But the organization of american states is calling for a new election, and the Opposition Party is calling for nationwide protests today. Well go to tegucigalpa to speak withth the spokesperson of the alliance against thehe dictatorship. Then to President Trumps tax plan. Pres. Trump this is going to be one of the great gifts to ththe middle income people of this country that theyve ever gotten for christmas. Amy a Christmas Gift for the middle class or for President Trumps family and the lawmakers whose votes he was courting . Well look at how tennessee senator bob corkers abruptly changed his mind and announced his support for trumps tax plan after the addition of a lastminute provision that would personally enrich him. Then after the fcc votes to repeal the landmark Net Neutrality rules, what is next in the fight for a free and open internet . All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The republicancontrolle
Well go to tegucigalpa to speak with the spokesperson of the alliance against the dictatorship. Then to President Trumps tax plan. Pres. Trump this is going to be one of the great gifts to the middle income people of this country that theyve ever gotten for christmas. Amy a Christmas Gift for the middle class or for President Trumps family and the lawmakers whose votes he was courting . Well look at how tennessee senator bob corkers abruptly changed his mind and announced his support for trumps tax plan after the addition of a lastminute provision that would personally enrich him. Then after the fcc votes to repeal the landmark Net Neutrality rules, what is next in the fight for a free and open internet . All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Republicancontrolled Congress is poised to pass a massive rewrite of the u. S. Tax code after Tennessee Republican senator bob corker abruptly reversed his positio
I tell stories about it so it will at least entice them to read the first page. Once they start reading it and i did you read this and they say they did the pros that the used in the wording prose that they used in the wording is phenomenal. People appreciate that. What you start reading the constitution or the declaration of independence come it is pretty cool. Host representative ralph laurenwrence of louisiana. Thank you. Rep. Abraham thank you. Since coming to washington, d. C. Representative Brenda Lawrence host before you came to the house, you spent a long career working in the federal government. What kind of work did you do . What perspective dating if you on this what perspective did it give you on this . Rep. Lawrence a postal worker came in and was a letter carrier. I worked my way up to management. I retired not retard, then transitioned from management not retired then transitioned from management to work for my community. Host what respective data give you on how governm
Those documents more frequently . What i do is when im in district i was there last weekend and i was talking to a large group of church people, i handed constitutions out an declaration of independence out when i go to talk to any educational groups especially young students, theyre going to get a copy of the constitution an theyre going to get a copy of the declaration of independence. Andity tell stories about so that it will at least entice them to open that first page and once they start reading when i go back and say hey, did you actually read this . And they say they did. The verbiage that was used in those days is unlike any that weve seen in these days. The pros that they use texas wording the way they put the words together was just phenomenal. People still recognize and pressure that. Once they start reading the constitution or especially the declaration of independence which is such a wonderful document theyre pretty well hooked. Congress ralph abraham, from the louisiana F
Time with my constituents. When i leave here, i get on the plane, travel home, get off the plate and go right into district work. People say when you go home, you relax. That is not the case. Host how did you first make your way around the hill . How did you find out where to go . The whole orientation. i think rep. Lawrence i think that the Administration Committee did an amazing job with orientation. What they did that was so profound was that they included your spouse. Get a sense ofld what your world would be like. It was two weeks of going to all of our orientation except for security briefings, they were included in ethics, going on the floor to see where we would be sitting. What we would be doing. That was important. The other thing is that you got lost a lot. This is a massive building with tunnels that will take you places you have never heard of. Staffe Start Building i know how to get to the floor to vote and to the cafeteria. It was trial and error. They kind of laugh as y