Reaction to the Government Shutdown. Democrats 202 7488000. Republicans 202 7488001. Independents 202 7488002. Democrats 202 7488000. Worker we a federal want to hear from you as well at 202 7488003. Worker we want to hear from you as wellses on facebook. Thank you for being with us on what is likely to be a busy day determining whether or not the house and senate resolve differences or the Government Shutdown moves into the work week. Of the the front page Washington Post. Besides cast bitter blame over the shutdown impact impasse. The country is sick of shutdown games. From one budget crisis to another is getting tiresome. Americans barely flinch anymore at the dire warnings of what might happen to them should the federal behemoth run out of cash. It was not supposed to work this way writes the detroit news. Decisions about how to spend taxpayer dollars should not be made in a panic as the clock ticks down to a to Government Shutdown. The process of debating and putting in place of f
Movements so its the same set for more political violence. On germanys would be governing Coalition Partners hammer out a deal to allow refugees to bring family members to join the. Welcome to the Program Later today u. S. President donald trump will deliver his first state of the Union Address laying out his governments agenda for the year so lets have a look at two of the key issues hes likely to address on trade its americas First American first during his speech at the World Economic forum in davos mr trump repeated his Election Campaign pledge that the American Economy was his top priority and that the country was open for business but America First does not mean america alone when the United States grows so does the world. Immigration and the future of the socalled dreamers will be the other key issue the president s a suggested that hes open to protecting the seven hundred thousand children of undocumented migrants who live in the u. S. Illegally in return he wants senate to app
You can read more on the ap website. The president of the United States. President donald trump gives his first state of the Union Address. Of thespan for a preview evening serving at 8 00 eastern and state of the union speech live at 9 p. M. And following the speech, we will hear reaction and comments from members of congress. President trumps state of the Union Address tuesday night live on cspan. Listen live with the cspan radio app. And listen live on your device or tablet. Automotive Innovation Companies talk about the opportunities and challenges with self driving an electric vehicle technology. Safety concerns and the potential impact of federal regulations. Committee commerce held the field hearing at the side of the washington auto show. Good morning. Of leadingprivileges a committee with a jurisdiction as broad as that is the commerce committee, work takes us off capitol hill and into the real world. In recent years, weve held hearings in nebraska florida and south dakota. We
Let me try to call this full have stored or, if i may. Welcome to brookings. My name is bill gholston , senior fellow here in governance studies. Thanks so much for coming and welcome also to the people who are watching this event live on cspan. Todays topic is the past, the present and possible future of the u. S. Senate. The location of this discussion is the publication of ira shapiros second book on the senate. This one entitled broken can the senate save itself and the country those of you who read his first book on the senates will know how passionately he reveres the senate as an institution and will not be surprised to learn how distressed he is by what he describes as its precipitous decline. This topic could not be more timely. We are just days from the expiration of yet another shortterm continuing budget resolution and perhaps even more pertinently from a promised open Senate Debate on Us Immigration policy. Will the promise be kept . And if it is, will todays senate be up
Autonomous vehicle company. This hearing is just over two hours. At emerging innovations in Automotive Industry. This is about two hours. Good morning. One of the privileges of leading a committee with a jurisdiction as broad of that as the commerce committee, sometimes our work takes us off capitol hill and into the real world. In recent years we have held many. While we have not traveled quite herer today, what we are to discuss is no less important. Welcomethat will soon all people interested in the automobile. Generatesbile trillions of dollars, supporting 7 million jobs across all 50 states. This industry is not standing still. It is hard to believe, but the Auto Industry spends more on research than that airs aerospace industries. New technologies such as Automated Vehicles and new Business Models offering mobility as a service are poised to enable substantial growth. Key benefits include improved safety, new jobs, new transportation opportunities and reduced congestion. Automate