The director of the john w hosted the experience of inflated african muslims in the 19th century, and Supreme Court decisions on religious issues after world war ii. The library of congress hosted this event. Study anotherg to that hasublic debate roiled the republic since its earliest days, how religion touches our daily life in washington and around the country. It wasnt that much noted in the media this morning as they were rushing to cover Todays Health Care vote, but its also a day in which President Trump is asking for or issuing an executive order that will relax the socalled johnson amendment, which was a law passed by Lyndon Johnson in 1964 prohibiting religious organizations from overt political activity for fear of tax consequences. That is also changing today. Day night was the National Today is the national day of prayer at the white house. Last night President Trump met with his evangelical advisory board. That is a group of people who only a year ago were not very happy
Campaign committee. She joined the organizations executive director to talk about the democrats strategy of winning house seats in the 2020 elections. Hosted by the american universitys women and Politics Institute this is just under an , hour. Betsy we are delighted to have with us this evening congresswoman cheri bustos of , illinois. She is currently the chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Congresswoman cheri bustos of illinois. She is currently the chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. She has served four years in the house and in her previous life, she spent nearly two decades working as a journalist. With18, she was reelected the largest victory for any democrat from a district which trump won in 2016. We are delighted she is with us. Thelso have lucinda guinn, executive director of the d triple c since september of 2019. She is the first latina to hold that position. Previously, she was Vice President of campaigns at emilys lis
Betsy we are delighted to have congresswoman cheri bustos of illinois. She is currently the chairwoman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. She has served four years in the house and in her previous life, she spent nearly two decades working as a journalist. With18, she was reelected the largest victory for any democrat from a district which trump won in 2016. We are delighted she is with us. Thelso have lucinda guinn, executive director of the d triple c since september of 2019. She is the first latina to hold that position. Previously, she was Vice President of campaigns at emilys list. And she worked at the dnc, so she has now come full circle. Were going to talk about their efforts to expand their House Majority and build on the success we all saw in 2018, year of the woman. They will give us the landscape, how it looks now, then i want to go through some of the Democratic Women to watch in the districts they are targeting. The bottom of your screen, you will see a a
We are delighted she is with us. Thelso have lucinda guinn, executive director of the d triple c since september of 2019. She is the first latina to hold that position. Previously, she was Vice President of campaigns at emilys list. And she worked at the dnc, so she has now come full circle. Were going to talk about their efforts to expand their House Majority and build on the success we all saw in 2018, year of the woman. They will give us the landscape, how it looks now, then i want to go through some of the Democratic Women to watch in the districts they are targeting. The bottom of your screen, you will see a ask a question send a so feel free to question. It is always my favorite part of the evening. So we hope you fill that out and ask a question. If you want to watch any of this then, the replay will be on website. With that, welcome. Thank you for being here. Thanks for having us. Betsy congresswoman, the red to blue program, can you give us a sense of what that is and why it i
Sentenced to seven to nine years in prison for lying to congress. Then today, the department of justice issued a statement calling for much less prison time for stone and trump said that he had the department what to do. Then all four prosecutors in the stone case resigned in protest and then, trump called for the military to pursue legal action against Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman for testifying against him in the impeachment trial. And Senate Republicans blocked three bills to prevent foreign interference in our elections. And Lindsey Graham and don junior showed up on fox news in matching trump merch. [ light laughter ] i guess what im telling you is, by this time tomorrow we might be a cooking show. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause multiple federal prosecutors resigned today after the Justice Department announced plans to reduce their sentencing recommendation for former trump adviser roger stone. Pretty unsurprising for someone who looks like the get out of jail free car