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Thank you, senator. I do want to respond to some of the comments made earlier. The chairman started out by talking about the cuba issue and said i will just bear freeze, it is down, down, and even dumber to essentially shield cuba from the influences that we have on other dictatorial regimes and authoritarian regimes. I could not agree more. I could not agree more. This why i oppose our policy on cuba for so long. Mentioned another senator mentioned that iran is the only country less free cuba. ...

Understand most of the time. Maybe thats true. Most of the time theres someone on the legislators staff who understands it. Thats not necessarily the case with intelligence bill. On the senate side you have one dedicated staffer who is clear, who can talk to their boss about these things. On the house side they are pretty dependent on the committee staff. For example sessen brenner who wrote freedom acts bill is completely cut out of the negotiations with the administration over what to include ...

Announcer washington journal continues. Host we continue our focus on wisconsin as part of washington journals midterm battleground series. Our rest is university of wisconsin madison lytic vassar Political Science Professor Larry burton. What is it about wisconsin that makes it a battleground state . And not just this cycle but at least since the year 2000 and maybe even before that. Guest i think that is what is stunning about wisconsin, it remains competitive even as the demographic in the st...

Announcer washington journal continues. Host we continue our focus on wisconsin as part of washington journals midterm battleground series. Our rest is university of wisconsin madison lytic vassar Political Science Professor Larry burton. What is it about wisconsin that makes it a battleground state . And not just this cycle but at least since the year 2000 and maybe even before that. Guest i think that is what is stunning about wisconsin, it remains competitive even as the demographic in the st...

Alcoa is up right now. And it is 4 00 on wall street. Do you know where your money is. Hi, everybody. Welcome back to the closing bell. Im Maria Bartiromo on the floor of the new york stock exchange. The market closing lower for a second day in a row today as we kick off the Fourth Quarter earnings reporting season. Take a look at how were settling out on the street today. The Dow Jones Industrial average off the lows of the average with a decline on the session of 55. 75 , about onehalf of 1 . ...

Family had to resort to asking their neighbors to pay for their sons medical bill. Story after story after story about medical insurance denials convinced me that the Affordable Care act will make a difference in reforming Health Care Coverage practices by the Insurance Companies as well as enabling families to avoid the financial travails of bankruptcy. Let me say finally, connecticut has been a leader in Insurance Markets with many leader insurers headquartered in my home state. I am proud tha...

And several members of Congress Held a press Conference Thursday on tax policy and the need for tax reform. This is an hour. Knox. My name is ryan ellis, im tax policy director for americans at tax reform. This is our annual tax day eve press conference where we highlight the irs issue along with members and senators. Before i turn it over to Grover Norquist whos going to be the emcee of this event, i wanted to just run through the handouts you have on your seats so that youre familiar with them...

What you think the Budget Priorities should be. Phone lines are open. Republican guest , democrats 202 7370001 and independence 202 6280205. You can catch up with us on facebook or email us. Morning fortuesday you. Want to take you to the story and politico talking about the budget plan set to be released. Oday challenges on the homefront. President barack obama facing a major war and policy test. Tuesday he will have to pause for the ritualistic domestic politics of the budget. He writes anothe...

If you see extra heavy security or emergency vehicles today do not be alarmed. The bart police and the Transportation Security Administration and other state and local agencies will conduct joint training exercises. Drills are landed at sfo and embarcadero and west oakland and coliseum bart stations from 8 30 this morning until 12 30 this afternoon. San francisco will commemorate the 108th and was of the great earthquake of 1906 a tradition marked by a moment of silence when the it shook. Amy ho...

Sue was talking sigalert in oakland. We have a couple of rigs that got into it and word that there is a honda accord with a blown tire in the same area and this is north 880 before oak, two right lanes are blocked and tow trucks are in place and another 30 minutes before it is cleared with a sigalert up and issued if the area in oakland and southbound is fine. Still road work if the lanes and eastbound 80 that is richmond to el cerrito and that will be picked up any moment. Walnut creek has traf...