Week Ahead in Congress
Paul Albergo previewed the legislative agenda for the upcoming week in the lame-duck Congress. Topics included an omnibus spending bill, authorization for the Keystone XL Pipeline, and a def…
555 viewsPaul Albergo previewed the legislative agenda for the upcoming week in the lame-duck Congress. Topics included an omnibus spending bill, authorization for the Keystone XL Pipeline, and a def…
555 viewsFormer U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe Tom McDonald talked about the U.S. and international response to Ebola. Topics included the conditions that led to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, and U…
1,043 viewsFormer Defense Undersecretary for Policy Michele Flournoy talked about the future role of the U.S. in Afghanistan and Iraq. She also responded to telephone calls and electronic communication…
4,765 viewsRicardo Alonso-Zaldivar talked about national health care spending. According to a new report released by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in 2012 health care spending as a part of…
4,693 viewsNoam Levey and Julie Rovner talked about the beginning of Health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act on January 1, 2014, for those who signed up first under the law. Topics incl…
2,494 viewsLawrence Yun, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors, talked about recent housing and mortgage trends. Topics included the housing market’s impact on the overall U.S. econo…
1,532 viewsAlex Wayne and Kyle Cheney talked about the latest news regarding efforts to fix problems with the Affordable Care Act’s Healthcare.gov Web site. Topics included enrollment figures, Presiden…
753 viewsMichael Steele talked about fissures with the Republican Party, and responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics included Syria, the health care law, a potential govern…
160 viewsRepresentative Scott Garrett (R-NJ), a member of the Budget Committee , talked budget negotiations and Republican messaging as members prepare to head home for the August recess, as well as …
192 viewsReRepresentative Alan Grayson (D-FL), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, talked about National Security Agency (NSA) data collection program sand NSA leaker Edward Snowden. He …
251 viewsTelephone lines were open for viewers comments on the question, “Is the United States becoming a ‘defeatist’ nation?” The program concluded with C-SPAN Radio’s Nancy Calo previewing the Sund…
67 viewsBob Cusack reviewed the major congressional developments of the previous week and previewed the upcoming week. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Topics incl…
90 viewsTelephone lines were open for viewer comments on student loan interest rates, which were to double on July 1 with action from Congress. C-SPAN Radio’s Nancy Calo previewed the Sunday morning…
137 viewsJoseph Henchman talked about states with the highest and lowest tax rates, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. According to a Tax Foundation analysis by the av…
1,155 viewsTelephone calls were open for comments on President Obama’s meetings with members of Congress on Capitol Hill. John Fritze, Baltimore Sun Washington, D.C., correspondent, talked about the pr…
183 viewsMax Boot talked about President Obama’s second term foreign policy agenda and challenges. Topics included threats arising from Middle East regional instability as a result of the “Arab Sprin…
1,113 viewsWinnie Stachelberg talked about proposed changes to gun laws in reaction to the December 2012 mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school, and the politics surrounding possible changes.…
338 viewsBrian Lepore talked about the current facilities at Guantanamo Bay and factors to be considered should a decision be made to move detainees stateside. The GAO has analyzed whether detainees …
186 viewsTelephone lines were open for viewer comments on the question, “Fiscal cliff: your confidence in Washington?” At the end of this program, C-SPAN Radio’s Nancy Calo previewed the Sunday morn…
154 viewsDavid Walker discussed his ideas for averting the “fiscal cliff,” and his view that even if this fiscal emergency is solved it does little to diffuse the underlying problem plaguing the U.S.…
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