Of the United States. Its kind of our way, or the highway. Mississippi senator roger wicker on all of that very shortly, In The Meantime, to Mark Meredith on how this is all going down, fueled by not only the president stating that this is the only way to do it, republicans, at a jobs report which might have helped his argument. Mark . Reporter neil, good morning to you right that jobs report is having an impact on the discussions. President biden counting on house and Senate Democrats to pass his 1. 9 trillion Stimulus Package. Republicans want the president to reign in spending but the president made it clear yesterday that hes willing to do this on a Party Line Vote if necessary to fund a few priorit ies like the 1,400 round of stimulus checks that he wants to see go out, more money for Food Assistance programs, as well as extending those enhanced federal Unemployment Benefits. The president making it directly in a speech on friday. Others think that things are Getting Better and we
Members to stay home and cast their votes in the upcoming leadership election. Me up with. We will not see changes at the top. Kevin mccarthy, steves scalise, that is staying the same. The action is on the democratic side. We are not seeing any changes at the top. Of nancyy long run clyburn that is all continuing into a 16th year. Remarkably long run. Each of those three is 80 years old or older. The House Democrats will think about eventual changeover; we dont know when that will happen. Nancy pelosi said she would only run for two more terms. She has backed away from that. Demand fromtup younger members to move up. Secondary races are getting organized. Race will be for assistant speaker, Katherine Clark of massachusetts, centrist the member from rhode island ; the winner would be in line to get the number two job in the democratic caucus, behind Hakim Jeffries of new york city, unopposed to remain the number 4 job, caucus chairman. Thought briefly about challenging. He decided to st
If you support another candidate or perhaps you did not vote, 27488002 call 2027488002. As the vote rolled in from the suburbs of atlanta, biden now has a 1096 vote lead. While mr. Biden leads and the trending pattern of votes favors him, a major News Organization did not call georgias rates race over. Still outstanding are overseas and military votes that phrase a friday face a friday deadline to arrive by mail. The Atlanta Journalconstitution reporting ballots, norentee was it one of the newly minted democratic suburbs. It was clayton, the south metro county that is the bluest bastion in the state that provided the decisive votes. Were presented by john lewis, the late civil rights icon, who was one of the most vocal critics of President Trump. There is more to that story. Theis available to you at Atlanta Journalconstitution. If you go to the front pages of wall street journal, it highlights not only the events taking place in georgia with joe biden taking the lead there, but also t
Organization, talks about the biotech industry and how it is helping to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Also the fulcrum editorinchief David Hawkings joins us to discuss how the results of the november election will influence the next congress. Host good morning, everyone. As coronavirus cases spike across the country, governors are putting in place new restrictions on businesses and gatherings. As decisions, president elect biden yesterday called on congress to act on more Economic Relief for americans. They have 14 days. Do you agree or disagree . If you are unemployed, dial in at 202 7488000. If you are a Small Business owner or employee, 202 7488001. If you are an essential worker, 202 7488002. All others, call us at 202 7488003. You can also text us at that same number or go to twitter cspanwj and post your comments on facebook. Com cspan. The Associated Press headline this morning pandemic politics lead bc in gridlock. D. C. In gridlock as the virus searches. Wants nancy pelosi
Today we are going to start a week of starting specifically prof. Curry today we are going to start a week of starting specifically about the Electoral College, what it is, how it works, why its important, why most political scholars hate the Electoral College. With the book, hopefully you have read most of that if not all of it, you get an argument against the Electoral College but its a useful book because , he lays out all of the common arguments for it as well, which i think is helpful for allowing each person to make up their own mind about what they think about this institution generally speaking. I do a whole week on this one because its how we elect the president , but very few americans understand the process. If you take a course in the american presidency, you should probably walk away understanding how this process works. But also because its really important in how it structures how elections turnout. Just like how we started our discussions of president ial nominations by