Category: Congress
Are Women Changing Our Party Alignments? – 1953 – Women In Politics – Past Daily Reference Room
Are Women Changing Our Party Alignments? – American Forum Of The Air – January 18, 1953 -Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In 1952, when General Eisenhower swept into the White House, becoming the first Republican President since Herbert Hoover, it caused for a considerable amount of speculation and soul-searching on
Shutting Down The Government 1995 – Past Daily Reference Room –
Government shutdown news – excerpt from ABC World News This week – November 19, 1995 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Government shut downs. We’ve had several of them. In fact, since 1976 we’ve had 22 of them – all for different reasons, all over different issues, all have had
January 8, 1968 – Civil Rights; In Anticipation Of A Long-Hot Summer – Indicting Dr. Spock – The First Heart Transplant
January 8,1968 – Newsfront – Eastern Educational Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 8, 1968 – Anticipation of a year of protests. The year was starting off with warnings from Civil Rights leaders that Summer of 1968 was going to be potentially just as hot as summers past,
January 4, 1995 – First Day Of A GOP Congress – The Growing Anti-Yeltsin Movement – Another Shooting in The Name Of “Right To Life”.
January 4, 1995 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 4, 1995 – Big day on Capitol Hill. First day of a new Congress – this time it was the GOP in charge, the first time in 40 years. Newly minted House Speaker Newt Gingrich
December 19, 1946 – “Propaganda Is Not A Function Of The Federal Government”: John Taber (R-New York)
December 19, 1946 – NBC Radio – News and Commentary By Richard Harkness – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 19, 1946 – Not so much a news filled day as one that observed things to come. Via this commentary by Richard Harkness, the topic of conversation on Capitol Hill
November 27, 1997 – Spirit Of The Season, Baghdad Makes A Pitch And The Telltale Piece Of Metal.
November 28, 1997 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 28, 1997 – It was a Friday, 21 years ago – and because it was the day after Thanksgiving in 1997, that meant it was the infamous Black Friday – a name which had its
November 27, 1994 – Chaos Is A Place Called Bihac – Capitol Hill Is A State Of Mind – Whitewater Is Neither
November 27, 1994 – ABC World News This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 27, 1994 – The end of a chaotic week in 1994. News from the never-ending crisis in the Balkans had NATO airstrikes hitting Bosnian Serb targets in retaliation for attacks on NATO forces in