Us journal cspan. Org. We want to show you what the speaker of the house had to say yesterday talking to reporters about the options that republicans have on immigration. Host . Host this is a serious breach of constitution, to our system of government. Frankly, we have limited options, limited abilities to deal with it directly. But thats why we are continuing to talk to our members. We have not made decisions about how we are going to proceed. Host speaker of the house speaking about the occasions they have. Joining us is mike willis, a staff writer with the hill newspaper. Mike, what is the plan right now . Caller he said he hasnt decided on anything concrete. The thing they are leaning towards is a twostep process, and it would be two separate bills. The first would address the immigration executive order directly. This is a conservative bill that would basically say it could exempt people from deportation. Host thats a symbolic measure because the senate is controlled by the democ
Political points might not be as critical as it has been. As the political Balance Sheet begins to shift may be ever so gradually in favor of other things than scoring political points, it might even go in the direction of showing that you can govern or get things done. In effect, in this formulation compromise and consensus building can become on some issues political benefits for the Majority Party and maybe for more than that. I will stop right there. I just want to say that i thank you again for the opportunity to the bpc and the political scientists in the Washington Area to talk about the print. We appreciate the publicity that it is getting at events like this. John great. We are going to stay here in our chairs. I will turn to sarah binder. They have comments about the print. Colleen and john noted that it has 29 essays. They are going to go through them one by 1 no. [laughter] they are not going to go through them. They will pick topics of interest. We have it well set up to h
Own question. There is pressure on the side of the hill. You can suggest that members see the causal link going in the other direction, the reason i get elected is because i have a war chest. And that is one way to combat it. It is the sign of the times when the word primaries becomes ever. I might get primary did. Pimrimaried. Before they are freshmen, they sign a leadership pact. Why . Because members are getting dubbed a certain amount depending on their role on the committees and so on. This is increasing pressures for raising more and more money. One more implication of the nationalization of Congressional Election that john referred to is that it is harder for members and income when they vote for members in the apposite party. When you look at it over time, it is a fairly unremarked upon trend. What grew substantially into the 50s and 60s is basically down to what it was before the increase. There is still a small income and see advantage but it is much smaller they are in it us
The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Almighty god of the universe, we give you thanks for giving us another day. We pray for the gift of wisdom to all with great responsibility in this house, for the leadership of our nation. May all the members have the vision of a nation where respect and understanding are the marks of civility and where honor and integrity are the marks of ones character. As members take time in the coming week for constituency visits, give them the ability to hear the voices of all in their districts, even those with whom they disagree. This is difficult to do so endow them with patience and a discerning ear. Bless us this day and every day and may all that is done within these hallows halls be for your greater honor and glory. Amen. These hallowed halls be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and anno
Sfwloosh we love having you here. We like fireworks. Im not promising were going to have any today. You have just written a new afterward. As i read that which is really a history of where weve come since the book came out about a year ago, i sense that you seem a little more agitated a little more disturbed, a little more angry. Is that fair . No i dont think i feel more angry. I feel you know i feel like ive seen this movie before. The response to the book was very similar to the response to money ball, i had this main character who was a disrupter in his industry who was holding up a mirror in the industry and the picture that he revealed wasnt flattering. There was a lot of anger in response to the book. Thats naturally agitating. You cant really thats true. It is agitating to me in the middle of a firestorm, but i basically have been pleased with how the book has been received. I mean i like to the extent its been read as opposed to been just a totem for controversy, people have s