CQ Roll Call Policy Briefs

Congress has released the fiscal year 2021 spending bill to fund the federal government through September next year. CQ Roll Call’s Doug Sword breaks down what you need to know about financial services.

Public documents released Tuesday show the efficacy of a vaccine produced by Moderna. If approved this week by the FDA another wave of COVID-19 vaccines will be made available to the public. CQ Roll Call's Emily Kopp reports.

Restaurateurs, brewers, small business owners and big business interests are mounting their year-end push for COVID relief legislation.  CQ Roll Call's Kate Ackley reports.

Both the House and Senate are close to an agreement on an omnibus package to fund the government for the remaining fiscal year and could file text as soon as tomorrow. CQ Roll Call's Jennifer Shutt reports.

UPS and Federal Express have been tapped to handle the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine calling into question whether passenger airlines -- that have received government funds and have been preparing for months -- will be needed. CQ Roll Call's Jessica Wehrman reports.

President-elect Joe Biden will have very different health policies than his predecssor especially when it comes to abortion and LGBTQ. CQ Roll Call's Sandhya Raman reports.

The Department of Health and Human Services gave more than $32 million to private companies to open shelters for unaccompanied immigrant children - that never got built, according to a new report by a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs panel. CQ Roll Call's Camila DeChalus reports.

The momentum built on Capitol Hill last week for another bill to provide coronavirus relief could turn out to be a mirage. Part of the problem, as CQ Roll Call's Shawn Zeller reports, is how the GOP and Democratic party view how they have or have not fought the pandemic to date.

The House took a symbolic swipe at the the 1970s "War on Drugs" and passed a bill to legalize marijuana. It is unlikely to pass a GOP-controlled Senate. CQ Roll Call's Emily Kopp has more on what it means.

After a year of jockeying, Rep Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., bested two other lawmakers Ohio Rep. Marcy Kaptur, chairwoman of the Energy-Water subcommittee, and Florida’s Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who leads the Military Construction-VA panel. CQ Roll Call's Jenn Shutt reports on what is ahead for the Appropriations chairwoman.