Last night, the president attending the grid iron dinner. He joked about how the presidency has aged them. In two years, he will join the presence club. Involving former president s, first ladies, and their staff. We will get to your cause and comments on cspans washington journal. Should taxpayers continue to support former president s . 202 7488000 democrats. 202 7488001 republicans. If youre an independent, 202 7458002. By the way, we will also take your comments on our twitter page, cspanwj. On facebook, facebook. Com cspan. Or send us an email, journal cspan. Org. For some background on what is the former president , passed back in 1958 to maintain the dignity of the presidency. Based in part on how poor henry truman was when he left the presidency. It provides pensions and funds for travel, office space support staff. Their annual pension for former president , about 200,000 per year. A widow of a former president receives 20,000 per year. Tarini parti is joining us from politico
David Stafford, who has died from lung cancer aged 74, was a comedy polymath across television and radio, with a gift for parody and surreal humour that led him to collaborate with figures of the stature of Alexei Sayle and Benjamin Zephaniah.