CQ Roll Call Policy Briefs

CQ Roll Call's Joseph Morton breaks down the 10 policy areas to watch for during President Biden's virtual climate summit that begins Thursday.

Investors are digging into how companies’ election spending lines up with public statements and values. Some shareholders are pressing public companies to reevaluate whether their dollars are funding anti-abortion legislation and if that makes good business sense. CQ Roll Call's Laura Weiss reports.

Infrastructure, tax and climate proposals are fueling K Street's business this year. Voting rights are popping up as well. CQ Roll Call's Kate Ackley reports.

The Department of Homeland Security announces an increase of H2b visas. It will offer an additional 22,000 and provide jobs for migrants from the Northern Triangle region. CQ Roll Call's Suzanne Monyak reports.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland appears before Congress to defend the department's agenda and advocate for a $17.4 billion budget. CQ Roll Call's Joe Morton reports on the details.

President Biden's nominee Robert Santos to head the Census Bureau would become the the first permanent director of color, if confirmed by the Senate. CQ Roll Call's Michael Macagnone reports on what this means.

Native American tribes had some of the worst rates of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in 2020, but some of these communities now boast some of the highest vaccination rates in the country. CQ Roll Call's Sandhya Raman reports.

Clean energy jobs took a hit last year due to COVID-19, but things are looking brighter for the future. CQ Roll Call's Ben Hulac reports.

The National Institutes of Health announced it would loosen restrictions on using fetal tissue in biomedical research and revert to the process in place before 2019. Here’s CQ Roll Call health care reporter Sandhya Raman on Friday’s announcement.

The Biden administration released a proposed rule on Wednesday that would reinstate eligibility for federal family planning funds to organizations that provide abortions or abortion referrals — a move that would directly affect groups like Planned Parenthood. Here’s CQ Roll Call health care reporter Sandhya Raman on the reactions to this rule and the likelihood that it faces a challenge in court.