C-SPAN

Capitol Hill broadcaster

C-SPAN, the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network, is a nonprofit American television network that broadcasts proceedings of the U.S.

Congress and other government activities.

Founded in 1979, it provides unfiltered, gavel-to-gavel coverage of House and Senate sessions, committee hearings, and political events without commentary or analysis.

C-SPAN has expanded to multiple channels and platforms, becoming synonymous with dry but complete political coverage.

I watched the entire confirmation hearing on C-SPAN.

transparency

public access

Unrestricted community availability

accountabilityObligation for one's actions
opennessQuality of being accessible
oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission

disclosure · sunshine · civic education · democracy · open government · public record · nonpartisan · unbiased · neutral · objective

coverage

broadcast

Transmitted media signal

streamingReal-time digital delivery
telecastTransmitted television program
gavel-to-gavelFull session coverage

unedited · unfiltered · live · real-time · footage · call-in · programming · public affairs · archival · video library

congress

senate

Legislative governing body

houseResidential building
representativesThose acting for others
committeeAppointed group for duties

hearing · testimony · session · floor · subcommittee · markup · caucus · gavel · parliamentarian · recess

politics

debate

Formal argument on issues

legislationOfficial enactment of statutes
policyAdopted principle of action
campaignOrganized effort toward goal

election · republican · democrat · bipartisan · lobbying · constituents · voting · platform · State of the Union · presidential

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