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First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton testified to the committee concerning the president’s health care reform proposal. Ms. Clinton led the president’s health care reform task force which designed…

David Broder talked about the book he wrote with Haynes Johnson, The System: The American Way of Politics at the Breaking Point, published by Little, Brown and Company. The book examined in detail how…

The topic of this meeting of the class on the Clinton presidency was the politics of health care reform. Dr. Elders served as Surgeon General in 1993 and 1994. She argued the case for universal health…

President Clinton announced his support for legislation to extend prescription drug coverage to all military retirees. He also spoke about permanent trade relations with China, the future…

White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart responded to media questions about Elian Gonzalez, the president’s new health care proposal, and the issue of the confederate flag on the South…

First lady Hillary Clinton answered media questions on the Whitewater investigation and several other issues. Specific topics included the circumstances surrounding and profits gained from Mrs. Clinton’s commodity trades, Mrs.…

C-SPAN’s “Sunday Journal” program that featured interviews, viewer calls, video clips and vignettes illustrated the political issues and events of the previous week.

Former First Ladies Rosalynn Carter and Betty Ford met with reporters to promote the need for mental health and substance abuse benefits in the health care reform package that was then…

Washington D.C.-based news correspondents participated in a live call-in program. They spoke about events in the news including the Whitewater investigation and efforts to reform the health…

White House Budget Director, Leon Panetta spoke about the federal budget and the administration’s effort to reduce the projected budget deficit. Republican representatives took issue with Mr. Panetta’s claim…

Journalists participated in a live call-in program. They spoke about the week’s top news events. Topics covered were the Clinton administration’s Fiscal Year 1995 Federal Budget proposal, the…

President Bill Clinton was introduced by a union official via satellite. He addressed the union members concerning his health care reform plan and the benefits it would provide for working families throughout the…

Addressing the media from the Oval Office, President Bill Clinton announced his intention to nominate Deval Patrick to be Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.

Senator Nancy Kassebaum (R-Kansas) participated in a live call-in program. She spoke about the Clinton administration’s health care proposals as they were outlined in the president’s State…

William Welch, a Congressional Reporter for USA Today, participated in a live call-in program. He spoke about the legislative agenda outlined by President Bill Clinton in his State of the…

Hilary Stout, a health care correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, participated in a live call-in program from her offices in Washington, D.C. She spoke about the Clinton…

President Bill Clinton joined others in a roundtable discussion on health care reform and the direction it should take. Health care reform was one of the entitlement programs discussed…

The guests discussed the Clinton administration’s health care proposals and budget plan. Topics included the role of entitlements in the national budget and today’s entitlement summit, held…

Following welcoming remarks, Speaker Tom Foley and Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Alice Rivlin spoke about the problem created by growing entitlements and the need for…

Representative Jim Cooper (D-TN) spoke about the president’s health care reform plan and its prospects in Congress. Following his opening address, he took questions from the audience. Senator…