However, Christopher Demuth has, during his years for working for two Republican White House is and as president s of the American Enterprise institute, is probably this towns leading expert on regulation and on regulatory reform. Not only why regulation happens, but also the ways in which it has encroached upon aspects of american culture, society, and government in ways that are not entirely desirable, and what to do about that. Im glad to ask him and see if this is the thought process involved. At a certain point, watching the steady growth of regulation in american government, i suspect that my colleague asked why is this happening . And part of the answer was what congress ought to be doing and is not, and that is going to be the starting point for us to understand what it is a restoring the Constitutional Congress is about and what might colleague has to say about that particular topic. Im going to sit down. Let me start by saying to those who were coming to the christmas party,
The baran and burns nominations. If there is no further business to come before the senate, i ask that it adjourn under the previous order. The presiding officer the the presiding officer the earlier today the senate voted down a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment that would grant congress the ability to place limits on Campaign Contributions in federal elections. That vote 5442, 60 votes were needed. The chamber uprooting of other president s executive nominations and work continues today and will on monday and the paycheck fairness act with votes over 5 30 p. M. That would measure equal pay for similar work for men and women. Watch live Senate Coverage on cspan2. We take you live to iowa for a debate in the states third Congressional District between democrats, courtesy of our publipublic tv. That gets underway at 8 p. M. Eastern here on cspan2. Both candidates have been releasing a number of tv ads over the past several weeks. Heres a look. When Republican Tea Party bro
On a free video app cspan now or online at cspan network. A discussion on u. S. Policy regarding countries that dilate religious freedoms the u. S. Commission on International Religious freedom recommend the state department designate countries like china, afghanistan, pakistan, saudi arabia and nigeria and put them on the Department Special watch list. This is one hour. Dwight good afternoon and welcome everyone to the u. S. Commissions briefing called the impact on International Religious freedom. My name is Dwight Bashir and im the director of outreach and policy at the commission. And i know many of you are looking forward to i know many of you are looking forward to this weeks summit which is officially getting underway this morning. We have with us the cochair of the summits congressional advocacy. I want to invite him for just a minute to say a few words. [applause]oo good afternoon, everyone. This is an amazing event. On behalf of the International Religious Freedom Summit on t
Provided the public let alone the full senate with any information about the rules he intends to propose. We do know he does not want any guarantee of witnesses and multiple sources tell cnn he is weighing limiting the number of days for opening arguments. Overnight Chuck Schumer warned he might use procedural moves. It was exactly three years ago today the president was inaugurated swearing to protect and defend the constitution. At issue before the senate now is whether he has broken that promise. The white house has until noon today to file a legal brief outlining why they believe President Trump should be acquitted. Although we have seen the first glimpse of that defense. The president s legal team arguing he never should have been impeached in the first place because his conduct over ukraine is not criminal. Democrats rejecting that position arguing the president is a threat to national security. Joining us now, anna palmer, senior washington anchor, and Laura Jarrett and charlie
Russias president Vladimir Putin and kim jongun. President trump admitted during an hourlong phone call he did not bring up russian meddling in the 2020 elections. Overnight kim test fired a newspaper of weapons over the sea of japan. They downplayed the significance of the test, south korea urging the u. S. To respond with caution. First, our nbc correspondent in asia Janice Mackey frar is joining us from seoul. What are you hearing about the weapons test and reaction from the allies . This move by north korea certainly raises the level of uncertainty here as talks with the u. S. Has stalled and lines of communication with pyongyang have apparently gone silent. South korean officials confirm for nbc news that several shortrange projectiles were fired. They traveled about 120 Miles Landing between the sea of japan and north korea. The message that appears to be being sent here by kim jongun is perhaps hes looking at lifting the moratorium that he announced in 2017 when he said that he