Pollsess pulls poorly poorly and this trend is bipartisan. Democrats and republicans, most assignment a failing grade. Over the past decade, congress has not once approved in Approval Rating over 30 . Congresss 990s, Approval Ratings were in the 40s and the 50s. Today, they are in the teens and 20s. Once thought to be the great repository of americas republican principles, it is now a broken branch. Why has Congress Come to this point . Martha causes . Has anything changed since trumps election and the democratic takeover of the house . Can this state of affairs be changed . To answer this question, we have assembled a distinguished panel of experts on congress with a variety of perspectives and i will introduce them quickly in alphabetical order. I will introduce them all so we can launch into their remarks. Our first speaker is catherine pearson, associate professor of Political Science at the university of minnesota. She worked for several years as an assistant to several members of
You can catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good monday morning to you. We can start calling in as show you President Trump yesterday as he was leaving new jersey on his way back to the white house, he spoke about the impacts of tariffs and the status of the u. S. China trade war. [video clip] nothingfs have caused or in my opinion, very little. We have important prices all the way through july and they are down 1. 8 so the import prices have gone down. China is eating the tariffs because of monetary manipulation and they are pouring a lot of money into their country because they dont want to lose jobs. They are losing they lost over 2 million jobs in a short period of time and they want to make a deal. We will see what happens, but they definitely want to make a deal. Host that was the president on the tarmac headed back to washington, d. C. We will take a look at his twitter page today and let you know what he has
Increase federal spending and raise the governments borrowing limit. First, democratic are presented Brendan Boyle. After that, republican representative dan meuser. Washington journal is next. Good morning. It is washington journal for july 26. We want to hear from democrats only. We are asking this question. Should the House Democrats move forward with an impeachment inquiry against President Trump, especially after Robert Muellers testimony this week . If you still think impeachment should be on the table by House Democrats, 202 7488000. If you are a democrat and say it is time to move on from impeachment into other things, 202 7488001. Post thoughts at our twitter feed and you can also post on facebook. Swalwell of california was involved in the this oped this morning on the nbc news site. It is time for trumps impeachment. It is clear that mueller found multiple instances for trumps actions met all required elements for charging criminal obstruction of justice, including firing ja
Be able to buy and use cannabis onsite. The mayor is saying it is a test run. The first time we are trying Something Like this out and i want to be clear, if it works well, we might do this for other festivals. If it doesnt, we will have second thoughts about issuing permits in the future. They can expect tight restrictions on what they can and cannot bring insight golden gate park. Laying out guidelines for what kind of bag would be allowed in. Clear bags and backpacks. Small bags, fannie packs and purses will be allowed. Parking will be scarce. They are advising fans to use public transportation. We are offering a options including additional , taxi stands and passenger loading it gets underway friday afternoon. Some of the big names is little wayne and blink 182. On saturday the legendary paul simon set to close the show on sunday. In San Francisco, ktvu fox 2 news. The new strategy for taking on the active shooter. The Guardian Program. And ruben reports. Specially trained officers
Friday on cspan2 and cspan. Org or listen with the free cspan radio app. The house will be in order. For 40 years cspan has been providing america unfiltered coverage of congress. The white house. The supreme court. And Public Policy events from washington d. C. And around the country. You can make up your own mind. Created by cable in 1978. Cspan is brought by the local cable or satellite provider. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Next a hearing on Agriculture Research and the status of the implementation of the 2018 farm bill. We hear about relocating parts of the Agriculture Department to the kansas city region. This hearing was held by the Senate Agriculture committee. Good morning. I call this meeting to order. Over two years ago we kicked off the 2018 farm bill, and that whole process was by holding a hearing at Kansas State University of our Land Grant Institution. A few months later there was a hearing in this room. What we heard from the officials representatives fro