Can you talk about that as one of the opening point you make in your great book . Guest youre right. The work you are doing is so important to enlighten the American Public about the vice grip the cartels have at the border. The horrifying and appalling impact that has the innocent people both sides of the border. One of the things i think was really important to illuminate in chapter one of what i call that Caravan Cartel is a drug cartel couldnt do it alone. Whats shocking to people is not you have explicit criminal conspiratorial out there that are making these billions of dollars in profits and endangering lives and really wreaking violence and havoc on innocent families and children at the fact you have minted benevolent charities and religious organizations that may think they are doing good deeds and, of course, we all know about that kind of road that good intentions pave, but religious organization on both sides of the border that are doing service and enabling the drug cartel
The future, you will not pick out a book about winston churchill. You will talk to winston churchill. Sunday night at 8 00 eastern on cspans q a. 441 days to go until election 2020. We are joined by David Wasserman. Of Cook Political Report. Lets start with what the Playing Field looks like right now. How many seats the republicans need to take back to regain control of the house and how many seats you think are in play this cycle. Heres the basic math theres 235 democrats in the house, 197 republicans, one independent who left the Republican Party and theres two republican vacancies, one in north carolina. We expect one of them will stay in republican hands. The other will be very competitive, the ninth district. Depending on the results of that special, republicans could need to pick up 19 or 20 seats to retake the majority in 2020. Host when it comes to the house map, we saw the house flip in 2018. What is the likelihood or how often hasnt happened in history that the house has flip
Twitter. Com cspanwj, on cspan, its facebook. Com cspan. You can start calling in now. The United States is currently the largest foreign aid donor in the world, accounting for some 25 of worldwide Assistance Spending in 2017, but President Trump wants to cut back. Heres the president from sunday. President trump i support many of those that were negotiated out but ive cut back a lot on countries we give billions of dollars to countries that dont even like us and ive been cutting back a lot. We get billions and billions of dollars to countries that dont like us, dont like us even a little bit and ive been cutting that and weve jut put a package of about 4 billion additional dollars in. And in some case, i could see it both ways. In some case, these are countries that we should not be giving to. Reporter how do you see cutting aids as helping the United States though . Does it make it safer . President trump i dont think so. No, i dont think so. And if i thalled it would, i would probab
Special elections on september 10 so coming up soon. We expect one of the most in republican hands that we expect the other would be very competitive, the ninth district. The penny onn the result of that special, republicans could either need to pick up 19 or 20 seats to retake the majority in 2020. Host when it comes to the house map, we saw the house flip in 2018. Whats the likelihood or how oftenha has that happened in history, that house has slipped in one election and then looked fall of election . Guest theio last time was 1952 and 1954. The House Majority hasnt flipped twice in in a row since then. It hasnt flipped in a president ial cycle since 1952. There are some historical precedence that are working in democrats favor. In five of the past six president ial election cycles democrats have picked up house seats. S. In seven of the past eight president ial election cycles than net shift in how states has been in the Single Digits. Even my republicans need 19 or 20 to take the m
And our nation as a whole. Next Congressional Panel looks at developing a National Paid Program House ways and Means Committee vote on how to pay with advocating a payroll tax on employers and employees. Congressman shares a committee. The committee will come to order. Good morning and welcome to our witnesses some who have traveled considerable distances to be here. Before we move toward scheduled Committee Business i want to take a moment to acknowledge the recent tragic passing of pamela, a valued member of staff with the joint committee for over 40 years. A reminder again of the considerable talent that exist sometimes outside of publicity. Pamela began her career as a joint committee on taxation in may of 1991 and applied her skill in many legislative issues with large and small. Her colleagues on the joint committee almost tireless and dedication to the joint committee and she accepted projects that were analytically difficult and often that of efficient. She was working on a leg