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House Historian Robert Remini talked about his book, The House, published by Collins, in which he described the U.S. House of Representatives' responses to the Cold War, the Great Depression…

Lawmakers spoke about debate scheduled later in the day in the House on a non-binding resolution (H. Res. 861) on support for operations in Iraq and efforts to combat international terrorism…

Telephone lines were open for comments on the second day of confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito. Scenes were shown of the inside of the confirmation heari…

Participating by telephone, Jill Zuckman, chief Congerssional correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, spoke about action in the Senate this week. Among the topics she discussed were budget re…

Participating by telephone, Jill Zuckman, chief Congerssional correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, spoke about action in the Senate this week. Among the topics she discussed were budget re…

Telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the confirmation hearings of United States Supreme Court nominee Judge John Roberts. Scenes from inside the hearing room were shown throughou…

Ms. Davis and Ms. Zuckman reviewed the politics of the past week at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. They speculated about the political forecast for August as Congress went on vacation. Ms…

Ms. Zucker discussed the upcoming last-minute vote on John Bolton to the post of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Telephone lines were opened for audience comments.

Guests talked about proposed Social Security reforms, differences in legislation proposed by supporters of the Bush administration and alternate plans, and the potential impact of partisan p…

Mr. John Milewski of the Close Up Foundation moderated a panel discussion about the media coverage of the Democratic National Convention. Panelists responded to questions from the audience.

Journalists talked about the history and importance of the New Hampshire primary elections. They talked about the timing of the primaries, their experiences covering campaigns in New Hampshi…

Jill Zuckman of the Chicago Tribune talked about the final vote on the FY 04 Budget Bill.

Journalists spoke to students about the use and tradition of the State of the Union address following President Bush’s second formal State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress…

Journalists talked about news of the day, including the controversy over Senator Lott’s remarks at Senator Strom Thurmond’s birthday party. They also responded to viewer comments and questio…

Officers of the National Press Foundation presented the annual journalism awards. The event also became an impromptu tribute to Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl whose death at …

In his first official State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, President George W. Bush talked about the dangers posed by terrorist threats and a weak economy. In his speec…

The guests talked about the legislative agenda in light of the power shift in the Senate as a result of Senator Jeffords decision to become an Independent. They also responded to audience ph…

Jill Zuckman of the Chicago Tribune reviewed the progress of Senate debate on campaign finance reform and about upcoming amendments to the legislation.

Jill Zuckman talked about the narrowly-divided Congress and how it might go about business when the 107th Congress convenes. She also responded to audience phone calls, faxes, and electronic…

Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…