The conservative sensibility, at the Texas Tribune festival in austin. [applause] before i introduce my guest, i am obliged to tell you that you may not stay here after the event, you need to reline up for the next event. Also, if you would like to get a signed copy of the conservative churches sensibility by our guests, you need to do so after the conversation. Needs noorge introduction. Pulitzer prize winning columnist , he has preached the gospel of conservatism for over half a century, and i am delighted to have him in conversation here today. Welcome, george. [applause] that austinerstand is ground zero for the conservative party. [laughter] you are absolutely in the right place. Before we get started talking about your excellent book, george, just its been an eventful week. Another in a series of eventful weeks. Can we just have lets address the elephant in the room. Can we have your take on whats happening in washington today and what it portends for americas future . Thats just
Now on the apple app store, Android M Taylor good morning and welcome to see you im laura walker heres what were working on for you this morning than 95 billion foreign Aid Bill Sales to the senate after clearing the house in a very divided vote. But House Speaker Mike Johnsons job is still left in limbo with a fellow republican Lawmaker Calling for him to resign. And the motion to vacate, picking up steam, and the countrys set to receive the tens of billions of dollars that aid and messages that theyre sending to the lawmakers here in the were gonna have live reports from ukraine and from the middle east plus were just a day away from a sobering moment in us history for the first time a former us president will have to hear openings statements in his criminal trial. What to expect in court tomorrow. And what former president trumps faithful followers are saying about at all and tragedy at a michigan Birthday Party too young siblings are dead and a dozen others are hurt actin accused,
Time to become more circumspect about this remarkable run. There is so much that is positive, im beginning to rack up a few negatives, too. Weve been whistling past serious grave yards on the way to these new heights. Its worth shining a light on those grave stones as this market continues to break records. The dow made another new alltime high. S p slipped back and nasdaq declined 25. 9 . We recognize the three major tenets of trumps poll circumstance deregulation, lower Corporate Tax rate and tax holiday of repatriation of overseas earnings are terrific for the stock market. Weve run a great deal because of that triad. But you know what . We need to start asking ourselves how far we can go just on those three things when there are beginning to be other issues that just arent going right and weve got to talk about them now. Lets tick them down. First theres oil which was up sharply today. Oil rallying on better demand is one thing we like that. Crude simply climbing on production cutb
Tonight on the communicators at 8 p. M. Eastern on cspan2. President obama recently said his proposed 2015 federal budget to congress for review. In light of its release and the debates that followed, booktv presents portions of author talks on the federal budget process. In the next hour use eclipse with philip joyce, author of the Congressional Budget Office. David wessel, author of red ink inside the highstakes politics of the federal budget, and oklahoma senator tom coburn, author of the debt bomb and breach of trust. We begin with philip joyce author of the Congressional Budget Office honest numbers, power, and policymaking. The former cbo analyst and current professor of management, finance and leadership at the university of maryland recounts the formation of the Congressional Budget Office in 1974. Its internal operation and the nonpartisan economic and budget information it provides to congress. When was the cbo form . It was formed in 1974. It was, in fact, a reaction to some
Many aspects that someone could look at and judge whether that was a good reform or battery form. People grabbed onto that particular conclusion and try to use it to their best and. We are talking with professor philip here at the university of maryland about his book on the congressional Budget Office. The cbo was used in two ways or in one way it should have been used in two ways. One way is to help a Super Committee to set the parameters. So director elmendorf went and testified on the nature of the problem that was facing the country and what kind of thing was what needed to happen and what would be a reasonable trajectory for trying to get the deficit down for example, and clearly cbo stepped behind the scenes and worked with the committee answering questions. Theres an awful lot of work that they do that isnt visible in the sense that they are providing advice when asked to congressionally staff the committees. Now, what would have happened if the Super Committee had been success