Hour long event. Welcome all. Im Abby Livingston. Im the chair of the Texas Tribune and im delighted to welcome two of the most pivotal people in the american politics. They have the jobs that are not most well known. To my meet left i have cheri bus tos. Hello. And i have congressman tom emmer and hes the chair of the National Republican committee. It took me a while to understand the acronyms. Theyre not as well known as. N. C. Chairman or d. N. C. Chairman. But these are members of congress who have been elected by their colleagues to basically get the gavel whether that means protect it or take it. And so it is a difficult job. They manage millions of dollars. They decide who gets that money in ad spending and it can be a brutal process if your side is not doing well in the election year. I had one former chairman describe to me what its like during the house floor and tell a colleague im so sorry, i just cut off your Television Ads and youre going to lose reelection. Yall might ha
On the 2020 election and the impact of the impeachment inquiry against President Trump. The Texas Tribune hosted this hourlong event. Abby welcome all. Im Abby Livingston. Im the chair of the Texas Tribune and im delighted to welcome two of the most pivotal people in the american politics. Of the most pivotal people in the american politics. They have the jobs that are not most well known. To my meet left i have cheri bus tos. Hello. And i have congressman tom emmer and hes the chair of the National Republican committee. It took me a while to understand the acronyms. Theyre not as well known as. N. C. Chairman or d. N. C. Chairman. But these are members of congress who have been elected by their colleagues to basically get the gavel whether that means protect it or take it. And so it is a difficult job. They manage millions of dollars. They decide who gets that money in ad spending and it can be a brutal process if your side is not doing well in the election year. I had one former chai
The Texas Tribune hosted this hourlong event. Welcome all. Im Abby Livingston. Im the chair of the Texas Tribune and im delighted to welcome two of the most pivotal people in the american politics. They have the jobs that are not most well known. To my meet left i have cheri bus tos. Hello. And i have congressman tom emmer and hes the chair of the National Republican committee. It took me a while to understand the acronyms. Theyre not as well known as. N. C. Chairman or d. N. C. Chairman. But these are members of congress who have been elected by their colleagues to basically get the gavel whether that means protect it or take it. And so it is a difficult job. They manage millions of dollars. They decide who gets that money in ad spending and it can be a brutal process if your side is not doing well in the election year. I had one former chairman describe to me what its like during the house floor and tell a colleague im so sorry, i just cut off your Television Ads and youre going to l
It took me a while to understand the acronyms. Theyre not as well known as. N. C. Chairman or d. N. C. Chairman. But these are members of congress who have been elected by their colleagues to basically get the gavel whether that means protect it or take it. And so it is a difficult job. They manage millions of dollars. They decide who gets that money in ad spending and it can be a brutal process if your side is not doing well in the election year. I had one former chairman describe to me what its like during the house floor and tell a colleague im so sorry, i just cut off your Television Ads and youre going to lose reelection. Yall might have heard of a man named rahm emanuel. He leveraged that job to very high levels of the american government. And so i find the job fascinating. But i would like to start off and ill start with congressman bustos. Can you describe to me what this job is . Sure. Hello, everybody. First of all, thanks for being here. I want to thank the texas tribune. Im
Discusses the administrations move to hold families indefinitely. Take your we will calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter as well. Washington journal is next. Host reports indicate the u. S. Is very close to a deal with the taliban to withdrawal american troops from afghanistan. Ending our 18year military presence there and fulfilling a key 2016 Campaign Promise of president donald trump. Good morning, welcome to washington journal for this wednesday, september 4, 2019. Well start the program asking about that and heres how we are going to separate the lines. If you are an Afghanistan War veteran that line is 2027488000. And for all others, please use 2027488001. Everyone welcome to post your thoughts on facebook, facebook. Com slash cspan and a tweet cspanwj. The news that came out yesterday could be affected by reports of further violence by the taliban. This is an a. P. Report posted online at Washington Times. Com. Afghan government raises new concerns abo