DescriptionMembers of Congress face many temptations from special interests who want to take them on free trips golfing and fishing, or to Bermuda and Wimbledon. But voters are demanding reform. This documentary examines how the perks lawmakers enjoy make it difficult to clean up government, and what happens when newcomers try to play the lobbying game.
DescriptionThe 107th Congress faced a time like no other in the life of the nation. This was the era of the first presidential election to be decided by the United States Supreme Court, the fifty-fifty Senate, the horror of September 11, the war on terrorism, corpor…
DescriptionIn July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. Now, in The Audacity of Hope, Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics: a politics for tho…
