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Our road to the white house coverage continues next week with afoundsnnouncements those running for the race. Dr. Ben carson is launching on monday. Well have it live on 10 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan and tuesday well have live coverage of former arkansas governor mike huckabee. Live tuesday at 11 00 a. M. Eastern also on cspan. The new congressional directory is a handy guide to the 114th congress with color photos of every senator and house member. Plus bio and Contact Information and twitter ha...

Independents independents, call 202 7488002. You can reach us on facebook or twitter. The house gases budget, a win for the gop. The house on thursday passed a republican budget would boost defense spending, social welfare programs, and target obamacare. In what gop cast as the victory for fiscal sanity. It passed to 26 to 197, 14 republicans joining every democrat in opposition. Republican leaders have pointed to the budget framework which balances in a decade by cutting more than 5 trillion fr...

These six men. Its taken so long for them to be charged. Theres no question what happened. Host im sorry, maybe you can call in again, we can get your comments again. Going to move on to virginia, independents line. Caller thank you for taking my call. Im from virginia where, you know the American Dream was born here. Jamestown in 1619, you had your first africans get here to this country, became the greatest nation on the planet in terms of talking about the ideal of democrat sifment and indepe...

Common core. The idea is that this is common core that you have assessments is really not true and people have been opting out. Florida had the most meaningful accountability system in the country. We also have the greatest learning gains in the country. They go together by the way. Its a comprehensive reforms that create the rise of achievement. We were on the nape test, you cant teach for that test. We were 29th out of 31 in 1997 on the fourth grade reading test. Ten years later we were six ou...

Surveyed School Districts around the country and they said they have found thats not the case. Fept to hear from many more families. Based on their options and the recommendation now from dr. Star, they will come back to the school board in the spring with a time plan and if approved, tom, this would take effect in the 20152016 school year at the earliest. Bob, you know, there are concerns out there that what you just said, kids are going to milk this and try to stay up late. Did you get the sen...

Blindsided, the family who opened their home and hearts to the shooter before the rampage speaks out. Everybody seems to know we didnt know. We had rules and he followed every rule to a t. And before he moved into your home, how well did you know him . I had met him a couple times before. He had spent a night at the house, and he was very polite. He seemed normal. Cnn has learned that the parkland, Florida School shooter had obtained at least 10 firearms, all of them rifles, according to Law Enf...

National average. to whom do you credit the unfair cost of living in new jersey? what is your plan to lower property taxes and strengthen the economy? >> we need a fairer distribution of state aid to schools. what a lot of people dont know what a school district gets aid from trenton it reduces property taxes. the way trenton does it i will say its unconstitutional. under me well have a new school funding formula. more equitable distribution to state aid for schools. i wont adversely affect the ...

Nseobong Okon-Ekong writes that the new political platform by Presidential Candidate in the 2019 national elections, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili has consolidated its presence on the polity with appointment of an Executive Director and development of a forum that delivers voters’ information hub, community sensitisation and political accountability #FixPolitics, a citizens’ movement recently launched to fix politics in Nigeria and ultimately Africa, has appointed Anthony Ubani as its Execu...

2018 midterms and the election. >> its no more than political posturing for 2018. im not sure people like the political posturing. its a tough issue for candidates sometimes. >> its a tough issue for not only republicans but a lot of red state and conservative area democrats who have seen in the past when theyve voted for gun control type bills, theyve been voted out of office. so this is something that -- in some ways they want to keep in a very narrow section. they want there to be areas where...