CSPAN Capitol Hill Hearings August 7, 2013
This also happened during the vice presidency. When congress was needed, the Vice President would go back to where he lived. Especially during the summer, they would usually lead in the spring and come back in the fall. It was a seasonal thing. Although he did overdo it a little bit during this time. It was not unusual for the president to be away. These were very trying and tent tempestuous years for a brand new nation. Can you give us a sense of the history, what was happening during the adams administration, key policy issues . The major problems were international. You had a political tiff...