And academics are part of this discussion hosted by american Political Science association. Routinely congress pulled very portable people as whether they approved of the job it is doing. This trend is bipartisan whether democrats or Republicans Control Congress most people assign it a failing grade. The trend is also a longstandig peer over the past Decade Congress has not once achieved Approval Rating above 30 . It wasnt always this way. During the 1990s congress Approval Rating typically were in the 40s and 50s. Today they hover in the teens and the 20s. Once thought to be the great repository of americas republican Principles Congress is now referred to as a broken branch. Why exactly has Congress Come to this point . What are the causes of the dysfunction . Has anything changed since trumps election and the democratic takeover of the house . Can this longstanding state of affairs be changed . Can congress be reformed, it is so what do we need to do to reform it . To answer these q
160th congress 116th congress. The American Political Science Association hosted this 90 minute event. Association, live coverage here thanks to all of you for coming to hear about whether or not congress is still dysfunctional. A fulle will provide background of whats going on on capitol hill. It is no secret to political scientists, nor to the members of congress or the american people, that congress is a mess. Congress routinely polls poorly and this trend is bipartisan. Republicanscrats or control congress, most assigned us a failing grade. Over the past decade, congress has not once approved in Approval Rating over 30 . During the 1990s, congresss 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 . What are the causes of congresss dysfunction . Has anything changed since trumps election and the democratic takeov
David oconnell examines president ial legacies and what factors contributed to making a president ial term successful. He discusses several rankings of president s over the years, and compares the criteria and results. His class is about an hour and 10 minutes. The brilliance of lincolns words was not recognized at the time. He was not the featured speaker at gettysburg. It was actually Edward Everts from massachusetts, who spoke for 2hours while lincoln waited to give his poignant closing word. Today of course we recognize the getty version address as perhaps the greatest president ial speech in history. The fact that people do not did not see the speech that way at the time points to the fact of lincolns influence was not recognized at the time in general. When the lincoln became president , he had not served in Public Office for 10 years. His selfeducation all that meant was lincoln was looked upon with some degree of condescension. Perhaps not much was expected from his presidency.
President s done over the years, and compares the criteria and results. His class is about an hour and 10 minutes. four scores are fathers said, with those words, there was a battlefield not far from where we sit today. The brilliance of those words is not recognized at the time. In fact lincoln was not the featured speaker at gettysburg. Everett,tually edward a senator from massachusetts who spoke for two hours well lincoln waited to give his closing words. Today we recognize the gettysburg address is perhaps the greatest moment of president ial speech and history. The fact that people did not see the speech that way at the time, lincoln was not the featured speaker points to the fact that lincolns greatness was not recognized at the time in general. We have to remember that when lincoln became president , he had not served in Public Office for 10 years. Of dress, hisyle speaking, his selfeducation, all that meant that lincoln was looked upon with some degree of condescension from the
[general chatter] [laughter] democratic president ial candidate hillary clinton. You can find her remarks in our video library. It look at tweets from some of the republican president ial candidates. Dr. Ben carson said he had a great time at blakes Family Restaurant in manchester, new hampshire. Ted cruz will be in iowa fundraising for the Republican Party appearing with steve king. Today in washington dc, a discussion on oil prices and their impact on racking. That will be hosted by the Atlantic Council. We will have that live at 3 00 eastern time. The u. S. Senate is meeting this afternoon. The house returns tomorrow. We spoke this morning with a capitol Hill Reporter to get a look at the week ahead in congress. Their district work period. What is on tap for today and the rest of the week . Guest a big issue in the senate this week is going to be trade. All eyes are on president obama. One of his Top Priorities for a second term is to get some of these International Trade deals done