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Retiring Representative Dan Burton (R-IN) reflected on his career in Congress. Among the topics he addressed were ways in which partisanship had become a barrier to legislative action, his r…

Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) reflected on his career in Congress. Among the topics he addressed were the rise of partisan interests in the Senate, the role of lobbying in the political process…

Representative Jerry Lewis (R-CA), who was retiring at the close of the 112th Congress, reflected on his 24-year career in the House of Representatives. He had been the chairman and the rank…

Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE), who was retiring at the close of the 112th Congress, reflected on his 12 years in the Senate. Topics included the importance of compromising and his work as a memb…

Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY), incoming Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member, talked about how the House and Senate are weighing the issues arising from the September attack on the U…

Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) discussed the “fiscal cliff” as numerous plans were circulating in Congress to address the issue. Senators Tom Harkin and Jay Rockefeller were asking President Obam…

Tim Pawlenty talked about the financial sector/business community response to the “fiscal cliff” and the U.S. economy. Former Minnesota Governor Pawlenty ran for president early in 2012, and…

Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, discussed the “fiscal cliff,” the impending tax increases and budget cuts at the end of 2012 if Congress fails to agree on a new budge…

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar talked about his children’s book, What Color Is My World?: The Lost History of African-American Inventors, and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.…

Telephone lines were open for reaction to the second of three debates between presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. This town hall style debate was held at Hofstra University…

Telephone lines were open for comments on the 2012 presidential campaign prior to the second of three presidential debates. Also included were interviews with journalists and debate official…

Telephone lines were open for viewer reaction to the vice presidential debate between Vice President Joe Biden (D) and Representative Paul Ryan (R). Interviews in the spin room were shown an…

Telephone lines were open for comments on the debate between vice presidential candidates Joe Biden and Paul Ryan, held at Centre College. Interviews with media representatives and political…

Katrina Vanden Huevel talked about politics and the 2012 presidential campaign, and she answered questions from viewers and Miami University students in Oxford, Ohio. Topics included the lat…

Ann Coulter discussed her latest book, Mugged: Racial Demagoguery from the Seventies to Obama which “explodes the self-made liberal myth of liberals and liberalism as heroes in the American …

Telephone lines were open for viewer commentary on the question, “What should the role of government be in your life?”

Chris Savage and Eric Morath talked about manufacturing in the U.S. economy, and they responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included the types of products the U.…

Telephone lines were open for reaction to the first of three debates between presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney as live scenes were shown from the debate site at the Univer…

Telephone lines were open for comments on the presidential campaign prior to the first of three presidential debates. Also included were interviews with journalists and debate officials, as …

Representative Tom Cole (R-OK) talked about budget issues facing Congress before January 2013, including the fiscal cliff, referring to impending tax increases and budget cuts at the end of …