Newsmakers
Summary: Join C-SPAN every Sunday for conversations with people making the news and the journalists who cover them. Guests come from a wide range of expertise in topics important in today's public affairs: the economy, technology, education, the environment, the military, and many more. Legislators and other experts talk with reporters who cover their shared area of interest.
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Podcasts:
House Budget Committee Chair John Yarmuth talks about expectations that the House will vote next week on a short-term CR to avert a government shutdown, the risks of potential recession, & the Fed's independence. He also talks about impeachment.
Two weeks before federal funding runs out, the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, assesses the status of appropriations legislation in Congress. Senator Leahy may also discuss impeachment actions.
Representative Mike Johnson (R-LA), chair of the Republican Study Committee, talks about Thursday's House vote on initiating impeachment proceedings against President Trump, his committee's health care plan, and wildfires in California.
Representative Rodney Davis (R-IL), House Administration Committee Ranking Member, talks about election security, this week's legislation, the Republican response to impeachment efforts in the House, Turkey, the Kurds and Syria.
The director of Republicans for the Rule of Law talks politics & the group's belief that Republicans - especially Republicans running for Congress - should speak out against President Trump.
Tom Perez, Democratic National Committee Chair, talks about Democratic presidential debates, including the October 15 debate in Ohio, and about 2020 presidential politics widely, including Joe Biden, President Trump, PACs, and online hacking.
James Greenwood, BIO president & CEO, talks about drug pricing & the legislation (H.R. 3) that House Democrats are planning, as well as Senate plans. Speaker Nancy Pelosi highlighted House drug-pricing plans this week.
Representative Mark Pocan (D-WI), Progressive Caucus Co-Chair, discusses the latest on impeachment proceedings against President Trump, including the new focus on Ukraine, congressional spending, and border issues.
The top Republican on the House Natural Resources Committee, Representative Rob Bishop (R-UT), talks about recently introduced legislation, the National Parks, climate change, national monuments, and other related topics.
Neil Bradley, U.S. Chamber of Commerce executive vice president and chief policy officer, talks about the economy and efforts to avoid a recession, trade and the impact of tariffs, and jobs.
Senate Majority PAC President JB Poersch talks about electing Democrats to the Senate in 2020 and prospects for Democrats winning control of the Senate.
Guy Cecil, chair of the Democratic super PAC Priorities USA, discusses 2020 politics and how much money Priorities USA plans to spend, as well as what he thinks Democrats need to do to win the presidency. He also compares this cycle with 2016.
Steven Law, president and CEO of the Senate Leadership Fund, talks about efforts to keep the Senate in Republicans hands, prospects in Colorado where former Governor Hickenlooper has shifted to run for Senate, and his group's spending plans for 2020.
Club for Growth President David McIntosh talks about Campaign 2020.
Mary Kay Henry, president of SEIU, the nation's second-largest labor union group, talks about Campaign 2020, the economy, presidential candidates who have the strongest union plans, and immigration.
