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Tom Charles Huston testified before the Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, commonly known as the Church Committee, on the 43-pa…

CIA Director William Colby testified before the Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, commonly known as the Church Committee. This…

Former Senator Charles Mathias defined the importance of liberalism in America. He argued that liberalism allows for freedom of opinion and democracy. Charles Mathias concluded by listing fo…

Prior to confirmation hearings for Judge John Roberts and Judge Samuel Alito, a compilation of Senate Judiciary hearings on the nomination of Justice Antonin Scalia was shown. Justice Scalia…

Associate Justice William Rehnquist and members of the American Bar Association testified on Justice Rehnquist’s nomination to Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Judge Antonin Scalia responded to questions from committee members about his views regarding such topics as federal-state relationships, the Constitution, death penalty, abortion, national s…

The family of former Maryland Senator Charles Mathias held a memorial service for him at the National Cathedral. Speakers included Vice President Joe Biden, former Mathias staffer and Washin…

Participants commemorated the 25th anniversary of the groundbreaking for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The ceremony included color guards, an invocation, a wreath laying, and taps. It took …

C-SPAN showed the second inauguration of Ronald Reagan in 1985, which took place in the Capitol Rotunda on January 21, 1985. A private swearing-in was held the previous day at the White Hous…

ABC News correspondent Cokie Roberts, Reagan administration Chief of Staff Ken Duberstein, and former Senator Charles Mathias spoke about the political transition in Washington. They talked…

This news conference held by the organization ACTION NOT GRIDLOCK! focused on the issue of filibustering with specific reference to the debate over health care reform in the Senate. …

Former legislators and administration officials spoke about the impact of filibusters in the U.S. Senate and the need for congressional reform to reduce the import of the minority filibuster…

The House Banking committee heard testimony on the financial affairs of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International from officials of a Washington bank owned by B.C.C.I. during the third d…

The International Executive Report Organization hosted a meeting in Washington DC titled 'Business Investment in E.Europe & U.S.S.R., Speakers were Charles Mathias (R-MD, former Senator), E…

The conference was sponsored by the National Commission on Public Service in conjunction with the Brookings Institution. The commission tried to promote public service action on college camp…

The House Bipartisan Task Force on Ethics held a hearing on President H.W. Bush’s proposal on government wide ethics reform.

Members of the National Committee on the Public Service talked about a report outlining the need for public service.

Panelists in this roundtable discussion generally agreed that the separation of powers is important to democracy. Justice Antonin Scalia argued that this system prevents any one branch from …

District of Columbia Bar Association - National Security Challenges Confronting the Next Administration

On this episode of America and The Courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held their 6th Annual Judicial Conference, the “State of the Courts” was talked about. They then …