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Representing kansas in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s discuss their experiences in government and the state of Congress Today. This 80minute conversation is hosted by the Bob Dole Institute of politics at the university of kansas. Its moderated by the institutes director, bill lacy. Hello and welcome to the robert j. Bowl institute of politics. My name is kooed christiansen and im from the student Advisory Board which is the official Student Organization fs Dole Institute. Some people know this but whe...

Representing kansas in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s discuss their experiences in government and the state of Congress Today. This 80minute conversation is hosted by the Bob Dole Institute of politics at the university of kansas. Its moderated by the institutes director, bill lacy. Hello and welcome to the robert j. Bowl institute of politics. My name is kooed christiansen and im from the student Advisory Board which is the official Student Organization fs Dole Institute. Some people know this but whe...

Representing kansas in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s discuss their experiences in government and the state of Congress Today. This 80minute conversation is hosted by the Bob Dole Institute of politics at the university of kansas. Its moderated by the institutes director, bill lacy. Hello and welcome to the robert j. Bowl institute of politics. My name is kooed christiansen and im from the student Advisory Board which is the official Student Organization fs Dole Institute. Some people know this but whe...

This story and confirm all the facts this evening. Heres what we know. Highranking state and federal Law Enforcement sources are confirming a professors Research Project raise red flags in colorado and several her states. Including california and michigan. Its inappropriate, its a distraction for the shes pollard deputy sector estate talking the email project sources say tracks back university professor. I think its irresponsible in this climate. And this close to election to send out what is es...

Neil and now, you know, High Expectations for you and for the team. You want to take advantage obviously of republican house, Republican Senate, run of the table. Reverse of what barack obama had coming in. What do you plan to do . Well, first thing i want to address, you know, this populist comment running the table. That sounds very exciting and whatnot but what i have really experienced so far from the entire team, not any gloating at all. First priority how we bring people to together to add...

Meantime, a war of words on cnbc between j. P. Morgan head jaime diamond. Tell you whats behind that controversy thats been brewing for a while. After the bell, wilfred frost has an interview with bank of america ceo, Brian Moynihan. Stay tuned for that. Look forward to that very much. Now, the retail pain. Shares of coal sinking again. The hard times for traditional retailers might not be over anytime soon as amazon continues to outperform. They were out yesterday with a note reiterating the pr...

International community to do the things they are doing. In our meeting earlier with us afghan womens council, one thing is so many nonprofits have gone in, lets get some for profits in afghanistan. [applause] figure out ways to help develop the country so the Afghan Government can stand up and be the ones that take care of things in afghanistan. I want to add something to all of this. I am really honored as always to be around you. They have done an incredible job. When i saw the book it remind...

And his wife, until the day he died, he died in his sleep, almost at the age of 80, two days before my wife and i were supposed to have dinner with him and his wife here in washington with his other friends to celebrate his impending 80th birthday. But he had the courage to keep out of step when everybody was marching to the wrong tune. He how do i say this . He would face wad dilemma, like maybe voting with his caucus or voting with the president , and something that he just thought was wrong, ...

The proceedings of the United States senate are being broadcast to the nation on television for the first time, not that we have operated in secret until now. Millions of americans have set in the galleries and observed Senate Debates during their visits to washington. But today, they can witness the proceedings in their own homes. We might say that the nation is tuning in late. Woodrow wilson said that the informing function of congress should be preferred to its legislative function. Today, as...

Years ago this month, and the occasion was the first day of permanent television of the United States senate. We are going to use the opportunity of the 30th anniversary to look back at the senate and how it is changed in the era of television. We have two guests that have been with the senate for 40 years and their careers there, theretired, and they span age of the television before senate and after, so they are ideally suited to help us understand how the institution adapted to the coming of ...