The house will be in order. This year cspan celebrates 45 years of covering Congress Like no other. Since 1979 we have been your primary source for capitol hill providing balanced, unfiltered coverage of government, taking you to where policy is debated and decided with the support of american cable companies. Cspan, 45 years and counting. Powered by cable. Host we like to take a look at we can congress. I want to start not necessarily on capitol hill, but certainly on a topic involving a member of congress. The democratic senator of new jersey, his trial begins today. What if the trial about. Remind folks why he got involved in this, his second trial as people may remember. The first one happened around 2015, 2060i believe. It took so long from initially breaking the news. Essentially, the indictment involved him receiving gifts for colluding with foreign governments. This is all somewhat related to we assume a halal Meat Organization and him giving special privileges to certain compa
Backbone of government and its how government really implements all of these laws that get passed by congress. Yes, fully agree there. Host George Washington universitys regulatory studies center. You can find gwu. Eudu regstudies. Sarah hey serves as a policy analyst there. Also on x. Washington journal co. Host we like to take a look at we can congress. I want to start not necessarily on capitol hill, but certainly on a topic involving a member of congress. The democratic senator of new jersey, his trial begins today. What if the trial about. Remind folks why he got involved in this, his second trial as people may remember. The first one happened around 2015, 2060i believe. It took so long from initially breaking the news. Essentially, the indictment involved him receiving gifts for colluding with foreign governments. This is all somewhat related to we assume a halal Meat Organization and him giving special privileges to certain companies. His wife is getting wrangled into this, so i
A serious illness, by the way, marta married just such a man, and he lived to be 90 years old, but i always tell men that you need to get married, if you dont live alone, youre not the same as 90, and half of this term, women not only give birth to us, they are us they are reviving, so, well, alfred hitchcock. The director of many such tough urban films, once said that there was an episode in my childhood when i was fined for something and my father wrote a note and asked me to take it to the police, i am his friend , that friend read that he put me in a solitary confinement cell for half an hour, i was scared during those half hours, so scared that i have been trying to pour out this fear for half an hour with these films all my life, and he is not kidding. We dont really understand what its like to spend a month in prison there, for someone who hasnt experienced it, its scary, even if there are some who treat you more liberally, thats why i wouldnt judge you in any way, thats why he
An article looking at next steps. Kevin mccarthy is out as speaker of the house. Thanks for giving us your time. You post posed a series of questions. The first is who is in charge of the house now . Guest reporters and housestaff alike were scrambling yesterday to get to respond to this unprecedented vote to figure out who is in charge. Representative Patrick Henry was named speaker pro tem and we were all wondering about what powers does he have . How long can he serve . That is what we looked at right there. Host what is his role Going Forward . Guest it is very because this is unprecedented, it is unclear how much power he has, how long he can stay in office, but as of now it seems he has the appropriate and necessary powers to continue during this interim period until the House Republican leadership decides who they want to nominate for speaker. Host he is in charge of shepherding the process. Do we know what names have emerged as potential next speakers and how interested those p
Host washington journal for october 4. That was the vote on the house floor that ended representative Kevin Mccarthys tenure as speaker of the house, ate republicans voting along with all House Democrats to remove him. His critics said he did not keep promises made to them when he campaigned for the office. The move through the house into uncertainty, especially as the government funding deadline approaches. Then there is the question of next steps to elect a new speaker. You are invited to express your thoughts on the event involving Kevin Mccarthy on the following lines. Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. And independents, 202 7488002. If you want to make your thoughts on Kevin Mccarthy being removed as speaker of the house and you want to send us a tweet, you can do that at 202 7488003. You can post on facebook and on x and follow the show on instagram. As you are calling in, here are the front pages from major newspapers. The New York Times. Mccarthy first to be remo