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Officials, discusses the rising number of cases in several states. Nicole clowers discusses her ys reports of how relief funds from congress are being spent. The u. S. Supreme court is wrapping up its term this week, issuing decisions in cases heard earlier in the term. One of those decisions upholds the Electoral College, by saying electorsfaithless defy the will of the voters. Welcome to the washington journal. It is four months until election day. We will start asking you about the Electoral College. Should the Electoral College be abolished . Isyou think so, that line 202 7488000. If that answer is no, the line is 202 7488001. We welcome your comments on text. The line 202 7488003. We are on twitter. Facebook. Com cspan. Is expected to issue more decisions this week, wrapping up its term. A little Electoral College oneonone from the national archives. A little Electoral College 101 from the national archives. The number of electors is equal to the number of members in the congressi
Her own husbands assassination. Though her life was filled with tragedy, as lincolns political partner, she also relished in their success. As we focus on the civil war years, one of the defining moments in our countrys history, a look at the life and times of Mary Todd Lincoln, one of the most complex first ladies ever to live in the white house. Thanks for being with us for cspans continuing series on first ladies influence and image. Tonight, as we look at Mary Todd Lincoln, we invite two of our academic advisers, our history advisors for the whole series to be our guests for this program. Let me introduce you to rosalyn terborgpenn. She is a history Professor Emeritus at morgan state university. Richard norton smith, our other guest tonight and at our table again, is the director of five president ial libraries, including the Abraham Lincoln library in springfield, illinois, and a president ial biographer. Thanks to both of you for being here. Mary todd lincoln is and this is a que
We are considering the fiscal year 2021 funding for the Veterans Affairs and related agencies bill. Friends,d by my dear judge carter, the Ranking Member, here with us by teleconference today. And i want to welcome the committee chair, Ranking Member granger and all the subcommittee members. Before i moved to my statement i want to talk about how this will work. Has been configured to make the sixfoot social distancing. Some members are using teleconferencing to participate remotely. For those on videoconference, when to start speaking there will be a slight delay before you are displayed on the main screen. Speaking into the microphone activates the camera. Do not stop your remarks if you do not immediately see the screen switch. If it does not change after several seconds please make sure , you are not muted. To minimize background noise and ensure the correct speaker is being displayed, we ask that members remain on mute. For members using the video option, you will notice a clock o
President . Arthur called me on the phone and said youre in tennessee and james k. Polk is a tennesseen. And he said i want you to do one thing. He said allen evans has done a paper back that excerpts his diary, his president ial diary. Just take a weekend and read it and tell me no. And i read the excerpts from the diary and i could say no. I was fascinated about the man. Did you know much about him before this . I knew his grave was behind the capitol. There is no marker in nashville except a plaque on the side of a dirty motel wall. His old home place in columbia is preserved and ive been there many times and ive been there since. But i knew virtually nothing about him and almost nothing that was good. Result of what was done to him during his presidency over the mexicanamerican war left him a bad reputation. A reputation as a warmonger, and the attacks on him in congress in the latter days of his administration reminded me a great deal of the attacks on Linden Johnson at the end of