Videos

Mr. Birnbaum, Mr. Lauter, and Mr. Von Drehle spoke about events of the past week, particularly the passage of a budget plan by the Senate last night. Other topics included the status of Sump…

Representatives of media organizations spoke on how lobbying is portrayed in the media in a panel discussion during a class of the Lobbying Institute, an educational program for students wis…

The panelists talked about how lobbying could change during the Clinton administration, and about how the media should be covering the issue. Panelists included author Pat Choate, Jeff Birnb…

Several correspondents spoke in a forum on media coverage of specific congressional delegations, including coverage of state delegations by reporters from local papers and reporting the comp…

Jeffrey Birnbaum participated in a Booknotes program to talk about his book, The Lobbyists: How Influence Peddlers Get their Way in Washington. He described the role of lobbyists in the legi…