Videos

Telephone lines were opened for viewer comments on how congressional television coverage can be improved to increase viewer comprehension of congressional floor activities. Representative Pe…

Columnist Charles Raasch of Gannett News Service who had covered Senator Thomas Daschle (D-SD) for many years, talked about his career, personality and new position as minority leader. Two o…

Lisa Nelson, executive director of GOPAC--the Republican Political Action Committee--discussed what GOPAC is, what it does, who is running it, how it is funded. She responded to Democrat Rep…

Representative Donald Payne (D-NJ) discussed the recent elections of the Congressional Black Caucus and the goals of the organization for the next Congress. He was elected chairman of the Co…

Representative David McCurdy D-OK, Chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council, spoke on the council’s agenda. He later responded to questions and comments from the viewers.

The guests talked about the provision of the Republican Contract with America entitled “The Senior Citizens Fairness Act” and the findings relating to social security of the Entitlement Comm…

The guest discussed the announced tax plans from the House Democrats and the White House and will also explain dynamic scoring, a revenue estimating method proposed by House Republicans.

The participants discussed the the history and their experiences working at Washington Monthly. They discussed differences between opinion writing and mainstream journalism. They also recoun…

Teresa Tritch of Money Magazine, discussed the 104th Congress’s legislative proposals regarding taxes, banking, health care plans, and social security. She also discussed the impact of new c…

Interviews, video clips and vignettes illustrated the political issues and events of the previous week. Topics included the Congressional debate on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade…

Coverage of the 104th Congress included a review of the week’s events on Capitol Hill and a preview of the upcoming congressional leadership elections. Guests profiled the leadership candida…

Representative William Thomas (R-CA), who is a member of the Republican transition team talked about Republican ideas about changes in the House institutional structure.

Rep. Hoyer talked about the actions and motives of the Democratic party’s transition to a minority position in the House.

Mr. Cloud talked about how Rep. Gingrich is planning to change how Congress works and how he and his Republican colleagues plan to use the House to achieve their goals.

Allen Schick of George Mason University and Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) discussed the Republican “Contract with America” beginning with the first item of their agenda, fiscal responsib…

John Harris of The Washington Post discussed military spending and the Defense Department’s recent announcement that they were unaware the United States military was not currently as strong …

Telephone lines were opened for viewer comments on the midterm election results.

Senator George Mitchell D-Maine talked about the Democratic Party’s losses today. Senator Bob Dole R-Kansas spoke about ongoing election results.

At the close of election day, pairs of guests discussed voting results as they became available, and took questions from viewers. Live shots were shown occasionally of crowds in the Republic…

In an election-eve campaign overview, the impact, influence, and possible outcomes of the midterm elections were discussed by guests. They focused on races in Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virgin…