Government and Politics News Reports Collection

Secretary of State John Kerry presided over the official reopening of the U.S. Embassy in Cuba with a flag-raising ceremony attended by Marine Larry Morris, Marine Mike East and Marine Jim Tracy who lowered the Stars and Stripes in 1961.
2015 • 32 min

Mexican President Felipe Calderon addressed, in English, a joint session of the U.S. Congress in which he commented on the new Arizona immigration law and assault weapons.
2010 • 35 min

Illustrates in graphic detail the fact that the current level of spending by the United States Federal Government is simply not sustainable. Shows a graphic comparison of interest payments on the national debt, mandatory spending, discretionary spending, and borrowed money that adds to our national debt.
2011 • 4 min

Appearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, AIG's chief executive until March 2005, said taxpayers got a raw deal in the largest bailout of the financial crisis.
2009 • 46 min

US bank executives appear before Congress to answer the question “where did the money go that banks received under TARP” and why is credit still not available to small businesses.
2009 • 29 min

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner outlines his plans to overhaul the financial bailout program with a new Financial Stability Plan.
2009 • 19 min

Executives from GM, Ford, and Chrysler, joined by the UAW, appeared before the Senate Banking Committee asking for “bridge loans” from the Federal government.
2008 • 19 min

Henry Paulson, Ben Bernanke, and Sheila Blair hold a press conference to discuss the investments as the TARP funds.
2008 • 17 min

Richard Fuld, head of Lehman, faces a Congressional Committee to answer questions on the events that lead to the financial collapse of Lehman Brothers.
2008 • 38 min

Senators in turn, speak for and against the $700 billion dollar Bailout Bill to purchase distressed assets and stabalize the banks.
2008 • 152 min

Barack Obama speaking about Senate Bailout Bill - partial speech only.
2008 • 12 min

Prior to the vote on HR 3997 The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, or referred to as the $700 billion Bailout Bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave a partisan speech blaming the economic crisis on the Bush Administration.
2008 • 48 min

The Senate Banking Committee held a hearing in response to a proposed authorization for the United States Treasury to spend up to $700 billion dollars to purchase distressed toxic assets to prevent the possible collapse of the U.S. financial system.
2008 • 31 min

The Senate Banking Committee held a hearing in response to a proposed authorization for the United States Treasury to spend up to $700 billion dollars to purchase distressed toxic assets to prevent the possible collapse of the U.S. financial system.
2008 • 64 min

The House of Representatives passed a housing rescue bill, introduced by Representative Barnett "Barney" Franks.
2008 • 32 min

36-minutes of the speech former Vice President Dick Cheney gave at the American Enterprise Institute ( AEI) on May 21, 2009. His speech was given after President Obama gave his speech on Guantanamo terrorist detainees and the closing of Camp Gitmo.
2009 • 36 min

After the House of Representatives approved the biggest rewrite of the U.S. financial rules since the 1930's House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said “we are taking the country in a new direction.
2010 • 11 min

Gen. David Petraeus before the Senate Armed Services Committee at his Confirmation hearing replacing Gen. McChrystal after controversial comments made to Rolling Stone magazine.
2010 • 58 min

Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan gives an opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee and answers questions.
2010 • 49 min

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder appears before the House Judiciary Committee and gives a brief overview of the accomplishments of the Department of Justice the past year from terrorism to healthcare to civil rights.
2010 • 7 min

Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton delivers a speech to the Asia Society who seeks to strengthen relationships and promote understanding between the U.S. and Asia.
2009 • 49 min

Harry Markopolos, an independent financial fraud investigator for institutional investors, reveals how he submitted documentation to the SEC that Madoff was a fraud years before the SEC finally took action.
2009 • 31 min

U.S. House Of Representatives convene for the 111th Congress. Nancy Pelosi is re-elected as Speaker of the House.
2009 • 45 min

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of The Islamic Republic of Iran, attends a press conference.
2008 • 60 min

U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi addresses the 2008 AIPAC Conference in Washington D.C.
2008 • 17 min

On July 26, 1948 President Harry Truman issued Executive Order 60 that provided for equality of treatment and opportunity in the United States Armed Forces without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin.
2008 • 60 min

Hillary Clinton addressed the American Israel Policy Action Committee or AIPAC on June 4, 2008 in Washington DC.
2008 • 27 min

Senator Ted Kennedy speaks in support of the Public Employee Bill of Rights.
2008 • 15 min

Senator Barack Obama, Vice President Dick Cheney, and Senator Joseph Liberman join in celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel in Washington D.C.
2008 • 25 min

Upon convening Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, becomes the first woman to become the Speaker of The House.
2007 • 39 min

State funeral for Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin with full military honors and eulogized by notable foreign dignitaries.
1995 • 95 min