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An “I” on Congress: The Process and Products of Congressional Investigations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2008

Gina Yannitell Reinhard
Gina Yannitell Reinhard
Affiliation:
Texas A&M, 2007–2008 APSA Congressional Fellow
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On February 13, 2008, a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing was broadcast on CNN, C-SPAN, and MSNBC. The attention of these networks was not surprising; they typically air congressional hearings and events. What was unusual was that viewers could also find the hearings on FOX, ABC, CBS, NBC, and ESPN. One of the hearing's key witnesses was Roger Clemens, a 24-year veteran of Major League Baseball who holds seven Cy Young awards. For more than four hours that day, Clemens was questioned by the committee regarding his alleged use of steroids (U. S. Congress 2008c).

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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 41 , Issue 3 , July 2008 , pp. 666 - 669
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Copyright © The American Political Science Association 2008

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