160th congress 116th congress. The American Political Science Association hosted this 90 minute event. Association, live coverage here thanks to all of you for coming to hear about whether or not congress is still dysfunctional. A fulle will provide background of whats going on on capitol hill. It is no secret to political scientists, nor to the members of congress or the american people, that congress is a mess. Congress routinely polls poorly and this trend is bipartisan. Republicanscrats or control congress, most assigned us a failing grade. Over the past decade, congress has not once approved in Approval Rating over 30 . During the 1990s, congresss Approval Ratings were in the 40s and the 50s. Today, they are in the teens and 20s. Once thought to be the great repository of americas republican principles, it is now a broken branch. Why has Congress Come to this point . What are the causes of congresss dysfunction . Has anything changed since trumps election and the democratic takeov
Pollsess pulls poorly poorly and this trend is bipartisan. Democrats and republicans, most assignment a failing grade. Over the past decade, congress has not once approved in Approval Rating over 30 . Congresss 990s, Approval Ratings were in the 40s and the 50s. Today, they are in the teens and 20s. Once thought to be the great repository of americas republican principles, it is now a broken branch. Why has Congress Come to this point . Martha causes . Has anything changed since trumps election and the democratic takeover of the house . Can this state of affairs be changed . To answer this question, we have assembled a distinguished panel of experts on congress with a variety of perspectives and i will introduce them quickly in alphabetical order. I will introduce them all so we can launch into their remarks. Our first speaker is catherine pearson, associate professor of Political Science at the university of minnesota. She worked for several years as an assistant to several members of
I can see we have a few things to talk about today. Good morning. I am caroline. Im the president of the American Constitution Society and i would like to welcome you to our annual Supreme Court review. We are as all of you know and to our viewers on cspan, we are the nations leading progressive Legal Organization with over 200 students and lawyer chapters in almost every state and at almost every single law school. We originally formed as the progressive response after the bush versus gore decision. Acs was founded on the principle that law should be a force to the lives of all people. [applause] saye should not have to that is an aspiration but that is. That brings us to the Supreme Court term that ended yesterday. It left us with quite a number of Unanswered Questions and some that were answered in ways that we may not have liked. But, it all leads us to the conclusion that courts really matter. Whether you care about the environment, immigrants rights, an accurate census, or fear a
Long as they have in essence extra funds. Another possibility could be that the Supreme Court could hear oral arguments at the beginning of october if it wanted to. Theres a lot of speculation and a lot of uncertainty right now. The next we will take you live now to that discussion on the just completed Supreme Court term. We are live at the National Press club for a panel hosted by the american constitution society. After the bush v. Gore decision and acs was founded on the principle that law should be a force to improve the lives of all people. Now, the Supreme Court term that ended [ applause ] i know, it shouldnt we shouldnt actually have to say that thats an aspiration, but unfortunately it is. And that brings us to the Supreme Court term that ended yesterday and left us with quite a number of Unanswered Questions and some that were answered in ways that we might not have liked. But that all lead us to the coulden collusion that courts really matter and whether you care about the
Future of the Affordable Care act. And later, john scott from Pew Charitable trust talks about the potential for Retirement Savings reform legislation. Retirement savings reform legislation. Host good morning. It is thursday, july 11, 2019 and this is washington journal. Following emotional migrant testimony yesterday, and news report says the u. S. Begins raids on sunday. We will start the program looking at u. S. Asylum laws and asking you if they need to be tightened or changed and here is how to join us. Democrats call 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents and all others, 2027488002. You can send us a tweet at cspanwj and we will look for your posts as well on our facebook page, facebook. Com cspan. Here is the report from the New York Times posted at nytimes. The u. S. Prepares to arrest thousands of family members. Nationwide raids have been scheduled to begin sunday according to two current and one officials. Security to the final details of the operation remain in f