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The C-SPAN network's core programming is live coverage of the U.S. House and Senate, with the C-SPAN channel emphasizing the United States House of Representatives. Between 1979 and May 2011, the network televised more than 24,246 hours of floor action. [ 9 ]
C-SPAN was launched in 1979 but has limited archived material from its early years. According to C-SPAN itself, the first ever event broadcast by the network to be archived was the 90-minute confirmation hearings for Judge Robert Bork that aired on C-SPAN1 in September 15, 1987. [ 6 ]
The Senate has sent a stopgap government funding bill to President Biden’s desk, averting a shutdown. The bill passed the House earlier in the day, wrapping up a whirlwind week on Capitol Hill ...
Senate approves short-term government funding bill The Senate approved the House-passed short-term government funding bill in a just-after-midnight vote by a vote of 85-11. The legislation will ...
Senators originally opposed televised coverage of the daily sessions of the Senate, many expressing concern that televising proceedings would change significantly the conduct of the legislative process. In 1986, however, Senate floor leaders Bob Dole and Robert Byrd officially proposed live television coverage of the Senate. On June 2 of the ...
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday morning was set to probe President-elect Trump’s plan to execute the largest deportation of migrants in U.S. history when he returns to office. The ...
All video from within the chambers of the United States Congress is exclusively filmed by C-SPAN. C-SPAN's copyright policy states, in part, "Video coverage of the debates originating from the chambers of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate is in the public domain and as such, may be used without restriction or attribution ...
Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) gave his final remarks from the Senate floor on Tuesday afternoon. Manchin, who announced just over a year ago that he would not seek reelection, has held his seat since ...