Videos

English historian Peter Moore discussed the generation that preceded the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the influence of leading figures on the ideas that started the American Revol…

Rich Cohen, Louis Jacobson, and Jessica Taylor -- authors of the Almanac of American Politics -- discussed the release of their 2024 edition, the presidential campaign, and key congressional…

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…

House Education and Workforce Committee Chair John Kline (R-MN) talked about divisions in Congress over addressing student loan interest rates, which were set to rise to 6.8 percent in July.…

Rich Cohen, Staff Writer for Congressional Quarterly, was interviewed via Skype about the House legislative agenda for the week.

Richard Cohen spoke by phone about the differences between House and Senate legislation on extending the Social Security payroll tax break and long-term unemployment benefits.

Richard Cohen talked about the Deficit Reduction Committee and the challenges the committee faces in meeting the November 23, 2011, deadline. He responded to telephone calls and electronic c…

Richard Cohen talked about the latest developments in the debt ceiling negotiations, and congressional response to the possibility that the U.S. will default this Tuesday, August 2, or somet…

Kathy Kiely and Richard Cohen talked about Democratic and Republican leaders in the House and Senate leaders and the congressional agenda for the week, focusing on health care. They responde…

Richard Cohen and Alan Reynolds talked about the legislative record of Senator Ted Kennedy who died earlier in the week at the age of 77, and they responded to telephone calls and electronic…

Richard Cohen talked about the return of Congress and his National Journal cover story, Divided Districts. The articles details how eighty-three U.S. Representatives whose districts didn’t c…

Richard Cohen spoke by telephone about Republican protest meetings on the House Floor to continue talking about rising energy costs and gas prices.

Richard Cohen talked about his cover story for this week’s National Journal on whether the “new Center” is likely to be voted out in November and whether the right or left would be most like…

Richard Cohen was interviewed about earmarks and the federal budget. He talked about the differences between the Congressional appropriation and the requests made by President Bush.

Telephone lines were opened for comments on the topic, “Iraq war costs in 2008: $200 billion.”

Reporter for the National Journal, Richard Cohen, spoke on the phone about future legislation for supplemental spending on operations in Iraq.

The guests talked about the just-finished 109th Congress and discussed headline news stories about the upcoming 110th Congress. They responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.

Mr. Cohen spoke about the results of the 2006 midterm elections and potential impact on the legislative agenda. Telephone lines were open for viewer reactions.

Moderated by Mr. Minarik, the panelists evaluated Congress' effectiveness in its oversight of the executive branch in recent years. Topics included lack of oversight of Homeland Security Dep…

Juliet Eilperin was interviewed about her book Fight Club Politics: How Partisanship Is Poisoning the U.S. House of Representatives, published by Rowman and Littlefield. Using her observatio…