Home to the house and senate since 1800. It is their home districts and states that send members to washington, d. C. Over the next 90 minutes, a look at pivotal u. S. Politicians as we travel the nation in search of their stories. Coming up first, former wisconsin governor and 1924 Progressive Party president ial bobdate, robert fighting lafalce. Hes the most important political figure in wisconsins history and one of the most important in the history of the 20th century in the United States. He was a reforming governor. He defined what progressivism is. He was one of the first to use the term to self identify. He was the United States senator. He was recognized by his peers in the 1950s as one of the five greatest senators in American History. He was an opponent of world war i. He stood his ground advocating for free speech. Above all, he was about the people. In the era after the civil war, america changed radically from a nation of small farmers, small producers, small manufacturer
It is a glorious service. The call comes to every citizen. It is an unending struggle to make and keep government representative. Bob lafollett is probably the most important political figure in Wisconsin History and one of the most important in the history of the 20th century of the United States. He was a reforming governor. He defined what progressivism is pretty was one of the first to use the term progressive to selfidentify. He was United States senator who is ready nice by his peers in the 1950s as one of the five greatest senators in American History. He was an opponent of world war i, stood his ground advocating for free speech. Above all Bob Lafollett was about the people. After the civil war america changed radically from a nation of Small Farmers and small producers and small manufacturers and by the 1870s and 1880s, 1890s we had concentrations of wealth. We had growing inequality and we had concerned about the influence of money in government. The United States senators we
Possibly to those making 40,000 or 80,000 per couple. One in five u. S. Workers have been receiving a boost to the benefits effectively set to expire tomorrow july 25th for most people. Republicans have expressed concerns that additional payment discourages work. Its about the dig dignity and meeting the needs of children. Highest levels of nearly three months. Almost 300,000 initial claims filed in the past week. A 2. 7 increase from the prior week. Since the middle of march, theres been almost 7 million first time jobless claims in california alone. And yelp came out with a survey of business closures during the pandemic saying more than five thousand businesses in the San Francisco, coke land, hayward metro area closed temporarily or permanently. Between march 1 and july 10. San jose, sunnyville metro endured 1700 and restaurants have been among the hardest hit businesses with almost 500 restaurants are out in the bay area closing permanently during that period. Depending on how neg
And 30 technical fields. Shut out to everyone from edison state. We were saturn one saddened to learn of the death of john lewis on saturday. He really helped change america. And then to be on the civilrights pilgrimage led by john lewis he did that a number of different times we were privileged to be on one of those tours in the south. And it is an amazing experience he took us to the bridge in selma alabama where march 1965 known as blood he sunday he and other civil rights protesters were attacked and beaten as a peacefully marched. Im sure many of you have seen the film replayed the last few days. Extraordinary man. And then to speak out very loud and is very gentle a very courageous man. This past week. Looking at the data we are reporting 1527 new covid19 cases in ohio sadly this is the second highest daily new cases we have reported 1679 cases last friday. Sadly we have 16 more deaths reported since yesterday and we also have 128 new hospitalizations, 19 icu admissions reported
It is in state Community College growing from 309 students enrolled and 30 courses in 1973 to more than 3000 students enrolled today and 30 technical fields. Shut out to everyone from edison state. We were saturn one saddened to learn of the death of john lewis on saturday. He really helped change america. And then to be on the civilrights pilgrimage led by john lewis he did that a number of different times we were privileged to be on one of those tours in the south. And it is an amazing experience he took us to the bridge in selma alabama where march 1965 known as blood he sunday he and other civil rights protesters were attacked and beaten as a peacefully marched. Im sure many of you have seen the film replayed the last few days. Extraordinary man. And then to speak out very loud and is very gentle a very courageous man. This past week. Looking at the data we are reporting 1527 new covid19 cases in ohio sadly this is the second highest daily new cases we have reported 1679 cases last