Category: Capitol Hill
Lyndon Johnson And The Great Society – Urban Dream – Political Nightmare – Best Laid Plans –
CBS Radio – Capitol Cloakroom – Sen. Edmund Muskie – Sen.Karl Mundt – January 24, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sometimes, listening to political arguments can be akin to watching paint dry – it can be stimulating and engaging, but it also be dry as dust. In this
September 26, 1990 – Meeting, Haggling, Compromising; Finger-Pointing – Capitol Hill. Meanwhile In Baghdad . . .
September 26, 1990 – CBS Radio – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 26, 1990 – Despite the relative calm in the Middle East this day, the scene on Capitol Hill back home was anything but. Haggling and finger-pointing over the Federal Budget, days before the
September 13, 1982 – Tragedy In Malaga – No Wrong-Doing For Donovan – Westmoreland Wants A Cool $120 Million –
September 13, 1982 – CBS News On The Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 13, 1982 – Busy news day – with reports of a Chartered DC-10 crashing on takeoff on a flight bound for New York from Malaga Spain, filled with returning American tourists. As the hours
The Cost Of War – The $10 Billion Goof Over Vietnam – Sen. William Proxmire -Meet The Press 1967 – Past Daily Reference Room
Sen. William Proxmire – Meet The Press – February 4, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1967 and the Vietnam War was dragging on – it had escalated and it was starting to look like a war of attrition. In early 1967 it was learned that the budget for
September 6, 2000 – Uncomfortable Days On Capitol Hill – Firestone Hearings, File Sharing Verdicts
September 6, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup – Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 6, 2000 – A day of hearings and questions in Court and on Capitol Hill. The ongoing hearings regarding safety issues over tires made by Firestone brought about angry outbursts from members
Long, Long Ago – Far, Far Away – The Republican Convention – August 18, 1976 – Past Daily Reference Room
August 18, 1976 – Republican Convention – Presidential nominations – CBS – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Forty-two years ago this week, Republicans gathered in Kansas City to select a nominee for the 1976 Presidential election. Like most conventions, it had its fair share of cliff hangers – Gerald Ford,
August 21, 1988 – The Quayle Factor – Flowers On The Front Lines: A Ceasefire Holds Between Iran And Iraq
August 21, 1988 – CBS News On The Hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 21 1988 – It was election season and eyes were on GOP Presidential Candidate George Bush’s choice for a running mate; Indiana Senator Dan Quayle. Quayle was 41 at the time and was the
