Brian what makes them so interesting . Betty part of the interest for me is that there are parts of sumners career that are famous and very well known. Everybody who has visited the theyve heardng, infamous caning. But that is often the only thing they know about him. He left the senate for a few years and came back in 1859. The most interesting part of his career came after that. He came back in 1859 and the most important part was when he becomes a dedicated advocate for civil rights laws. He was contradictory and he was ornery. He was difficult and arrogant and most of his colleagues hated him. He has left a Lasting Legacy that i think is quite profound. Brian why Everett Dirksen . Brian he was from a different perspective. Senatory in the 1960s. Nd he died in 1969. He was probably the most effective minority leader weve ever had. This is the time of heavy Party Dominance in the senate. Nevertheless, he managed to shape every bill that came through. Most particularly the Civil Right
Betty koed it would probably be a tie between charles sumner, two very different people. The more i learn about them, the more interesting they get. Charles sumner just seemed to be a bottomless pool of the interesting fact and passions and contradictions. Endocyte know more about air, i am finding similar things about , and did he had bad stop about what he did. Brian what makes them so interesting . Betty part of the interest for me is that there are parts that are famous and very well known. They have heard of the infamous caning. That is not the only thing they know about. The most interesting part of his career came after that. He came back in 1859 and the most important part was when he becomes a dedicated advocate for civil rights laws. He was contradictory and ordinary. He was ordinary. He was arrogant. He was arrogant and most of his colleagues hated him. He has left a Lasting Legacy that i think is quite profound. He was from a different perspective. He died in 1969. He was p
Takes years into archives, museums, and Historic Sites around the country. Takes usate historian into their hearts on this Office Building. Hart is the83, newest of the Senate Office building. In the hearts and Office Building which is a separate building, there are really two has of the same building but they are entirely different. There standing overlooking essential hearing room which is known as hard to 16. This room was specifically designed for television, and we are in one of the television boots overlooking the hearing room. That the dirksen building was not going to be , they originally thought they would just replicate the dirksen building and build an identical twin on the other side. It wouldnt be sufficient. , the u. S. Senate safed triple in size. Part of that was a result of vietnam and watergate. The executive branch had provided most of the information that congress needed. Once congress felt that they they felttrust them, that they needed their own separate independe
As of the three Senate Office buildings. This is a separate building that is connected to this building, they are really two house of the same building. They are entirely different. , we are in the room known as hart 216. This room was specifically designed for television, and we are in one of the television booths overlooking the hearing room. This building is quite large. When they knew that the dirksen building wasnt going to be sufficient, they originally thought they would just replicate the dirksen building and build an identical twin on the other side. That wouldnt be sufficient, it would not be large enough. What happened between when the dirksen building open and the Hart Building, was the u. S. Staff tripled in size. Part of that was a result of vietnam and watergate. Up until then, the executive branch had provided most of the information that congress needed. When they felt they could not trust it, they felt the need for an independent staff. Also, there were a series of le
Ted cruz has organize really well in terms of making sure that his delegates representing him, delegates favoring him our representatives on committees and going into the convention, he will have a decent amount of individuals he will be deciding on the rules of the convention, this is it is important at point and im sure john kasich as well, they have been paying attention to it. Whats the snapshot for the democrats . Uluru clinton continues to be the large front runner, but i think Bernie Sanders is the front runner in wisconsin and just like that too weak period that two week period of no vote, i think he could potentially win wisconsin. 12lary clinton is only up points in one poll this week, so it is still a competitive race. Ae continues to accumulate delegate lead and the superdelegates, but the democratic contest is not over. Thanks to both of you for being here on newsmakers. The media teaches us that democrats and republicans are supposed to be at odds with each other, and i t