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Continues to be one of his top priorities. We want to know what that term drain the swamp. Means to you. How do you define it . What do you think is the best way to go about draining it . Phone lines are open this morning for you to call in on the washington journal. Democrats, 2027488000 is your number. Republicans, 2027488001 is your number. Independents can call in at 2027488002. You can also catch up with us social media, on twitter, cspanwj. On facebook, facebook. Com cspan. Were asking about this term drain the swamp, want to hear your thoughts on what it means to you. For more on what t...

It is the Prime Ministers first visit and the first visit since 1977 from a Prime Minister of canada. Chuck grassley said his committee will not take up a Supreme Court nominee until a new president is elected and sworn in. The committee met today. That is coming up next on cspan2. Then Charles Bolden testifies about his agencys 2017 budget request. And later a discussion on the use of executive power. Join cspan friday at 1 30 p. M. Eastern for the Funeral Service for former first lady nancy reagan. First lady michele obama, and former president george bush and laura bush will attend the fune...

Schmidt genocide. On stage in new york, the syrian refugee who didnt have a piano lesson until 18 months ago. Welcome to the program. We begin this news hour with the fight against isil. The iraqi miami and shia militia are declaring victory. The fight has been led by the badr corps. The group is now ready to move north into isil strongholds. We have a report. The celebration illustrated the growing power of shia groups here including the badr corps. The badr corps dont like to be called a militia but in effect are in control of their own operations. They are working with the Iraqi Government ...

Good afternoon. The afternoon, mark. The president from a confident president obama clearly energized by the strengthening u. S. Economy 5 growth rate we saw at the end of last year. Energized by the 50 Approval Rating he has gotten in recent weeks. He reflected that last night. He spoke with some bravado taunted republicans to some extent with his two president ial election victories. He outlined a number of ideas, many of them floated before he spoke that were quickly rejected by republicans. His plan to raise taxes on the wealthiest americans in order to provide tax breaks to middle income ...

Courts and the states, and i think congress has been disabled by the fact that the senate was democratic. Its still going to be somewhat disabled because its a change is going to require the president s signature. But we have these other two backstops and i think whatever congress may do if it can do anything effective, the Administration First needs to need its help and a sequence of state decisions or Court Decisions could be the ant seedent to that. Part of this is because the legislative process wasnt followed. This is the biggest change frankly in entitlements since the creation of medica...