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Semester, Robert Woodson, remind us again about the role of affirmative action in education . Place . It put into guest the whole issue of race and affirmative action those of us like myself, a veteran of the civil rights action, we fought to end discrimination. We were trying to level the playing field. We wanted equal opportunity to achieve. Affirmative action was put into place in certain situations to be a temporary measure. For instance, in a town with 50 people inthere are the Fire Departm...

Announcer the tax reform package is headed to the four of the house and senate as early as tuesday. Next, we get an update on what to expect this week in congress. From washington journal, this is a one hour. Westwood is White House Reporter for the Washington Examiner. Anna edgerton, congressional reporter for bloomberg. They are here to talk about the week ahead. There is a lot to get done. We talked about the tax reform bill in the first hour, but there are a lot of other materials on the tab...

Good afternoon. Im Tyler Mathisen right now you can see the industrials up around maybe a tenth of a percent very small moves for the s p, nasdaq and the russell as well today. Utilities in health care, they are leading the way. Energy lagging today good day for semistocks, amd, applied materials. They are among the s ps top performers retail moving, too ross stores, home depot, all hitting lifetime highs but it is not completely pretty in the sector youve got macys, coal, lbrands and nike among...

Trumps threat to cut off millions of dollars of aid to the palestinians after days of unrest tens of thousands of iranians are rally in support of the government. Spend years cracking down on the opposition now ethiopias government says it will release all Political Prisoners. And for its will have all the days sport including one of the most prestigious football awards in the world will be handed out on thursday well tell you whose favorite to take on the african player of the year. Palestinian...

Facebook. Com cspan. If you are a medicare recipient, we want to know your experience with the program and your thoughts on possible changes. We will begin with House Speaker paul ryan, who has during his legislative career eyed entitlement reform as a way to tackle the nations debt. [video clip] when you talk about entitlement reform, one of the things youre talking about is obamacare. And then welfare as well. We have a welfare system trapping people in poverty, and paying people not to work. ...

Reconvene and welcome the panel. All right. As silence falls over the room. I will introduce our Panel Moderator and let him introduce the panelists. Introduce to he was recently named one of the 50 most influential britons and the u. S. As a leading authority on transatlantic relations, gardner has advised on key issues including the role and postwar iraq to leadership and the role on terrorism. His papers are widely read on capitol hill where he is sought for advice on policy matters. He recei...

Camp david where you have the Top Republican leadership huddling with the president over what they want to get done this election year. We know Speaker Paul Ryan has long been an avid proponent of reforming these entitlement programs. Mitch mcconnell not quite so eager on that front. Clearly these two leaders have to get on the same page in terms of their agenda, but now they are definitely going into different directions. Host paul ryan sounds like he thinks its doable and Mitch Mcconnells resp...

Between capitol hill and this white house . Rettaw is james cap and Melissa Boteach. Thank you both for being here. Melissa, let me begin with you. How do you define entitlement . Aest i define entitlement as basic Living Standards whether its retirement or health care or nutrition that if you are eligible for it, youre guaranteed to receive it. I think thats important because it sets a floor of income security under americans such that when we face the ups and downs of life whether its unemploy...

International economics in cash flows. That we knew that would need some revising. So far, though not a lot really , needs to be done, other than i would call small things. Steve no republican support for the Affordable Care act, no democrat support for this bill. Is that the new norm . Secretary perry i hope not. I was surprised that not a single democrat voted for this. I think they will be regretful of that, because in 20 days, you have seen two million families, two million workers getting r...

Doing nothing. Hard line conservatives are furious and warn of republican civil war. They wont be able to defend him anymore. While the fate of 800,000 young immigrants hangs in the balance, the president turns to the next front. More than ever, we now need great tax reform and great tax cuts. Plus health care in america must be a right, not a privilege. Senator Bernie Sanders unveils his medicare for all Health Care Bill. And republicans roll out their new plan to overhaul the Nations Health ca...