To be a very big win, especially at the u. S. Senate level. 2014 will be a choice. Increasing opportunity for some versus increasing opportunity for all. Gwen but both parties are worried. We explore why. Covering the week, david sanger of the new york times. Michael crowley of time magazine. Dan balz of the washington post. And Beth Reinhard of the wall street journal. Award winning reporting and analysis. Covering history as it happens. Live from our nations capital, this is Washington Week with gwen ifill. Corporate funding for Washington Week is provided by we went out and asked people a simple question. How old is the oldest person youve known . We gave people a sticker and had them show us. We learned a lot of us have known someone whos lived well into their 90s. And thats a great thing. But even though were living longer, one thing that hasnt changed the official retirement age. The question is, how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years . Wheth
The november elections on the washington journal. What are the top issues for you . You can join the conversation on twitter cspanwj. R go to facebook. Com cspan we will get to your thoughts and a second, what are the top issues for you and campaign 2014. Let me show you a gallup pole that was recently finished. Viewed onnode a americas list of top u. S. Problems. This as the quarantined ands or the first people to be diagnosed to the virus, it ranks among the top 10 issues americans consider to be the most important facing the country. However it still ranks behind five others including the economy which tops the list at 17 . Dissatisfaction with government is 16 and unemployment at 10 . Inlup earlier this month october did a similar survey when they found the economy and government are the top election issues for both parties. , but for bothdely parties, republicans and democrats it is the economy and the government that tops the list. What are the top issues for you. The lines are o
On cspan. 00 p. M. Eastern here friday, a debate for the south dakota u. S. Senate s with republican senohn thune and his two challengesemocrat brian bengs and democrat tamara lesnar. Also on the cspan now or cspan live. Org. Democratic senator patty murray and tiffany smiley, her republican challenger in the Washington Senate race took part in a debate at of next weeks midterm, answering questions on inflation, political division, and election integrity. This is just under one hour. Tiffany smiley, the former triage nurse turned veterans advocate, has her sights set on the senate. Tonight, they answer voter questions together for the first time. The final push to Election Night is on, as kiro 7 presents the u. S. Senate town hall. [applause] well, good evening, everyone, and thank you so much for joining us. I am your host, monique ming laven. This u. S. Senate town hall comes to you live from the kiro 7 studios in seattle, and voters are watching it across the state. Now, kiro 7 has
Financial institute. Theyll be meeting to discuss implementation of the doddfrank Financial Regulation law. And later, the Senate Returns at 2 p. M. Eastern for general speeches followed later with more debate on the annual legislation authorizing defense programs and debate and a roll call vote on a judicial nomination. Representatives from iran and six world powers will meet in vienna this week for the next round of talks concerning Irans Nuclear program. Well have analysis of the ongoing negotiations at an event hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. Speakers include former National Security adviser brzezinski and New York Times columnist tom friedman. Cbs news face the nation anchor Bob Schieffer will moderate the event. That gets underway at 5 30 p. M. Eastern over on cspan3. Next, a look at the future of the Republican Party from political strategist and cnn contributor ana navarro. She talks about changes and demographics require the party to broaden its b
Legislation was in the sanders veterans bill last week, and it was in the burr alternative. It was in both the democratic and the republican veterans packages. Neither of those packages passed. The sanders bill was defeated on a budget point of order, which i supported, because i dont think its properly paid for and is sustainable both in terms of our budget and, even more importantly for veterans, how the veteran system works and handles its current patient load. The burr bill never even got a vote. We have disagreements about those larger packages. Those are real substantial disagreements. But in the midst of that, mr. President , i would hope we can agree to what we can agree on. And these v. Clinics certainly and these v. A. Clinics certainly fall into that category. We have cleared all objections to this v. A. Clinic piece specifically. We have addressed all issues having to do with these v. A. Clinics, in part through my amendment at the desk. The only possible objection i know o