The senate signed off saturday night and President Joe Biden signed the bill into law. I Government Shutdown has been a very day. At least until midnovember. Today we want to hear your reaction to the news. If you are a republican, call us at 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. If you are a federal worker who want you to call in at 202 7488003. You can use that same number to send us a text message. Include your name and where you live. Again, that is 202 7488003. You can find us on facebook. Com cspan and on x and instagram at cspan wj. Were going to be talking this morning about the averted Government Shutdown and we want to hear your reaction. After the votes were counted Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer the democrat from new york gave remarks praising the bipartisan nature of the agreement that was reached but he also criticize maga republicans. [video clip] it is been a day full of twists and turns but americans can breathe a sigh of relief. There w
The next Government Shutdown may be less than 48 hours away. The u. S. Senate has figured out a shortterm solution that wont pass the republicanled house. The ball is in speaker Kevin Mccarthys court but a significant number of his members seem to be making the rules. Good morning, it is friday, september 29, 2023. Welcome to washington journal. We will continue our conversation about the looming Government Shutdown, to days until the end of the budget year. You can call in, democrats, 202 7488000, republicans 202 7488001, independents 202 7488002 and if youre a federal worker, 202 7488003 use that line if you want to send us a text as well. We are also on facebook and we will look for your comments and we are on x an instagram at cspan wj. We thought we would have a two hour show because the house was going to go into session at 9 00 a. M. Eastern but they are not. The House Rules Committee is meeting this morning at 8 00 because there is a new stopgap measure, continuing resolution a
We also found that we shared a common passion for history. Im very pleased to introduce Candice Mallard to you today. Im a longtime fan of her work. I think what distinguishes her work from the work of other popular historians is her rare ability to engender suspense, despite the readers foreknowledge of the outcome. I speak from experience. When i read her first book, the river of doubt, i spent a lot of time worrying about how Teddy Roosevelt would get out of that brazilian jungle, even though i knew he would. I was listening to the book as i was driving the washington beltway, so it was always a race to see who would get to the exit first, teddy or me. I kept hoping that james a. Garfield would somehow survive the ineptitude of his doctors, even though i knew he would. Im well into her latest book, hero of the empire, the boro war, daring escape and the making of Winston Churchill. And i can tell you im very on the edge of my seat, wondering if Winston Churchill is going to make it
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[ applause ] thank you. Our next speaker and i accidently sat next to each other at lunch and discovered we have something in common. Were both fast eaters. We also found that we shared a common passion for history. Im very pleased to introduce Candice Mallard to you today. Im a longtime fan of her work. I think what distinguishes her work from the work of other popular historians is her rare ability to engender suspense, despite the readers foreknowledge of the outcome. I speak from experience. When i read her first book, the river of doubt, i spent a lot of time worrying about how Teddy Roosevelt would get out of that brazilian jungle, even though i knew he would. I was listening to the book as i was driving the washington beltway, so it was always a race to see who would get to the exit first, teddy or me. I kept hoping that james a. Garfield would somehow survive the ineptitude of his doctors, even though i knew he would. Im well into her latest book, hero of the empire, the boro w