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Institution. Mr. Galston let me try to call this full house to order, if i may. Welcome to brookings. My name is bill galston, senior fellow in governance studies. Thanks so much for coming and welcome also to the people who are watching this event live on cspan. Todays topic is the past, the present, and possible future of the u. S. Senate. The occasion of this discussion is the publication of ira shapiros second book on the senate, this is titled kwoek can thed, broken senate save itself and the country . Those of you that read his first book on the senate will know how passionately he rever...

The phone by Christina Marcos of the hill newspaper. What is the status of the latest possible continuing resolution deal . Christina we are two days away from a shutdown and congress does not know how it will avoid a shutdown. So the plan for today is the house is going to vote on yet another stopgap measure that would go into effect in march. There was a full year of funding for the defense apartment. Democrats have pledged to block such a measure because they want parity for defense and nondefense spending programs and because they do not have a not clearl yet it is how it will avoid a shut...

Let me try to call this full house to order, if i may. Welcome to brookings. My name is bill gallston. Im a senior fellow in governance studies. Thank you so much for coming and welcome also to the people who are watching this event live on cspan. Todays topic is the past, the present and possible future of the u. S. Senate. The occasion of this discussion is the publication of ira shapiros second book on the senate, this one entitled, broken can the senate save itself and the country . Those of oh you who read his first book on the senate will know how passionately he reveres the senate as an...

Store. Their passion and eloquence of been a moral force for change. Thank god for these students. They are urging us that have debate in congress about something very straightforward. What can we do to stop very dangerous guns from getting into the hands of very dangerous people. How can we keep america safe at our movie theaters and nightclubs and concerts and churches, and above all at our schools . We need to get Something Real and significant accomplished. The problem of gun violence in this country is to be meeting for another delay. To severe for half measures. Now, the president , Pres...

Passage of the plan as the end of the world, armageddon, the economy is responding incredibly well to the changes that we made in the tax code. I phropbg believed our economy struggled under the weight of an outdated tax system. Now businesses are beginning to do the math and are realizing that the tax cuts and jobs act will mean more savings. As a result, many have announced that they are passing some of these savings on to their employees who will now be seeking to grow and expand operations. As of today more than 350 companies have announced pay raises, bonuses, and or 401 k increases benef...