Policies. At 9 00, a discussion on the 75th anniversary of the battle with edward and i and owen connor. National museum of the marine corps senior curator. Host good morning. A three hour washington journal is ahead and we will talk about the state of u. S. Manufacturing and take you to the National Museum of the marine corps for the second stop of our museum tour. We begin the question about who should get credit for the state of the u. S. Economy. The current and previous occupants of the oval office claimed credit for the robust u. S. Economy. This morning, we put the question to you. Republicans, the phone number is 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. On can also catch up with us text message. That number, 2027488003. If you send a text, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise on twitter it is cspanwj and on facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good tuesday morning. You can start calling in now. We take you to the headline in usa t
Million manufacturing jobs in the u. S. The trend since the end of the great recession, dating back to the early days of the Obama Administration, has been incredibly positive. Slow but steady. The trend over the last year has been a little less rosy. We have added only about 26,000 manufacturing jobs over the last 12 months. This is in a private sector economy that added about 2 million jobs in the same period. Manufacturing has lagged far behind the rest of the economy. Duringas a 1. 5 year boom the Trump Administration, but that has dissipated. We have been losing manufacturing jobs. Host what do you. 2 for that for that lag . To guest there has been some uncertainty. It has come around as a result of the trade policy. I think it has had some benefits but it is also adding uncertainty to some businesses. They are reluctant to invest and other things are not getting purchased. That has a spiral effect in manufacturing. Gas,ave seen in oil and ironically when the prices go down a litt
206,000 manufacturing jobs over all of the last 12 inmonths. And this is in a private sector economy that has added about 2 million jobs over the same period. So you see thats lagged far behind the rest of the economy. There is about a one and a half year boom during the Trump Administration, but that has dissipated. In over the past few months in particular we have been losing manufacturing jobs. What do you point to for that leg . Thats a great question and there seems to be a couple of trends. There has been some uncertainty that has come around as a result of the trade i policy. I think the trade policy has had some benefits but has also added some uncertainties to businesses. They are reluctant to invest and that means and other things are not getting purchasedur and it has a spiral effect in manufacturing. You have seen an oil and gas, ironically when the prices for oil and gas go down a little bit, that means there is probably reduced employment in the refining and other sectors
2027488000 for democrats 2027 488001 for republicans. 2027488002 for independents. You can also send an email. First story is from the hill, boehner shortterm bill likely to shut down to avoid shutdown. Lawmakers are expected to leave washington midweek for the monthlong august recess, will not return until the tuesday after labor day. That leaves a limited number of days for congress to avoid a Government Shutdown on october 1. It is clear given the number of days we will have in september that we are going to have to do a continuing resolution of some sort, but no decision has been made about that. We will deal with it in september when we come back. Said Speaker Boehner, in the house, lawmakers have passed six out of 12 annual funding measures, and considering the remaining bill is currently stalled due to controversy over display of the confederate flag. That is in the hill. The front page of the Washington Times, the house voted thursday to punish sanctuary cities that shield Ille
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