http://www.c-span.org/XML/podcast/news_feed.xml C-SPAN "Newsmakers" is C-SPAN's weekly Sunday interview program with the people making news and the journalists who cover them. Newmakers airs Sundays on C-SPAN at 10am ET and 6pm ET. "Newsmakers" is C-SPAN's weekly Sunday interview program with the people making news and the journalists who cover them. Newmakers airs Sundays on C-SPAN at 10am ET and 6pm ET. http://www.c-span.org/podcasts/ en-us Copyright 2012, National Cable Satellite Corporation News & Politics Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:00:00 Est Wed, 27 Sep 2006 15:00:00 Est online@c-span.org 203111970 http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg http://www.c-span.org/podcasts/ C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/news051213.mp3 Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) talks about defense issues, including this past week's Defense Department report on sexual assaults on women, defense spending and the FY2014 DOD budget, and what the U.S. should do about Syria. 00:30:59 C-SPAN, Newsmakers, Rep. Mac Thornberry, defense, sexual assault, women, budget, DoD, Syria http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 12 MAY 2013 10:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/news050613.mp3 Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL), Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, talks about key issues facing veterans such as jobs, delays in veterans benefits claims, and why officials at the Dept of VA have been paid bonuses despite a claims backlog. 00:30:31 C-SPAN, Newsmakers, Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL), House Veterans Affairs Committee, jobs, benefit claims, backlog, bonuses, VA http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 05 MAY 2013 10:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/news042813.mp3 On this weeks Newsmakers, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), House Armed Services Committee talks about an array of defense issues. 00:31:20 C-SPAN, Newsmakers, 113th session, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), U.S. House, defense, President Obama, House Armed Services http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 28 APR 2013 10:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/news042113.mp3 Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) discusses House legislation on immigration. A group of eight House members, including our guest has been working on developing an immigration bill. He discusses this effort and the role he thinks the President should play. 00:31:14 C-SPAN, Newsmakers, 113th session, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), U.S. House, immigration, President Obama, "Gang of Eight" http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 21 APR 2013 10:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/news041413.mp3 Rep. Buck McKeon (R-CA), Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, talks about criticism of President Obama's proposed defense budget issued this week. 00:34:58 C-SPAN, Newsmakers, 113th session, Rep. Buck McKeon (R-CA), Chairman, House Armed Services Committee, President Obama, FY 2014 defense budget http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 14 APR 2013 10:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/news040713.mp3 As Congress wrestles over a compromise on gun legislation concerning universal background checks and gun trafficking, Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America, describes why his group opposes the measures senators are considering. 00:31:10 C-SPAN, Newsmakers, 113th session, Larry Pratt, executive director, Gun Owners of America, gun control, trafficking, background checks, NRA, Senate legislation http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 07 APR 2013 10:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/news033113.mp3 The president of the AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka, talks about the immigration debate and what to do about low-income and high-income workers from other countries and how the wages they're paid affects American workers. 00:30:40 C-SPAN, Newsmakers, 113th session, Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO President, immigration, low-income, high-income, workers, wage deflation, cheap labor http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 31 MAR 2013 10:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/news032413.mp3 Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) talks about the budget, the continuing resolution (CR), his longtime thinking about the fiscal cliff, as well as the debate over gun legislation. He has proposed 23 amendments to the current budget bill. 00:30:36 C-SPAN, Newsmakers, 113th session, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), budget, continuing resolution, CR, fiscal cliss, gun control, amendments http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 24 MAR 2013 10:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/news031713.mp3 Representative Steve Scalise (R-LA), the new chairman of the Republican Study Committee, discusses the congressional debate over spending and taxes and other topics, including energy policy and the RSC's opposition to a carbon tax. 00:24:44 C-SPAN, Newsmakers, 113th session, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), U.S. House, Republican Study Committee, spending, taxes, sequestration, energy policy, carbon tax http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 17 MAR 2013 10:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/news031013.mp3 Representative Sander Levin (D-MI), the ranking member on the House Ways and Means Committee, talks about tax reform, the future of Social Security and Medicare, and how Congress is addressing the budget cuts, debt, and the U.S. economy. 00:32:39 C-SPAN, Newsmakers, 113th session, Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI), House Ways and Means Committee, tax reform, Social Security, Medicare, budget cuts, sequestration, U.S. economy http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 10 MAR 2013 10:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/news030313.mp3 On Newsmakers, the Senate's Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), looks at the energy issues facing the U.S. and his agenda as the committee’s new chairman. He speaks with National Journal's Energy and Environment Correspondent Amy Harder and The Hill E2-Wire Co-Author Ben Geman. 00:32:39 C-SPAN, Newsmakers, 113th session, Senate Energy and Natural Resources, Committee Chairman, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), National Journal, Energy and Environment Correspondent Amy Harder, The Hill, E2-Wire Co-Author Ben Geman http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 03 MAR 2013 10:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/news022413.mp3 This week on Newsmakers, our guest is Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Judiciary Committee Chairman. He discusses immigration and gun control – two issues his committee is likely to play a major role in this year. Also, he discusses his plans as the Judiciary Committee chairman. 00:31:17 C-SPAN, Newsmakers, 113th session, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), House Judiciary Committee Chairman, immigration, gun control, committee agenda http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 24 FEB 2013 10:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/news021713.mp3 On Newsmakers, Rep. Harold Rogers (R-KY), Appropriations Committee Chairman, discusses the continuing resolution (CR) he is working on to fund the federal government. His plan would extend the current CR for most agencies through Sept 30, but would have more detailed instructions for the Pentagon and veterans programs. If passed, the Roger's plan would avert a government shutdown that could happen on March 27 when the current CR is due to expire. He speaks with Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Congressional Reporter and Roxana Tiron, Bloomberg News Congressional Reporter. 00:32:02 C-SPAN, Newsmakers, 113th session, Rep. Harold Rogers (R-KY), Appropriations Committee Chairman, continuing resolution, CR, federal government, budget, Pentagon, sequestration, government shut down, Andrew Taylor, Associated Press, Congressional Reporter, Roxana Tiron, Bloomberg News http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 17 FEB 2013 10:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/news021013.mp3 This week on Newsmakers, our guest is Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), ranking member of the House Budget Committee. He discusses a range of topics including the recent Congressional Budget Office’s report on Federal debt, the sequestration deadline of March 1, and budget issues before the Congress. He speaks with reporters Nancy Cook, National Journal, and Lori Montgomery, Washington Post. 00:29:49 C-SPAN, Newsmakers, 113th session, Congress, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), ranking member, House Budget Committee, Congressional Budget Office, Federal debt, report, sequestration, Nancy Cook, National Journal, Lori Montgomery, Washington Post http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 10 FEB 2013 10:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/news020313.mp3 This week on Newsmakers our guest is Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. He discusses this week’s hearing on gun violence and the issue of immigration reform. He also comments on the 2014 Iowa Senate race following the recent announcement by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) that he will not seek re-election. 00:28:11 C-SPAN, Newsmakers, 113th session, Congress, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA), Senate Judiciary Committee, gun violence, 2014 Iowa Senate race, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 03 FEB 2013 10:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/news012713.mp3 This week on Newsmakers, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), Armed Services Committee Ranking Member talks about key defense issues. Sen. Inhofe discusses next week’s confirmation hearing of Chuck Hagel to be defense secretary, women in combat roles, sequestration and its impact on the Pentagon, the defense budget, troop numbers in Afghanistan, the strength of al Qaeda, and the future of the U.S. military. 00:33:26 C-SPAN, Newsmakers, 113th session, Congress, defense, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), Chuck Hagel, Secretary of Defense, confirmation hearings, Pentagon, budget, Afghanistan, al Qaeda http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 27 JAN 2013 10:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/news012013.mp3 This week on Newsmakers, a conversation with Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the Judiciary Committee Chairman. Leahy announced that he will hold hearings on gun control in late January. He talked about the hearings, legislation that may flow from it, and other issues including immigration legislation, that he expects the committee to take up in this new Congress. 00:33:27 C-SPAN, Newsmakers, 113th session, Congress, fiscal cliff, 2013, debt ceiling, immigration, gun control, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Senate Judiciary Committee http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 20 JAN 2013 10:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/news011313.mp3 House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) joins Newsmakers to discuss his priorities as the new Democratic Caucus Chairman in the 113th Congress, as well as issues facing the new congress, including the ongoing "fiscal cliff" and debt ceiling debate, immigration, and gun control. 00:30:08 C-SPAN, Newsmakers, 113th session, Congress, fiscal cliff, 2013, debt ceiling, immigration, gun control http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 13 JAN 2013 10:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/news010613.mp3 Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) talks about what’s next on the Farm Bill, after a small part of it was passed as part of the fiscal cliff package, with the bulk of it unpassed. Some analysts see a rougher time in 2013 with attempts to pass a farm bill. 00:31:09 C-SPAN, Newsmakers, Senate Agriculture Committee, Chairman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), 113th session, Congress, Farm Bill, fiscal cliff, 2013 http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 06 JAN 2013 10:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/news123012.mp3 This week on Newsmakers, our guest is Representative-Elect Luke Messer (R-IN). Representative-Elect Messer discusses the upcoming 113th session of Congress and his priorities as the incoming Republican freshman class president. 00:30:50 C-SPAN, Newsmakers, Representative-Elect Luke Messer (R-IN), 113th session, Congress, incoming Republican freshman class president http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 30 DEC 2012 10:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/news122312.mp3 Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), incoming Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member, discusses how the House and Senate are weighing the issues arising from the September attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. He also discusses the accountability review board’s report this week about the State Department’s handling of the matter. Rep. Engel speaks with reporters Tim Mak, Politico staff writer, and Josh Rogin, Foreign Policy staff writer. 00:31:20 C-SPAN, Newsmakers, Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), incoming Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member, U.S. House of Representatives, Senate, September 11 attack, Benghazi, Libya, State Department report, Tim Mak, Politico, staff writer, and Josh Rogin, Foreign Policy http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 23 DEC 2012 10:30:00 EST C-SPAN http://podcast.c-span.org/podcast/news121612.mp3 This week on Newsmakers our guest is Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), the incoming chairman of the House Republican Conference. She looks at the so-called "fiscal cliff" and how Republicans and Democrats could come to agreement. She speaks with Washington Post Congressional Reporter Ed O'Keefe and Bloomberg News Congressional Reporter Kathleen Hunter. 00:31:00 C-SPAN, Newsmakers, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), U.S. House Republican Conference, "fiscal cliff", Washington Post Congressional Reporter, Ed O'Keefe, Bloomberg News Congressional Reporter, Kathleen Hunter http://www.c-span.org/images/home/cspan_podcast_300.jpg News & Politics Podcasts SUN, 16 DEC 2012 10:30:00 EST