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May MacGuineas talked about U.S. debt and the “fiscal cliff” impending tax increases and budget cuts in January 2013 if Congress failed to reach a budget agreement. Nancy Calo read C-SPAN Ra…

Glenn Thrush and Jonathan Martin talked about the Politico e-book they co-authored, The End of the Line: Romney vs. Obama: The 34 days that Decided the Election, and they responded to teleph…

Telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the potential for an intense congressional battle over gun control in reaction to the Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school shooting. At th…

Representative John Yarmuth (D-KY) talks his call along with other congressional Democrats calling for action on gun control. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. N…

Francisco Negron talked about the status of schools' emergency plans around the country, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. He also outlined the resources ava…

Representatives Tim Murphy (R-PA) and Grace Napolitano (D-CA) talked about mental health issues and the federal government’s role in providing and funding mental health services. They also r…

Representative Allyson Schwartz (D-PA) talked about the status of “fiscal cliff” negotiations, the elementary school shooting in Connecticut, and gun control issues. She also responded to te…

John Fund talked about possible gun control responses to the shooting at a Connecticut elementary school that claimed 26 victims, including 20 children aged six and seven. Topics included th…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Grover Norquist talked about raising taxes as part of negotiations between House Republicans and President Obama to avoid the “fiscal cliff.” He also responded to telephone calls and electro…

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…

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…

Charles Clark outlined the domestic programs that would be cut if sequestration and the “fiscal cliff” occured at the end of 2012. Topics included the potential impact of the cuts to various…

Jim Doyle talked about the concerns of his group, Business Forward, regarding “fiscal cliff” impending tax increases and budget cuts at the end of 2012 if Congress failed to reach a new budg…

Robert Levinson talked about sequestration and the “fiscal cliff,” and how sequestration could affect the defense budget and national security policy. “Fiscal cliff” referred to the impendin…

Anna Palmer talked about corporate clients who are paying lobbyists in Washington to protect their interests in the “fiscal cliff” negotiations. New political commercials on the issue were s…

Qorivs Communications' Stan Collender and the American Action Forum’s Douglas Holtz-Eakin talked about the “fiscal cliff” negotiations. “Fiscal cliff” referred to the impending tax increases…