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Year, the phone number is 2027488002. You can catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good tuesday morning. You can start calling now on this question as we show you some stats on poverty. In 2019, the Poverty Level for a household of 4 with an annual 25,750 or below, the 2018 the latest year where there are federal stats for this range, 500 53,000 americans were considered homeless. In 2017, the poverty rate was 12. 3 . Americans...

Minutes. [inaudible yes. Senator fisher andriy dealing with votes going on, back and forth. I call the hearing to order. And good afternoon, i would like to thank Ranking Member fisher and our colleagues for joining us our witnesses who i will introduce shortly michigan secretary of state josslyn benson isaac kramer, Voter Registration and election, Janine Nelson, president and director of naacp Legal Defense fund. We will also hear from our other witnesses. I let them last not for any omission ...

Correspondent Alexis Mcadams starts us off live tonight from des moines, iowa. Good evening, alexis. Bret, good evening from des moines. We talked to lot of voters state fairgrounds fox power rankings. Amongst all the fried food and all the fun here in iowa. The main course still politics. Tim scott, i think he has got a very positive message i like donald trump. I voted for him. This time around its iffy. Trump is the only one that can get us out of this mess we gotten into. Iowa voters not sur...

Work where citizens are informed, our public thrives, get informed from the source on cspan. Unfiltered, unbiased, word for word from the nations capitol to wherever you are. The opinion that matters the most is your own. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan powered by cable. Joining us this morning is keith hall, the former director of the Congressional Budget Office from 2019, let us begin with defining a Credit Rating. What is it and why does it matter . Guest it is not unlike the Credit ...

See our complete schedule online at book tv. Org. The library of Congress National book festival Live Saturday beginning at 9 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan two. Joining us this morning is keith hall, the former director of the Congressional Budget Office from 2019, let us begin with defining a Credit Rating. What is it and why does it matter . Guest it is not unlike the Credit Rating all of us individually have. It is Credit Services that are looking at debt. The federal government has been outspend...

Isaac kramer, executive director of Charleston County, South Carolina board of registration and elections. Janay nelson, president and director of the naacp Legal Defense fund. Were also going■ to hear from our other witnesses. Not for any omission, but because senator fisher will be introducing them. That includes alabama, secretary of state wes allen and brian cruz, election commissioner for the Douglas County, nebraska election commission. More americans than ever have cast a ballot in cent...

Washington journal continues. Host joining us this morning is keith hall, the former director of the Congressional Budget Office from 2019, let us begin with defining a Credit Rating. What is it and why does it matter . Guest it is not unlike the Credit Rating all of us individually have. It is Credit Services that are looking at debt. The federal government has been outspending revenues and making up for that by borrowing. They are evaluating the credit worthiness of the federal government. Acc...

Of the western toward the tout Administration Efforts to combat Climate Change while arguing to spur Economic Growth. We will get your take on the president s efforts in the first hour. Here is how you can dial in. Republicans, 202 7488000. Democrats, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. You can join us in a text. Include your first name, city, and state to 202 7488003. Or, on facebook. Com he spent. Facebook. Com cspan. Good morning, everyone. Lets get to your thoughts in a minute. Take a lo...

As for me, let me riff on this. Americans are accustomed to a prosperous, confident and happy state of the union. All right. Thats their normal attitude. But these are not normal times. And under joe biden, the american condition looks like its unhappy, somewhat demoralized, and even fearful. Now, a recent poll shows 43 believe joe bidens policies have actually hurt them. And the same poll shows that the lives of working class blacks, latinos, whites, women, other groups, theyre actually better ...

An presented as a strategy. I actually see secondly, i agree with michael, and i think that you set it to, the numbes game is important. But important only in rather narrowfi domains. We believe this to keep our over 40 year commitment to congressional coverage. You can finish watching it on the cspan now out. We live now to the floor of the u. S. Senate where members are getting ready to vote on nominations. Live coverage of the senate here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senator from wash...