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Newsmakers with Senator Debbie Stabenow

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) talks about what's next on the Farm Bill, after a small part of it was passed as part...

Newsmakers with Representative-Elect Luke Messer

Representative-Elect Luke Messer (R-IN) talks about the 113th Congress and his priorities as the incoming Republican freshman class president.

Newsmakers with Representative Eliot Engel

Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY), incoming Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member, talks about how the House and Senate are weighing the issues arising from the September...

Newsmakers with Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin, chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, talks about key state issues, including employment, the Affordable Care Act, the "fiscal cliff," and...

Newsmakers with Senator Tom Harkin

Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) discusses the debate over the "Fiscal Cliff."

Newsmakers with Mary Kay Henry

Mary Kay Henry, President of SEIU, Mary Kay Henry talks about being at the White House for meetings that President Obama held over three days...

Newsmakers with Grover Norquist

Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, discussed the "fiscal cliff" and how Congress should address the debt and taxes and revenue in the...

Newsmakers with Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Senator John Thune

Correspondents Dave Levinthal and Alexis Simendinger interview Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and Senator John Thune (R-SD) about the elections.

Newsmakers with Senator Rand Paul

Freshman Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) talks about Campaign 2012, his support for Mitt Romney, his push for a pared down government, and cuts in foreign...

Newsmakers with Representative Jim Jordan

The chairman of the Republican Study Committee, Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, discusses Campaign 2012, including his battleground state of Ohio, what he hopes Congress...

Newsmakers with Representative Steve Israel

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair and Representative Steve Israel (D-NY) talks about his party's efforts to regain control of the House of Representatives in the...

Newsmakers with Secretary Shaun Donovan

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan talks about the state of the housing market, including the Federal Reserve's effort to stimulate the market, Fannie...