Peter Kiley

Long time @CSPAN. Newspaper reader. Communicator. Torero. Beer lover. Cable TV is terrific. #MakeUpYourOwnMind

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.@CookPolitical Report's @JessicaTaylor says they've shifted Iowa Senate rating from Likely Republican to Leans Republican. "We see this as a more competitive race."

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"My first novel, Absolute Power. If you haven't read it, it's about a U.S. president who's a narcissistic sociopath who thinks he's above the law."

SUNDAY: America's Book Club with David Baldacci – 6pm ET on C-SPAN https://t.co/OoLvvsu9xA

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.@SenAmyKlobuchar: "Today, we mark 40 years since C-SPAN began its coverage of the United States Senate, bringing the work of this body directly into people's living rooms. It doesn't seem very radical right now … but back then it was revolutionary."

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February 12, 1999 - Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) presents Chief Justice William Rehnquist a golden gavel for presiding over the Clinton impeachment trial.

More here: https://t.co/JD0VcweWA6

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February 12, 1999 - Chief Justice William Rehnquist remarks at Clinton Impeachment Trial.

More here: https://t.co/JD0VcweWA6

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche testifies at House Appropriations Committee – LIVE on C-SPAN3 https://t.co/pB8GtYzV71

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January 12, 1991 - Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) on 1991 Persian Gulf War vote.

More here: https://t.co/JD0VcweWA6

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January 12, 1991 - Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS) on 1991 Persian Gulf War vote.

More here: https://t.co/JD0VcweWA6

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.@LeaderJohnThune: "On this day 40 yeas ago, C-SPAN broadcast the United States Senate for the very first time...it's ensured that what happens here is lost neither to the day's news cycle nor to history."

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September 17, 1986 - While criticizing William Rehnquist becoming Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) says Justice-nominee Antonin Scalia will have "an open mind."

More here: https://t.co/JD0VcweWA6

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June 2, 1986 - Sen. John Glenn (D-OH) on the first day of Senate TV on C-SPAN2.

Full video here: https://t.co/8CpSN4vxZ9

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#OnThisDay 1986: "We are going public."

Today is the 40th Anniversary of Cameras in Senate on C-SPAN2.

Check out highlights and top moments from the Senate floor over four decades. https://t.co/JD0VcweWA6

More info here: https://t.co/QfPpaOYoSk

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Sen. @ChuckGrassley: "40 years ago today, I voted no on the Senate being televised...on reflection, I'm glad that the Senate is televised to make government more real to the American people. So, I guess I'd have to confess that I cast the wrong vote 40 years ago."

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Sen. @ChuckGrassley: "Happy 40th Birthday to C-SPAN broadcasting democracy in the Senate to the American people."

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"Like so many other institutions, the Fed has been undergoing a stress test...If any administration finds a way to remove Fed officials over policy differences then future administrations will do so as well."

Watch Powell's complete remarks here --> https://t.co/7c7IDNz3xB

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This NEW @CSPAN Classroom lesson provides a tour of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA, focusing on its gravesites and memorials connected to the Revolutionary War: https://t.co/3FHchfBKBS.

#A250 #America250 #AmericanRevolution #AmRevWar #USHistory #ArlingtonCemetery

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Former Fed. Chair Jerome Powell accepts JFK Award, warns about abuse in political power: "As John Adams said, 'Ours is a government of law, and not of men."

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McCartney plays 17 instruments on #DungeonLane, using some Beatles & Wings tricks—orchestra, sudden tempo changes one all acoustic, his voice ranging from crooner to rocker to the growl. He doesn’t have to be doing this at 83. Amazing songwriting range https://t.co/dzFvHsLRFG

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America's Book Club with Ann Patchett (@ParnassusBooks1) – 6pm ET on C-SPAN https://t.co/05H8td75Ti

[Carl Hulse @hillhulse]

And the modern Senate was born as video made the politicos stars!