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The major goal is to keep the government running and not be blamed for a shutdown. Messagin. The major goal is to keep the government running and not be blamed for a shutdown. You have to pass at least a stopgap spending bill. They have not agreed on any appropriations bills. The october 1 start of the new fiscal year will require mechanisms to keep the government operating. That is the and, to pass that. Whether that will be a simple procedure, everybody says they hope so. Things do not always turn out as people hope. Host billy house talking about messaging. The senate will take up getting to a constitutional amendment. What is that all about and what is the purpose of this though . This vote . Guest this is a political vote . Democrats want to enable states to put restrictions on campaign finance. And that is a constitutional amendment, you need 2 3 of both chambers and three quarters of the states to approve. It is more about getting the message out. The firstpend halfhour asking viewers about their message to congress. One of those without unemployment insurance. What with the house and Senate Leaders say about what they are doing our jobs . Guest republicans on the house would say they have past 30 or so bills the senate has refused to shake up. They will take that as one of their messaging themes. Guest they will vote on them again. In new mexico last week, in a district on the border where you would think the Immigration Crisis was the top issue. Jobs andto tell you, the minimum wage, those were two really big issues that seems to compare. Host the senate has acted on the minimum wage, the extension of unemployment . Guest yes, on both of those. They might bring them up again. Senate democrats support raising the federal minimum wage and extending longterm jobless benefits. They have not been able to get enough republicans on board in joblesste to get benefits. They have not been able to get enough support in the house. Hammering onp on these issues. They do not have the support minimum wage. Republicans say that that would hurt businesses and overall reduce unemployment. Host Kristina Peterson and billy house to talk about congress returning today for a short session ahead of the midterm elections. Join us on the phone, 202 5853880 four democrats. 202 5853881 for republicans. For independents and all others, 202 5853882. Area code 202. On twitter, cspanwj. The continuing resolution, the shortterm spending measure. That it will be drama free. These things never wind up being drama for a. Drama free. How long would it last and what are potential stumbling blocks for getting it through . Guest the leaders have kind of let it be known they are looking at a december 1114 end run. Host a lame duck session would pick it up . Guest right. Guest there are members of congress who start wondering if republicans take over the senate on election day, why would we give outgoing majority leader harry reid leverage to do a new continuing resolution after that. Could be discussion about whether we should extend this into the next session, past december into january. Whatever Party Controls the senate will have the leverage to discuss the ins and outs that. The other issue is what is a clean cr . They promised a clean bill, in other words, no policy riders. There is talk that there will be things added. Your definition of clean comes up to question. The reauthorization of exim,m the Export Import Bank. Also, terrorism risk insurance, that might be a longer shot. Senate, terms of the let stumbling blocks for getting the continuing resolution through their . Is the problem in the house . Guest it is largely in the house. If the house were to add controversial measures, you could have a pingpong v olleying. If the house were to pass a pretty uncontroversial bill, the be quick to accept that. Neither party wants to be blamed for a shutdown or anything resembling or creating that risk. Chance the senate shortens their session, as we are hearing possibly from the house . With theeyre on board here and minimum of days. The house is a little bit more anxious to get out early. Sureenate is going to make the government does not shut down and get outoftown. Host an article you wrote last street the ostrich owall journal. What are you hearing from Republican Leaders in the senate . What direction with a goal in within to take control of the senate . As an they see this opportunity to prove that they can govern. They shall are to blame for the shutdown. They see this as an opportunity to show they can steer the country to the right without creating a lot of drama. Republicanssenior passalking about trying to legislation that already has the support of some democrats improving keystone xl, making some changes to the health law, energy policy. You can get some democrats on board, they can pass legislation that would land on obamas desk, he might have a tougher time choosing to veto it. Host problems with the more conservative elements in the house. They would object to some of the things that Senate Democrats agree on with their republican colleagues . Guest absolutely. In fact, what you might see is a twoyear period where little gets done. With vetoing and maybe two budget reconciliation bills. If you look at president bushs term that, weto get to might have to wait until december. One of the fascinating things, what happens if we get to november 4 and then the morning of november 5 we do not know who controls the senate. Split, republicans ahead. Notmary landrieus race is decided until september. Host the houses back a week after the election. Guest the house can do their thing and vote on new leaders. Whether anybody will want to do anything if nobody knows who controls the senate the next year, thats another question. Host a quick take on the new leaders. Kevin mccarthy came in as they were gaveling out for the august recess. What is the Biggest Challenges that he faces . Guest same as the old challenge. It is the right wing of the party, they appreciate Kevin Mccarthy as a nice guy who is willing to talk to them. As we saw in the first vote whene they left town, and Speaker Boehner had to keep him here to finish the vote on the daca, they do not go along because they are buddies. They have their priorities and stick to them. Host callers waiting. Baltimore, dorothy on the democrats line. Caller i wanted to talk i had other things to say but i have a few questions. One, about the Keystone Pipeline. Is she talking about the Keystone Pipeline . Will beo ideas how they making jobs, canada is not interested in making us jobs. Anyway. The other thing i wanted to talk that, you all keep saying the republicans have all these jobs, nobody ever says what they are. If they had the jobs bill with infrastructure, if republicans and democrats could agree, why cant they agree on that . It would put millions of americans to work for real. Why cant they agree on that . Was the problem . Host lets go to billy house, the house is taking up this question. She mentioned infrastructure, that would seem like an area of common agreement. There there would be if were a lot of jobs bills regarding infrastructure. On the house side, and a lot of it is to cut red tape for regulations that Many Democrats and many other americans feel are necessary to protect workers and labor. They are described as jobs bills, their parameters are sometimes reaching. Have not beenlls past, theyve not even been brought to the floor of the senate. Guest that is the mantra from the house republicans, they 36 is a number host she talked about keystone xl, that would be an area where the senate could sort of set the pace on that and could come to some agreement. There is some bipartisan support on keystone. The problem in the senate is that everything gets caught in this vortex of procedural politics. And the bad blood between democrats and republicans derailed a lot of stuff in the senate. Doingis some support for something around keystone, but he gets caught in fights over amendments and they are not able to agree. Host marilyn, independents line. Caller good morning. Cant wait for the beginning of congress. It is a lowbrow comedy about to recommence. I am a 66yearold bluecollar guy. Earning Social Security wages for 45 years. I cannot imagine working just 12 days out of the next 40 and earning a sixfigure income. So predictable and lamentable, we need to hear the next speech by steve king, gomer, tea baggers lamenting everything our president wears, does, or says. Real politics. N i am a child of the 1960s when people actually got arrested and got killed for civil rights and fighting against the vietnam war. We will now go to san antonio. Democrat line. What would you like to see done over the next 12 days . Caller lets get something going. Somenot understand why people are concerned about congress being taken over by if thecans when president vetoes, it is going to take a two thirds majority to override his veto on other side of congress. One more issue, we have four borders, we dont have one. I would like to see on tv the Border Patrol tracing and illegal russian or illegal spanish guylegal coming through canada. How come i dont see that on tv . Host on the issue of immigration, the president is delaying implementation of executive action. The headline here, immigration delay in. Activists. What does this mean infuriates activist. What is this mean for lawmakers like representative gutierrez . Does that change the political dynamic or their relationship with the president . Guest he is their lead point guard and all this, they cannot distance themselves completely. Although many of them expressed anger in the last couple days over the president s decision to delay. Largely on immigration, you are not going to see anything done, probably even in the lameduck. It will not be tackled until a new congress, if them. I was on the border, i was where they were keeping some of these kids in the holding center. Is aose areas, immigration big issue but jobs and the economy is paramount. Guest host sarasota, florida, mike, republican line. Caller id like to ask your guest, what is the true Unemployment Rate . We cant extend the truth thing to immigration and to he althcare. That people are being able to Access Health care in spite of high copays and deductibles. What is the true Unemployment Rate . It is a problem in florida. Host any idea . Guest it is true that there are people who have given up looking for jobs. The straight Unemployment Rate does not reflect all the pain people feel in this economy. That is likely to hurt democrats, given that it is hurting president obamas approval rating. People hold democrats accountable for the weaknesses that are still there and the economy. Piece, back to a the agenda. Mccarthy memo on september agenda. This is in the house, and thats the exim bank. Why are they leaving that often agenda . The agenda,t off hes a lawmaker who said he did not think it would be taken up, too much going on. Theres a lot of pressure to do it. Bank,s the export import it helps provide subsidies for Foreign Companies to buy american products. Conservatives in the house think that is manipulating the free market. They are upset with that and they think it puts taxpayers on the hook for things it should not. However, many other republicans, as we found out over the last few weeks, have districts with companies that rely on this. So there is the clash. It expires, its current charter reauthorization is at the end of this month. I think they are going to punt it for a few days. A few weeks, if not months. Lameduck, if not forever. And come back to it later. They will do a temporary extension. Guest yeah. Republicans see the senate as a prize in their sights and they do not want to do anything to create a ruckus before the election. The timing of the Export Import Bank reauthorization falls squarely in that path. Even conservatives who do not they arehe exim bank, saying for now i will be willing to do a shortterm extension to get this off our plate. Host georgia, tony, independents line. I have 35 years and finally learned something. I have found the Common Ground i have with the republicans and the democrats. Ifs is what ive Learned Congress and the president and the Supreme Court and the conservative republicans and conduct their business the way i would like you to conduct your business, i will be happy. That is the Common Ground i have found in almost every call that i have listened to over the years. It does not matter how much civics or whether i read the constitution or anything. Or i just have got an opinion. Is, conductround your business the way i want you to conduct your business, and i will be happy. That is my comment. Host thank you. Memphis, tennessee, david, good morning. Caller hello. Two things i wanted to ask about. Legallyt, i am actually blind. Ive been legally blind for years. Ive always had a problem getting a job. Not because i did not like to work but because of my disability. What would you do as far as helping disabled people who live on their own get jobs and make it to where they do not have to use the government for Social Security or any kind of disability check . That is my first question. My second question, if you guys are trying to put more jobs out here in the u. S. , why dont you redirect some of the money into military . The ones that were not sending out, i know they still have to be paid like everyone else. You redirect some of the money, maybe you can put some of the jobs back out here and give some of the people who are on disability or on them plummet a little bit of extra money. Host another issue that the president will address on wednesday, the issue of how the administration will respond to islamiccal militant state. The chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee, Diane Feinstein was on the sunday shows yesterday and in usa today saying the isis threat cannot be overstated. House and, will the senate work on any sort of measure dealing with isis . Guest theres been a lot of reluctance to send troops on the ground. People are wary of taking steps like that. At this point, members of congress are saying we want more information. This is a threat that there has not been commitment to specific action. Now they are saying we want the white house to tell us more about what they plan to do. We read nice this is a big danger but last year there was a lot of hesitation to vote on syria, we could see a repeat of that. Guest hearing that there are resolutions brewing. Is one from virginia representative frank wolf. I agree, i dont think its going to go anywhere in the next couple weeks. The lameduck maybe a productive one in that regard. Think most members im not quite sure where they want to go on this and they certainly are not sure weeks before an election. Were in new mexico last week. Did people ask Steve Pederson about it . He is one guy who at one point said all i hear about from liberals is that we need to be more compassionate for these people coming over the border. He