The National Press Club hosted a spelling bee competition between journalists and lawmakers. Competing on the journalist team was Alexandra Petri from "The Washington Post, " Alex Gangitano from "The Hill," John Donnelly from "CQ Roll Call," Daniella Cheslow from NPR, Zoe Tillman from Buzzfeed, Josh Dawsey from "The Washington Post," and Eric Geller from "Politico." Representing the lawmakers were Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), Rep. Katie Hill (D-CA), Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), and Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH). The first such event was held in 1913 and was reestablished in 2013.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce held a day-long forum exploring the future of the space economy. In this portion, attendees heard from NASA Deputy Administrator James Morhard, Air Force Space Command Vice Commander Lt. Gen. David Thompson along with officials from the Commerce Department, Boeing Company and Lockheed Martin. Speakers discussed the commercial space industry, aerospace workforce development, various NASA lunar programs and the challenges of human exploration of Mars.
Former speechwriters for Presidents Clinton, Obama, George W. Bush and first lady Michelle Obama discussed their work and stories from behind the scenes at the White House, at an event at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.
Mark Dean, who worked at IBM for more than 30 years and helped create the IBM personal computer, spoke about the social impact of technology and innovation at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
The attorney who argued Planned Parenthood vs Casey predicted the Supreme Court would overturn Roe v. Wade after the 2020 election. Kathryn Kolbert joined a panel including the president of Americans United for Life and the author of an upcoming book on the history of abortion in America, for a National Constitution Center debate about reproductive rights.
This week our guest is federal cannabis policy reporter Natalie Fertig. She joins C-SPAN to talk about marijuana, the policy stakeholders on Capitol Hill, and where the future of cannabis legislation might be headed.
In the third of a three-part program, we looked back to the 1998-99 impeachment of President Bill Clinton with Alexis Simendinger. She covered the impeachment for National Journal, and is now national political correspondent for The Hill newspaper. We then showed portions of the U.S. Senate trial, which took place over five weeks in January and February 1999. President Clinton was tried on two articles of impeachment and acquitted of both. A two-thirds vote of "guilty" was necessary to convict.
This week our guest is federal cannabis policy reporter Natalie Fertig. She joins C-SPAN to talk about marijuana, the policy stakeholders on Capitol Hill, and where the future of cannabis legislation might be headed.
The National Press Club hosted a spelling bee competition between journalists and lawmakers. Competing on the journalist team was Alexandra Petri from "The Washington Post, " Alex Gangitano from "The Hill," John Donnelly from "CQ Roll Call," Daniella Cheslow from NPR, Zoe Tillman from Buzzfeed, Josh Dawsey from "The Washington Post," and Eric Geller from "Politico." Representing the lawmakers were Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), Rep. Katie Hill (D-CA), Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), and Rep. Chris Pappas (D-NH). The first such event was held in 1913 and was reestablished in 2013.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce held a day-long forum exploring the future of the space economy. In this portion, attendees heard from NASA Deputy Administrator James Morhard, Air Force Space Command Vice Commander Lt. Gen. David Thompson along with officials from the Commerce Department, Boeing Company and Lockheed Martin. Speakers discussed the commercial space industry, aerospace workforce development, various NASA lunar programs and the challenges of human exploration of Mars.
Former speechwriters for Presidents Clinton, Obama, George W. Bush and first lady Michelle Obama discussed their work and stories from behind the scenes at the White House, at an event at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.
Mark Dean, who worked at IBM for more than 30 years and helped create the IBM personal computer, spoke about the social impact of technology and innovation at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
The attorney who argued Planned Parenthood vs Casey predicted the Supreme Court would overturn Roe v. Wade after the 2020 election. Kathryn Kolbert joined a panel including the president of Americans United for Life and the author of an upcoming book on the history of abortion in America, for a National Constitution Center debate about reproductive rights.
This week our guest is federal cannabis policy reporter Natalie Fertig. She joins C-SPAN to talk about marijuana, the policy stakeholders on Capitol Hill, and where the future of cannabis legislation might be headed.
