Freedom Awards and Retiring Members Tribute
Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell and House Minority Leader Bob Michel received the 1994 Freedom Award from the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. The lawmakers expressed their gratitude …
70 viewsSenate Majority Leader George Mitchell and House Minority Leader Bob Michel received the 1994 Freedom Award from the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. The lawmakers expressed their gratitude …
70 viewsCokie Roberts and Charlie Gibson hosted the tribute to House Minority Leader Robert Michel of Illinois. First elected to Congress in 1957, Representative Michel served in World War II, and t…
266 viewsThe panel, titled "Congress and the Media", was a joint effort by the Brookings Institution and the American Enterprise Institute. The participants talked about a number of issues concerning…
43 viewsABC Correspondent Cokie Roberts and her brother Attorney Thomas Boggs spoke about the current political trends including the effect that health care reform will have on the president’s popul…
44 viewsAt the annual Radio-Television Correspondents Association dinner, President Bill Clinton congratulated radio and television correspondents on 50 years of TV and radio coverage of national po…
832 viewsABC News correspondent Cokie Roberts talked about the increasing influence of women in politics. She spoke about opportunities for women in Congress and Supreme Court rulings in gender discr…
62 viewsHouse members and Senators held an informal debate concerning their views on health care reform policy. Ms. Roberts moderated and the members of Congress took questions from one another and …
36 viewsThe Washington Press Club celebrated its 50th Annual Congressional Dinner. Members of Congress and journalists gave brief, humorous remarks.
237 viewsCokie Roberts, ABC News special correspondent, spoke about the influence of the media on Congress and the White House. She called television network news less monolithic than it has been, ci…
43 viewsIn part 3 of a 5-part series, radio, television and newspaper reporters and news executives discussed the effects of television coverage on national political conventions from Truman to Clin…
66 viewsThe panelists, which included elected officials and journalists, talked about whether women have truly changed the face of American politics. They spoke about changes in the role and status …
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