Bert: School, Society & Family

From: C-SPAN on Mon, Jul 18 2011 10:43 AM

Washington Governor Christine Gregoire, National Governors Association chair, talked about the issues facing states and the weekend’s meeting of the National Governors Association in Salt Lake City.

From: C-SPAN on Mon, Jul 18 2011 10:43 AM

Clark Kent Ervin talked about a recent report released by the Department of Homeland Security that showed since 2001 there have been more than 25,000 breaches at airports across the country. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. C-SPAN Radio’s Nancy Calo previewed to...

From: C-SPAN on Mon, Jul 18 2011 10:43 AM

Faiz Shakir talked about how rank-and-file Democrats and Democratic activists nationally feel toward President Obama and his policies, the latest on the debt reduction and debt ceiling negotiations, how the priorities of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party are being addressed, how Democ...

From: C-SPAN on Mon, Jul 18 2011 10:43 AM

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman talked about global challenges facing America and the role education played in U.S. competitiveness. The end of this annual National Governors Association meeting included the installation of incoming NGA Chair Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman and the annou...

From: C-SPAN on Mon, Jul 18 2011 10:43 AM

Carol Highsmith talked about and showed her photography, including some from her current project to photograph each state in the country, as well as her earlier project to photograph the entire Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress in detail. Carol Highsmith discovered ...

From: C-SPAN on Mon, Jul 18 2011 10:43 AM

Telephone lines were open for comments on the Federal budget debt ceiling talks and the idea of a "grand bargain" on the table. Alexander Bolton talked by telephone about the latest in the discussions between President Obama and Congressional leaders over the debt ceili...

From: C-SPAN on Mon, Jul 18 2011 10:43 AM

Telephone lines were open for comments on the Federal budget debt ceiling talks and the idea of a "grand bargain" on the table. Alexander Bolton talked by telephone about the latest in the discussions between President Obama and Congressional leaders over the debt ceili...

From: C-SPAN on Mon, Jul 18 2011 10:43 AM

The CIA has long taken an interest in the James Bond novels, even drawing inspiration from Bond’s adventures and especially technology, according to the Library of Congress Kluge Center resident Christopher Moran, a postdoctoral British Research Council Fellow. Drawing on recently declassified m...

From: C-SPAN on Mon, Jul 18 2011 10:43 AM

Thomas Jefferson purchased a 1,334 acre tract in Virginia, known first as "Indian Camp" and then later named Morvena, as a testing ground for various agricultural methods and labor systems experiments that presented alternatives to slavery. Professor Onuf moderated a panel discussion o...

From: C-SPAN on Mon, Jul 18 2011 10:43 AM

Telephone lines were open for comments on the Federal budget debt ceiling talks and the idea of a "grand bargain" on the table. Alexander Bolton talked by telephone about the latest in the discussions between President Obama and Congressional leaders over the debt ceili...

From: C-SPAN on Mon, Jul 18 2011 10:43 AM

In his weekly address President Obama talked about reducing the deficit and raising the debt ceiling and urged Congress to be willing to compromise on a budget that cuts spending and includes some tax increases.

From: C-SPAN on Mon, Jul 18 2011 10:43 AM

Alan Gomez talked about a new report by USA Today which found that violent crime along the U.S.-Mexico border has fallen over recent years and cities along the border are safer than other cities in the state. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.

From: C-SPAN on Mon, Jul 18 2011 10:43 AM

In the weekly Republican address Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) talked about reducing the deficit and raising the debt ceiling and rejected the President’s call for tax increases and urged his colleagues on Capital Hill to pass a balanced budget amendment.

From: C-SPAN on Mon, Jul 18 2011 10:43 AM

Robert McDowell talked about the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) decision to crack down on unauthorized charges on consumers' phone bills, which has come to be known as "cramming." The FCC was also working to create a common 911 service for emergency calls.

From: Hulu on Sun, Jul 17 2011 11:18 PM

The hope for lawmakers and the president to come up with a bipartisan agreement to reduce the deficit is all but dead. Meanwhile, the actual deal to raise the debt ceiling may not be fully agreed upon in Congress for another week.

From: Hulu on Sun, Jul 17 2011 6:34 PM

Gridlock between congressional Republicans and the White House has lots of Americans worried about what will happen Aug. 2. NBC’s Mike Viqueira reports.

From: HITN Online on Sun, Jul 17 2011 4:30 PM

After Brian Darling from the Heritage Foundation suggested raising taxes will not help job creation, and the solution will be tax reform, Ray Suarez asks how do you draw the line between tax rates and job creation when already many companies are sitting on large profits and not doing any hiring....

From: HITN Online on Sun, Jul 17 2011 4:30 PM

Rays Suarez and the panel discuss the debt negotiations and the changes that could be considered on Social Security.

From: The White House on Sun, Jul 17 2011 3:55 PM

July 12, 2011

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Jul 17 2011 8:29 AM

Telephone lines were open for comments on the question, "Should the President or Congressional leaders compromise on their ideals for the debt ceiling talks and how if so?