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Covering Capitol Hill Since 1955 - rollcall.com

· 1 month ago

rollcall.com is a free, ad-supported Capitol Hill newspaper, not software — read it free if you follow Congress. Don't confuse it with CQ Roll Call's paid legislative-tracking platform, which is enterprise-priced and overkill for small teams.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~12 usable public sources; many 'roll call' search results refer to unrelated products (cruises, classrooms, policing, a sushi bar).

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useNews site; no usability evidence found
  • Feature depthNews outlet; no feature evidence found
  • Support qualityNo support reviews found
  • Security postureNo security page found; no findings

Pricing

$0

Roll Call news site

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
CQ Roll Call (separate enterprise product)Reported ~$8k+/yr

Best for

  • Readers who follow Congress daily
  • Hill staffers wanting free coverage
  • Policy teams needing headlines, not tools

Not for

  • Anyone shopping for software — this is a newspaper, not a tool
  • Small teams wanting legislative tracking; paid CQ licenses reportedly run $8k+
  • Non-US policy watchers — coverage is Capitol Hill only
  • Budget buyers lured by the Roll Call name — the paid product is enterprise sales-led

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

No public pricing for CQ Roll Call; third parties report licenses around $8k+ per year.

medium

Easy to confuse the free news site with CQ Roll Call's paid platform — different products, different websites.

medium

Competitors market cheaper CQ alternatives for small policy shops — a signal it overkills small teams.

low

No security page at no disclosures for buyers to verify.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free, long-running Capitol Hill news, published since 1955
  • Backed by FiscalNote, an established legislative-data company
  • A paid legislative-tracking platform (CQ Roll Call) exists for serious needs

Cons

  • It is a newspaper and website, not a software product
  • Paid legislative features live at, sold separately
  • No public security page found on the site

Sources & method

- 6 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed. No security page exists at rollcall.com/security.

official x3review x1security x1news x1

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 6

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Free news site; paid tool costs extra
  • Ease of use. News site; no usability evidence found
  • Feature depth. News outlet; no feature evidence found
  • Support quality. No support reviews found
  • Security posture. No security page found; no findings
  • 1955 Founded Covering Capitol Hill since 1955
  • $0 News site price Free, ad-supported website
  • FiscalNote Owner CQ and Roll Call are part of FiscalNote
  • Reported $8k+ CQ Roll Call licenses Third-party comparison; figure truncated in source

Pricing

Roll Call news site

$0

  • Capitol Hill news coverage
  • Ad-supported web access

CQ Roll Call (separate enterprise product)

Reported ~$8k+/yr

  • Legislative & advocacy tracking
  • Contact-sales pricing

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

No security page exists at rollcall.com/security.

What users say

Sources reviewed contain no user reviews of rollcall.com itself; 'roll call' results refer to unrelated cruise, classroom, sushi-restaurant, and policing products.

Full analysis

Based on ~12 usable public sources; many 'roll call' search results refer to unrelated products (cruises, classrooms, policing, a sushi bar).

Not software — rollcall.com is free Capitol Hill news (since 1955). The CQ tracking tool is separate and reportedly ~$8k+/yr.

Methodology

Based on ~12 usable public sources; many 'roll call' search results refer to unrelated products (cruises, classrooms, policing, a sushi bar).

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Roll Call – Covering Capitol Hill Since 1955rollcall.com
    official
  2. Roll Call - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
    news
  3. CQ Roll Call – Legislative & Advocacy Solutionscqrollcall.com
    official
  4. CQ Roll Call Alternative for Small Policy Shops | Apogeeapog.ai
    review
  5. Security pagerollcall.com
    security
  6. Advertise in DC with CQ & Roll Callfiscalnote.com
    official

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