. Meanwhile, the Senate plans to give final approval of a permanent compensation fund for victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lawmakers are struggling to find agreement on an aid package to help states recover from natural disasters, says CQ Roll Call's budget and appropriations reporter Kellie Mejdrich. She lays out the issues preventing Congress from passing a disaster aid package. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
CQ Roll Call's appropriations reporter Kellie Mejdrich unpacks the demands and possible consequences of the Democratic party's progressives, who last week derailed plans to vote on raising the spending caps to prevent across-the-board spending cuts next fiscal year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A new snag over immigrant detention policy has thrown a monkey wrench into border security negotiations, as lawmakers look to prevent another government shutdown. CQ appropriations reporter Kellie Mejdrich explains what both sides are seeking and how the Trump administration is softening its demand on border wall funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Congressional negotiators are working to reach bipartisan agreement on a Homeland Security spending bill that can fend off another shutdown and thwart President Donald Trump's threat of declaring a national emergency, CQ appropriations reporter Kellie Mejdrich tells co-host Jennifer Shutt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Congressional negotiators are working to reach bipartisan agreement on a Homeland Security spending bill that can fend off another shutdown and thwart President Donald Trump's threat of declaring a national emergency, CQ appropriations reporter Kellie Mejdrich tells co-host Jennifer Shutt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
CQ budget and appropriations reporters Kellie Mejdrich and Jennifer Shutt unpack what could happen in the next three weeks as lawmakers and the White House wrestle with how to prevent another government shutdown in three weeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The House and Senate are poised to consider legislation that could end the partial government shutdown — if the competing bills had any chance of passing both chambers, explains CQ budget and appropriations reporter Kellie Mejdrich. Listen for the latest details on how lawmakers are greeting President Donald Trump's immigration-related offer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Within days of the government shutdown setting a record, federal agencies, employees and the general public will begin to feel the pain, says CQ budget and appropriations reporter Kellie Mejdrich. She also gives the latest developments in what is turning out to be a prolonged political battle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Just when lawmakers thought they had breathing room to hammer out a year-end spending deal, President Donald Trump drops a request for an extra $4.76 billion, technically referred to as anomalies. CQ's budget and appropriations team, Kellie Mejdrich and Paul M. Krawzak explain what's at stake for government spending with co-host Jennifer Shutt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Democratic Rep. Nita M. Lowey of New York is expected to lead the powerful House appropriations panel in the new Congress and she already has a list of priorities she will be pursuing. CQ's budget and appropriations reporter Kellie Mejdrich gives us a rundown of what those are and where Lowey may find common ground or clash with the Trump administration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
With three spending bills signed into law, Congress is unlikely to pass all nine outstanding bills before the fiscal year ends on Sept. 30, says CQ appropriations reporter Kellie Mejdrich. Meantime, President Donald Trump has sent mixed signals on whether he would sign an $855 billion spending package the House plans to adopt this week, and talks on another four-bill package remain mired in policy fights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
House and Senate leaders like to brag about their respective chambers' progress on passing spending bills but not one has won final passage, CQ budget and appropriations reporter Kellie Mejdrich says. She unpacks the reasons behind the bottleneck that now includes a new hurdle:President Trump's freeze on federal workers' wages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
CQ budget reporter Kellie Mejdrich breaks down why Senate appropriators face stiff opposition from the House and White House over how to pay for a private health care program for veterans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Congress returns from its Fourth of July break with expectations that it will tackle a robust spending agenda including the two chambers negotiating the final shape of three spending bills — as lawmakers hope to avoid another 12-bill omnibus. But, there are several challenges ahead both inside and outside of the annual appropriations process. CQ appropriations reporters Ryan McCrimmon and Kellie Mejdrich discuss what the final three months leading into fiscal 2019 hold with guest host Jennifer Shutt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Senate hit some speed bumps in its push last week to pass a package of spending bills including how to pay for private health care for veterans, says CQ appropriations reporter Kellie Mejdrich. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
It's not a joke! House appropriators are starting to mark up two spending bills this week. CQ appropriations reporter Kellie Mejdrich breaks down what's in the Military Construction-VA title, while reporter Katherine Tully-McManus unpacks the Legislative Branch bill that funds all that keeps Congress going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
CQ appropriations reporters Kellie Mejdrich and Ryan McCrimmon explain how a committee chairmanship can pay off in more ways than one and why Republicans are once again talking about another round of tax cuts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Tuesday, March 13, 20184:20 pm: Utah Senator Mike Lee joins the show to discuss the details of a speech about the opioid crisis he delivered today to the American Enterprise Institute4:35 pm: Utah Lieutenant Governor Spencer Cox joins the show to explain why he has made the decision to ignore a new bylaw created by the Central Committee of the Utah GOP that strips candidates in the congressional district races of their party membership if they decide to collect signatures to get on the ballot5:05 pm: Sargent Corey Allinson of the Park City Police Department joins the show to discuss what efforts should be taken to prepare students in the event of a school shooting situation6:05 pm: Columnist Susan Shelley of the Southern California News Group joins Rod to discuss why she says President Trump is proving the experts wrong when it comes to immigration politics6:20 pm: Ron Gibson, President of the Utah Farm Bureau Federation, joins Rod to discuss why the group is on President Trump’s side of a lawsuit over his decision to shrink the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments6:35 pm: Kellie Mejdrich of CQ Roll Call joins Rod to discuss her story on how pornography is still found in the federal workplace despite efforts to block employees from watching it
CQ appropriations reporters Kellie Mejdrich and Jennifer Shutt discuss the two-week spending bill that averted a government shutdown and look at how lawmakers may keep the government funded beyond Dec. 22. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Supreme Court decides high-profile cases on abortion and political corruption, reports CQ's Todd Ruger, while Kellie Mejdrich explains how partisan fights over gun control have nearly derailed the spending process for 2017. And The Economist's Washington Bureau Chief David Rennie joins CQ Roll Call's Chief Content Officer David Ellis and Managing Editor Adriel Bettelheim in a conversation on Brexit's impact on the U.S. @cqnow, @rollcall @DSORennie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Political analyst Stuart Rothenberg explains why down-ballot Republican candidates could be in trouble because of Donald Trump's frontrunner status. Also, CQ Roll Call's budget reporter Kellie Mejdrich on inability of Republicans in Congress to make progress in funding the government on time and legal affairs writer Todd Ruger on the Supreme Court looking to define a line between political corruption and official duty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Congress faces a Nov. 20 deadline to authorize spending on the nation’s highway and mass transit programs, another big task on lawmakers’ year-end to-do list. House and Senate negotiators will have to iron out differences in their plans by then to keep the money flowing. CQ's Adriel Bettelheim and Kellie Mejdrich explain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices