Roll Call
US Capitol Hill news outlet covering congressional proceedings and the war powers debate.
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Roll Call is a US news outlet dedicated to covering Congress, founded in 1955 and based on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. It is one of the two specialist outlets (alongside NOTUS) that placed Senate Majority Leader John Thune on the record discussing options on the War Powers Resolution as the 60-day clock ran toward expiry on 29 April 2026. On the 2026 midterms beat, Roll Call broke the House Budget Committee's 20-14 approval of the FY2027 reconciliation resolution carrying the SAVE Act's $10bn voter-ID grants on 16 July, the route Republicans turned to after two earlier attempts to attach the bill elsewhere had failed.
Owned by CQ Roll Call (a unit of FiscalNote), Roll Call publishes vote tallies, committee proceedings, and political intelligence on Capitol Hill. Its coverage spans both foreign-policy process stories, such as the war powers debate around the Iran conflict, and domestic legislative mechanics, including congressional redistricting and primary-spending reporting on the 2026 midterms.
Roll Call's significance lies in its role as a record of congressional positioning. When its reporting, alongside NOTUS, placed Thune on the record as 'working options', it confirmed the Senate leadership was actively engaging with the 60-day AUMF question. Its reconciliation scoop performed the same function for the midterms beat: documenting the mechanical route Republicans chose once a direct floor amendment and a defence-bill rider had both failed.
