[camera shutters clicking] place your left and on the bible, raise your right hand, and repeat after me. To support thear constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic take this obligation freely without any message mental reservation or purpose of and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which you are about to enter so help you god . I do. [indiscernible] [laughter] come down here on the end, sir. Would you like absolutely. Familiar face. Welcome back. Good to be back. Congratulations. Thank you. Im at , actually. Ly. m at bama, actual [laughter] we have to have [laughter] here we go. [indiscernible] this is sam, my daughterinlaw, emily. Thank you, senator. If some of you would like to come on this side, too. My mother was born in indiana. [camera shutters clicking] place your left and on the bible, raise your right hand, and repeat after me. Do you solemnly swear to defend the constitution of the United States against enemies foreign thisome
This year. This portion of washington journal, is 55 minutes. For key perspectives on Immigration Reform we are joined by daniel stein, president for the American Federation of immigration response reform and ben johnson. The four we get to your predictions, your hopes for 2018, ben jonson, what do you think was the most Important Development in 2017 when it came inthe issue of immigration this country . Probably the emergence of dreamers and what we do with the in thelion of young kids United States, the felt the fact that they have put a face on this issue, bart out some of the truth about immigration, who we are talking about when we debate immigration, those who make their stories note, i think that is transformative. We understand that these are doctors, lawyers, auto mechanics, cashiers, priests, marines. Does the whole panoply of things that they do to contribute to the United States has been transformative. Host what you think is the most important . It is framed by donald trum
They do not like the way they perform on the house floor . Ray a lot of things they can do and oftentimes argue on the floor. There is not much they can do in terms of changing the legislation. The house works by numbers more so than the senate. Whereas if the Majority Party pretty much calls the shots of what gets on the floor. So theres only so much you can do on the floor if you do not like somebody. Of course, you have the chamber quorum but even if you do not like somebody you are supposed to call them nice things. My distinguished colleague, for example, instead of you rotten s. O. B. But, that is part of parliamentary procedure and parliamentary style. Brian what do they do in the senate . Don well, we are still influenced by thomas jefferson, who wrote the manual of parliamentary procedure to really cool down the tempers that would be there for any legislative issues. Members are not to address each other by name. They are not to criticize another persons state or question thei
Whereas if the Majority Party pretty much calls the shots of what gets on the floor. So theres only so much you can do on the floor if you do not like somebody. Of course, you have the chamber quorum, but even if you do not like somebody you are supposed to call them nice things. My distinguished colleague, for example, instead of you rotten s. O. B. But, that is part of parliamentary procedure and parliamentary style. Brian what do they do in the senate . Don well, we are still influenced by Thomas Jefferson who wrote the manual of parliamentary procedure to really cool down the tempers that would be there for any legislative issues. Members are not to address each other by name. They are not to criticize another persons state or question their motives, and they are not to read a newspaper while another person is speaking. The senate has a high sense of decorum. I remember senator robert byrd who epitomized the sense of decorah, decorum, and when he was mad at somebody, he would pour
Conversation, a lot of confidence comments already on facebook. Supporters only, why are you supporting donald trump for president . Here are the front pages, and we going to go through all the pages this morning to show you all the articles mentioning donald trump. His is usa today harris the wall street journal. Trump is attacked from all corners. His picture with the others from the debate last night. , rivalsington post says pile on trump and republican debate. The new york times, romney calls trump unfit as party erupts in discord. And Financial Times even has donald trump on the front with a picture with tiger woods from 2013. This is about golf, but they managed to get him on the front page as well. Finally, the washington times, trump at center of the pub republican attacks. Those are just some of the papers and we will go through more as we go. 202 7488000 if you live in the east and central time zones, 202 7488001 for those in the mountain and pacific time zones. Why are you