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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) discussed her life’s work and advised others who aspire to go into public service during an event for first-year law students hosted by Georgetown La…

Representative Joe Neguse (D-CO) held a bipartisan news conference calling on Congress to take legislative action banning members of Congress from trading stocks.

Charles Johnson spoke about problems caused by the accelerated pace and extent of procedural changes in Congress. He suggested that in Congress there was a “retreat from a collegial, opennes…

Jonathan Cowan talked about congressional gridlock, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. His group, Third Way, advocates for more compromise between the two pol…

Representative Patrick McHenry talked about the possible request from states to seek bankruptcy and other financial issues that is before the Oversight and Government Reform Committee in the…

Brody Mullins, an investigative reporter for the Wall Street Journal, had written a series of articles on aspects of official congressional travel over the year. During this interview, he di…

Representative Brad Sherman of California talked about the current financial reform in Congress as well as the announcement by Republicans today that they will drop their filibuster against …

Telephone lines were open for comments on the question, “After health care, is it time for Senate reform?”

Ryan Teague Beckwith talked about Congress.org, “a free Web site where people can learn about the issues on Capitol Hill - and take action by writing their lawmakers.” C-SPAN Radio’s Nancy …

Tom Schatz talked about congressional earmarks. Members of the 110th Congress allocated more than 7 billion dollars to earmarks in the 2008 spending bills enacted during the week, with a tot…

Rep. Mike Conaway talked about the Alternative Minimum Tax. The House voted during the previous day to reduce the number of taxpayers who were subjected to the alternative minimum tax. The m…

The guests talked about ethics reform in Congress. Susan Ferrechio talked about the details and history of the ethics bill. The guests focused on the issue of lobbying and enforcement of any…

Naftali Bendavid talked about his book The Thumpin': How Rahm Emanuel and the Democrats Learned to Be Ruthless and Ended the Republican Revolution, published by Doubleday. Mr. Bendavid discu…

Sen. Levin, member of the Senate Governmental Affairs committee, addressed the American League of Lobbyists in Washington on the need for reform in regulations on lobbyists. Sen. Levin arg…

Morgan Felchner talked about the House and Senate elections and the Campaign and Elections April cover story on how Democrats can take back the House. She responded to telephone calls and el…

Newly elected House Majority Leader Boeheim responded to questions and comments from reporters about lobbyist reform legislation in Congress.

Participating from Boston, Professor Julian Zelizer talked about his book and about current as well as past U.S. House rules and internal reform efforts. The full title of his book is On Cap…

Representative Richard Armey (R-TX) and others briefed reporters on the formation of a task force to oversee the passage of lobbying and campaign reform, which Representative Peter Hoekstra …

The House Oversight Committee chaired by Representative Bill Thomas, R- California, held a hearing on the House Administrative Operations. The Committee examined the administrative operation…

Members of Team 290, a group of term limit supporters, spoke to reporters about congressional term limit legislation. The group’s name refers to the number of votes needed to pass the legisl…