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- Senator Joseph Lieberman sees the testimony of the Buddhist nuns as insufficiently crucial to warrant immunizing them.
- Date Issued:
- 1997-07-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Senator John Glenn says the committee will now investigate the infusion of Chinese and Hong Kong millions into the National Policy Forum (a wing of the GOP National Committee) in 1994 and 1996 elections.
- Date Issued:
- 1997-07-23T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Final Impeachment Hearing. The Senate votes not guilty on one count of perjury by a vote of 55-45. The Senate splits 50-50 on one count of obstruction of justice. Final statement by Chief Justice William Rehnquist and majority leader Trent Lott.
- Date Issued:
- 1999-02-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- U.S. President Bill Clinton sets forth his agenda following the results of the U.S. Senate and House elections. Clinton asserts that Social Security reform is a top priority and will require bipartisan efforts. Clinton also says that the Democratic victories in the Senate stem from the party focusing on policies instead of partisanship.
- Date Issued:
- 1998-11-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President George W. Bush briefly speaks of Democratic victory in the recent midterm election. President Bush says he looks forward to meeting with the democratic leaders to discuss the war in Iraq, passing laws like the Terrorist Surveillance Act, and working with legislation on nuclear technology. Bush goes on to speak of the resignation of Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-11-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama comments on the failure of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to reach an agreement by deadline. He recounts the actions he has taken to offer spending cuts and take a balanced approach to cutting the deficit and describes the automatic spending cuts slated to take effect in 2013.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-11-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1977-10-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Donald Trump makes remarks to reporters about the Alabama Senate race, and says he believes the U.S. Congress should release the names of lawmakers who have settled sexual harassment claims. He defends Republican Roy Moore and says Moore's opponent Doug Jones is "soft on crime." Trump makes his comments just before boarding Marine One as the First Family departs the White House for Thanksgiving.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-11-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Speaker of the U.S. House John Boehner (R-OH) announces the election of Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) as the new Speaker of the House.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-10-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In the second of two oral history interviews, Olga "Jo" Beltrame and her husband Ed Beltrame discuss their careers as union organizers for the United Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee (later called the Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union). They talk about organizing the meat processing plants in Detroit, efforts to integrate the workforce at local restaurants, people thinking that childcare centers for workers were "socialist", organizing drives at packing plants in the South, the House Un-American Activities Committee, and management's exploitation of female workers. The Beltrames also talk about the efforts to organize Wolverine Worldwide in Michigan and the very difficult time they had. The couple says that they retired from organizing in 1974 and that unionism bettered their lives and the lives of millions of workers around the world. The Beltrames are interviewed by John Revitte, Michigan State University professor of Labor and Industrial Relations. The second of two interviews.
- Date Issued:
- 1982-12-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection