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Telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the question, “What is your pick for news story of the year?”
461 viewsTelephone lines were open for viewer comments on the question, “What is your pick for news story of the year?”
461 viewsTelephone lines were open for viewer comments on the question, “What is your pick for news story of the year?”
465 viewsRandi Weingarten talked about key issues in education. Her American Federation of Teachers organization is one of the nation’s largest teachers unions. Topics included the common core standa…
3,651 viewsBarry Lynn and Richard Land talked about the role that faith and religion play in contemporary politics, public life, and civics. Topics included the separation of church and state, the conc…
2,450 viewsSteven Toporoff talked about ways that consumers can protect themselves from identify theft. He discussed the types of identity theft, the role of the Federal Trade Commission, and the first…
1,920 viewsTelephone lines were open for viewer comments on a Washington Post interview with former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. Mr. Snowden said he had “already won” and that hi…
340 viewsTelephone lines were open for viewer comments on a Washington Post interview with former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. Mr. Snowden said he had “already won” and that hi…
410 viewsCongressional scholars Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein talked about the year 2013 on Capitol Hill and assessed the 113th Congress. They spoke about approval ratings and trust ratings that pu…
423 viewsBloomberg News correspondent Joshua Zumbrun was interviewed by phone about a meeting of the Federal Reserve Board’s Federal Open Market Committee.
5,554 viewsJames Andrew Lewis talked about U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon’s ruling that the National Security Agency (NSA) phone record data collection program was unconstitutional. Judge Leon …
505 viewsTelephone lines were open for viewer comments on the question, “Do your representatives and senators in Congress reflect your views?” Bloomberg News correspondent Joshua Zumbrun also spok…
427 viewsHouse Appropriations Committee Chair Harold Rogers (R-KY) talked about the impact of the bi-partisan budget deal developed by Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) …
9,419 viewsRepresentative Kurt Schrader (D-OR) talked about the two-year budget deal reached earlier in the week by the chairs of the Budget Conference Committee and that was scheduled for a vote on th…
348 viewsJohn Arensmeyer talked about the impact of the Affordable Care Act on small businesses and the work of his Small Business Majority group. He focused on the benefits of the law, such as its e…
350 viewsRepresentative Sean Duffy (R-WI) talked about the agreement reached between the co-chairs of the Budget Conference Committee and the possible House vote on the bill later in the day. He also…
239 viewsGinger Gibson gave an update by phone on the latest news concerning the agreement reached by the chairs of the Budget Conference Committee. She also talked about the bill’s timing for passag…
3,722 viewsTelephone lines were open for viewer comments on House Speaker John Boehner’s response to a reporter’s question about opposition to the agreement reached by the chairs of the Budget Conferen…
479 viewsMark Follman talked about his Mother Jones Magazine article on the number of children who have been killed by guns since the December 2013 mass shooting at a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary…
399 viewsEmily Stephenson was interviewed by phone about the Federal Reserve' Board of Governors approval of the Volcker rule that aims to curb future risk-taking by banks. The rule is part of the 20…
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