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On january 19th, 2010, massachusetts elected a new senator to represent them here in washington. The result was just as shocking to democrats as last nights result was to republicans. It also came when we were in the middle of another historically important policy debate here in washington, health care. A lot of people thought that democrats should ram through the final version of their bill in congress before brown could be seated. Now, i could stand here and review quote after quote after quot...

Generation. Last night the people of alabama elected a new senator to represent them here in washington. So, now republicans who control the senate faced a choice will bwhilethey allow the senator elt jones to take a seat among his colleagues before a final vote on the tax plan . We know something about that kind of choice in my home state of massachusetts. On january 19, 2010 massachusetts elected a new senator to represent them here in washington. The result was just as shocking to democrats a...

This year. This portion of washington journal, is 55 minutes. For key perspectives on Immigration Reform we are joined by daniel stein, president for the American Federation of immigration response reform and ben johnson. The four we get to your predictions, your hopes for 2018, ben jonson, what do you think was the most Important Development in 2017 when it came inthe issue of immigration this country . Probably the emergence of dreamers and what we do with the in thelion of young kids United S...

Million kids who have grown up in the United States. The fact that they have helped to put a face on this issue and to really bring out some of the truths about immigration and who we are talking about, them stepping out amid their lives and making their stories known has been transformative. We understand that these are doctors and lawyers. Auto mechanics and cashiers. Priests and marines. There is a whole panoply of things they do and contribute to the United States and it has been transformat...

We talked with several people who are key voices in Communications Policy and with a government lawyer who combats the use of the internet by terrorists. Host gigi sohn, you recently left the fcc. What was your job there . Guest i was counselor to chairman tom wheeler, and in that role i did a variety of things. My main role was to make sure that stake holders on the other side, be they industry, Public Interest groups, ordinary citizens, knew what was going on in the agency and made sure that t...

[inaudible conversations] there now, south dakota senatr john thune, chair of the commerce, science and transportation committee, discusses the future of the internet at a conference hosted by the internet education foundation. This is about 20 minutes. [inaudible conversations] all right. Lets get started again for the final, for the final session of the day, please. Thanks. I am very honored, im rebecca arbor fast, head of Global Public policy for comcast nbc universal, and i am very honored t...

Fraction of a second. As the seat comes out and hits the wind blast, it begins to decelerate. If you wait just a fraction of a second before you put that main chute out, the seat has decelerated enough so when the force of the parachute comes out isnt as severe. To get to that solution, we are putting a switch on the side of the ejection seat, so when the pilot climbs up into the cockpit, can set that at heavyweight or lightweight. There are a number of ways we could have solved that problem. We...

In a lot of ways obama does feel israel is a special state, but he is worried that somehow they are not living up to his values. What do you think about the spectrum and where the president is . I would say number one, the contour of the debate and policy approaches have changed pretty dramatically since eisenhower and a certain assessment that has been made, indeed, the four corners,corners, if you will, the guideposts had changed pretty dramatically since then. Number two, as was said from the...

Innocence of death and the imperative of replacing hate for something better. The middle east today, my friends, is still marred by the sounds and spectacle of violence, but it need not be. Because the region is also pulsating with life. It is the home of populations that are energetic, youthful, forwardlooking, and far more interested in plugging into the World Economy than slugging it out with historic foes. It is in them than we place our faith. It is for them, and for their horizons that we ...

Backdrop of significant civil rights advancement in the United States including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights act of 1965, ten years on the heels of brown versus board of education. So, what is the lesson we can draw . One is that the Immigration Law for the future in our current push for comprehensive Immigration Reform should also take that frame of a civil rights legislation which is the civil rights project of our time and will continue to be as long as we do not as long...