haley barbour to george w. bush has gathered to commemorate the landmark legislation. the star attraction was, of course, the nation s first black president, barack obama. in a time when cynicism is too often passed off as wisdom, it s perhaps easy to conclude there are limits to change. that we are trapped by our own history. and politics is a fool s errand. and we d be better off if we rolled back big chunks of lbj s legacy. or at least if we don t put too much of our hope, invest too much of our hope in our government. i reject such thinking. the president took the podium to speak of the progress of civil rights in this country in a very specific moment of his presidency, a moment when race and progress is front and center in the national dialogue. we ve been of course talking about the race from the obama era from the moment barack obama declared for his candidacy. that debate is getting louder and louder and louder, and over the last several weeks has positively expl
jo johnson presidential library to mark the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act. everyone from john lewis to haley barbour to george w. bush has gathered to commemorate the landmark legislation. the star attraction was, of course, the nation s first black president, barack obama. in a time when cynicism is too often passed off as wisdom, it s perhaps easy to conclude there are limits to change. that we are trapped by our own history. and politics is a fool s errand. and we d be better off if we rolled back big chunks of lbj s legacy. or at least if we don t put too much of our hope, invest too much of our hope in our government. i reject such thinking. the president took the 0 p d podium to speak of the progress of civil rights in this country in a very specific moment of his presidency, a moment when race and progress is front and center in the national dialogue. we ve been of course talking about the race from the obama era from the moment barack obama declared for
testify carried out, and i understand that report found that 50% of federal farms dealers had not been expected if in the last five years. you cited three reasons for this understaffing. a large geographic area some field divisions cover and an increase in gun dealers. it is my understanding the president has $51.1 million to ensure atf enforcement efforts and strengthen inspections. we hope now to get a director of that unit. the judiciary committee on which i served is coming before us this next week. they project that this allocation would fund 60 additional inspector positions. your report concluded you would need an additional 199,000 hours to inspect all dealers within a five-year period, and the field divisions told atf headquarters in 2012 they needed 504 more investigators. the federal firearms dealer in my view is what makes any legal gun sales possible in the united states, because they require certain material. that 58% figure is really a distressing figure. what
district and up against a very tough opponent tammy sh tight in the eighthis in florida, alan grayson has defeated todd long. also in florida, the scandal-ridden republican congressman david rivera has been defeated. davidrivera has been defeated and he has been replaced by joe garcia. in iowa steve f the most high-profile far right of congress has won k re-election. christie vilsack was his oppo. michele bachmann is 50/50 with á her graves. she samous even before she ran for preside this year. high-profile member of congress.
CSPAN2 U October 5, 2012 archive.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archive.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.