Videos

CQ Roll Call hosted a virtual discussion on the Senate filibuster. Topics ranged from the filibuster’s origins and how it evolved over the years to recent efforts to eliminate and limit its …

Roll Call’s Niels Lesniewski spoke by phone about former Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), who died yesterday at age 92.

Niels Lesniewski talked about Senate leadership elections that day.

Niels Lesniewski reported by telephone on the key issues in Congress the next week, including Senate confirmation floor votes on Cabinet nominees, Tuesday’s Senate confirmation hearing for f…

Niels Lesniewski talked about the Senate agenda as Congress prepare to return following its August recess. Topics include the Iran nuclear deal, which obtained the necessary votes to sustain…

Niels Lesniewski, speaking by phone, previewed the Senate Republican agenda for the 114 Congress.

Niels Lesniewski talked about the Senate vote to raise the debt limit bill. He explained the process that was used and why the names of senators were not called out as the vote progressed.

Niels Lesniewski was interviewed on Skype about Republican senators blocking a vote on President Obama’s nominees for Federal Housing Finance Agency director and a Washington, D.C., Circuit …

Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) talked about what was next on the Farm Bill, after a small part of it was passed as part of the fiscal cliff package, with the bulk of it unpassed. Some analys…

Telephone lines were open for comments on House Speaker John Boehner’s “Plan B” to avoid “fiscal cliff” impending tax increases and budget cuts at the end of 2012 if Congress cannot reach a …