Republican leader comments on the 2014 Midterm Elections. House democrats present their economic agenda. Then the House Rules Committee considers a lawsuit against president obama. On the next washington journal, immigration and the influx of unaccompanied children from Central American with two members of congress, Iowa Republican steve king and Texas Democrat Eddie Bernice johnson. Washington journal live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. We are here at Salisbury House in des moines, iowa. Its a home that was built by karl and edith weeks in the 1920s. He was a man of many and varied interests. Nonone of the most notable are his amazing collections in terms of artwork, sculpture, the Library Collection is an amazing collection of rare limited First Edition works. Its incredible. He collected the books that he collected not only because they are important historical works but also because he believes that books themselves were works beyondand had a worse the words on a page. He collecte
Suggests that 50 of these children may need some form of protective service. That is an International Responsibility of the United States responsibility the United States also has to be mindful. Let me address with the chairman raised initially. The president is asking for 3. 7 billion. 3. 4 billion is dealing with the consequences of a failed policy within the native countries. Instabilityy means that is not safe for families and children therefore they are putting their unaccompanied children at risk by transit to the United States. 300 million is being used for dealing with the causes. We have programs in these countries. We have the Millennium Challenge Corporation that is operating in honduras and el salvador. We have partnership for growth operating in el salvador. We have the Central America Regional Security initiative. We have programs that were intended to deal with some of these issues. To me, the most Successful Program that was initiated to deal with a global problem that
Colorful pictures bio twitter handles and a district maps a look at congressional committees the president s cabinet, federal agencies and state governments. It is 13. 95 plus shipping and handling through the online store. Next, West Virginia senator joe manchin talks about improving government. This is brought to you by the Brookings Institute. It runs 50 minutes. Sglp good afternoon i am a fellow at the center for effective Public Management and managing editor of the fix gov blog. I would like to welcome you to the Brookings Institute and todays event. I would like to thank cspan for being here and invite everyone watching to follow along on social media. It is no secret the American Government is in a problem of dysfunction. Gridlock crippled the Institutions Trust in government plummeted and instead of getting answers, all we are getting is more problems. Too often we adapt to a dysfunctional system rather than work in a way to reform it. That is a serious problem. It results in
Including all political and social actors, who today disagree. We trust that all of the parties in ukraine will refrain from unilateral action that could hamper dialogue or remove the opportunity for a peaceful solution. We believe that it is all up to the ukrainians to decide their internal affairs. It is not for the Security Council to define this situation. Our responsibility is to maintain International Peace and security. We then hope that all countries will respect the principle of noninterference and and internal affairs. And the commitment to act strictly in compliance with International Law and the United Nations charter, with the goal of achieving a peaceful solution in this country. Thank you. I think the representative of argentina. And now give the floor to the representative of australia. Thank you, madam president. Australia is seriously disturbed that the draft resolution before us has been vetoed. Its purpose was to reaffirm the fundamental principles and norms governi
It was earlier this week that president obama announced that he wants to see changes that would expand the number of workers who can receive overtime pay. Some say the move will cause job losses. What do you think about the proposal to expand overtime echo you can weigh in on one of three lines. Social media available to you as well. You can tweak us or send us your thoughts on facebook. Or send ustweet us your thoughts on facebook. This edition at the white house. President Obama Meeting in front of workers, especially those who are managers, to talk about the topic of overtime pay. Heres a bit of what he had to say about the addition. Directing my secretary of labor to restore the commonsense principle behind overtime. Toyou go above and beyond help your employer and your economy succeed, you should share a little bit in that success. This will make a real difference in the lives of millions of americans from managers and fast food retail to office workers, cargo inspectors we will d