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Committee in the congress the room to work on reform and decide which provisions to keep. For now, this is about balancing shortterm needs and longterm goals. In the coming months, the finance committee is going to pursue a tax reform plan on a bipartisan basis that gives all americans the opportunity to get ahead. But right now whats needed is to protect jobs and deliver more certainty. On april 3rd the finance committee passed the expiring provisions improvement reform and efficiency act. Mr. ...

Her lessons from winning a legal battle against Pacific Gas Electric in california when they polluted her citys water supply. Millions of americans are on the edge of a hunger cliff as republicans push for cuts to food stamps and Unemployment Benefits. Politics . Whats that . Example. Ve you an Ronald Reagan campaigning in 1980 and complaining about welfare queens. Race on doesnt mention its surface. We will speak with professor Ian Haney Lopez, author of the new book, dog whistle politics how c...

We often, in public policy, end up making claims about what will happen if we do x or y. But it is constructive, among other things, to go back and see if the promises that were being made about its proponents actually occurred. We are secondly going to look at the way in which the Clean Air Act was fashioned within the executive branch and the proposal that was developed before president bush sent it to congress. Third, you are going to look at how the legislation actually got passed and, in pa...

The case to the independent prosecutor and will have the issues of whether the independent prosecutor takes the case and not the likelihood the accused will refuse a summary courtmartial article 15 and walk free. Incidents like this this is not the intent of the legislation will erode unit cohesion and raise questions at least implicitly who is really running the unit, the commander, an unseen and unknown j. A. G. Hundreds of miles away, or individual soldiers whom they appear to be violating th...

What we need is serious people to talk about this issue in a serious way that is going to address the challenge. And let me just let her answer the question, was it a mistake for the president of the United States to take the option of inserting u. S. Combat Ground Troops off the table . Its not a mistake to take it off the table right now. And general dempsey said just within the last two weeks that he doesnt recommend putting Ground Troops into the middle east right now. And i dont think the A...

Work in america. The article goes on to say obama has now ordered the Homeland Security and justice departments to find executive authorities that could enlarge that nonprosecutorial umbrella by a factor of ten. Senior officials also tell me obama wants to see what he can do with executive power to provide temporary legal status to undocumented adults. What we know is with the childrens group, they were provided with an i. D. Card that at the top of it in big print says employee authorization ca...

The presiding officer does any senator wish to vote or change his or her vote . If not, the ayes are 93, the nays are zero. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate on the beecroft nomination. Without objection all time is yielded. The question occurs on the nomination. All in favor say aye. All opposed, nay. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The nomination is confirmed. There will be two minutes of debate prior to a vote on the dy...

Every sunday you can learn about president s and first ladies their policies and their legacies here on the presidency. Visit cspan. Org history. You are watching American History tv all weekend every weekend on cspan3. 50 years ago, july 2, 1964, president lyndon b. Johnson signed the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Next Senate Historian Donald Richie talks with roger mud and former new york harold tribune harold glass. They recall the debate and passage of the most significant civil rights legislation ...

At the capitol complex. Now known as the kennedy caucus room, it was the room where the hearings were held, the watergate hearings were held. This is the room where john f. Kennedy announced his candidacy for president. The room where a lot of nominees have been grilled by committees. There have been a lot of inquisitions here. Today, we are not doing an inquisition. We are doing a conversation. We are very pleased to have andy glass and roger mudd as our guests today. Born in warsaw, poland, an...

And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Cspan,s the founder of brian lamb is truly a television visionary. Nights at 8 00 00, he has maintained a unique oasis, hosting an indepth conversation with authors and thought leaders, and he has written about those now in a text, appropriately called sundays at eight 25 years of stories from cspans q a and booknotes. Been honored have to sit with you on that set once i am finally, friend, after all of these years glad t...