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I look to legislate. I love politics. So i will miss the senate. It is a long time to be here. I do not think that is reason enough to stay around until they carry me out of here feet first. At some point it is time to let new people come in here with fresh ideas and enthusiasm. I said for me, it is time to move on. What are you planning to do next . At Drake University in des moines, a wellknown college because of the relation everything, Drake University a year and a half ago started the Harki...

Attacks. The 9 11 attacks. In light of those concerns, we want to hear what our viewers think this morning. Should the socalled torture reports be released today . Phone lines are open. Host you can also catch up with us on twitter, facebook or email us at journal cspan. Org. A very good Tuesday Morning to you. The socalled torture report making headlines in papers across the morning. Heres the front page of the ampa times this morning and the lead story of todays u. S. A. Today, torture report ...

Environment, and probably lots of others, but those are things that Everybody Knows that he has worked hard on. Throughout the years tom and i have served side by side in washington for the good of our home state. For three terms we worked together in the u. S. House of representatives. It was here in the senate our shared commitment to give Rural America a voice at the policy making table was sown. And for many years we worked together on the Senate Agricultural committee looking out for the mi...

So this is the last of the watergate babies. I always have to remind them, i say theres one left. Whos that, they say . Its a republican. A republican . Whos that . My colleague from iowa, Chuck Grassley is sort of, i say, the last man standing from that class of 1974. I think its again, a tribute to senator grassley that through all these years he has won the hearts and minds of the people of iowa, been elected and reelected. He came to the senate before i did. He came in 1981 and i came in 198...

I think the nation is frustrated that it doesnt on his job. Can you bring ted cruz on whatever strategy you have, not to include obamacare, can you board . Cruz on as we let folks know, certainly on the house side, that everyone in the house of representatives will be able to input into the budget. Every individual help an opportunity to talk with their colleagues about the solutions that we bring forward. Process, andme to open process, delivered in process, ambitious process, that will allow i...

Accumulated wealth. We can use that money to help more families pay for childcare and send their kids to college. We need a tax code that truly helps working americans trying to get a leg up in the new economy, and we can achieve that together. Helping hardworking families make ends meet. Giving them the tools they need for goodpaying jobs in this new economy. Maintaining the conditions for growth and competitiveness. This is where America Needs to go. I believe its where the American People wan...

And so one of the things at the very basic level we need to do is just get more people participating. Its hard to run a good democracy with less than one in five people participating. And what that tends to do is bring out the people who are the most focused and organized and generally the most ideological. And its going to take a while to shift that around. The political scientists will tell you thing that is dont make sense to me but theyre pretty consistent on it that moving to more early vot...

Host that was his assessment of the year, but, however, for the first fortyfive minutes, we want to get your take on how the president did this year. How would you rate president obamas year . Here are the lines. 2027488001 for republicans. 2027488000 for democrats. 2027488002 for independents. Those are the phone lines, if know how you et us would rates the presidency are. Us or send us eat a comment on facebook. The last press conference of the year before him and his headed to hawaii it found...

Speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6, 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties, each party limited to one hour, and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes but in no event shall the debate continue past 1 50 p. M. The chair...

The week ahead will task you with thinking about many of these challenges and considerations that Face Congress and the president every day. With your faculty director, you will explore these issues and attempt to find some Bipartisan Solutions. This seminar is a unique spacebased experiential learning opportunity that very few College Students will ever have. Being here in d. C. Together as a group and engaged in the seminar will allow us to do a deep dive into and to remain focused on the issu...