For republicans. 2027488001 for democrats and independents, 2027488002. If you want to post on social media, you can do so at it or cspanwj and on our you can orso at twitter at cspanwj our facebook page, facebook. Com cspan. Some of the topics being discussed at those meetings. If you go to the website wglt. Com, a forum held by rodney davis. Infrastructure was one of the top issues. The representative from illinoiss 13th district is pushing for passage of the federal highway bill. About 80 of the construction project on the interstates that may back you up in traffic for a federal taxd for by dollars. We will reauthorize the highway bill, adding that he does not believe in a federal gas tax paying for infrastructure. The story says he was not not specific in proposing ways for. To pay for improvements going to new jersey, frank pallone, the democrat from that state addressing folks on an august 15 town hall meeting. Several discussions taking place during that forum adding it was in
Focus on that issue because our country is labeled as a country that does not keep its promises to any countrys health. Host john in new york, democrats line. Youre n. E. C. Top issue for your member of congress. Caller hi, good morning. Ive been pretty active for several years visiting veterans in the veterans house near me. And theyre very frustrated with the fact seniority care and they had to speak up about it. But all i got out of it was retaliation. Ive contacted my congressman and senators about it and i didnt get anywhere, you know. Host when you say you didnt get anywhere, elaborate on that, how did that conversation go . Caller like the last call i got, oh, theyre going to look into it. Nd turned out that nothing happened. They passed the buck. They passed it on over. Go see this other guy or that counselor or Something Else. Nothing in the evidence about it. I said look, if you dont believe me, go send somebody down there and ee these conditions these people are living in. B
In the veterans house near me. And theyre very frustrated with the fact seniority care and they had to speak up about it. But all i got out of it was retaliation. Ive contacted my congressman and senators about it and i didnt get anywhere, you know. Host when you say you didnt get anywhere, elaborate on that, how did that conversation go . Caller like the last call i got, oh, theyre going to look into it. Nd turned out that nothing happened. They passed the buck. They passed it on over. Go see this other guy or that counselor or Something Else. Nothing in the evidence about it. I said look, if you dont believe me, go send somebody down there and ee these conditions these people are living in. But still, best of luck. Host republican line from pittsburgh, pennsylvania. Well hear from george. George in pittsburgh. Hello. Caller hello. I think the top issue is not even being addressed is profit. How profits have taken lifes first place and the whole constitution of the United States is su
Abigail doolittle is with us first. Abigail the bulls have it with buyers taking major averages higher modestly. The major indices are all up more than 2 10 of 1 . The s p 500 and the nasdaq are putting in record highs. Day may be short but we are looking at records and this is a continuation of what we have seen this week with all three major averages up for a weekly gain. This is the first time in three weeks. On the s p 500, not only do we have a modest gain but it is on pretty good strength relative to sectors. That 10 of the 11 s p 500 sectors are trading higher on the way. Energy is up top and the only down sector is telekom. Its a broadbased move higher. It is the holiday shortened day so not surprisingly unless an average volume, this is the average volume function in the bloomberg. Here in blue is the 20 day moving average. This is todays trading action and we are below by about 50 . We have gains but on less volume than usual. The Holiday Shopping season kicks off which inclu
Mayor de blasio thank you. Thank you so much, everybody. This is a very nice evening we are having. Thank you so much, everybody. This is a very nice evening we are having. I just want to say at the beginning, i love progress iowa. [applause] mayor de blasio everyone in this move room means business, cares, is here to be a make a difference. I did not hear any fear or trepidation, any depression. I hear people ready to fight and win. [applause] it is a veryio good time to be alive. It is a good time to be a progressive. Things are about to change. , at theere together beginning of what will be a new era. Let me think everyone thank everyone at progress iowa. Lets give a round of applause. [applause] melissa,blasio morgan, mark, moving forward all the time. Thank you. [applause] mayor de blasio i want to thank someone. When tammy talked about waking the sleeping bear, it was something very beautiful to say thank you to our opponents for waking us all up and turning as all in to change a