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Alan Frumin discussed the role of the Senate parliamentarian and his aides in advising the presiding officer of the Senate on parliamentary procedure. He also talked about specific Senate ru…

The first-term senator described moving from social work and neighborhood causes into politics. Senator Mikulski served in the U.S. House of Representatives for ten years before being el…

Alan Pessin talked about Voice of America and democratic movements around the world. He answered viewer questions. He was the Voice of America bureau chief in China before being expelled fro…

Joseph Hagin discussed his responsibilities as the appointment and scheduling coordinator for President George HW Bush.

Mark Miller, of Newsweek, was interviewed, took viewer questions and spoke of his article “The Dirty 300” that covered Colombia’s operation of Drug Rings.

Representative Cass Ballenger talked about being a member of the official congressional delegation that visited Managua, Nicaragua to witness voter registration. He answered viewer questions…

Vittorio Brod talked about his role in the logistics and coordination of President George H.W. Bush’s visit to Costa Rica that celebrated 100 years of democracy in the region.

Congressman Mervyn Dymally (D-CA) took viewer calls about his recent trip to South Africa. Among the topics covered were whether toughening sanctions against the apartheid government would b…

Guests talked about cases the U.S. Supreme Court will hear this term. They answered viewer questions.

Howard Marlowe discussed the reaction of Washington lobbyists to the restrictions proposed by Senator Robert Byrd in his amendment to the Interior appropriations bill. Footage was also provi…

Costa Rican Ambassador to the United States, Danilo Jimenz, discussed Costa Rica’s role in Central American peace process and took viewer questions.

Mitch Snyder, Micheal Carliner, and Ann Schnare took calls and discussed housing issues.

Viewer comments on the new government in Poland.

House Doorkeeper James Molloy is interviewed about the duties of his job. Among these are supervising the doorpersons, publication and distribution, pages, cloakrooms, and document rooms. Mr…

Guests Nancy Fulco of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Justin Dart of the Committee on the Employment of People With Disabilities spoke about the Americans With Disabilities Act and answered…

The program was part of a series looking at the Department of Housing and Urban Development that came as Congress investigated alleged mismanagement, fraud, and influence peddling at HUD. …

John Pike, with the Federation of American Scientists, and Robin Ranger, with the U.S. Institute of Peace, discussed the recent space launch and the role of the military in space exploration…

Nathaniel Thayer of the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies took calls from viewers and discussed recent developments in Japan including the new Prime Minister Toshiki Ka…

The panel includes legislators who were members of the House Judiciary Committee that, in 1974, passed three articles of impeachment against President Nixon charging him with obstruction of …

The panel talked about the political results of Watergate and President Nixon’s resignation, from Gerald Ford through Jimmy Carter to Ronald Reagan. The panel was part of a special aired on …