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roll call


n.
  1. The reading aloud of a list of names of people, as in a classroom or military post, to determine who is present or absent.
  2. The time fixed for such a reading.

 
 
Political Dictionary: roll-call

Roll-call votes require a formal record of the presence and vote or abstention of each member of a legislature, traditionally by calling out each name, but increasingly through the use of electronic recording devices. Roll-call analysis seeks to identify voting blocs within legislatures where partisanship is a poor predictor of voting behaviour.

— Wyn Grant

 
WordNet: roll call
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: calling out an official list of names

 
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Roll Call
Type Periodical newspaper
Format Tabloid
Owner The Economist Group
Publisher Laurie Battaglia
Editor Charlie Mitchell
Founded 1955
Political allegiance Nonpartisan
Headquarters 50 F Street NW
Suite 700
Washington DC 20001
Circulation 18,000
Website: http://www.rollcall.com/

Roll Call is published Monday to Thursday when the United States Congress is in session and Mondays only during recess. It provides its readers with news of the legislative and political maneuvers that happen on Capitol Hill. In addition to breaking news, it features Washington, D.C., analysts such as Morton Kondracke, Stuart Rothenberg, and Norman J. Ornstein, and political coverage of Congressional elections across the country. RollCall.com, the online version of the newspaper features breaking news stories and daily e-mail alerts.

Roll Call Group, of which the newspaper is the flagship publication, also operates GalleryWatch, an online legislative tracking service, and CongressNow, an online newsletter covering policy and legislation on Capitol Hill.

Founded in 1955 by Sid Yudain, a former press secretary to Congressman Al Morano (R-Conn.), Roll Call is now a member of The Economist Group. Other members of the Group include The Economist, CFO and European Voice.

Every issue, 11,500 copies of Roll Call are delivered to Congress and 400 copies are delivered to the White House free of charge.

Current staff

(as of July 1, 2007)

  • Charlie Mitchell - Editor
  • Ben Pershing - Deputy Editor
  • David Meyers - Managing Editor
  • Morton Kondracke - Executive Editor
  • Josh Kurtz - Politics Editor
  • T.R. Goldman - Senior Editor
  • Amy Carlile - Features Editor
  • Douglas Graham - Photo Editor
  • Lauren W. Whittington - Senior Staff Writer
  • Erin P. Billings - Senior Staff Writer
  • Rachel Van Dongen - Senior Staff Writer
  • Paul Singer - Senior Staff Writer
  • Emily Pierce - Senior Staff Writer
  • Nicole Duran - Staff Writer
  • Jennifer Yachnin - Staff Writer
  • Bree Hocking - Staff Writer
  • Tory Newmyer - Staff Writer
  • Kate Ackley - Staff Writer
  • John McArdle - Staff Writer
  • David M. Drucker - Staff Writer
  • John Stanton - Staff Writer
  • Susan Davis -Staff Writer
  • Matthew Murray -Staff Writer
  • Elizabeth Brotherton - Staff Writer
  • Emily Heil - Staff Writer
  • Steven T. Dennis - Staff Writer
  • Martin Moulton - Art Director
  • Will Taylor - Production Manager
  • Doug Townsend - Production Associate
  • Katie Smith - Copy Chief
  • Moira Bagley - Copy Editor
  • Jennifer Lash - Copy Editor
  • Andrea Cohen - Production/Copy Editor
  • Emily Yehle - Editorial Assistant
  • Daneil Heim - Editorial Assistant
  • Tom Williams - Staff Photographer
  • Bill Clark - Staff Photographer
  • Lowell McGinnis - Contributing Photographer
  • Ian Hurley - Contributing Photographer
  • R.J. Matson -Staff Cartoonist
  • Mike Mikula - Contributing Cartoonist
  • Norman J. Ornstein- Contributing Writer
  • Stuart Rothenberg - Contributing Writer
  • Donna Brazile - Contributing Writer
  • David Winston - Contributing Writer
  • Don Wolfensberger - Contributing Writer
  • Amanda McClements - Contributing Writer
  • Louis Jacobson - Contributing Writer
  • C. Simon Davidson - Contributing Writer
  • Nathan Gonzales - Contributing Writer

Prominent former staffers

  • Susan Glasser, national editor, Washington Post
  • Glenn Simpson, staff writer, Wall Street Journal
  • Jim VandeHei, executive editor, The Politico
  • Tim Curran, political editor, Washington Post
  • Ed Henry, White House correspondent, CNN
  • Paul Kane, columnist, washingtonpost.com
  • John Bresnahan, capitol burreau chief, The Politico
  • Mary Ann Akers, columnist, washingtonpost.com

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