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Journalists predicted some of the deceptive statements that President Obama and Mitt Romney might make in the first of their three debates. Some of the subjects they talked about were Medica…

Journalists and political ad fact checkers analyzed candidates' false or misleading speeches and political ads thus far in the 2012 election campaign. Panelists said both political parties a…

Mr. Drinkard spoke about legislative proposals for lobbying and ethics reform in the House of Representatives, and efforts to get a majority consensus to consider passage of the legislation.

Journalists talked about media coverage of the scandal in Congress over the lobbying activites of Jack Abramoff. They discussed how they reported the news. After their remarks the panelists …

Guests talked about Enron’s ties to Washington politics, members of the administration who had worked for Enron, Enron’s lobbying efforts, federal agencies that oversaw the various businesse…

Jim Drinkard talked about lobbying and ethic reform proposals announced by House and Senate Democrats and Republicans earlier in the week. He also spoke about the House Republican leadership…

USA Today Political Reporter James Drinkard talked about the situation at CBS, the statement from Dan Rather about fraudulent documents used in a story about President Bush’s National Guard …

A panel discussed the effect of the new campaign finance laws and the role of special interest groups in the presidential campaigns. One aspect discussed was the redirection of money to stat…

USA Today political reporter Jim Drinkard talked about federal action on the campaign finance law and 527 organizations. The previous day, the Federal Election Commission voted to place some…

USA Today Political Reporter, Jim Drinkard, and Associated Press Political Reporter, Sharon Theimer, joined C-SPAN’s Washington Journal and talked about campaign finance legislation and the …

Jim Drinkard of USA Today talked about Senate consideration of campaign finance legislation and the possibility of a filibuster.

USA Today Political Reporter Jim Drinkard talked about headline news stories and responded to audience telephone calls, faxes and electronic mail.

Mr. Drinkard talked about the debate in the Senate on campaign finance reform. He focused on the differences between this bill and an older version that was defeated previously in the Senate…

Jim Drinkard, USA Today Reporter, discussed headline news, congressional leadership and leadership PACs. Leadership PACs are a means of Members of Congress to multiply their ability to raise…

In this viewer call-in program, James Drinkard discussed the new members of the 103rd Congress, their characteristics, and what issues the new members may bring to the forefront in the next …

The guests discussed the opposition build-up to the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court of the United States. The Congressional Black Caucus announced that they will oppose hi…

The guests discussed the elections in Nicaragua, clean air legislation in the Senate, Washington Mayor Marion Barry, and congressional debates on foreign aid.

Congressional Correspondent for the Associated Press James Drinkard takes viewer calls about the resignation of House Speaker Jim Wright (D-TX).

Mr. Drinkard and Mr. Rainie discussed agriculture policy and how it will impact farmers.

Mr. Drinkard and Ms. Hillgren discussed U.S. agriculture policy and answered callers' questions.