Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network is an American cable and satellite television network,created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a nonprofit public service. It televises proceedings of the United States federal government and other public affairs programming. C-SPAN is a private,nonprofit organization funded by its cable and satellite affiliates. It does not have advertisements on any of its networks or radio stations,nor does it solicit donations or pledges. The network operates independently;the cable industry and the U.S. Congress have no control over its programming content.
Everett McKinley Dirksen was an American politician. A Republican,he represented Illinois in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. As Senate Minority Leader from 1959 until his death in 1969,he played a highly visible and key role in the politics of the 1960s. He helped write and pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968,both landmark pieces of legislation during the civil rights movement. He was also one of the Senate's strongest supporters of the Vietnam War. A talented orator with a florid style and a notably rich baritone voice,he delivered flamboyant speeches that caused his detractors to refer to him as "The Wizard of Ooze".
Howard Henry Baker Jr. was an American politician,diplomat and photographer who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1967 to 1985. During his tenure,he rose to the rank of Senate Minority Leader and then Senate Majority Leader. A member of the Republican Party,Baker was the first Republican to be elected to the US Senate in Tennessee since the Reconstruction era.
Samuel Taliaferro Rayburn was an American politician who served as the 43rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a three-time House speaker,former House majority leader,two-time House minority leader,and a 24-term congressman,representing Texas's 4th congressional district as a Democrat from 1913 to 1961. He holds the record for the longest tenure as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives,serving for over 17 years.
Henry Louis Bellmon was an American Republican politician from the U.S. State of Oklahoma. A member of the Oklahoma Legislature,he went on to become both the 18th and 23rd governor of Oklahoma,mainly in the 1960s and again in the 1980s,as well as a two-term United States Senator in the 1970s. He was the first Republican to serve as Governor of Oklahoma and,after his direct predecessor George Nigh,only the second governor to be reelected.
The 101st United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government,composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington,D.C.,from January 3,1989,to January 3,1991,during the final weeks of Ronald Reagan's presidency and the first two years of George H. W. Bush's presidency.
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress,which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprises the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States. Like its counterpart,the Senate was established by the United States Constitution and convened for its first meeting on March 4,1789 at Federal Hall in New York City. The history of the institution begins prior to that date,at the 1787 Constitutional Convention,in James Madison's Virginia Plan,which proposed a bicameral national legislature,and in the controversial Connecticut Compromise,a 5–4 vote that gave small-population states disproportionate power in the Senate.
The 112th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government,from January 3,2011,until January 3,2013. It convened in Washington,D.C.,on January 3,2011,and ended on January 3,2013,17 days before the end of the presidential term to which Barack Obama was elected in 2008. Senators elected to regular terms in 2006 completed those terms in this Congress. This Congress included the last House of Representatives elected from congressional districts that were apportioned based on the 2000 census.
Alice Costandina Titus is an American political scientist and politician who has been the United States representative for Nevada's 1st congressional district since 2013. She served as the U.S. representative for Nevada's 3rd congressional district from 2009 to 2011,when she was defeated by Joe Heck. Titus is a member of the Democratic Party. She served in the Nevada Senate and was its minority leader from 1993 to 2009. Before her election to Congress,Titus was a professor of political science at the University of Nevada,Las Vegas (UNLV),where she taught American and Nevada government for 30 years. She was the Democratic nominee for governor of Nevada in 2006.
The Oklahoma Republican Party is the Oklahoma state affiliate of the Republican Party (GOP). Along with the Oklahoma Democratic Party,it is one of the two major parties in the state.
Robert Gene Baker was an American political adviser to Lyndon B. Johnson,and an organizer for the Democratic Party. He became the Senate's Secretary to the Majority Leader. In 1963,he resigned during an investigation by the Democratic-controlled Senate into Baker's business and political activities. The investigation included allegations of bribery and arranging sexual favors in exchange for Congressional votes and government contracts. The Senate investigation looked into the financial activities of Baker and Lyndon Johnson during the 1950s. The investigation of Lyndon Johnson as part of the Baker investigation was later dropped after President Kennedy's assassination and Johnson's ascension to the presidency.
Richard R. Tisei is an American politician and realtor from Massachusetts. A Republican,he served in both chambers of the Massachusetts General Court for a combined 26 years,eventually becoming Minority Leader in the Massachusetts Senate. He was the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 2010 and the nominee for Congress from Massachusetts's 6th district in 2012 and 2014.
Donald A. Ritchie is Historian Emeritus of the United States Senate.
The presidency of James Buchanan began on March 4,1857,when James Buchanan was inaugurated as 15th president of the United States,and ended on March 4,1861. Buchanan,a Democrat from Pennsylvania,took office as the 15th United States president after defeating former President Millard Fillmore of the American Party,and John C. Frémont of the Republican Party in the 1856 presidential election.
Neil MacNeil was an American journalist.
The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress,with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together,they comprise the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The 2004 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania was held on November 2,2004. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Arlen Specter won re-election to a fifth term. As of 2022,this is the last time a Republican statewide candidate won Montgomery and Delaware Counties and won more than 25% of the vote in Philadelphia.
James Buchanan Jr. was an American lawyer,diplomat,and politician who served as the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861. He previously served as secretary of state from 1845 to 1849 and represented Pennsylvania in both houses of the U.S. Congress. He was an advocate for states' rights,particularly regarding slavery,and minimized the role of the federal government preceding the Civil War. Buchanan was the last president born in the 18th century.
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress,with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
