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Welcome to the december meeting of the Lincoln Group of the district of columbia. Group was formed in ,he 1930s to honor the memory legacy, principles of Abraham Lincoln, and for over 80 years, we have had programs like this with outside speakers, and our own members, and today, we are very pleased to have three of the members of the Lincoln Group of d. C. Who have authored books related to the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. Each of our speakers will talk for about 15 minutes, and then the t...

Questions. So keep your questions that you have in mind for the first and second speaker, or after the third speaker. I will introduce them briefly. All three of them. And then have an opportunity to say a few more words about each as they begin their talks. The first book is a biography of lincoln, subtitled the man who saved america. Say a few more words about each and it is for the general reader. The author, david, will show, has some astonishing illustrations. The second book, by Elizabeth ...

Handel who served the state of georgia in the sixth district. Thank you for talking with cspan. You have been in washington for a couple of weeks. What has it in like . Rep. Handel when an extra day or represent the people of the six district. Surprising the most thing coming into this position that you have picked up in the last two weeks . Too much wasnot surprising. It was fast pace. That is important. We have a lot that we need to get done. Making sure on the issue side and policy side that ...

Learn issues. Youre coming in in the middle dealing with a debt ceiling in the budget. How do you bring yourself up to speed to make the decisions a f individual so i spend every single evening catching up on issues and, as many briefings as i can get to, i go to. So, yesterday we had a very good budget briefing. We had a tax reform briefing. Yesterday evening. And then, frankly, my colleague not just from the georgia delegation but from across the entire caucus has been extraordinarily helpful ...

Learn issues. Youre coming in in the middle dealing with a debt ceiling in the budget. How do you bring yourself up to speed to make the decisions a f individual so i spend every single evening catching up on issues and, as many briefings as i can get to, i go to. So, yesterday we had a very good budget briefing. We had a tax reform briefing. Yesterday evening. And then, frankly, my colleague not just from the georgia delegation but from across the entire caucus has been extraordinarily helpful ...

We will have it for you live on cspan when it gets underway. In the meantime, we learn about a new member of congress,. Congresswoman karen handel serves georgia six district that includes sandy springs. Rep. Handel representing the people of georgia. Host what was the most surprising thing you have picked up . Guest it was a fastpaced and its important because we have a lot we needed to get done and mean to make sure on the issue side in the policy side, but also giving the team put in place as...

Need to get done. And then making sure on the issues side, on the policy side, but also getting the team put in place as well. And so, on the side of issues, most representatives come in with some type of learning curve to learn issues, but youre coming in in the middle, where youre dealing with issues like a debt ceiling and a budget situation. How do you bring yourself up to speed in order to make the votes and the decisions you have to make . Well, im a fairly studious individual, so i spend ...

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Suzanne malveaux continues with newsroom. Happy new year. Welcome back to cnn newsroom. Im suzanne malveaux. We have a lot going on. A deal on the table but not out of the woods yet. All eyes on capitol hill, as the republican controlled the house, rather, convening this hour for the fiscal cliff negotiations. Now Vice President joe biden, he is heading to the hill for talks with the House Democrats. This is a critical moment for the country. Talking about 12 hours after the deadline for the Gov...

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