Congress Investigates

George Washington to January 6

De: Elise Bean, Kyle Bule

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Congressional investigations and hearings have been foundational to the checks and balances of the American political system’s three branches of government since the Second Congress requested documents about a military defeat from President George Washington. This book provides a deeply researched history of America through 21 of the most significant Congressional and Senate investigations, covering war, corruption, bigotry, scandal, crime, public safety, policy failures and scandal. The investigations covered include racism and corruption in the Civil War, the Reconstruction Era domestic terrorism of the Ku Klux Klan, the Teapot Dome scandal of the Warren Harding administration and the Watergate scandal of the Richard Nixon administration, the1929 stock market crash and the 2008 financial meltdown, the abuses of oversight in Senator Joseph McCarthy’s Red Scare hearings, and the January 6, 2020 attack on the US Capitol.

Table of Contents

1. The First Investigation: Challenging A Military Defeat
2. Civil War: Exposing Incompetence, Racism, and Atrocities
3. Ku Klux Klan: Documenting Domestic Terrorism During Reconstruction
4. The Titanic: Probing a Disaster
5. Teapot Dome Scandal: Battling Corruption
6. The 1929 Stock Market Crash: Exposing Financial Wrongdoing
7. World War II: Stopping War Profiteering, Waste, Fraud, & Abuse
8. Joe McCarthy’s Red Scare:Abusing Congress’ Oversight Powers
9. Valachi Hearings: Challenging the Mafia
10. Traffic Safety: Saving Millions of Lives
11. Fulbright Hearings: Questioning the Vietnam War
12. Watergate: Checking Presidential Power
13. The Church Committee: Investigating Covert Operations
14. Love Canal: Exposing Toxic Industrial Waste Sites
15. BigTobacco: Battling Disease and Disability
16. 9/11 Terrorist Attack: Investigating Intelligence Failures
17. Enron: Tackling Corporate Misconduct
18. Financial Crisis: Taking on the Big Banks
19. Torture: Chronicling Brutal U.S. Interrogations of War Detainees
20. Fast & Furious: Confronting Federal Gun Walking
21. January 6 Attack on the Capitol: Protecting the Peaceful Transfer of Power