Nov 15th, 2005 · Michele Norris talks to Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) about the compromise amendment he hammered out with Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. Levin is the ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
May 19th, 2005 · Fifth-term Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania harkens back to another era in the Senate, when both parties had members who felt most at home in the political center. Specter's seniority has made him chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, putting him in the middle of the fight over the federal judiciary.
Feb 17th, 2005 · Overhauling the tax code is one of the president's major policy goals for his second term, and he has appointed a panel to look into changing it. The panel's chair, former Republican Sen. Connie Mack III of Florida, and the Democratic vice chairman, former Louisiana Sen. John Breaux, discuss simplifying the tax code.