1902. no voter ever saw his name on a ballot. he was elected to the senate the old-fashioned way, in a way the founders thought senators should be elected. a state legislature chose and voted for reed smoot to go to the united states senate to represent the state of utah. in his 30 year career as a senator, reed smoot rose to the most powerful chairmanship in the senate, chairman of the senate finance committee with jurisdiction over the federal government ways of raising revenue, bringing money into the treasury. taxation and tariffs. with the stock market crashing in 1929 and the country and during the great depression, reed smoot had the worst idea any chairman of the senate finance committee ever had. it was an idea that would end his career in the senate. the house ways and means committee had the same jurisdiction in the house that the finance committee has in the senate. taxation and tariffs. the chairman of the house ways and means committee loved reed smoot s very ba
the way the founders thought senators should had be elected. the state legislature chose and voted for reed smoot to go to the united states senate to represent the state of utah. in his 30-year career as a senator, reed smoot rose to the most powerful chairmanship in the senate, chairman of the senate finance committee with jurisdiction over the federal government s two ways of raising revenue, bringing money into the treasury, taxation and tariffs. with the stock ■çmarket crashin in 1929 and the country entering the great depression reed smoot had the worst idea any chairman of the senate finance committee ever had. it was an idea that would end his career in the senate. the house ways and means committee had the same jurisdiction in the house that the finance committee has in the senate, taxation and tariffs. the chairman of the house ways and means committee, willis hawley, loved reed smoot s very bad idea. that idea also ended chairman hawley s career in the house of
Millville, 48 in dover. Its 54 in cape may and 53 along the shore line there. As we look at the day ahead were really going to be socked in with the clouds. We could see a little drizzle or a brief shower kind of sneaking in but the bulk of the rain were tracking, that happens later this evening, kind of moving from west to east. So, at 7 00 a. M. Its 51, lots of clouds. By lunchtime its 60 already, get out there and enjoy it, lots of cloud cover. At 3 oclock, most of the area is still dry. Were tracking that rain from west to east, 61. Your high today is 63 at 5 oclock some of that rain developing west of the city, 60 degrees. It will be closer to the city at 7 oclock. And look at the temperature at 7 oclock at night. 60 degrees. Temperatures are really slow to fall later on tonight but weve got some big changes in the weather and heres what you can expect with this today and tomorrow. Very warm today. Try to get out there and enjoy it. Yes, were going to see lots of clouds and even a
The west but i want you to take a closer look. Right now were catching a little bit of drizzle thats been moving through delaware and now southern new jersey. So watch for that as youre heading out. Its not a big deal. The heavier rain comes later on this evening and tonight but at any point today you could see a little drizzle or a little brief shower moving in. 50 degrees, a new number coming in to us right now. Normally our average high for this at any time is 48. Weve already surpassed that. Even 50 in allentown. 49 in reading. 50 in trenton. 49 in millville. 54 degrees in dover, delaware. Its mild not only this afternoon but this morning as well. At 7 00 a. M. Its 51, mostly cloudy skies. By lunchtime, its 60 with a good deal of cloud cover. At 3 oclock, well be in the local 60s, your high today is 63. Even at 5 oclock its 60 degrees so the real steadier rain comes later this evening from west to east. At 7 oclock its 60degrees with some of that rain falling. Kind of a lot going o
Progressive caucus has always wee, for a number of years, have the annual progressive caucus budget that we put forth that is full of those big ideas trying to move the ball forward. Only giving us policy solutions that people are asking for but how we can help elect electorally. I will let each person kind of say whatever they want. We will have five minutes to make some initial comments. We will ask a couple questions by the panel. So first, i will go in order here that we have. I will start this way. We have the president of democracy and color. Next to her, from the 17th district in california. Joshua, a polling firm that works a lot with aggressive democrats. And next to me is the Vice President for research and policy. It helps a lot of us in the progressive caucus, Democratic Party, and candidates come up with great policy ideas. We will do this in the last panel. Start here. Down the row and then open up the conversations. Amy is the president of democracy and color. Amy good a