Remembering Geneva
In a conference on U.S.-Soviet Relations and the Reagan Presidency, the participants reminisced about the first meeting between President Ronald Reagan and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev…
136 viewsIn a conference on U.S.-Soviet Relations and the Reagan Presidency, the participants reminisced about the first meeting between President Ronald Reagan and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev…
136 viewsThe participants lauded William F. Buckley for his leadership in conservative opinion through his books and his founding of The National Review. Also mentioned was his television show, “Firi…
251 viewsCurrent news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers, and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes,…
200 viewsThe U.S. Senate met and conducted a period of Morning Business during which time members could speak on any topic. Members called for a quorum of Senators be present so they could conduct bu…
View in Congressional Chronicle91 viewsAs part of Columbia University’s “Black Thought in Progress,” Judge Leon Higginbotham criticized many of Justice Clarence Thomas’s Supreme Court decisions. Judge Higginbotham was appointed t…
231 viewsKenneth Clinton, President of East Texas State University, discussed the legacy of the late Representative Sam Rayburn D-TX, who held the position of House speaker for 17 years.
594 viewsMIT Professor Noam Chomsky spoke about the role of big business and other group interests in the goals and conduct of U.S. foreign policy at the expense of U.S. citizens and citizens of othe…
416 viewsA panel of journalists, who covered the U.S. Supreme Court, gathered to talk about their book about the cases from the 1995 term entitled A Year in the Life of the Supreme Court. They talked…
38 viewsThe participants discussed press coverage of vice presidents, the Twenty-third Amendment on the replacement of an incapacitated president, and other topics.
85 viewsIn an excerpt, Members of the House of Representatives debated S-1508, returning furloughed federal employees to work. The government has been in a partial shutdown for more than two weeks.
79 viewsCommittee members heard testimony concerning education reform, especially on ways to increase choices for parents between public and private schools.
115 viewsIn a tribute to Chief Justice John Jay on the 250th anniversary of his birth. Jay was the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1789-1795). The participants examined his writings an…
213 viewsIn a tribute to Chief Justice John Jay on the 250th Anniversary of his birth, Professor Emeritus Robert Ferrell, Indiana University, History Department spoke about the legacy of the first Ch…
446 viewsThe House Oversight Committee heard testimony about alleged abuse of travel practices by senior government officials. Energy Secretary Hazel O’Leary’s foreign trips of the last three years w…
183 viewsCurrent news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers, and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes,…
219 viewsIn a brief Senate Session, Senate Majority Leader, Bob Dole R-Kansas and Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle D-South Dakota discussed their efforts to resolve the partial government shutdown
View in Congressional Chronicle67 viewsSenate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-KS) talked about the accomplishments of the Republican Congress during 1995 and other topics.
55 viewsIn his weekly radio address, President Bill Clinton talked about the accomplishments of his administration during 1995 and about the federal budget negotiations.
59 viewsThe House Government Reform & Oversight Subcommittee heard testimony on the “Postmark Prompt Payment Act” from House members and Post Office officials. The legislation would require the post…
189 viewsThe participants explored changes which have taken place in the economic life of both Russia and China, including market reforms in the formerly communist societies. Their success or failure…
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