Journalist Drew Pearson was best known for his daily column “Washington Merry-Go-Round” that ran from 1932 to 1969. Published in more than 600 newspapers, its mission was to reveal governmen…
473 viewsDonald Ritchie, historian emeritus of the U.S. Senate, talked about his book, The Columnist: Leaks, Lies, and Libel in Drew Pearson’s Washington, on the influence of Drew Pearson’s muckrakin…
695 viewsThis program looked at a suspect ramming a car into a U.S. Capitol barricade, killing one police officer and wounding another, and the March jobs report. Senate Historian Emeritus Don Ritchi…
17 viewsThis program looked at the debate over reforming the filibuster in the Senate. Don Ritchie, Senate historian emeritus talked about its history, Jim Antle talked about POTUS Joe Biden’s relie…
28 viewsThe history, art, and architecture of the U.S. Capitol from its opening in 1800 to the present were presented in a special 107-minute version of The Capitol. The documentary featured the imp…
11,124 viewsHistorian Emeritus Don Ritchie talked about the remaining constitutional steps needed for the 2020 presidential election to be concluded. This program is available as a C-SPAN Podcast.
90 viewsA bipartisan group of five U.S. senators appeared in a television broadcast to discuss and promote a resolution to end the Vietnam War by December 31, 1970. The broadcast aired 12 days after…
5,083 viewsDonald Ritchie, historian emeritus of the U.S. Senate, talked about the history of impeachment trials. The program began with a clip of former Maryland Senator Barb Mikulski speaking about s…
967 viewsThis C-SPAN Original Production look inside the U.S. Senate explores its history, traditions, and constitutional powers.
31,554 viewsSenate Historian Emeritus Don Ritchie talked about the traditions and history of the State of the Union address.
783 viewsSenate Historian Donald Ritchie explained the history of the State of the Union address from George Washington to the present. The interview included historic video clips, photographs, and a…
1,040 viewsThe Brumidi Corridors are some of the most highly decorated spaces inside the U.S. Capitol. Designed in the late 1850s by Italian painter Constantino Brumidi, these five corridors in the nor…
631 viewsC-SPAN toured the U.S. Senate Chamber, in use since 1859, to learn about its history, art, and artifacts, including the famous Senate desks.
2,093 viewsCongressional historians Richard Baker, Ray Smock, and Donald Ritchie talked about American history and the U.S. Congress.
1,568 viewsAuthors Jules Witcover and John Bohrer spoke with U.S. Senate Historian Emeritus Donald Ritchie about Robert F. Kennedy’s political legacy 50 years after his assassination during the 1968 pr…
617 viewsPrior to President Trump’s first State of the Union address, former House Sergeant-at-Arms Bill Livingood and Senate Historian Emeritus Don Ritchie previewed the speech and spoke about the h…
541 viewsReporters, congressional staffers, and scholars assessed the current relationship between government officials and the press. Topics included press access to lawmakers, the role of press sec…
676 viewsDon Ritchie talked about the history of the Hart Senate Office Building. He spoke about the building’s construction, its place in congressional history, and about the building’s namesake, fo…
833 viewsDon Ritchie talked about the history of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. He spoke about the building’s construction, its place in congressional history, and about the building’s namesake,…
1,176 viewsTo mark the 30th anniversary of C-SPAN2's live gavel-to-gavel Senate coverage since June 2, 1986, key moments from the past 30 years were shown, as well as an interview with Majority Leader …
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