Videos

Stephen Ohlemacher talked about Social Security and its role in negotiations to avoid the “fiscal cliff,” and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included c…

Jacqueline Simon of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) talked about the potential impact on federal employees of sequestration spending cuts and “fiscal cliff” negotiatio…

James Thurber talked about the electoral college vote, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. The 538 electors in the electoral college meet in their state and vo…

David Maurer talked about the grant money offered to states by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to respond to and recover from terrorism incidents. Topics included the amount of mon…

Telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the question, “Should gun laws change?” The question related to the latest assault weapon mass shooting, at an elementary school in Newtown, …

Steven Cook talked about the vote on Egypt’s draft constitution, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communication. Topics included protests about Egyptian President Morsi, Eg…

Telephone lines were open for viewer comments the role of government versus society in preventing shootings such as the December elementary school schooling in Connecticut. Steven Dennis al…

Matt Kibbe talked about “fiscal cliff” negotiations, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. He also discussed the structure of his FreedomWorks super political ac…

Stan Collender and Joshua Gordon talked about the status of “fiscal cliff” negotiations and previewed the upcoming week, and they responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. …

Cristina Martin Firvida and David John debated the issue of included Social Security in “fiscal cliff” negotiations, and they responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topi…

Representative John Larson (D-CT) talked about the latest developments in the negotiations to avoid the “fiscal cliff,” and congressional Democrats' stance on how spending on programs such a…

Viewers responded to the question, “Which tax deductions would you give up as part of a solution to reducing the budget deficit?”

Curtis Dubay and Chuck Marr talked about tax loopholes and deductions potentially on the chopping block in the so-called “fiscal cliff” negotiations and the pros and cons of eliminating spec…

John McKinnon talked about some of the tax loopholes and deductions potentially on the chopping block in the “fiscal cliff” negotiations, as well as how these deductions would impact America…

Lee Drutman talked about the industries and groups lobbying during the “fiscal cliff” negotiations in hopes that their interests will be spared in any resolution, and he responded to telepho…

Telephone lines were open for comments on a Wall Street Journal piece saying that the jobs climate should improve in 2013.

Nick Timiraos discussed Federal Housing Authority (FHA) practices that led to its $16 billion shortfall in 2012, what it’s doing about it and the potential of Congress to offer the administr…

Telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the willingness of some congressional Republicans to break their anti-tax pledge in order to avoid the “fiscal cliff.” The “fiscal cliff” ref…

Dan Glickman talked about efforts to create areas of bipartisan agreement as the lame-duck session of Congress was to begin debate on the “fiscal cliff” and other key budgetary and economic …

Matt Lewis talked about the future of the Republican Party and steps the party might take to appeal to key voter blocs it lost in the 2012 elections. He also addressed ongoing “fiscal cliff”…