diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/cspan.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/cspan.py
index 955119d40..7377ac7b9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/cspan.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/cspan.py
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ from ..utils import (
     int_or_none,
     unescapeHTML,
     find_xpath_attr,
+    smuggle_url,
 )
+from .senateisvp import SenateISVPIE
 
 
 class CSpanIE(InfoExtractor):
@@ -40,6 +42,15 @@ class CSpanIE(InfoExtractor):
             'title': 'General Motors Ignition Switch Recall',
         },
         'playlist_duration_sum': 14855,
+    }, {
+        # Video from senate.gov
+        'url': 'http://www.c-span.org/video/?104517-1/immigration-reforms-needed-protect-skilled-american-workers',
+        'md5': '7314c4b96dad66dd8e63dc3518ceaa6f',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': 'judiciary031715',
+            'ext': 'flv',
+            'title': 'Immigration Reforms Needed to Protect Skilled American Workers',
+        }
     }]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
@@ -56,7 +67,7 @@ class CSpanIE(InfoExtractor):
                 # present, otherwise this is a stripped version
                 r'<p class=\'initial\'>(.*?)</p>'
             ],
-            webpage, 'description', flags=re.DOTALL)
+            webpage, 'description', flags=re.DOTALL, default=None)
 
         info_url = 'http://c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/assets/player/ajax-player.php?os=android&html5=program&id=' + video_id
         data = self._download_json(info_url, video_id)
@@ -68,6 +79,11 @@ class CSpanIE(InfoExtractor):
         title = find_xpath_attr(doc, './/string', 'name', 'title').text
         thumbnail = find_xpath_attr(doc, './/string', 'name', 'poster').text
 
+        senate_isvp_url = SenateISVPIE._search_iframe_url(webpage)
+        if senate_isvp_url:
+            surl = smuggle_url(senate_isvp_url, {'force_title': title})
+            return self.url_result(surl, 'SenateISVP', video_id, title)
+
         files = data['video']['files']
 
         entries = [{
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
index e645d1bb3..ec4d0c210 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/generic.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ from .rutv import RUTVIE
 from .smotri import SmotriIE
 from .condenast import CondeNastIE
 from .udn import UDNEmbedIE
+from .senateisvp import SenateISVPIE
 
 
 class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
@@ -1365,6 +1366,11 @@ class GenericIE(InfoExtractor):
             return self.url_result(
                 compat_urlparse.urljoin(url, mobj.group('url')), 'UDNEmbed')
 
+        # Look for Senate ISVP iframe
+        senate_isvp_url = SenateISVPIE._search_iframe_url(webpage)
+        if senate_isvp_url:
+            return self.url_result(surl, 'SenateISVP')
+
         def check_video(vurl):
             if YoutubeIE.suitable(vurl):
                 return True
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/senateisvp.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/senateisvp.py
index a93874cad..23e1cd944 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/senateisvp.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/senateisvp.py
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import re
 from .common import InfoExtractor
-from ..utils import ExtractorError
+from ..utils import (
+    ExtractorError,
+    unsmuggle_url,
+)
 from ..compat import (
     compat_parse_qs,
     compat_urlparse,
@@ -73,12 +76,22 @@ class SenateISVPIE(InfoExtractor):
         }
     }]
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _search_iframe_url(webpage):
+        mobj = re.search(
+            r"<iframe[^>]+src=['\"](?P<url>http://www\.senate\.gov/isvp/\?[^'\"]+)['\"]",
+            webpage)
+        if mobj:
+            return mobj.group('url')
+
     def _get_info_for_comm(self, committee):
         for entry in self._COMM_MAP:
             if entry[0] == committee:
                 return entry[1:]
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
+        url, smuggled_data = unsmuggle_url(url, {})
+
         qs = compat_parse_qs(re.match(self._VALID_URL, url).group('qs'))
         if not qs.get('filename') or not qs.get('type') or not qs.get('comm'):
             raise ExtractorError('Invalid URL', expected=True)
@@ -87,7 +100,10 @@ class SenateISVPIE(InfoExtractor):
 
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
 
-        title = self._html_search_regex(r'<title>([^<]+)</title>', webpage, video_id)
+        if smuggled_data.get('force_title'):
+            title = smuggled_data['force_title']
+        else:
+            title = self._html_search_regex(r'<title>([^<]+)</title>', webpage, video_id)
         poster = qs.get('poster')
         if poster:
             thumbnail = poster[0]