Executive Actions, and Congressional Actions in the Public Sphere

For Thursday, Thurber, chapter 8.

 Biden on guns

Actions in the Public Sphere: moves by members of Congress that catch the attention of alert publics.  Besides legislation (duh), the moves could include:

• Speeches
• Writings
• Electronic communications (e.g., tweets)
• Demonstrations & Photo Ops
• Interviews
• Hearings (esp. Investigative Hearings)

Key hearings

• Hiss-Chambers
• McCarthy
• Kefauver (and the fictional version)
• Vietnam hearings
• Senate Watergate hearings
• Iran-Contra hearings (4:20)
• J6