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Reckless speed. Why . Because my friends on the other side know the longer their bill is out there for the public to see, the less the public likes it. Their only hopes of passing are to rush it through before anyone can grab with the stunning hypocrisy of the plain. The republican majority has repeatedly promises a middle class tax bill, but instead theyve concocted a bill grounded in tax cuts for big corporations and the very rich. They actually hurt middle class people. Because they need to g...

For fox news channel. She covers intelligence, the justice department, and the department of Homeland Security for fox news. And in her career, she has reported from afghanistan, iraq, qatar, israel and Guantanamo Bay among other places. I would like catherine to take over the stage. And here we are. Id like to thank the hudson understa institute an for senator cotton kindly giving up some of his afternoon to be here with us. Id like to start by an overview kind of setting the table. How do you ...

A group of folks for whom this really does matter and who can make a very important difference in the things were talking about. So, i guess the question or the title of the session was, medicaid, did it survive repeal and replace . Is that what we are going with . I guess the short answer is, yes, and do questions and answers now . Okay. Well say a little bit more. So, we its obviously been a very interesting year in the Health Policy sphere and you had a great session before this talking about...

People listen for more than three minutes is great been talking to a group for whom this really does matter and can make a difference. The question for the title is medicaid did it survive repealed and replaced . The short answer is yes question mark . Now we do questions and answers. [laughter] obviously it has been a interesting year and you had a great session right before this talking about the political angles but it is safe to say we havent ever program asicaid much in the spotlight in the...

Behind closed doors by the Majority Party who have no intention of negotiating with democrats because they have locked themselves into a partisan process that only requires a majority vote. And theyre trying to rush it through this chamber with reckless speed. Why . Because my friends on the other side know the longer their bill is out there for the public to see, the less the public likes it. Their only hopes of passing it are to rush it through before anyone can grapple with the stunning hypoc...

Especially when i get to talk to a group of folks for whom this really does matter and who can make a very important difference in the things were talking about. So, i guess the question or the title of the session was, medicaid, did it survive repeal and replace . Is that what we are going with . I guess the short answer is, yes, and do questions and answers now . Okay. Well say a little bit more. So, we its obviously been a very interesting year in the Health Policy sphere and you had a great ...

, professor lienhang nguyen looking back to 1960 seven, was it still possible at that point for the u. S. To win the war in vietnam . Prof. Nguyen no. It was not a war for the United States to win or lose. By 1967, it was not in the cards. Mark lawrence, take us to the end of 1967. In 1960l elections eight, what is on the horizon for Lyndon Johnson . Prof lawrence lbj was in a fair amount of political difficulty. In the 19 six progress in elections, the democrats had not , butcontrol over congre...

And i was thrilled to put the pieces together to make this work. Honestly, anytime i can talk about medicaid and people actually listen for more than three minutes is great, and especially when i get to talk to a group of folks for whom this really does matter and who can make a very important difference in the things were talking about. So, i guess the question or the title of the session was, medicaid, did it survive repeal and replace . Is that what we are going with . I guess the short answe...

Over congress, but he had democraticlost 47 seats in the house and two seats in the senate. This was a significant setback. Certainly damaging. L. B. J. s political popularity, pretty steadya decline across 1967. See importantly, what you across 1967 is a kind of breakup centrist coalition that on and beenepended one ofctively in 1964, the biggest landslides in american president ial history. By 196 , he could 1967, he ofld see that was a thing the past and the coalition was fracturing into any ...

Amount of political difficulty. In the 19 six progress in elections, the democrats had not , butcontrol over congress lbj had lost 47 seats in the house, this was a significant setback. The war was damaging lbjs political popularity. You can see a decline across 1967. On a more fundamental level, what you see leading into 1968 as the breakup of that coalition int lbj had depended on american president ial history. Forward into 68, he could see that was a thing of the past. The coalition he had a...