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or is meaningful or not. she's certainly being out there actively supporting her husband's position on annexization. she's talking to everyone she can about it. she's writing a great deal about it. she is holding all of the social events at the white house in order to influence that piece of legislation. so if we're talking about favorite lady as being involved in a matter of national public policy and being involved explicitly so, i think maybe you can take that to julia tyler. >> here's a question about first ladies and their perceived influence. jennifer sherman asked on twitter -...

she's supports that. but whether or not she has influence over any particular congressman, i'm not so sure about that. >> do you have an opinion about that? >> she certainly believes she has a lot of influence. i'm with dr. medford, there are were much more complicated in the political area of the texas annexation issue that julia tyler would solve, especially the months after the election. people know james polk will be the next president. the treaty to annex -- the treaty to annex texas had already been defeated by the senate. and they have come up with a new, not terribly constitu...

was the white house social for a few years after that? >> it wasn't social very much at all for the first year. they had to refinish it and replace all the drapes and chair seats where muddy boots had been trampling and put things together and even after that, to the disappointment of washington society, they said, we're in deep mourning, we will not be giving parties. >> let's take a quick glimpse at america in that timed about census bureau statistics. this is america in 1830, population at this point, 12.9 million in 24 states and once again more than 30% growth since the 10 years...

what do you think about the deal? you can send us a tweet @cspanwj.span.or a page from the wall street journal. the senate must convince republicans. hi that is what we are asked in you about. the agreement between the chamber of commerce and the union. it would kick in 2015. in the first year, there will be 20,000 people. the maximum available per year would be 200,000 visas. the minimum with the 20,000. it would increase over a four- year period. after five years, the number would the adjusted depending on economic conditions. we hear more about how it would work. it is for nonseas...

they give you something to aspire to as a new nation and how elliot and wonderful it can be. but you do not offend people who dislike the courts and the royalty of europe. >> she had a parrot? >> yes. apparently it was a terror and would attack people. she played her own part in this last moment when everybody throughout the white house, there is a white french servant, and he takes the bird the house where she lived long enough to make it where somebody is the victim of a nighthawk. >> maybe some people in washington secretly cheered. [laughter] >> it is time to talk about the impor...