Report, ecma regularly on politics and she is the host as a take away with amy walter. Like many of you, i read a lot of political commentary each week. Amy is always fair and she does not follow the pack, she is getting people into poles and other data relating to insight that others do not provide. The cofounder of exelon insight, one of the most innovated and interesting of the next generation of polling analytics intelligent firms, he was a pioneer in the potable Digital World having gotten in the business 17 years ago. A recent paper for the 2019 states of change project how Republican Party can c demograpc the change. If you dont read his interesting stories called the intersection, you should sign up for, like amy he provides unique insights. Shawn trendy is a visiting fellow at a. I. For real clear politics, sean is a lawyer by training and has an mba, just finished a masters and for tenant interfaces sticks and has his phd in Political Science. He likes school. [laughter] sean
Has been a tumultuous quarter. Plus, a rough quarter for ipo shares of ab inbev and Bernie Sanders corporate tax, the 2020 president ial hopeful out with a new plan calling for a tax on companies that pay their ceos way more than their workers it has been a roller coaster ride for stocks in the Third Quarter as we enter the final trading session of q3. Dow and nasdaq aiming for a Third Straight quarterly gain. Mike, awe kn mike, as we know, we went into the month thinking big, bad and scary. I think thats actually the story for the quarter too, the market held itself together and preserved these levels it was at, just about at old highs. Without really a ton turning for the better the way you can look at it is the cost of two and maybe a third fed rate cut was not that steep in the way of suffering through really bad growth or any real stress in the Financial System just yet. So but it does feel tenuous, feels as if the market is sort of maximized what it had to work with to get to thi
Good afternoon, everyone. First off, id like to thank the Clermont Institute for sponsoring this panel and for sponsoring all of its panels here at the american Political Science association, and thanks to all of you for coming to hear whether congress is still dysfunctional. I suspect you already know the answer to the question, but maybe well provide a fuller background and explanation about whats going on these days on capitol hill. Its no secret to political scientists that congress is a mess. Its no secret to the members of congress that congress is a mess. And nor is it a secret to the American People that congress is a mess. Routinely, congress polls very poorly when people are asked whether they approve of the job its doing, and this trend is bipartisan whether democrats or republicans control congress, most people assign it a failing grade. The trend is also long standing. Over the past Decade Congress has not once achieved an Approval Rating above 30 . It wasnt always this wa
And academics are part of this discussion hosted by american Political Science association. Routinely congress pulled very portable people as whether they approved of the job it is doing. This trend is bipartisan whether democrats or Republicans Control Congress most people assign it a failing grade. The trend is also a longstandig peer over the past Decade Congress has not once achieved Approval Rating above 30 . It wasnt always this way. During the 1990s congress Approval Rating typically were in the 40s and 50s. Today they hover in the teens and the 20s. Once thought to be the great repository of americas republican Principles Congress is now referred to as a broken branch. Why exactly has Congress Come to this point . What are the causes of the dysfunction . Has anything changed since trumps election and the democratic takeover of the house . Can this longstanding state of affairs be changed . Can congress be reformed, it is so what do we need to do to reform it . To answer these q
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