We have genuine debate taking over. We have politics there and other policies. Over the past decade or two, the most conservative candidates have come from kansas. Kansas voting patterns trend republican. In truth they lean republican. I was a victim of that myself. People forget that in 1978, a democratic speaker of the house defeated a republican and combatant. Incumbent. Bob dolelk about the race. No matter what happens in november, whichever party wins these races, i am hopeful that this can be positive. Senator dall is one of the founders here. A legend of american politics. He told me that elections are therapeutic. I think he was referring to his closely run race in 1974. Senator dole won by 1 . The closest political race and country. They each spent about 1 million total in that senate race. Today, i dont know if 1 million would have bought him 3 days of advertising. Senator dole never gave up on his values. He did embody a more inclusive approach to the kansas elections. He is
Republican leader comments on the 2014 Midterm Elections. House democrats present their economic agenda. Then the House Rules Committee considers a lawsuit against president obama. On the next washington journal, immigration and the influx of unaccompanied children from Central American with two members of congress, Iowa Republican steve king and Texas Democrat Eddie Bernice johnson. Washington journal live at 7 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. We are here at Salisbury House in des moines, iowa. Its a home that was built by karl and edith weeks in the 1920s. He was a man of many and varied interests. Nonone of the most notable are his amazing collections in terms of artwork, sculpture, the Library Collection is an amazing collection of rare limited First Edition works. Its incredible. He collected the books that he collected not only because they are important historical works but also because he believes that books themselves were works beyondand had a worse the words on a page. He collecte
Suggests that 50 of these children may need some form of protective service. That is an International Responsibility of the United States responsibility the United States also has to be mindful. Let me address with the chairman raised initially. The president is asking for 3. 7 billion. 3. 4 billion is dealing with the consequences of a failed policy within the native countries. Instabilityy means that is not safe for families and children therefore they are putting their unaccompanied children at risk by transit to the United States. 300 million is being used for dealing with the causes. We have programs in these countries. We have the Millennium Challenge Corporation that is operating in honduras and el salvador. We have partnership for growth operating in el salvador. We have the Central America Regional Security initiative. We have programs that were intended to deal with some of these issues. To me, the most Successful Program that was initiated to deal with a global problem that
Have a majority and they were the shareholders in government so you participate sometimes and theyve become oneparty voters. Our system is almost parliamentary today in terms of voting blue and voting red. They used to vote for the name on the back of the jersey. Ow they vote for the jersey. Its the best way to put it so what happens and they come to washington they behave like a Parliament System so instead of the Minority Party or the Opposition Party and to say no to everything and thats got to be broken, so the good news coming out of the elections on tuesday we have three states now that have runoffs with the top two from the primaries. Two democrats, two republicans, california, louisiana, washington state. They tested 21. So there is some movement out there even in the state democratic districts or are some republicans we have to cater to. My plan is that it gets people to vote on occasion instead of having to just stay and be punished in the primary. And until you break that i
To reporters about this new Republicancontrolled Congress and working with them. Here is what he had to say. [video clip] weve come to a point where we have a chance to reverse a different problem a decades long erosion of middleclass jobs and incomes, and making sure that the middle class is the engine that propels our prosperity for years to come. To do that, we have got to make some smart choices, weve got to make the right choices. We have got to invest in the things that secure faster growth and higher paying jobs for more americans. I am being absolutely sincere when i say i want to work with this new congress to get things done, to make those investments to make sure that government is working better and smarter. We are going to disagree on some things, but there are going to be areas of agreement, and we have got to be able to make that happen, and that will involve compromise every once in a while. You saw during this lameduck period that perhaps that spirit of compromise may