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Mike DeBonis spoke by phone about the upcoming lame-duck congressional session and House Republican leadership elections

As part of a series of C-SPAN interviews with retiring members of Congress, Representative Sander Levin (D-MI) reflected on his life and political career. He discussed his family’s involvement in…

As part of a series of C-SPAN interviews with retiring members of Congress, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) reflected on his life and political career. He discussed his childhood and love of…

With both the House and Senate returning to session for votes following the midterm elections, Scott Wong discussed the House leadership elections and the plans of the lame-duck Congress to…

ProPublica reporter Derek Willis discussed a joint report with the Washington Post that examined how congressional leaders control debates on bills.

Former CQ Roll Call senior editor David Hawkings and Christian Science Monitor congressional correspondent Francine Kiefer talked about potential congressional leadership changes.…

Antonia Felix discussed the life and career of Senator Elizabeth Warren.

Rob Spindler showed items from the collections of former Senators Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) and Carl Hayden (D-AZ) that are housed at Arizona State University. Mr. Spindler showed some of the personal and…

Kevin Kosar is co-director of the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group, which studies Congress and makes recommendations for improving its performance. He talked about the history of…

Archivist Jodie Foley talked about the Congressional papers of the first woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress, Jeannette Rankin. She was a lifelong pacifist elected in Montana in 1916 and then again in 1940.…

National Conference of State Legislatures' Tim Storey talked about how the 2018 midterm elections could affect redistricting in the next decade.

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing on the nominations of Steven Dillingham to become the director of the U.S. Census Bureau and Michael Kubayanda…

David Grinnell showed items from Representative John Murtha’s (D-PA) papers, which are held at the Archives Service Center at the University of Pittsburgh. He talked about Representative Murtha’s military…

Dennis Daily and Matt Friedberg showed items from the collections of two of New Mexico’s U.S. senators, Pete Domenici and Albert Fall, held at New Mexico State University’s Archives and Special Collections.…

Michael Edmonds talked about Senator William Proxmire and shared personal stories told by Proxmire’s family and former co-workers. Mr. Edmonds also showed some of the papers of the Senator, who created the…

As part of a series of C-SPAN interviews with retiring members of Congress, Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) reflected on his life and career in politics. He talked about his experiences with the…

As part of a series of C-SPAN interviews with retiring members of Congress, Representative Gene Green (D-TX) reflected on his life and career in politics. Topics included his time serving…

As part of a series of C-SPAN interviews with retiring members of Congress, Representative Joe Crowley (D-NY) reflected on his life and political career. He discussed his his love for Bruce…

Yale University historian Joanne Freeman talked about The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress and the Road to Civil War. In her book she describes 70 violent incidents, meaning incidents…

Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI) talked about growing up in Hawaii, witnessing the attack on Pearl Harbor, and how that event affected native Hawaiians and led to the Senator’s service in the…