Your thoughts on whether Mick Mulvaney might not be the acting chief of staff. Guest i would not bet the farm on it, but i would bet several acres. It would be easy for the president to move Mick Mulvaney back to the position he actually holds which is director of the office of management and budget. He is acting chief of staff and the president has said, he likes acting. if that were the case, it would be easy for him to move mr. Mulvaney back to his fulltime job and mr. Meadows over to the job. He makes little secret of savoring chief of staff. Given the close relationship between the north carolinian and the president , he will not be acting anything. Relationship the between Mick Mulvaney and the president from what you can tell . Guest it is more like a Vice President of a Major Company with the ceo. Administers a lot of things, but the president make the final decision. Not be a strong chief of staff in the sense james baker was toes Ronald Reagan, the Gold Standard for chief of
And we are live on capitol hill, standing by for a discussion to get under way about political civility and bipartisanship with a series of lawmakers. It is the snacks and cocktails portion of the event hosted by georgetown. Well have live coverage when it gets under way here on cspan3. So were waiting for the discussion on political civility to get under way. A group of lawmakers coming by here on capitol hill, this just a day before President Trump is set to give his first state of the Union Address before a joint session of congress. Our state of the Union Coverage begins tomorrow night at 8 00 eastern with a preview. Well follow that with the president s speech at 9 00 and then get your reaction on the phone afterwards. All live on cspan. T also can watch at cspan. Org or listen on the free radio app. Earlier today we got a chance to preview his address from kellyanne conway. Lets take a look at what she had to say while we wait for this event to get started. Thank you for being he
Thank you all for coming, we are delighted to have you with us. Fromme is john carrr Georgetown University. Grateful to them for their help, the friends at the democracy department, who support our efforts at evil dialogue, at a time when it is more important than ever. We do large dialogues at the georgetown, and it would mention a couple of those at the end. Ido some convenient ones, probably the most important thing that we do, is reach out to Young Leaders here in washington. It is my experience, i am very old, as i am told by my children all the time my experience is that a lot of Young Leaders come to washington, many of them motivated to their faith. But they get pulled into the wars. The great temptation in washington is not corruption, i think, it is in this is in. Especially, it is cynicism. Thiswe are, i day before rate of the union, which is which is of the union, as close as you get to american liturgy. I am catholic. There is the entrance experience, a stand, they said, t
Director of initiative on catholic social night at Georgetown University. We are very grateful to the Chaplains Office for their help and our friends at the Democracy Fund who support our efforts at civil dialogue at a time when it is more important than ever. Atl dialogue, at a time when it is more important than ever. We do large dialogues at the georgetown, and it would mention a couple of those at the end. Ido some convenient ones, probably the most important thing that we do, is reach out to Young Leaders here in washington. It is my experience, i am very old, as i am told by my children all the time my experience is that a lot of Young Leaders come to washington, many of them motivated to their faith. But they get pulled into the wars. The great temptation in washington is not corruption, i think, it is in this is in. Especially, it is cynicism. Thiswe are, i day before rate of the union, which is which is of the union, as close as you get to american liturgy. I am catholic. Ther
The numbers are on the screen. A very good morning on a snowy tuesday morning. Headlines about the congress in papers here in washington and around the country. Here in the Washington Times mcconnell letting to take the helm of the senate is the headline there. The starledger, what to expect from a new congress, including health care, invigoration immigration and border. And another headline the crop of young outsiders remakes the face of congress. In the u. S. House, 246 republicans, 188 democrats and one vacancy. That one vacancy, of course, republican my Republican Congressman Michael Grimm of new york who submitted his resignation after a guilty plea in a tax evasion case. Still, republicans start the year with 240 six republicans, the largest gop House Majority 246 republicans, the largest gop House Majority since 1946. The senate makes up 36 states having both from the same party 21 with two republicans and 15 with two democrats. There are also 53 former house members as members