On cspan. John we have both candidates on the ballot in our studio tonight, incumbent republican steve daines peered welcome, senator steve daines and democratic governor, Steve Bullock. Welcome to illinois. We appreciate having everyone here in person. We are safely distanced and ready for serious debate. Anna we have a slightly different format. Each candidate will have 90 seconds to answer the question. Afterwards there will be an open discussion period for that topic with a chance for rebuttals, comments and exchanges. We will finish the debate with a 92nd closing statement from each candidate. With thes get set Supreme Court justice confirmation. The justice past saturday, President Trump announcing his nominee, anna kony barrett. Promises to be another contentious process following the ugly scene with the kavaa naugh situation. Possibly term limits for the justices or changing the size of the court itself. Our first question, as montanas senator, would you vote for any changes in
Montana by 20 points in 2016. John good evening and welcome to the Montana Senate debate. I am john twiggs. Anna and i am anna rau. We would like to welcome visitors and viewers viewers joining us nationally on cspan. John we have both candidates on the ballot in our studio tonight. They are incumbent republican steve daines. Senator daines. And democratic governor, Steve Bullock. Welcome to illinois. We appreciate having everyone here in person. But we are safely distanced and ready for a spirited debate. Anna we have a slightly different format. Each candidate will have 90 seconds to answer the question. Afterwards, there will be an open discussion period for that topic with a chance for rebuttals, comments, and exchanges. We will finish the debate with a 90 closing statement from each second candidate. John lets get set with the Supreme Court justice confirmation. Just this past saturday, President Trump announcing his nominee, Amy Coney Barrett. This promises to be another contenti
In Public Service will always come from the contributions of those who served either under my command in the marine corps or on my staff. Our country has heard and will continue to hear from these talented men and women wherever they go and however they choose to serve, and a good number of them have made the trek over here the during a busy workweek to join us today. We did great things during those six years. They continue to show us that they are allstars in a multitude of endeavors, and id be praised if they would stand or wave and be recognized right now. [applause] there have been a lot of things going on in the last couple of days, and im sure im going to be get questions about them, but what im ready like to talk about in my opening remarks is whats going on in our country and what we can do to make things better. And let me begin by stealing a quote by gore vidal, one of the most irascible minds of the postworld war ii era. He once wrote you never know when you are happy, you
Republicans push to get even more conservative bills through and the rsc would be where a lot of those folks are. But all along we heard the senate has been the bottleneck in all of this. So whats the excuse going to be if legislation doesnt pass . I think you heard people say this is harry reids fault and i think youre going to hear that even more. Nothings changed. You still by and large need 60 votes and harry reid still is very good at blocking legislation. And also you have the fact that the house is going to send over conservative pieces of legislation and the new Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is going to have to protect members on votes much like harry reid. You have 24 republicans in the senate up in 2016 and only ten for democrats. As good of a map as it was for republicans this year its a really bad one for republicans in 2016. Well thanks to both of you for your questions this week. Thanks for being on newsmakers. Thank you. Mr. President , the honeymoon is over. Co
That reward companies that stash profits overseas, we can reward companies that invest here in america. We know if we close loopholes that allow the top 1 to avoid paying taxes on their accumulated wealth, we can use that to help middle class families pay for child care and send their kids to college and that will help the entire economy grow. We need a tax code that helps working americans trying to get a leg up in this new economy. And thats what were fighting for. So we dont just talk the walk. We do not just talk the talk, we are walking the walk every day. Im telling you, democrats, we should never worry about fighting for these issues, because they are not only right, the American People stand right beside us on most of those issues. Sometimes that gets lost with all the money thats being spent by outside forces and the distortions and confusion. But when you actually look at the americans do they agree with our policies . Do they think these policies would help them . And when t