Republican Senators on Gun Legislation
Republican senators spoke to reporters and answered questions about an amendment to gun control legislation aimed at reducing gun violence.
April 17, 2013 : 40 min. 6 sec.

Q&A with Senate Youth
High school students from the United States Senate Youth Program talked about their participation in a week long government and leadership education program in Washington, DC.
April 14, 2013 : 58 min. 55 sec.

Congressional Partisanship and Gridlock
AEI resident scholar Norm Ornstein talked about Congress and whether it should be considered the “broken branch.”
March 15, 2013 : 1 hr. 7 min.

Sen. Paul Closing Filibuster Remarks
The closing remarks of Senator Rand Paul’s (R-KY) nearly 13-hour filibuster of the confirmation of John Brennan as director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
March 6, 2013 : 4 min. 54 sec.

Republican Response to the 2013 State of the Union Address
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) delivered the Republican Party response to the president’s State of the Union Address.
February 12, 2013 : 14 min. 41 sec.

2013 State of the Union Address
In his annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress, President Obama outlined his priorities for legislative action and priorities for the American people.
February 12, 2013 : 1 hr. 14 min.

History of the State of the Union Address
Senate Historian Donald Ritchie talked about the history of the State of the Union from George Washington to the present.
February 9, 2013 : 24 min. 35 sec.

Assault Weapons Ban Bill
Democratic senators and representatives, local officials, gun violence victims, and others spoke to reporters about the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 Bill.
January 24, 2013 : 1 hr. 17 min.

Counting of Electoral College Votes
In a joint session of Congress certificates were verified and electoral votes for president and vice president were counted from each state.
January 4, 2013 : 29 min. 13 sec.

Opening of the 113th Congress
Bob Cusack, managing editor of The Hill neswpaper, talked about the major debates for the 113th Congress as well as potential legislative priorities.
January 3, 2013 : 29 min. 53 sec.