Good afternoon, everyone. First off, id like to thank the Clermont Institute for sponsoring this panel and for sponsoring all of its panels here at the american Political Science association, and thanks to all of you for coming to hear whether congress is still dysfunctional. I suspect you already know the answer to the question, but maybe well provide a fuller background and explanation about whats going on these days on capitol hill. Its no secret to political scientists that congress is a mess. Its no secret to the members of congress that congress is a mess. And nor is it a secret to the American People that congress is a mess. Routinely, congress polls very poorly when people are asked whether they approve of the job its doing, and this trend is bipartisan whether democrats or republicans control congress, most people assign it a failing grade. The trend is also long standing. Over the past Decade Congress has not once achieved an Approval Rating above 30 . It wasnt always this wa
Weekend, its going to be really hot, and were leading in to that heat today. Here is a live look outside in palo alto starting out with some clear skies. We wont see our usual start with the mostly cloudy sky. Were going to start it out clear and see those temperatures heat up. At noon were at 76 degrees there, and as we go hour by hour, all of our microclimates will have some pretty major warming going in to the afternoon, except for San Francisco. Were going to keep it cool there and along the coast while the inland areas reach into the mid 80s by early afternoon. So well get a closer look at all of our microclimates coming up. Mike, you have one issue affecting the bay bridge. Kari, the issue is that there are no major problems getting to the bay bridge, so everybodys getting here really quickly this morning, and so we have had a steady flow of traffic, even though it hasnt built up until the last five minutes where the fastrak lanes started to show the backup you saw live camera th
And academics are part of this discussion hosted by american Political Science association. Routinely congress pulled very portable people as whether they approved of the job it is doing. This trend is bipartisan whether democrats or Republicans Control Congress most people assign it a failing grade. The trend is also a longstandig peer over the past Decade Congress has not once achieved Approval Rating above 30 . It wasnt always this way. During the 1990s congress Approval Rating typically were in the 40s and 50s. Today they hover in the teens and the 20s. Once thought to be the great repository of americas republican Principles Congress is now referred to as a broken branch. Why exactly has Congress Come to this point . What are the causes of the dysfunction . Has anything changed since trumps election and the democratic takeover of the house . Can this longstanding state of affairs be changed . Can congress be reformed, it is so what do we need to do to reform it . To answer these q
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Welcome. Pessimism on a trade breakthrough as the president said hes not ready to make a deal yet huawei tensions heat up. Treasury yields, the dollar slipped as investors are still seeking out safety and government bonds to close out the week joining us for the hour Margaret Duran is back from bda capital partner. So its been a stomachchurning week how are you feeling about the market now thats right. Particularly down 700 points on monday i have to say i stepped in and bought on tuesday. Were going to see more volatility but in a trading range. I think the tariffs we needed a trigger after the run up in the first half and the tariffs when you look at 10 its not helpful. Well slow down growth in different areas but in terms of our 21 trillion economy, its not that big a hit. What kind of stocks were yo beau i think my usual suspects mastercard, costco, amazon, and orphan stock i got shopify which ill talk about later. Lulu for the first time no. I just added that. Oh, okay. All right.