word. tonight the biden campaign calls out trump s comments on race. new tensions with israel. the fallout from benjamin netanyahu video slamming the biden administration. louisiana has a new law. the 10 commandments must be posted in all school classrooms. the constitutional showdown on this wednesday night. good evening, once again. we are now 139 days away from the election. today marks 159 years since the last black slaves were given their freedom in texas. a day recognized as juneteenth and millions of americans from coast to coast celebrate. this is the fourth year that juneteenth has been designated a federal holiday. president biden signed into law in 2021. his campaign is out with a new powerful added. this juneteenth, we salute those who built this country. those who sacrificed, suffered, and refused to be defined by pain or silenced by oppression. we celebrate freedom. freedom to live, breathe, play, choose, marry, vote. with joe biden and kamala harris,
Can the senate save itself and the country . He spoke at the brooking institute. Let me try to call this full house to order, if i may. Welcome to brookings. My name is bill gallston. Im a senior fellow in governance studies. Thank you 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 occasion 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 oh you who read his first book on the senate 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
Mr. Galston let me try to call this full house to order, if i may. Welcome to brookings. My name is bill galston, senior fellow 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 occasion of this discussion is the publication of ira shapiros second book on the senate, this is entitled, broken can the senate save itself and the country . Those of you that read his first book on the senate 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 another short term continuing budget resolution, and perhaps even more pertinently from a promised open Senate Debate on u. S. Immigration policy. Will the promise be kept . And if it is, will todays sena
President trump held a meeting with members of congress to discuss trade policies. The discussion centered around the president s goal of ensuring fair and reciprocal trade policies that benefit American Workers and grow the economy. This meeting from the white house cabinet room is 50 minutes. Theyre on our side. They just cant say it. Okay, thank you very much, im delighted to welcome both republicans and democrats, nice sound. Isnt that a nice sound . And we wont be discussing daca. But theres plenty of discussion going on right now about daca from both the house and the senate. To the white house, were here today to discuss a matter of violation importance to our nations economy, and security, and ive been discussing it for years, and certainly discussed it in great detail on the campaign trail. Thats americas aluminum and Steel Industries and many other industries where we are taken advantage of by other countries. I alluded to it yesterday too. Last year i directed the secretary