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David Hawkings talked about congressional pay and benefits.

Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA) talked about being a new member of Congress. Topics included his family and community in Louisiana’s 4th Congressional District and who he looks to for…

Representative Karen Handel (R-GA) talked about being a new member of Congress, her family and community in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, and the special election against Democratic…

Ryan McCrimmon talked about the week ahead in Congress.

Representative Luke Messer (R-IN) talked about House Republicans' perspectives on how the legislative agenda would proceed. Topics included tax reform, the federal budget, and health care.…

Three political scientists and two former members of Congress talked about their perspectives on congressional dysfunction and the possibilities for reform on Capitol Hill. This roundtable…

To mark the 150th anniversary of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senate Historian Betty Koed reflected on the committee’s history. Senators Thad Cochran (R-MS) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the…

Representative Mark Sanford (R-SC) talked about his renewed call for civility on Capitol Hill as Congress struggled to find consensus on major policy issues such as health care and the…

Telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the news that Senator John McCain (R-AZ) had been diagnosed with cancer.

The U.S. Senate Sergeant-at-Arms and the U.S. Capitol Police chief testified at a hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2018 budget for the Capitol Hill protocol and law enforcement entities.…

Former Representative Mickey Edwards (R-OK) and former Chief Assistant New York U.S. Attorney Andrew McCarthy talked about the constitutional war powers of the executive and legislative…

Following the Senate Republican weekly conference lunch, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced the upper chamber would forgo part of its regular annual summer recess and be in…

Joe Gould previewed the congressional agenda for the upcoming week following the July 4 recess.

Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) talked about the life and career of Jim Bunning, a Hall of Fame baseball pitcher and fellow Republican who went on to serve Kentucky in both the U.S. House…

Adam Liptak talked about the Wisconsin partisan gerrymandering case, Gill v. Whitford. The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case in its 2017-18 term. A lower court ruled that the state’s…

Representative Greg Gianforte (R-MT) was sworn-in by Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI). Representative Gianforte won a special election on May 25, 2017, to replace Ryan Zinke, who resigned to become…

Representative Robin Kelly (D-IL), a member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, talked about security for members of Congress.

Terrance Gainer spoke via Skype about security for members of Congress. Mr. Gainer is a former Senate sergeant at arms and former U.S. Capitol police chief.

Philip Wegmann talked about his recent Washington Examiner article in which he proposes that members of Congress should be able to legally carry firearms, which lawmakers may do in 19 state…

Telephone lines were open for viewer calls and social media comments on the question, “Should members of Congress carry guns at the Capitol?”