There is not domestic you. Thank you so much. Right behind you. I noticed mr. Ornsteins pantheon of views that are still in congress favor mr. Lugar will be in a few. It seems once they are on their way out or out the door, they say all the right things. When they are continuing to run, Olympia Snowe is another great example. What would you suggest we do as a public for others do to encourage politicians in office to the right thing because the right thing to do . Tom, you can start. Im curious because he done so much work and then whatever you want to say before. And then i guess, are we closer pass the time . I usually go over. We have many fascinating questions pending, most of which havent been answered. Let me try to run through a couple of them. The conservative wayne is now the party. Its been embraced by the party. Its agenda has been embraced by the leadership. The chairman of the Budget Committee, paul ryan, very able member is the archetype of that agenda, which should make
So my story about Strom Thurmond begins, its late july, 1992, and im on a flight from washington, d. C. To charlotte, North Carolina. I had been an intern that summer up on capitol hill, and one of my regrets of the summer was that id never seen Strom Thurmond. Because all my fellow interns said youve got to see Strom Thurmond. He such an unusual appearance about him. I did know what they meant really your but i had my suspicions. So im on the flight and a look ahead in front of me and i see a man whos got kind of orange colored hair practically, so brightly colored. First generation hair plugs. Shows you how slow i am that i think to myself, that must be what Strom Thurmonds head looks like. Then, of course, it wasnt Strom Thurmond. I knew that when people reaching over trying to shake his hand. I wanted to shake his hand, too, because id been in d. C. That summer for the first time, and i met all of these politicians ive seen a tv. I was about to go home and speak to my dads rotary c
That is true. He was the godfather for a whole new generation of 12 lawyers. And also tony of course went on to defend them and other things, when they were subjected to one police raid after the next. [inaudible] thats a good testament to tonys skills. And by the way, thats michael adjusted up, another great hero from seven cisco. A great photographer. Michael s. Bennett longtime photographer for the 49ers went back to the first days with joe walsh and montana. Made were beginning to see them again. So thank you, michael. [applause] i think we have time for a couple more. I just wanted to follow up on michels story about, michels companion and a group of lawyers. Michels companion terence hallahan organized most of the freedom riders, and i would come home at night. I had never heard anything like that and that was the first time i got the idea of segregated health care, and we would go over to their office at and there was vincent. Also willie brown. So one of the many positive thing
Here are the numbers to call you can also find us online. Send us a tweet. Or join the conversation on facebook. You can also email us. The Washington Times has this headline and in the Washington Post we would like to hear what you think about this bill. We will be digging into it more, going over some of the details. If to give us some perspective is pete, a staff writer with the the hill newspaper. Thanks for being with us. Guest hi. Host they talk about the House Republicans balked at first. What was the Sticking Point . Guest you used to just have to keep taxes low. But with the debt creeping up more and more, it is increasingly coming to play in our republicans think. When they first look at the deal yesterday the senate passed, theyre looking at it when the cbo scores came out and the source said this is a bunch of new debt because we are letting people off the hook on texas and a little bit of spending cuts and that is not what they wanted and it is not the balance to deal they
Bob, lets begin with opening day at noon. Guest there was controversy couple years ago, a couple members in the house did not realize when they would do the swearing in. They were by a Television Screen and thought they could get sworn in that way. That will not happen again. They will get sworn in. A first vote they will have is for the house speaker. House republicans have chosen john boehner and the the democrats have chosen nancy pelosi. Thats the first order of business. There is some drama expected. Yes. And there had been speculation of republicans going after john boehner. He has been weakened over the past couple months. That is not going to happen. We have been talking to members sandy will be reelected as speaker. Big difference between two years ago when it came in. He was elected unanimously by House Republicans for speaker. This time there will be at least one but we are expecting a few defections. We dont know who they will vote for. They have to vote for a person. They