# Everett Dirksen

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Three Top Senate Reporters Share Favorite Senate TV Moments for C-SPAN2 Anniversary

Live, gavel-to-gavel coverage of the U.S. Senate floor. It began 39 years ago -- June 2nd, 1986 – Day One of C-SPAN2. Here's one of the first things heard that first day of Senate TV: "Today begins the video history book. No longer will the great debates in this Chamber be lost forever. What…

#1858 - P.I.V.O.T.

Send us a text "I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times." - Everett Dirksen Today's episode explores a recent training I attended, where Lakia 'LB' Brandenburg shared a powerful framework for dealing with emergencies at events. Stay Blessed! A…

Season 2 Episode 8 A Billion Here, A Billion There

Send us Fan Mail During a 1963 debate on the federal budget, the Senior Senator from Illinois, Everett Dirksen proclaimed, “a billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon it starts to add up to real money.” Dirksen didn't use exact numbers, and that was not his intent. He used hyperbole to point …

Three Branches of Government vs. Three Branches of Rule | Allen West on the Supreme Court, Voting Rights, and Civics 101

Lt. Col. Allen West breaks down the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, the case that gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, and explains why the left is in full meltdown over it. In this episode of Live Free TV, Colonel West walks through: Why James Carville and the left a…

History, Dirksen, and America 250

Gary concludes his visits with Ray LaHood as they discuss the impact of Everett Dirksen and of the importance of observing "America 250".

Episode #380: Lyndon Johnson #8: Let Us Continue (1963-1964)

Lyndon Johnson #8: Let Us Continue (1963-1964); Topics covered include: John Kennedy assassination, beginning of the Johnson administration, Johnson's staff, Warren Commission (and report), initial decision on Vietnam, announces War on Poverty, pushes for Kennedy's tax cut (approved after budget cu…

Political Incapacitation: Mitch McConnell and Historical Examples

While the state of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s health (and potential “is he alive/dead?” Schrodinger’s cat-like situation) plays out right now, I look at the real issue: there is no way to deal with incapacitated members of Congress. I look at prior situations in the Senate itself, and then I do go off …

Episode #409: Gerald Ford #4: Minority Leader (1964-1972)

Gerald Ford #4: Minority Leader (1964-1972); Topics covered include: Election as House Minority Leader, partnering with Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, frustration with the Lyndon Johnson administration over spending and the Vietnam War, election of Richard Nixon in 1968, frustrations with …

S9E7: David Rubenstein on Leading the Parade

David Rubenstein, co-founder and co-chairman of the Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest private equity firms, was the first person in his family to go to college. Born to blue-collar parents in Baltimore, Maryland, he didn't set out to be an investor. “I was always interested in politics,” Ru…

Took Both Sides To Get It Passed

Politics  - Working With The Other Side Changed America ... Lesson From Everett Dirksen