Lee of california on the 2020 spending package being worked and by the house. As always we take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. The federal deficit jumps 207 billion in may. Those on Social Security face a 20 cut in benefits unless Congress Acts and lawmakers face a deadline to avoid mandatory cuts across the board. Is thursday, june 13 and spending season is upon us. This morning, your chance to tell washington how you want them to spend taxpayer dollars. Republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. You can go to twitter at cspanwj or join the conversation on facebook on facebook. Com cspan. We will get to your calls in just a minute. How do you want lawmakers in washington to spend these federal dollars . What are your priorities . Take a look at the drudge report, the banner headline federal spending sword. Wall street journal with similar headline. U. S. Budget deficit grew 39 in the firs
Topic, fostering bipartisanship in intelligence oversight. We have a senior fellow at the center for National American security. And a former National Security lawyer within the doj from 20002010. The bush and obama administrations. Really, the poster children or lawmakers for bipartisanship on an Intelligence Committee, congressman Rupert Berger from maryland is district and includes the National Security agency. And former congressman and the chairman of the house Intelligence Committee, mike rogers. All of you know mike and dutch. Mike and dutch served on the committee as chairman and in ranking from 20112015. And mike and 2016. So we will start this is just a very timely topic at such a remarkable moment marked by intense partisanship, including even in National Security, which is an area that has traditionally been impervious to party affiliation. And the bipartisanship, we know it is not necessarily always mean everybody will always agree and lets agree all the time, but there ar