I am delighted to welcome you to this afternoons discussion, with the authors of republican populists spiro agnew and the origin of Donald Trumps america. By the sponsored center for the study of democracy in maryland. The center is a joint initiative of the college and the historic st. Marys city, the site of marylands first capital. The centers goal is to promote understanding of democratic values, traditions, and institutions through the exploration of contemporary and historical issues. Ugez, jr. Is the director of the center and joins me here this afternoon. Thank you, tony, for being here. The chair of the department of history here at the college is also with us this afternoon. Our History Department is pretty active, offering many opportunities for research and options for studying abroad. Courses and programs in the Department Help our students develop a deeper understanding of themselves, their culture, and humanity in general. Thank you, charlie, for being here this afternoo
Would make the balkan a debate on executive damnation of the 2020 spending. We taking live to the floor of the senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain of the senate, doctor black, will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal master, we find shelter in your shadow, for you are our refuge and fortress. Lord, we place our trust in you. Rescue our senators from the forces that seek to threaten freedom. Remind our lawmakers that nothing is impossible for you. Be with them this day as they strive to serve you and country. We call on you because you have promised to answer us, so satisfy our longings with your saving power. Lord, use us all to help heal the wounds of a divided nation. We pray in your strong name, amen. The president pro tempore will you join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of americ, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, ind
Momentous or unusual and should be routine around here and unfortunately as you and i have experienced it is not routine and what is not routine is United States senate, the Congress Getting the job done and part of the job is theap appropriation process and outta be something that we do every year on a routine basis in every city council, every county commission every school board in the state of kansas passes a budget and determined to spending the school board of the city council or the county commission. And yet when we come to washington, d. C. Over the years it has become problematic, difficult for us to do one of the basic things of a functioning government. To determine the money to be spent in broad terms into fill in the spaces with what we should do with individual agencies, departments within the budget agreement. So we are here poised for a vote tomorrow, a motion on closure and what that means to folks in kansas, should we begin the proces of debating amending and passing
Unfiltered, which is the way i prefer it. So whoever runs it, whoever is responsible for that, thank you for letting us have access to the facility again. It is terrific. I will talk about some things in d. C. , then get going. The only thing congress has to do year in and year out is fund the government. We do that through the appropriations process. Today is october 7, today is the seventh day of the new fiscal year. We should have gotten all the appropriations work done at least before the end of september, and we didnt. Which is not unusual. Congress usual doesnt get that work done. Fiscal 19, we did get about 70 of the spending plan done before the end of september, which meant that the department of defense, the largest block of spending on the discretionary side, had a full year in order to execute that 700 billionplus budget that theyve got. So this year, because we had well, mechanically the spending process starts with a budget, which is simply an agreement between the house
Representative mike conaway. Dressing the federal deficit, the u. S. Mexico canada trade the agreement and the impeachment inquiry of President Trump. Representative conaway serves as Ranking Member of the Agriculture Committee. He announced in july that in jue seeking reelection. This runs about 45 minutes. Im going to make a few comments like iiformly do. And then it would be up to you to ask questions what it is you want to talk about. Your meeting at that point in time. We found out about the cspan coverage this morning. Apparently you kbup about new a earlier in a week. Fantastic. Im tickled to death they could find santa ana on the map. So its taped. Tha idea, i thithe idea is theye tape back unedited, unfiltered which is the way i like to to happen. Whoever is responsible for that for let us having access to the facility again. Its terrific. Ill talk about some things in d. C. And then get going. The only thing congress has to do year in and year out is fund the government. And