British lawmakers have returned to parliament after a weeklong recess. Prime minister David Cameron took questions from members of the house of commons wednesday on a range of domestic and foreignpolicy issues. Items,bated restrict ing and the socalled bedroom tax. As opposed to taxing highvalue homes with a mansion tax. This is about 35 minutes. Water. Less chance to the Prime Minister. Mr. Jones. Number one. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I am sure the whole house will join me in condemning the senseless attack in a synagogue in west jerusalem this week, in which five people were killed. One of the victims was a dual israeliuk citizen, rabbi avraham goldberg, and we send our deepest condolences to his family and friends, as well as to the families of the other victims. This was an appalling act of terror, and we condemn all acts of this kind. Mr. Speaker this morning, i had , meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in the house, i shall have further suc
Republicans push to get even more conservative bills through and the rsc would be where a lot of those folks are. But all along we heard the senate has been the bottleneck in all of this. So whats the excuse going to be if legislation doesnt pass . I think you heard people say this is harry reids fault and i think youre going to hear that even more. Nothings changed. You still by and large need 60 votes and harry reid still is very good at blocking legislation. And also you have the fact that the house is going to send over conservative pieces of legislation and the new Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is going to have to protect members on votes much like harry reid. You have 24 republicans in the senate up in 2016 and only ten for democrats. As good of a map as it was for republicans this year its a really bad one for republicans in 2016. Well thanks to both of you for your questions this week. Thanks for being on newsmakers. Thank you. Mr. President , the honeymoon is over. Co
We will get more in depth on that. A question this morning is about the Border Patrol does it need more funding or more from congress . Here are the numbers. Democrats, 202 5853880. Republicans, 202 5853881. 5853882. S, 202 we also set a side a line for border state residents, 202 5853883. Us by want to reach social media, you can do that on twitter. Ur handle is cspanwj facebook, facebook. Com cspan. Get to the editorial from the boston globe. It is on Border Patrol. Responsibility as the changes of immigration policy takehome, the headline is the Border Patrol needs to clean up, not more funding. They write that the ebola crisis has sparked no small number of irrational statements, but one of the least sensible is the call to invest heavily in u. S. Border enforcement. Obamas highly anticipated plans for executive action on immigration were announced last thursday, including booster Border Security. Thinkingsecure, the goes, should be the policy priority. The United States has alread
We begin with your comments about Hillary Clinton. Renewed t friday, a rumors that the former first lady will run in 2016. Question is, should she . 2025853880 for democrats. 2025853881 for republicans. 2025853882 for independents. Already, many of you weighing in on our facebook page. You can also send us an email. Or send us a tweet. Good sunday morning to you. First, this morning, the cover story from the New York Times. On a republican candidate. Back from the is brink, and ready to run harder than anyone else. That is the cover story of the New York Times sunday magazine. And dan has this piece at the le online Washington Post. Fridays gathering seemed very much like a Clinton Family reunion. In attendance were scores of from across the country, many of them instrumental in helping bill clinton become president. And all are now just as determined to see Hillary Clinton get to the white house in her own right. Speakers constituted a whos who of clinton loyalist. From ly notable wer
My coauthor and i, chuck mccutcheon, had covered congress , we covered campaigns, been out on the trail, watched hundreds of hours of news, maybe thousands of hours. We had heard politicians of all stripes use many of the same phrases. Democrat, they would use a lot of these cliches. We wanted to explain to people who dont work in politics what these folks are actually getting at. When did you become interested in politics . That would be in my Early College years. I grew up in a political house called in Southern California where my parents talk about it around the dinner table but i got interested myself around 1992 when i was a freshman in college. The bill clinton president ial campaign was going on against george bush. I found myself after that very Exciting Campaign in which a sitting president was defeated, starting to watch congressional proceedings on television. I watched the house and senate. I would hear members of congress use phrases like my good friend. I figured they ac