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Former Representative Martin Frost (D-TX), talked about U.S. energy independence and energy policy.

USA Today Washington bureau chief Susan Page discussed the life and political career of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). This virtual program was hosted by Cornell University in Ithaca, Ne…

Current and former members of Congress and a student and teacher who were present during the school shooting at Marjory Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, discussed citizen movements …

Professor David Schoenbrod talked about his book DC Confidential: Inside the Five Tricks of Washington, in which he looks at five ways Washington officials avoid being accountable to voters …

Former Representative Martin Frost (D-TX) and journalist Richard Cohen talked about their book, The Partisan Divide: Congress in Crisis, which they wrote with former Representative Tom Davis…

A funeral service was held at First United Methodist Church in Fort Worth, Texas, for former House Speaker and Representative Jim Wright (D-TX). Representative Wright died on May 6, 2015, at…

Former Representatives Martin Frost (D-TX) and Tom Davis (R-VA) talked about their book, The Partisan Divide: Congress in Crisis, which examines the causes of legislative gridlock and possib…

Former members of Congress talked about the results of the 2014 midterm elections and their likely impact on Congress. Topics included tea party movement members of the House and Senate. …

Former Representatives Martin Frost (D-TX) and Tom Davis (R-VA) talked about the government shutdown from the perspective of two former members who were in Congress during the 1995-96 shutdo…

Former Representatives Martin Frost (D-TX), Dan Glickman (D-KS), and Tom Davis (R-VA) discussed some of the most important House and Senate races across the country. They also talked about t…

Political analyst Charlie Cook previewed the 2012 elections with former U.S. Representatives Tom Davis (R-VA) and Martin Frost (D-TX) . Among the topics they addressed were senior and Latino…

Four former members of Congress and one former member of the Bush administration discussed the relationship between Congress and the executive branch through the September 11, 2001, terroris…

Former Representatives Martin Frost (D-TX) and Robert Walker (R-PA) talked about partisanship in Congress.

Policy analysts, former and current members of Congress, and others participated in a day-long forum on the previous day’s midterm election results. Among the topics they addressed were the …

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer outlined the Democratic legislative agenda heading into midterm elections. He talked about Democratic initiatives which targeted the U.S. manufacturing sect…

Former members of Congress who took an active interest in maintaining their papers shared their observations. Historical records of Congress are housed at the Center for Legislative Archives…

Former Congressmen Tom Davis and Martin Frost talked about current news of the week, including the health care bill that President Obama signed into law and the political ramifications of th…

Panelists talked about vulnerabilities and flaws in the current system of U.S. presidential succession, specifically the need for authoritative continuity. Other topics included emergency dr…

The Center for American Progress and American University’s Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies hosted a one day symposium on “Checks and Balances, Perspectives on American Demo…