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Brookings institution on the legislative and political significance of the 115th congress so far. Host in front of the white house by the president yesterday republican lawmakers gather on the south lawn to celebrate passage of their tax reform legislation. It is the first of major changes to the u. S. Tax code since Ronald Reagan in 1986. All but a dozen republicans in the house voted against the proposal. Democrats in the house voted against the proposal. We will take the last part of their argument this morning. Are you concerned about rising debt . Over 20 trillion. If youre very concerned...

Crossed. Washington journal continues. Host at our table we are joined y James Thurber who is professor of government at American University and also ounder and former director of their center for congressional and president ial studies and from brookings institution. Thank you both for being here. Rate this current session of congress. We are coming to the close, the year of the irst 115th congress. How would you rate them . Has it been a success . Rate to the good to compared it other congresses. Lets take the first year of the administration. In the first actually two years, few ills passed...

Consistent with current planning code requirements, and the proposed revision would be consistent with both. The only thing i would point out is that generally, if a project had already been noticed and comes back and proposes to raise the height by a couple of feet, it would trigger renotice. In this case, obviously, all of the people that have received notice and are engaged are verien gauged in this process. The rest of the revisions are just at the discretion of the board. Im available for any questions you may have. Mr. Teague, what was the what is the max height they can go in comparison...

There . I can say theres no requirement in the planning code for lighting on decks. I would defer to mr. Duffy if there are any such requirements in the building code. No Lighting Except that mandated by the Building Department. And i dont know if theres any in the building code, so i would defer to mr. Duffy. Okay. Thanks. He looks very pained. Good evening, commissioners. Joe duffy, dba. That type of lighting wouldnt come into plan a singlefamily home, like emergency lighting like you see on a highrise building. But if they have a roof hatch up there to that, youre going to need lighting to ...

Consistent with current planning code requirements, and the proposed revision would be consistent with both. The only thing i would point out is that generally, if a project had already been noticed and comes back and proposes to raise the height by a couple of feet, it would trigger renotice. In this case, obviously, all of the people that have received notice and are engaged are verien gauged in this process. The rest of the revisions are just at the discretion of the board. Im available for any questions you may have. Mr. Teague, what was the what is the max height they can go in comparison...