There are all kinds of permutations on what could happen, but in a sense, mcallister is running for reelection, when you look at his indiscretions and compare them to some others in congress to some have survived, you cant count him out. He is running against not only several republicans, of the democratic mayor. If he is the only real credible democrat in the race gets 25 of the vote it could be enough to make it into a runoff against barbara mcallister. Thedentally, duct i missed liu ck sty duck dynasty , one of the relatives to a person on that show is running as the moral alternative. Host heres the latest advertisement in that race. [video clip] Vance Mcallisters personal issues are wellknown. What is less known is how liberal he has been in washington. He voted for about for government that raise taxes and increased spending. These as they are passed repealing obamacare. The more you know, the worse it gets. Another example of outside money in the election. In this case that obam
The numbers are on the screen. A very good morning on a snowy tuesday morning. Headlines about the congress in papers here in washington and around the country. Here in the Washington Times mcconnell letting to take the helm of the senate is the headline there. The starledger, what to expect from a new congress, including health care, invigoration immigration and border. And another headline the crop of young outsiders remakes the face of congress. In the u. S. House, 246 republicans, 188 democrats and one vacancy. That one vacancy, of course, republican my Republican Congressman Michael Grimm of new york who submitted his resignation after a guilty plea in a tax evasion case. Still, republicans start the year with 240 six republicans, the largest gop House Majority 246 republicans, the largest gop House Majority since 1946. The senate makes up 36 states having both from the same party 21 with two republicans and 15 with two democrats. There are also 53 former house members as members
Tweet, so, send us a cspanwj, or join the conversation on facebook. Com cspan or email cspan. Org. Anne gearan of the Washington Post joins us on the phone. Frontpage story with her colleague adam goldman. It is the headline shared by many newspapers this morning, saying that the report says this attack was preventable. Why did they come to that conclusion . Guest well, first of all, thank you for having me, pleasure to be here. The report is broadly consistent with several reports that we have seen about what happened in it goesi to date, but into more detail and sheds light on the way that the cia, which had one of the compounds that was attacked, and the state department, which has a betterknown compound, really failed to talk to one another and to understand one anothers strengths and vulnerabilities in the weeks leading up to the attack. Thee coincided with what cia and other intelligence aencies rightly fingered as considerable rise in the numbers and potency of islamic militants
I have never ben prouder of your and your leadership than the day that happened and america owes you a grateful thanks for leading the charge and giving voice to that problem. But leonards courage and heroism just doesnt apply to his service to his country, not long ago when an intruder attacked his home and his family, leonard was there to stand up and protect them as well. And you shrug it off, leonard, but everybody who knows you knows that the outcome of that horrible moment was inevitable. That truth and justice were going to triumph because you were the one who was there at the right time and the right place. We are honored to have the privilege of serving with you. We wish you and dodi and your entire family the best. Dont be a stranger. We are counting on you to continue to inspire us and may god go with you. Id like to now recognize the representative from northern missouri, mr. Graves. Mr. Graves thank you very much. Mr. Speaker, i rise to recognize the distinguished service
Was. It would seem to me to be critical when you were examining one of these claims. I assume that you have a group that works with the claimant as far as dealing with their Insurance Company. Dodge the Loan Officers deal with the actual agent when they process the application. And you feel comfortable with their expertise . Insurance companies can be somewhat difficult at times when it comes to claims. We have pretty good success dealing with the disaster survivor and the agency. I can see i am way over, but i have a number of other questions. In any event, if i were you, i would take a look at the application form. I dont want to see a form that looks like a phone book, but i have this idea of keeping it simple. But it seems to me you need more information than what you have. Go back to katrina. The chairman indicated there were 18,000 businesses, what percent had insurance . I will have to go check the records. I was not with the office of Disaster Assistance at the time. It would s