George w. Bushs ethics counsel. Book,a very interesting taxation only with representation. He looks at how the current for our national security, bad for business because it encourages it is bad for having a competitive race and holding incumbent members accountable. These are not from democrats or rhinos or whatever. Are from very conservative republicans who think the system is really out of whack. Is Campaign Finance a partisan issue . Guest i am not sure. I think there are two positions one is poor regulation is one is for deregulation. Disagree with that characterization that im not proregulation. What we need is a system that enables more americans to feel they have a voice. And what are the incentives . We do not have any right now. Illinois, line for democrats where harold is calling in. Thank you, cspan p are diverse a lot of good ideas on this. Term limits, gerrymandering, all that, but lets get down to the fact the issue. Donald trump came out and said what all republicans t
Your ideas for reducing moneys influence in politics. To do that this morning, we are setting up our phone lines a bit differently. If you are someone who has made a political contribution in this or previous elections, want to hear from you. 2027488000. If you have never made a political contribution, your number 2027488001. You can catch up with us on social media this morning on twitter cspanwj. On facebook, facebook. Com cspan. Toery good Tuesday Morning you. It is anyones guess how much money will be spent one campaign 2016 is over, but as of the end senate forhe responsive politics had numbers on how much had been spent on this campaign so far in terms of candidate fundraising. Well over 1 billion has been raised by candidates and the super pacs supporting them. 619 million by the candidates themselves. Superillion by supporting the various by super pacs. We will get into the various numbers this morning on washington journal but that massive fundraising and how it electionng up
They have several prisons within our state that take it so that the cost for that does not come out of our per diem there. So, again, heres our creativity. As you heard, i have a long history with managed Care Organizations and whether you like them or dont or whatever, its the world we live in and they are successful. So some of the principles that those managed Care Organizations have used, we have applied in the department of corrections. The first one being and im very proud of this is called the summer of Health Care Benefits and it is the same document or a similar document that you receive when you sign up for your own insurance. It basically tells you what is or is not covered and is or is not eligible and basically, what the Insurance Company will and will not pay for, but for us, it listsous what services are eligible to the inmates and which arent and it puts everyone on the same Playing Field because the inmates understand which services will be covered and which ones are n
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