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Bill of Rights Supreme Court Considers Reach of Gun Rights Caroline Kennedy and Ellen Alderman Talk About Their Book on the Bill of Rights Federalist Papers The Massachusetts Centinel on Federalism, the Constitution, and the Gallo-American Society GOP Senators Quote Federalist 78 During Roberts' Confirmation Hearing Al Gore Warns Against Religious Zealotry Checks and Balances Legislative / Judicial Checks Executive Supreme Court Rules Terror Prisoners Have Right to Challenge Detention in Court Senate Showdown over Federal Judges House Impeaches President Bill Clinton Judicial / Executive Checks Legislative President George W. 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Future of GOP at Stake in Election Bill Kristol Discusses the Patriot Act Ronald Reagan's Conservative Politics Still Echo in Washington GOP Celebrates First 100 Days of the Contract with America House Speaker Newt Gingrich Discusses the Contract with America Reagan and the Size of Federal Government Senator Barry Goldwater: Past and Present Economist Milton Friedman Supports Cutting Taxes to Stimulate Economy Ronald Reagan's Conservative Legacy Ronald Reagan's Economic Legacy Liberalism Kerry Avoids the Liberal Label Senator Wellstone Discusses His Book "The Conscience of a Liberal" Michael Dukakis Embraces Liberal Label Ted Kennedy's Liberal Crusade for the Presidency Political Moderates Obama Denies He Is Moving to the Center GOP Appeals to Moderate Voters at the 2004 Convention Democratic Leadership Council Atempts to Redefine Democratic Party Populism Nader on the Economy Buchanan Explains Why He Left Republican Party Pat Buchanan Challenges Republican Field with Populist Message Harkin Delivers Populist Message in 1992 Presidential Campaign 50th Anniversary of the Death of the Kingfish, Huey Pierce Long Libertarianism Political Ad: "Isolationist Libertarian" Clark, 1980 A Profile of the Libertarian Party Libertarian Party Presidential Convention Political Identity Family of Origin / Education Kids Poll Has History of Predicting Election Outcomes New Hampshire School Kids Vote in Mock Primary Two Teenagers with Opposite Backgrounds Hope for Similar Future Teaching Holocaust in Rural Backwaters Russian and Italian Americans Remember Their Roots Religion Obama and McCain Woo Evangelicals Swearing In of Muslim Congressman Sparks Controversy Dee Dee Myers and Tucker Carlson Debate Religion's Role in Politics Some Catholic Leaders Say Kerry Should Not Receive Sacrament Power of Faith in 2004 Presidential Election How Will Voters Respond to Senator Lieberman's Jewish Faith? Race and Ethnicity The Importance of Latino Voters Clinton, Obama Spar over Race In South Carolina, African-American Women Are Key Voting Bloc Outgoing NAACP President Discusses Voting Patterns and Party Affiliation Latino Voters Reshape Electoral Outlook of Southwest President George H.W. Bush Tries to Win Over Traditionally Democratic Black Voters Gender Security Moms Discuss Political Opinions Five Years after 9/11 Security Moms Are Swing Voters in 2004 Bush Campaign Targets Soccer Moms After 2000 Gender Gap Governor George W. Bush's Right-Hand Woman Older Women May Decide 2000 Election Dorothy Bush Talks about Expanding Role of Women in Democratic Party Psychologist Discusses Effect of Gender on Voting Behavior Age Harvard Institute of Politics Director Discusses Young Voters Most Students Have Little Interest in 2004 Presidential Campaign Potential Pitfalls of the Prescription Drug Plan Michigan Twenty-Somethings Discuss Future of Country Economic Level / Profession Labor Unions Seek Clout from Obama Hoosier Candidate Workers Debate Health Care Reform The Hollywood-Washington Relationship Dukakis Campaign Pursues Blue-Collar Reagan Democrats Blue-Collar New Hampshire Voters Media Consumption Will New York Times Report Affect McCain's Campaign? Politics in the Internet Age Do Newspaper Endorsements Influence Voters? Students are Challenged to Think Critically about the Media Media Critics Discuss Persuasive Power of Political Ads Radio Propaganda for Communist Countries Formative Events A Discussion of Race and Class after Hurricane Katrina High School at Ground Zero What Has Changed Since 9/11 Author David Harris Discusses Peace Movement During Vietnam War Kent State Shootings Remembered McCarthyism: 35 Years Later Geographic Region A Tour Through the New South Can Obama Win the West? Dean's Comments about Targeting Southern White Male Voters Spark Controversy Southern States Schedule 1988 Super Tuesday to Increase National Political Influence Reagan Targets Traditionally Democratic Voters in 1980 Election Polls and Surveys Bush's Approval Ratings on Inauguration Day 2005 Polls: Origins, Elements, Accuracy Obama Leads Overall but Struggles with Suburban Women, White Men Deliberative Polling Gallup Poll's Methodology Before 1992 Presidential Election Do Respondents Lie in Polls for Fear of Being Labeled Racist? How Useful Are Political Polls? Low Turnout in 1980 Presidential Election Muddles Predictions by Pollsters "Dewey Defeats Truman": The 1948 Mistake Exit Polls Pennsylvania Exit Polls and the Race Ahead 2004 Exit Polls and the Election Outcome Pollster Defends 2004 Presidential Election Exit Polls Networks Agree to Hold Election Projections Until Polls Close Approval Ratings President Obama Gets Strong Support in New Poll Bush Receives Size-10 Reminder of Unpopularity Head-to-Head Matchup Close, Clinton's Likeability Takes Hit Polls Show President George W. Bush Losing Support on Iraq President George W. Bush's Approval Numbers Show Slight Rise Analysis of President George W. Bush's Approval Numbers after Hurricane Katrina Bush's Approval Numbers Up Since Iraq War Began Results of Snap Opinion Polls after Colin Powell's United Nations Speech Will Lewinsky Scandal Tarnish Clinton Legacy? Commentary: On Politics and Propinquity Bush's Approval Rating High Before 1991 State of the Union Political Parties and Interest Groups Political Parties History of Political Parties The First Party System The Reluctant President Founding Fathers Foresaw Shifting Congress Democrats and Whigs The Two Republican Eras Theodore Roosevelt's Run in the 1912 Presidential Election Woodrow Wilson's First Administration The New Deal Coalition President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt is Sworn-In The Importance of the First Hundred Days of a Presidency Profile of Franklin D. Roosevelt The Era of Divided Government The 1968 Democratic National Convention Richard Nixon Wins 1968 Presidential Election 1981: First Republican Senate Since '54 Republicans Win House and Senate in 1994 Midterm Elections Two Party System What Next for the GOP? Senator Specter Defends Party Switch Senator Specter Switches Parties Senator Jim Jeffords Leaves GOP, Handing Senate to Democrats Are the Party Conventions Still Necessary? Commentary by John Chancellor: What Happened to the Two-Party System? Commentary: The U.S. Government Is Not a Two-Party System Federal Judge Bars Third Parties from 1976 Presidential Debates Party Organization and Ideology What Next for the GOP? Senator Specter Defends Party Switch Religious Conservatives Want Policy Changes Republican Party Stands Firm on Anti-Abortion Stance Democrats Court Women at 1992 Convention Democratic Party Chairman Ron Brown Discusses Democratic Party Goals 1984 Republican Party Platform Reflects Conservative Views Women Delegates Key on Equal Rights Amendment Plank of Democratic Party Platform NBC News Forum with Chairpersons of Republican and Democratic National Committees Democratic National Committee Holds Hearings to Choose Democratic Party Platform Democratic Party Chair Robert Strauss Asks Delegates to Drop Quota System Third and Minor Parties Cynthia McKinney Discusses 2008 Green Party Candidacy The Running Man Ralph Nader Announces Candidacy in 2004 Presidential Election Reform Party Leadership Battle President George H.W. Bush's Campaign Feels the Heat from Ross Perot Former Congressman John Anderson Runs for President Again in 1984 A Look at Some of the Major Third Party Bids in Presidential History Senator Eugene McCarthy Finds His Independent Run a Tough One Federal Judge Bars Third Parties from 1976 Presidential Debates President William Taft and the Split in the Republican Party Theodore Roosevelt's Run in the 1912 Presidential Election Interest Groups Types of Interest Groups NRA Backs Off Supporting George W. Bush in 2004 Presidential Election Teachers Union Opposes Bob Dole's School Plan Christian Coalition's Increasing Influence in Washington Special Interest Groups Already Lobbying Against President Clinton's Economic Plan Ross Perot Starts Public Interest Group 'United We Stand America' Is Congress for Sale to Special Interests? Walter Mondale Loses Presidential Election Despite AFL-CIO Endorsement Views of NOW - The National Organization for Women President Carter Says Budget Decisions May Be Unpopular with Special Interest Groups Influence of Labor Unions in 1976 Presidential Election Anti-Busing Group Helps Get President Richard Nixon Re-Elected Lobbyists Congressman Ney Resigns Committee Post Due to Abramoff Lobbying Scandal Super Lobbyist Jack Abramoff Pleads Guilty to Corruption Charges Bankruptcy Overhaul Bill Heavily Lobbied by Banking Industry National Rifle Association Fights Gun Control Legislation Congress Gets Heavily Lobbied over School Prayer The Powerful Tobacco Lobby Groups For and Against the Equal Rights Amendment Lobby Congress Elections and Campaigns Presidential Elections Candidates McCain's No Surrender Campaign It's Official: Obama For President John Kerry Unwinds for the Cameras What Really Happened During the 2000 Presidential Campaign? The Nader Factor Madam President? Like Father, Like Son? Former Clinton Aide Writes Tell-All Book Is There a George W. Bush in Your Future? A Profile of Pat Buchanan Dole in '96? Chief Political Strategist for Bill Clinton Savors Victory Historic Close Presidential Races Commentary: The Truth About Truman A Look Back at Ross Perot's 1992 Presidential Campaign How Clinton Beat the Odds to Become the Democratic Party Nominee Bill Clinton, the Politician George H.W. Bush Profiled Michael Dukakis' Rise to Political Prominence Bob Dole and George H.W. Bush Feud Walter Mondale Announces His 1984 Presidential Candidacy John Anderson May Leave Republican Party to Become Third Party Presidential Candidate Will Reagan Run in 1980? Who Is Jimmy Carter? Does Age Matter? Getting to Know Gerald Ford Shirley Chisholm Discusses Her Groundbreaking Presidential Campaign A Look Back at McGovern's '72 Presidential Run Protesters Follow George Wallace as He Campaigns for President Hubert Humphrey on His Presidential Aspirations Richard Nixon Runs for President, Again Goldwater on What It Means to Be a Conservative The Experience Question Stevenson on Whether Religion Is Important When Choosing a President The Triumphs and Tragedies of Lyndon Johnson's Political Career Dwight D. Eisenhower: From War to the White House Primaries and Caucuses Iowa Caucus John Kerry Wins 2004 Iowa Caucus Al Gore Wins the 2000 Iowa Caucus George H.W. Bush Wins 1980 Iowa Caucus Bob Dole and Dick Gephardt Win 1988 Iowa Caucuses Commentary: The Toughest Week in the American Political System The Dean "Scream" Bob Dole Wins the 1996 Republican Iowa Caucus Obama and Huckabee Win in Iowa Iowa Caucus 101 Commentary: Is the Way We Pick Presidential Candidates Flawed? How the Iowa Caucus System Works Commentary: Open Voting in the Iowa Caucus Iowa Tries to Retain Its Early Position Among the Caucuses and Primaries Grassroots Politics: The Iowa Caucuses New Hampshire Primary Women Voters Propel Clinton to Victory in New Hampshire New Hampshire Guards Its First in the Nation Primary Commentary: The Toughest Week in the American Political System Barry Goldwater's 1964 New Hampshire Campaign Nelson Rockefeller Relies on Retail Politics Before 1964 New Hampshire Primary Margaret Chase Smith Becomes the First Woman from a Major Political Party to Run for President George Romney Talks About His Chances in New Hampshire A Look Back at Eugene McCarthy's 1968 New Hampshire Campaign 1972 New Hampshire Winners: Post-Primary Analysis Gerald Ford Discusses His Victory in the 1976 New Hampshire Republican Primary Jimmy Carter Wins Big in 1976 New Hampshire Primary President Carter Easily Defeats Ted Kennedy in 1980 Democratic New Hampshire Primary Ronald Reagan Wins 1980 New Hampshire Primary in a Landslide Hart Upsets Mondale in 1984 New Hampshire Primary Dukakis Discusses His 1988 New Hampshire Primary Win Bill Clinton Calls Himself the "Comeback Kid" after a Second-Place Finish in New Hampshire How New Hampshire Votes Pat Buchanan's Surprise Victory in New Hampshire Has Many Mainstream Republicans Nervous New Hampshire School Kids Vote in Mock Primary Gore Comments on His Victory in New Hampshire Primary John Kerry Discusses the 2004 New Hampshire Primary Other Contests Economy Tops Voter Concerns in 1988 Wisconsin Contest President Ford Campaigns in Michigan Before 1976 Republican Primary Presidential Hopefuls Highlight Economy Ahead of 1988 Pennsylvania Primary President George H.W. Bush Promises Job Retraining to Unemployed Michigan Voters South Carolina a Curtain-Raiser for 1988's Southern Primaries Kansas Holds Its First Presidential Primary Reagan and Bush Compete in 1980 Michigan Primary Clinton Relies on African-American Voters in 1992 Southern Primaries Mondale Wins 1984 Democratic Michigan Caucus With Strong Labor Support Reagan Blasts Regulation, Affirms Devotion to American Auto Workers Fineman and Myers Discuss 2004 Democratic Primaries Carter Discusses Unemployment During Campaign Stop in Michigan McCain Goes on Offensive Against Bush in Michigan Commentary: How the Southern Primaries Are Different Democratic Hopefuls Vie for African-American Support Ahead of South Carolina's 2004 Primary Michigan Holds Its 1988 Presidential Republican Primary Almost Two Years Ahead of Schedule 1980 Presidential Candidates Present Plans to Reduce Inflation 1988 Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Tout Their Economic Plans While Campaigning in Michigan Obama Wins Big in North Carolina, Clinton Narrowly Carries Indiana Clinton Revives Campaign with Ohio, Texas Wins The Morning After: Super Tuesday Analysis George W. Bush Deals John McCain a Shocking Blow in 2000 Republican South Carolina Primary 1992 Illinois Democratic Primary Campaigns Focus on Jobs and the Economy 1988 Democratic Candidates Focus on Economy and Unemployment in Erie, Pennsylvania Fatigue a Major Factor in Presidential Campaigns High Stakes on Southern Super Tuesday Southern States Schedule 1988 Super Tuesday to Increase National Political Influence Inflation and Economy Hot-Button Issues in 1980 Primary Campaigns Cesar Chavez Endorses McGovern for President During 1972 Primaries Vice Presidential Selection Who is Geraldine Ferraro? The Vice Presidential Prospects of Jesse Jackson Examined McCain Picks Sarah Palin as Running Mate Obama Picks Biden as Running Mate Edwards Pick Makes Number Two Job the Number One Issue The Cheney Factor How Presidential Candidates Pick Their Running Mates What Presidential Candidates Consider in a Running Mate Selecting a Vice President Commentary: Dan Quayle, Vice Presidential Candidate by Default? Commentary: Method for Choosing Vice Presidents Is Flawed Commentary: Runner-Up Is Rarely the VP Pick The Potential Impact of Geraldine Ferraro on the 1984 Campaign Some Rules for Picking a Democratic Vice President in 1984 How Bush Became Reagan's Running Mate Nominating Conventions Richard Nixon Makes 50-State Campaign Pledge Recession and Rhetoric Propel Clinton's Success Barbara Jordan Delivers Keynote Address George W. Bush Promises to Restore Honor and Dignity to White House Eisenhower Touts Fiscal Conservatism at Party Convention Richard Nixon Appeals to Young Voters Television Transforms Convention Coverage Party Divisions Take Center Stage In Conclusion: With Lengthy Speech, Governor Clinton Starts National Campaign George Wallace Speaks at Convention After Failed Assassination Attempt Al Gore Preaches Populism to Solidify Base Christopher Reeve Speaks to Democratic National Convention Richard Nixon Appeals to the 'Silent Majority' War of Words: Republicans Bash Democrats on National Security Democratic Party Fractures as Civil Rights Is Added to Platform Obama Talks to NBC's Tim Russert During 2004 Democratic National Convention Conventional Scare: Gerald Ford Nearly Loses Nomination to Reagan The 1968 Democratic National Convention Jerry Brown, Robert Casey Are Voices of Dissent at Democratic National Convention Adlai Stevenson Wins No Primaries, Accepts Nomination Fannie Lou Hamer's Testimony at the 1964 Democratic Convention Barack Obama Addresses the 2008 Democratic National Convention Bush Attacks Clinton on Tax Policy at Republican Convention Democrats Lash out at Republican Presidential Candidate Bush Dewey Wins Republican Nomination on Third Ballot Dole Calls Gore a "Hatchet Man" After the VP's Convention Speech The New Guard: Goldwater Ushers in Era of Right-Wing Conservatism I'm John Kerry and I'm Reporting for Duty Read My Lips: George H.W. Bush Makes Rousing Convention Address Reagan Campaign Reacts to Mondale's Tax Increase Proposal Barack Obama Gives Keynote Address at 2004 Democratic National Convention Will to Win: Republicans Rely on Star Power in Candidate Eisenhower Running with a Rival Candidates Break Ground, but Lose in Landslide Bob Dole Promises Bridge from Past to Future The Carter-Kennedy Relationship It's Bush! Reagan's VP Pick Helps Solidy Base Robert Kennedy Is Focus of Democratic Convention After JFK Assassination Continuing to Make America Great: Reagan Accepts Nomination a Second Time Roller Coaster of Public Opinion Favors Clinton in '96 Stars Align for Democrats at Convention After Watergate Violence in Chicago Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speeches How Conventions Have Changed over the Years Are the Party Conventions Still Necessary? Republican Convention of 1928 25th Anniversary Retrospective of the 1936 Democratic Convention 1956 DNC Keynote Address Ted Kennedy Calls for Unity at 1980 Democratic Convention Jesse Jackson Electrifies 1984 Democratic National Convention George H.W. Bush Nominated for the Presidency Bill Clinton Accepts Democratic Nomination at 1992 Democratic Convention Importance of Dole's Nomination Acceptance Speech "I Accept the Nomination" Speeches Debates Behind the Scenes at Ford-Carter Debate More Than 100 Million Tune in for Carter-Reagan Debate Bush and Ferraro Both Claim Debate Victory Fact Checking the First 2008 Presidential Debate Is Bob Dole Too Old to Be President? A Closer Look at the First 2008 Presidential Debate Truth Squad: Second 2008 Presidential Debate Pollster Says Second Debate Cost Ford 1976 Election McCain and Obama Meet in Town Hall Debate Spin Doctors and the Press Gore and Kemp Face Off in Vice Presidential Debate Roger Mudd and Tom Brokaw assess Vice Presidential Debate Reagan and the Age Issue Carter and Reagan Both Claim Victory after Cleveland Debate Truth Squad: The Final 2008 Debate Orrin Hatch Calls George W. Bush Unqualified in Arizona Debate Bush and Kerry Prepare to Debate Joe the Plumber Dominates Final Debate Reagan v. Bush: Republican Debate Controversy Continues Truth Squad: 2008 Vice Presidential Debate Presidential Scholar Discusses Importance of Debates Death Penalty, Dan Quayle Are Subjects of Bush-Dukakis Debate Bentsen-Quayle Vice Presidential Debate Where's the Beef? Reagan and Carter Make Closing Arguments 'I Paid for This Microphone': The Reagan v. Bush Debate Controversy Dole Blames 20th-Century Conflicts on Democrats Ford Denies Soviet Domination of Eastern Europe Nixon and Kennedy Meet in Their First Presidential Debate Electoral Process Supreme Court Upholds Indiana Voter ID Law Going Postal?: Florida Is Used to Election Problems Contested Elections Florida Recount Continues after George W. Bush Is Declared Winner Commentary: Fraudulent Government Elections, Here and Abroad Past Voting Fraud Examined Charges of Vote Buying Cloud 1980 South Carolina Primary Tilden or Blood Scandals, Gaffes, and Bloopers Justice Department Looks Into Reagan Campaign Theft of Carter Briefing Book Bob Dole Falls Off Stage at Political Rally Bob Dole's Temper May Get Him into Trouble with Voters Kerry's Remarks on War Funding Bill Add to Charges of Flipflopping Hillary Clinton Under Fire for Role in Whitewater and Travelgate Scandals Michael Dukakis Drives M-1 Tank George McGovern Discusses the Eagleton Affair Jimmy Carter Doing Damage Control for "Ethnic Purity" Remarks Ford Denies Soviet Domination of Eastern Europe Bill Clinton Tries to Defend Himself on Draft Issue John McCain Is One of the "Keating Five" Investigated in Savings and Loan Scandal Clinton Impeachment Scandal Is Major Distraction for Gore Campaign Ted Kennedy Goes on Television to Talk about Chappaquiddick George W. Bush Faces Charges of Lying About Old DUI Charge The Dean "Scream" Reagan Campaign Reacts to Mondale's Tax Increase Proposal Bush Attack Ad Revives Gore Claim That He Helped Invent the Internet Controversy Surrounded President Nixon Billy Carter Admits to Being a Registered Agent of the Libyan Government Geraldine Ferraro Faces Tough Questions About Her Husband's Tax Returns Senate Report on Billygate Is Leaked The Hazards of a Hot Mic Al Gore's Fundraising Controversy Bill Clinton Uses Iran Contra to Attack President George H.W. Bush's Credibility Choosing James Stockdale as a Running Mate May Haunt Ross Perot Dan Quayle's Spelling Woes Is Dan Quayle Presidential Material? Gary Hart on the Defensive in Wake of Donna Rice Scandal John Glenn's Campaign Plagued by Missteps and Disorganization Jackson Stirs Controversy for His Views on Jews A Look Back on Watergate 30 Years Later Chappaquiddick: Ten Years Later Congressional Elections The Incumbency Advantage Commentary: On Politics and Propinquity Commentary: Job Security for Incumbents in Congress Redistricting and Coattails Discussion of Supreme Court Ruling on Texas Redistricting Supreme Court Rules on Texas Redistricting Case House Seats Shift Following 2000 Census Supreme Court to Survey Census Taking Tactics New District Lines Cause Chaos in Congressional Elections The New Census Was Wrong! Which Voting Blocs Will Turn Out in 1984? Midterm Elections Winners and Losers in 2006 Midterm Elections Founding Fathers Foresaw Shifting Congress Political Ads Get Nastier as 2006 Midterm Elections Draw Near Centrist Democrats Criticize President Clinton after 1994 Midterm Losses Republicans Win House and Senate in 1994 Midterm Elections Campaign Finance Rules and Reforms GOP Hopeful Connally Refuses Federal Matching Funds George W. Bush Reveals He Will Not Take Federal Matching Funds Proxmire Criticizes LBJ's "One-Man Rule" Online Donations Will Qualify for Matching Funds House Finally Debates a Far-Reaching Campaign Bill Supreme Court Rules on Matching Funds New Attention to Corruption in State Government Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Campaign Finance Reform Supreme Court Takes on Issue of Campaign Finance Reform Representative Martin Meehan Introduces Presidential Funding Act Democratic and Republican Parties Feud about Campaign Spending Laws McCain-Feingold Bill Upheld by Supreme Court The Broken Promise of Campaign Finance Reform Senate Passes Campaign Finance Reform Bill McCain Scores Victory on Campaign Finance Reform The 2000 Election Spurs Calls for Campaign Finance Reform Thompson's Senate Hearings on Campaign Finance End PACs and 527s Perot Political Ads Are Driving Up Ad Spending Political Candidates Spending More in '94 Campaigns Campaign Ads Hit the Airwaves Earlier than Ever Does Soft Money Buy Influence? Democrats Attack President George H.W. Bush's Plan to Clean Up PACs Mass Media History and Structure Early Newspapers and Reporters The USS Maine Remembered Radio and Newsreels Radio Journalist Terry Gross Defends Public Broadcasting Advent of Television Nightly News Celebrates 60 Years NBC Nightly News Goes Hi Def Cable News and the 24-Hour News Cycle NBC's John Seigenthaler Discusses Launch of New Cable News Network, MSNBC The World Is Watching The Internet Revolution Blogs Offer Instant Analysis During Presidential Debates The Internet is the New Revolutionary Force in American Society Aging and Decline of Mainstream Media Another Paper's Obituary Gets Posted Online Younger Generation Getting News from Blogs and Comedy Shows Media Regulation Political Humor and Opinion Functions of the Media Setting the Agenda How Did CIA Agent Valerie Plame's Name Get Leaked? Muckrackers / Watchdogs Truth Squad: Second 2008 Presidential Debate Profile of Jack Anderson, One of the Last of the Old-Fashioned Muckrakers Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein Discuss Their Formerly Secret Source, "Deep Throat" Liaison Between Government and People President Obama Gives First Interview to Arab TV Network President Obama Gets Strong Support in New Poll President Obama Admits Mistakes on Cabinet Picks Representing the Public Unhappy Voters Speak Out About the 1996 Election Maine Voters Discuss 1992 Presidential Election New Sioux Nation Chief Calls for Return of Black Hills Entertaining the Consumer Congress Organization of Congress Overview and History Congress Celebrates Its Origins in Philadelphia The Powers of Congress: What if Congress Were Suspended? Congressional Record Will Be Made More Accurate Congress Produces a Mountain of Paper Work Too Many Committees, Too Much Testimony, Too Little Action Politicians Plot Pay Raises Inside the Library of Congress House of Representatives Democrats Take Control of Congress After 2006 Midterm Elections Representative John Murtha's Past May Endanger Majority Leader Bid GOP Picks House Leaders for 2007 The Rise and Fall of House Speaker Newt Gingrich 101st Congress Sworn In Senate Stimulus Bill Headed to Final Vote The Life and Legacy of Senator Ted Kennedy Senator Specter Defends Party Switch Senator Specter Switches Parties Judge Voids Ethics Conviction Against Former Senator Ted Stevens All Nighter on Capitol Hill: Filibustering Federal Judges Senate Roll Call on Supreme Court Nominee Samuel Alito Senator Jim Jeffords Leaves GOP, Handing Senate to Democrats Senator Daschle on Democrats Regaining Senate Vice President Dick Cheney Breaks Tie on Tax Cut Bill Vice President Gore Breaks Tie on President Clinton's Budget Bill Senate Cloture Vote Could Kill Labor Reforms Cloture Vote Ends Filibuster on Gas Tax Senator Bob Dole's Final Day in Office Committees General Schwarzkopf Testifies About Gulf War Syndrome Profile Of Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter House and Senate Armed Services Committees Slam Iraq Report Too Many Committees, Too Much Testimony, Too Little Action Tobacco Executives Testify Before Health Subcommittee Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan Testifies Before the Joint Economic Committee GOP Senators with Seniority Waiting in the Wings for New Committee Posts Districting Census 2010: Adding Up America Supreme Court Rules on Texas Redistricting Case Discussion of Supreme Court Ruling on Texas Redistricting House Seats Shift Following 2000 Census Supreme Court to Survey Census Taking Tactics The New Census Was Wrong! Elections and Incumbency Democratic Power Surge in DC Democrats Make Gains in Congress Democrats Take Control of Congress After 2006 Midterm Elections Republicans Win House and Senate in 1994 Midterm Elections Commentary: On Politics and Propinquity Commentary: Job Security for Incumbents in Congress Sessions Congress in Flurry of Activity Before Holiday Break Senate Democrats Force a Closed Session Lame Duck Session of Congress Congress Would Adjourn, If It Could Just Agree General MacArthur Gives Farewell Address to Congress Support Agencies Red Tape Is Preventing Some National Guard Troops in Iraq from Being Paid Congressional Budget Office Lowers Estimate of Budget Surplus Inside the Library of Congress Senate Holds Hearings on Franking Privileges Powers of Congress Taxing, Spending and Commerce Clause GM Pitches Auto Bailout Plan Budget Deficit Hits All-Time High Who Pays the Price for the Federal Deficit? President Clinton Announces Budget Surplus Government Reopens after Shutdown House Passes Sweeping Tax Reform Package Senator Feinstein Questions Judge Roberts on Commerce Clause Investigations and Oversight Speaker Pelosi Accuses CIA of Misleading Congress Baseball Players Testify About Steroid Use General Petraeus Testifies Before Congress on Progress of Iraq Surge 9/11 Commission Recommends Congressional Reform Lack of WMD in Iraq May Justify Congressional Investigations Congress Questions Presidential Perks Foreign Policy and Declaring War House Passes War Powers Resolution on Iraq Ten Years after Vietnam, War Powers Act Still Controversial War Powers Approval Keeps Marines in Lebanon The War Powers Act Congress Passes the War Powers Act Senate Defeats Treaty for First Time Since 1919 INF Missile Treaty Held up in Senate Electoral College Ties How Congress Breaks an Electoral College Tie Some in Congress Object to Re-Election of President George W. Bush Confirmation Hillary Clinton Faces Headwinds in Secretary of State Confirmation Treasury Nominee Grilled on Tax Issues Senate Acts to Stop President Bush from Making More Recess Appointments Senate Judiciary Committee Expected to Approve John Roberts for Supreme Court Senate Showdown over Federal Judges President Bush Uses Recess Appointment to Put Controversial Judge on Bench President Clinton Appoints Bill Lann Lee to the Justice Department John Tower Testifies at Senate Armed Services Committee Confirmation Hearing Impeachment First Day of President Andrew Johnson's Impeachment Trial Senate Impeachment Trial Has Own Set of Rules House Impeaches President Bill Clinton Full House Prepares to Vote on Nixon Impeachment House Judiciary Committee Begins Nixon Impeachment Hearings House Committee Gets Broad Subpoena Powers for Watergate Investigation Senate Acquits President Clinton of Impeachment Charges Ratification and Amendments How to Amend the Constitution 27th Amendment Ratified Senate Turns Back Idea of Flag Burning Amendment Flag Burning Amendment Begins Legislative Journey Additional Powers Hard Times Hit the Post Office Congress May Extend Daylight Saving Time Congress Holds Hearings on Napster and Other Internet Music Downloading Sites Congress Considers Selling National Parks Congress Wants New One Hundred Dollar Bill Post Office Will Ask Congress for $6 Billion Dollar Bailout District of Columbia Issues Protest License Plates House Gives Citizenship to Foreign Vet Killed in Vietnam U.S. Prepares for Arrival of Metric System Congress Makes Hawaii the 50th State Congress at Work How a Bill Becomes a Law Stimulus Bill Headed to Final Vote How to Amend the Constitution Flag Burning Amendment Begins Legislative Journey Senate Turns Back Idea of Flag Burning Amendment James Madison Amends Constitution from Beyond the Grave House Debates and Passes Iraq War Resolution House of Representatives Pushes Tough New Juvenile Crime Bill President Bush Signs Energy Bill into Law Presidential Signing Statement on Postal Law May Push Envelope on Civil Rights Supreme Court Strikes Down Line Item Veto Power for President Cloture Vote Ends Filibuster on Gas Tax Senate Cloture Vote Could Kill Labor Reforms President Gerald Ford Uses Pocket Veto to Kill Strip Mining Bill Budget Bills and Earmarks Record Pork Projects in 2009 Budget GM Pitches Auto Bailout Plan President George W. Bush Proposes Federal Budget What's Safe from Federal Budget Cuts? Who Pays the Price for the Federal Deficit? Budget Deficit Hits All-Time High U.S Heading for Largest Budget Deficit in History Pork Barrel Projects Abound Even During Wartime Pork Projects Continue to Flow in Latest Budget President Clinton Announces Budget Surplus Supreme Court Strikes Down Line Item Veto Power for President Some Democrats Urge President Clinton to Reign in Entitlement Spending A Look at the Pork Members of Congress Bring Home to Their Districts The King of Pork Comes Through for Northern Alabama District Republicans on Senate Budget Committee Break with Reagan, Cut Defense Budget House Budget Committee Rejects Reagan Budget Influences on Congress GM Pitches Auto Bailout Plan What Exactly Is the Role of Special Interest Groups? Democrats Change Lobbying Rules, Then Throw $1000-A-Plate Dinner Lawmaker Struggles on Gun Issue Is Congress for Sale to Special Interests? Presidency Overview and Powers Appointment Power Who Will Replace Justice Souter? Supreme Court Justice David Souter to Retire Senate Acts to Stop President Bush from Making More Recess Appointments President George W. Bush Appoints Porter Goss to CIA President Bush Uses Recess Appointment to Put Controversial Judge on Bench President Clinton Appoints Bill Lann Lee to the Justice Department Power to Make Treaties President Clinton Upset over Senate's Rejection of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty President Carter Delivers Fireside Chat on Panama Canal President Kennedy Addresses Nation on Nuclear Ban Treaty Power to Convene Congress Veto Power President Bush Threatens to Veto S-CHIP Health Care Bill President Bush Vetoes Iraq Funding Bill That Includes Timeline for Withdrawal President George W. Bush Vetoes Stem Cell Research Bill President Clinton Threatens Veto of GOP Spending Plan Pardoning Power President Clinton's Eleventh-Hour Pardon of Marc Rich Tokyo Rose Pardoned by President Ford President Ford Signs Pardon of Richard Nixon Growth of Executive Power Memo Reveals Bush Administration Authorized Abusive Interrogation Techniques for Terror Suspects Two U.S. Presidents and the Power Of Persuasion Presidency in Action President Obama Makes About-Face on CIA Interrogation Tactics Investigation President Obama Says 'No' to Release of Torture Photos President George W. Bush Visits Walter Reed Army Medical Center President Obama Arrives on World Stage President Obama Gives First Interview to Arab TV Network President Obama Calls G-20 Summit a Turning Point President George W. Bush Vetoes Stem Cell Research Bill Who Will Replace Justice Souter? President Obama Changes Tone of Abortion Debate at Notre Dame President Obama Nominates Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court President Obama Gets Strong Support in New Poll President Obama Announces Iraq Exit Strategy Top U.S. General Ousted in Afghanistan Bush Receives Size-10 Reminder of Unpopularity President Ford Signs Pardon of Richard Nixon President Obama's Marathon G-20 Summit G-20: What's at Stake? President Obama Has Rocky Start to First 100 Days President Obama Stresses Iraq Transfer of Power President Obama Admits Mistakes on Cabinet Picks President Obama Comments on A-Rod's Past Use of Steroids President Bush Meets with Pakistani President to Discuss Terrorism President George W. Bush Signs Law to Fight HIV and AIDS President George W. Bush Announces Start to Iraq War President George W. Bush Addresses Nation on September 11th, 2001 President Clinton Accepts Renomination at 1996 Democratic National Convention President Clinton Signs Bill to Keep the Government Open The War Powers Act President Reagan at the Berlin Wall Reagan Administration Outlines Its Policy on AIDS President Carter Takes Responsibility for Failed Mission to Free Iran Hostages Camp David Accord Is Signed A Look at Jimmy Carter's Presidency and His Life After Leaving Office President Ford Signs Proclamation of Conditional Amnesty Program President Nixon Resigns on Television President Johnson Discusses Vietnam War with McNamara President Kennedy Meets Khrushchev Khrushchev Refuses to Attend Paris Summit President Truman Addresses the Nation after Potsdam Profile of Franklin D. Roosevelt President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt is Sworn-In William Taft in the White House Theodore Roosevelt Moves into the White House Succession / Vice Presidency Order of Succession/Transfer of Power Electorate Selects Obama for President President Bush Makes Farewell Address to the Nation Obama Takes Oath of Office Again Barack Obama Sworn In as 44th U.S. President Barack Obama Takes the Oath of Office President George W. Bush Looks Back at Past 8 Years The Assassination of President Lincoln Vice Presidential Role Could Bill Clinton Be Hillary's Vice President? How Involved Was Vice President Cheney in Fight Against Stories on Iraq Intelligence? Interview with Vice President Cheney How Presidential Candidates Pick Their Running Mates Interview with Vice President Quayle Debate Between Vice Presidential Candidates Quayle and Bentsen Vice President Humphrey Declares He Would Be His Own Man as President Bureaucracy The Cabinet State Hillary Clinton Faces Headwinds in Secretary of State Confirmation Obama Announces National Security Team James Baker's Thoughts on the Middle East Peace Process Secretary of State Christopher Tries to Revive Mideast Peace Process Joseph McCarthy on Communism in the State Department Defense President Obama Announces Iraq Exit Strategy Rumsfeld Says U.S. Must Improve Its Image in Muslim World New Rules Ban Torture of Prisoners in U.S. Custody Pentagon Rebuilt after September 11th Attacks President Reagan Criticizes Democratic Defense Policies Treasury / DOJ / DHS Swine Flu Causes Public Health Emergency Eric Holder Likely Choice for Attorney General What Does it Take to Protect the President? Senate Confirms Tim Geithner as Treasury Secretary Stress Test Results Show Banks on the Mend Obama Announces National Security Team Treasury Nominee Grilled on Tax Issues Geithner: U.S. Bears Responsibility for Financial Crisis Judge Voids Ethics Conviction Against Former Senator Ted Stevens Wall Street Enthusiastic Over Economic Rescue Plan Treasury Secretary Geithner Proposes New Regulatory Powers President-Elect Obama's Economic Rescue Plan Profile of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Bush Cabinet Members Visit China Abramoff Pleads Guilty in Bribery Scandal Gonzales Urges Reauthorization of Patriot Act Cat Stevens Denied Entry President Bush Announces Creation of Homeland Security Department Congress Wants New One Hundred Dollar Bill DOJ Files First Americans with Disabilities Act Lawsuit Austrian President Kurt Waldheim Barred from U.S. for Ties to Nazi War Crimes A History of Monopoly and Anti-Trust Cases Interior / Agriculture / Commerce / Energy President-Elect Obama Makes More Cabinet Picks Richardson Withdraws Census 2010: Adding Up America Another Obama Nominee Withdraws Richardson Nominated as Commerce Secretary Agriculture Secretary Discusses Northeast Drought Kempthorne Discusses Functions of Interior Department Commerce Secretary Don Evans Defends Bush Tax Cuts Congress Considers Selling National Parks 20 States Sue Energy Department over Nuclear Waste Energy-Commerce Merger Proposed Farmers Strike and Demand Parity Prices U.S. Population Hits 300 Million Balancing the Resources of Yellowstone National Park Labor / HHS / HUD / Transportation President-Elect Obama Stocks Cabinet Long Term Road Repairs a Costly Affair President Obama Has Rocky Start to First 100 Days Rebuilding the Nation's Infrastructure President Bush Limits Funding of Stem Cell Research President Clinton to Quadruple Head Start Funding Anniversary of Family Medical Leave Act Congress Passes Family Leave Act State and Local Governments to Pay More for Transportation 50th Anniversary of America's Interstate Highways Education President-Elect Obama Makes More Cabinet Picks No Child Left Behind: Campaign Promise to Federal Law Women's Sports Foundation President on Title IX Veterans Affairs President George W. Bush Visits Walter Reed Army Medical Center Wife of Wounded Iraq War Veteran Tells Her Story Reagan Veterans Administration Nominee Bows Out GI Bill and the Middle Class Non-Cabinet Agencies Independent Executive Agencies President George W. Bush Appoints Porter Goss to CIA CIA Director George Tenet Announces Resignation CIA Director Discusses Iraq War Intelligence Regulatory Agencies In Strong Language, EPA Declares Greenhouse Gases a Public Health Threat FDA Approves Genetic Test for Breast Cancer Crash Investigation Points to Pilot Inexperience FDA Says Cheerios Not as Healthy as Advertised FDA Approves Sale of Cloned Animal Products NTSB Tries to Eliminate Airport Near-Misses Alan Greenspan, Chairman of Federal Reserve for 18 Years, Retires Today The Role of Federal Reserve Chairman How the Fed's Decisions on Interest Rates Affect Consumers Government Corporations Rising Cost of the Postal Service 50th Anniversary of the Creation of the FDIC The Tennessee Valley Authority Today Presidential Commissions Presidential Commission on WMD Issues Scathing Report on Pre-War Intelligence 9/11 Commission Report Shows Failures of Clinton and Bush Administrations Presidential Commission on Drunk Driving Calls for National Drinking Age Presidential Commission on Iran Hostage Compensation Issues Report Judiciary Overview and Powers Justices Breyer and Scalia Debate Concept of a Living Constitution Obama Takes Oath of Office Again How a Federal Grand Jury Works Court Rules Autism Not Caused by Vaccines Barack Obama Takes the Oath of Office Justice Anthony Kennedy Says TV Has No Place in Supreme Court How Should We Interpret the Constitution? Judicial Appointments Appointment Process President Obama Nominates Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court Supreme Court Justice David Souter to Retire Senate Acts to Stop President Bush from Making More Recess Appointments All Nighter on Capitol Hill: Filibustering Federal Judges Senate Showdown over Federal Judges President Bush Uses Recess Appointment to Put Controversial Judge on Bench Many Supreme Court Justices Have Disappointed the Presidents Who Appointed Them 1988 Presidential Election Is Crucial to Makeup of Supreme Court Controversial Appointments President Reagan Reflects on Judge Bork's Difficult Supreme Court Nomination Nomination of Judge Bork to Supreme Court Appears Doomed Other Courts Military Commissions Supreme Court Rules Terror Prisoners Have Right to Challenge Detention in Court Supreme Court Rules Against Military Tribunals for Terror Suspects at Guantanamo Bay Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Enemy Combatants Details on Plans to Try Terrorism Suspects in Military Courts District Courts Judge Voids Ethics Conviction Against Former Senator Ted Stevens The Courts of Appeals Appeals Court Overturns EPA Ban on Asbestos Public Policy Social Welfare Policy Income Security Social Security and Supplemental Income President George W. Bush Presses for Social Security Reform Greenspan Testifies Before House Budget Committee, Proposes Social Security Cuts Unemployment Benefits End for Many The Generational Split over a Proposed Tax on Social Security Many Families with Disabled Children Unaware of Federal Aid Benefits The 50th Anniversary of Social Security Welfare and Child Support Some Governors Say Welfare Reform Is a Huge Unfunded Mandate Number of Deadbeat Parents on Rise President Bill Clinton and Congress Try to Reform the Welfare System Food Stamp and Housing Programs Clinton Administration to Crack Down on Housing Discrimination Welfare Reform Includes Debate on Food Stamps Senate Agriculture Committee Considers Proposed Food Stamp Cuts President Jimmy Carter Outlines Changes to Federal Food Stamp Program Healthcare Medicare and Medicaid Governors Request More Federal Funding for Elderly Care The Debate over Medicare Reform Should Wealthier Seniors Pay More for Medicare? President Clinton Introduces New Medicare Program Congress Prevents Medicaid Patients from Nursing Home Eviction House Ways and Means Committee Debates Medicare Cuts Senior Citizens Likely to Be Hurt by Medicaid Cuts Health Insurance and Prescription Drug Coverage Health Insurance at Stake in Oregon Lottery Massachusetts Requires Health Insurance for All State Residents AARP Criticizes President George W. Bush's Prescription Drug Plan Deal Reached on Prescription Drug Plan for Medicare Support for National Health Insurance Growing Additional Healthcare Initiatives Swine Flu Causes Public Health Emergency President Obama Holds Health Care Summit Schools Already Reporting Swine Flu Cases Public Hospitals Continue to Close Government Revises Food Pyramid President Bush Limits Funding of Stem Cell Research Parents Receive Polio Inoculations for Their Children Public and Private Education No Child Left Behind Will No Child Left Behind Continue Under a New Administration? No Child Left Behind: Campaign Promise to Federal Law Three Years Later, No Child Left Behind Has Critics and Supporters Federal Funding for Education Charter School Raising Educational Standards in Harlem Supreme Court Sanctions Use of School Vouchers No Child Left Behind Raises Hopes and Concerns Standardized Testing and Other Educational Policies Fifth Grader's Boycott Stirs Debate Over Standardized Tests President Clinton to Quadruple Head Start Funding Crime and National Security Gun Control Investigators Say Virginia Tech Gunman Obtained Weapons Legally Congress Expected to Pass Crime Bill Congress to Hear the Views of Teenagers on Gun Control NRA Representative and Gun Control Advocate Debate Second Amendment Sheriff Recalled over Second Amendment Debate Anti-Terrorism Policies President Obama Makes About-Face on CIA Interrogation Tactics Investigation President Obama Says 'No' to Release of Torture Photos Speaker Pelosi Accuses CIA of Misleading Congress Fallout Over Pictures of Mistreatment of Iraqi Prisoners President Obama's New Plan for Afghanistan New Rules Ban Torture of Prisoners in U.S. Custody The FBI's Code Breakers Top U.S. General Ousted in Afghanistan Listening In: Is Warrantless Surveillance Legal? U.N. Committee on Torture Renews Calls For Closure of Gitmo Press Secretary Gibbs Discusses Political Fallout from Release of Torture Memos Domestic Spying Program Revealed Patriot Act Extended for Six Months Pentagon Officials Reaffirm Policy to Not Negotiate for Hostages Bush Administration Split over Decision to Raise Terrorism Threat Level National Terrorism Alert Provokes Uneven Local Responses The Hijacking of Achille Lauro Highlights Lax Cruise Ship Security Illegal Drugs & Steroids Secretary of State Clinton Crosses the Border President Obama Comments on A-Rod's Past Use of Steroids Baseball Star Admits Past Use of Steroids "Shadow Wolves" Track Drug Smugglers at Border Afghan Terrorists Funded by Record Opium Crop Congressmen Speak on Addiction and Recovery Meth Use Increases across U.S. Baseball Players Testify About Steroid Use Former First Lady Nancy Reagan Remembers the 'Just Say No' Anti-Drug Campaign Nancy Reagan Pushes Her 'Just Say No' Drug Policy Immigration Policies Illegal Immigration and Immigration Control Local Governments Find Different Ways of Dealing With Illegal Immigrants Senate Approves Fence Along Mexican Border Effects of National Guard Patrol on the Border What Americans Want in an Immigration Policy 9/11 Prompts Calls for Tougher Border Security U.S. and Cuban Officials Reach Deal to Slow Influx of Cubans to Florida Other Immigration Issues Many Arabs Feel They Are Victims of Racial Profiling at Airports Senate Approves Amendment Making English Official Language of U.S. Cuban Immigrants Are Given Preferential Treatment in the Eyes of Many Other Immigrants Environmental Regulation Environmental Protection Agency In Strong Language, EPA Declares Greenhouse Gases a Public Health Threat Congress Holds Interagency Hearings on Lead in D.C. Drinking Water Is Nonstick Cookware Dangerous? Feds Must Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New Cars: Supreme Court EPA Relaxes Clean Air Controls EPA Forces GE to Clean Up Hudson River in 2001 EPA Cracks Down on Pollution from Diesel Engines EPA Finds Link Between Dioxins and Cancer Appeals Court Overturns EPA Ban on Asbestos Environmental Legislation California Leads Country in Environmental Awareness Toxic Dry Cleaning Chemical Banned What are "Wetlands"? Reclassifications Remove Millions of Acres from Protection Congress Approves New Clean Air Bill Other Environmental Policies Obama Faces Huge Environmental Challenges Senate Votes to Open ANWR to Oil Drilling Bill Clinton's Environmental Legacy President Clinton Battles Congress Over Environmental Issues George H.W. Bush's Environmental Legacy President George H.W. Bush Wants Cleaner Alternative Fuels in Cars Federal Government Will Not Intervene in Cleanup of Alaska's Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Economic Policy Identifying Problems Economic Instability Bailout Backlash Bernanke Sees Signs of Economic Recovery Reading the Stimulus Fine Print The Unemployment Ripple Effect Stimulus Bill Headed to Final Vote Dow Closes Below 7000 as AIG Gets Another Bailout Stress Test Results Show Banks on the Mend House Passes Stimulus Plan with No GOP Votes Feds Take over Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae Obama Proposes Major Stimulus Plan Obama Signs Stimulus Plan Governors Look to Obama for Aid Feds Bail Out AIG with $85 Billion President-Elect Obama's Economic Rescue Plan Backlash Over AIG Bonuses Stocks Surge Over Toxic Assets Plan Congress and the White House Announce Economic Stimulus Package The "R" Word Plan to Help Homeowners Avoid Foreclosure Draws Criticism Labor Secretary Discusses Rise in Unemployment Greenspan Warns of Deflationary Spiral Comparing the 1929 and 1999 Stock Markets Group of Seven Agree to Stabilize American Dollar Economist Milton Friedman Discusses Economic Turnaround Plan Economist Milton Friedman Promises Economic Turnaround under President Reagan Monetary and Fiscal Policies Federal Reserve Board and Interest Rates Fed Cuts Key Interest Rate to Record Low Bernanke Sees Signs of Economic Recovery Federal Reserve to Flood Credit Markets with Cash Will Interest Rate Cuts Help the Economy? Fed Makes Major Interest Rate Cut to Stop a Market Crash The Role of Federal Reserve Chairman Federal Reserve Board Cuts Interest Rate to Lowest Level Since 1958 Greenspan Testifies Before House Financial Services Committee on State of Economy Economist Milton Friedman Discusses What It Would Take to Reduce Interest Rates Tax Cuts and Tax Policy How Tax Cuts Affect Rich vs. Poor Commerce Secretary Don Evans Defends Bush Tax Cuts Treasury Secretary Donald Regan Defends President Reagan's Tax Cuts for the Rich Economist Milton Friedman Supports Cutting Taxes to Stimulate Economy President Reagan's Lobbying Skills Get Landmark Tax Bill Passed Federal Budget Record Pork Projects in 2009 Budget House Passes Stimulus Plan with No GOP Votes Governors Look to Obama for Aid President-Elect Obama's Economic Rescue Plan Treasury Redefines Bailout Plan What's Safe from Federal Budget Cuts? Who Pays the Price for the Federal Deficit? President Clinton Announces Budget Surplus Deficit Reduction Agreement Gramm-Rudman Deficit Reduction Bill: One Year Later Economist Milton Friedman Supports Constitutional Amendment to Balance Budget Economic Regulation Regulating Industries Feds Take over Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae Profile of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Housing Crisis Highlights Need for Reform President George W. Bush Signs Corporate Responsibility Bill Federal Judge Rules Against Microsoft Government Sues Visa and Mastercard as Monopolies A History of Monopoly and Anti-Trust Cases Foreign Policy Presidency and Foreign Policy Commander in Chief President Obama's New Plan for Afghanistan President Obama Announces Iraq Exit Strategy Obama Sends 17,000 More Troops to Afghanistan President Obama Stresses Iraq Transfer of Power Afghanistan War Reaches Next Phase President George W. Bush Invokes Powers as Commander in Chief President Clinton Focuses on Foreign Policy after Midterm Losses Humanitarian Mission in Somalia Begins Reagan Reaction to Invasion of Grenada President Johnson Discusses Vietnam War with McNamara Chief Diplomat Leaders Launch Anti-Militant Strategy President Obama Arrives on World Stage President Obama Gives First Interview to Arab TV Network President Obama Calls G-20 Summit a Turning Point President Obama Embarks on First Trip to Latin America President Obama Extends Hand to Iran The Future of U.S. - China Relations President Bush Meets with Pakistani President to Discuss Terrorism Camp David Accord Is Signed President Kennedy News Conference on Peace Treaty Congress and Foreign Policy Lack of WMD in Iraq May Justify Congressional Investigations House Debates and Passes Iraq War Resolution President Clinton Upset over Senate's Rejection of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Congress Challenges President Clinton's Military Excursion in Serbia Congress Passes the War Powers Act Bureaucracy and Foreign Policy Department of State Secretary of State Clinton Crosses the Border Richardson Talks Peace in Taliban's Afghanistan Secretary of State Christopher Tries to Revive Mideast Peace Process Department of Defense President Obama Announces Iraq Exit Strategy Afghanistan to Join U.S. Policy Review Iraqi Security Forces Take Control of Anbar Province Afghanistan War Reaches Next Phase Rumsfeld Says U.S. Must Improve Its Image in Muslim World Pentagon Officials Reaffirm Policy to Not Negotiate for Hostages Defense Secretary Brown Testifies on Growing Soviet Threat Multilateral Organizations and Treaty / Trade Agreements The UN, NATO and WTO Israeli Air Strikes on Gaza Continue United Nations Commissioner Urges Care for Afghan Refugees World Trade Organization Preview NATO Call: Ike Instills New Hope in Free World UN Fends Off Communism Around the World The Evolution of NATO Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaties and Peace Agreements Israel's Cabinet Approves Road Map to Peace North Korea Withdraws from Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty U.S. Brokered Ceasefire Goes into Effect Oslo Peace Agreement Details and Ramifications Camp David Accord Is Signed Ceasefire Signed in Paris Outlining American Withdrawal from Vietnam The SALT Treaty President Kennedy Addresses Nation on Nuclear Ban Treaty Additional Treaties and Agreements Kyoto Agreement Reached To Curb Global Warming NAFTA Overview: What It Really Means United States and Soviet Union Sign German Reunification Treaty Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Civil Liberties Establishment Clause Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Government Displays of the Ten Commandments Does the Pledge of Allegiance Violate the Constitution? Ten Commandments Display at Alabama Courthouse Removed Supreme Court Sanctions Use of School Vouchers Free Exercise Clause Kansas Removes the Teaching of Evolution from Official State Curriculum Freedom of Speech Supreme Court Rules Flag Burning Is Protected by First Amendment Senator Estes Kefauver Holds Hearings on Obscenity Freedom of the Press Judith Miller Talks About Facing Prison for Not Revealing Source Freedom of Assembly Supreme Court Says Ban on Neo-Nazi Party Demonstrations Is Unconstitutional Right to Petition the Government Right to Keep and Bear Arms Supreme Court Rules Right to Bear Arms Not Just for Militias Supreme Court Hears Case on D.C. Gun Ban NRA Representative and Gun Control Advocate Debate Second Amendment Search and Seizures / Exclusionary Rule Supreme Court Alters the Exclusionary Rule Property Rights / Government Taking Communities Fight Back Against Supreme Court Decision on Eminent Domain Supreme Court Expands Reach of Eminent Domain Rights of the Accused Due Process of Law How a Federal Grand Jury Works Supreme Court Rules Terror Prisoners Have Right to Challenge Detention in Court Does Profiling Violate the 14th Amendment? Supreme Court Rules Against Military Tribunals for Terror Suspects at Guantanamo Bay Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Enemy Combatants History of the Fifth Amendment Judge Says 14th Amendment Guarantees Right to Die Oliver North and John Poindexter Invoke Fifth Amendment During Iran Contra Hearings Double Jeopardy Alan Dershowitz Discusses Double Jeopardy Clause in Fifth Amendment Self-Incrimination Peanut Butter Plant Manager Pleads the Fifth Miranda Ruling Challenged History of the Fifth Amendment Oliver North and John Poindexter Invoke Fifth Amendment During Iran Contra Hearings Speedy Public Trial A Look Back at the O.J. Simpson Trial Prior to the Verdict Right to an Attorney The Sixth Amendment and the Assistance of Counsel Cruel and Unusual Punishment Supreme Court Rules Death Penalty for Juvenile Killers Unconstitutional Supreme Court Rules Against Disparity in Cocaine Sentencing Supreme Court Upholds California's Three Strikes Law Michigan Imposes Mandatory Life Sentences for Some First Time Drug Offenders Right to Privacy Supreme Court Rules Against Sodomy Laws Planned Parenthood v. Casey Caroline Kennedy and Ellen Alderman Talk About Their Book on the Bill of Rights Supreme Court Rules on Missouri Abortion Case Abortion: Pennsylvania Law Struck Down The Roe v. Wade Decision Civil Rights Race Based Discrimination Tuskegee Airmen Receive Congressional Medal of Honor G.A.O. Finds Evidence of Racial Profiling by U.S. Customs Ben Nighthorse Campbell Discusses Native American Issues 25th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act Gender Based Discrimination How Difficult Is It to Pass a Constitutional Amendment? Cal State Northridge Drops Several Men's Sports to Comply with Title IX Law Gay Rights State Court Judge Rules Ban on Gay Marriages Violates California's Constitution Gay Marriage Becomes Hot Button Issue in 2004 Election Supreme Court Rules Against Sodomy Laws The Defense of Marriage Act Is Created in Response to Push for Legal Gay Marriage Bill Clinton Agrees to "Don't Ask Don't Tell" Policy Concerning Gays in the Military Equal Protection Clause New Citizens Discuss What It Means to Be an American Supreme Court to Rule on Right of Mentally Disabled to Establish Group Homes 25th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act Segregation in America Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court Rules on Brown v. Board of Education Montgomery Bus Boycott The Significance of Rosa Parks' Simple Act Segregation School Case Displays Supreme Court's Divisions on Desegregation Integrated Schools, Segregated Classrooms Ole Miss Honors James Meredith Governor Barnett Cites Tenth Amendment in Barring James Meredith from Ole Miss Jim Crow Laws 25th Anniversary of Greensboro, SC, Lunch Counter Sit-In Interracial Marriages Interracial Marriages in U.S. Growing Slowly but Steadily Federal Civil Rights Laws DOJ Files First Americans with Disabilities Act Lawsuit 25th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act 20th Anniversary of Civil Rights Act of 1964 Affirmative Action Supreme Court Reverses Affirmative Action Program in Allan Bakke Case