Let me try to call this full have stored or, if i may. Welcome to brookings. My name is bill gholston , senior fellow here in governance studies. Thanks so much for coming and welcome also to the people who are watching this event live on cspan. Todays topic is the past, the present and possible future of the u. S. Senate. The location of this discussion is the publication of ira shapiros second book on the senate. This one entitled broken can the senate save itself and the country those of you who read his first book on the senates will know how passionately he reveres the senate as an institution and will not be surprised to learn how distressed he is by what he describes as its precipitous decline. This topic could not be more timely. We are just days from the expiration of yet another shortterm continuing budget resolution and perhaps even more pertinently from a promised open Senate Debate on Us Immigration policy. Will the promise be kept . And if it is, will todays senate be up
Four mr. Galston let me try to call this full house to order, if i may. Welcome to brookings. My name is bill galston, senior fellow in governance studies. Thanks so much for coming and welcome also to the people who are watching this event live on cspan. Todays topic is the past, the present, and possible future of the u. S. Senate. The occasion of this discussion is the publication of ira shapiros second book on the senate, this one is titled, broken can the senate save itself and the country . Those of you that read his first book on the senate will know how passionately he reveres the senate as an institution and will not be surprised to learn how distressed he is by what he describes as its precipitous decline. This topic could not be more timely. We are just days from the expiration of another short term continuing budget resolution, and perhaps even more pertinently from a promised open Senate Debate on u. S. Immigration policy. Will the promise be kept . And if it is, will toda
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Teenagers behind the deadly prank. And remembering a wellknown actor who made so many laugh. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. We begin tonight with two leading senators taking on president trump. One of them standing on the floor of the senate late today saying i rise to say enough. Arizonas jeff flake adding, i will not be complicit. It comes just hours after republican senator bob corker reignited his very public feud with the president. Corker calling the president , quote, an utterly untruthful president. President trump unleashing a twitter attack, and tonight, the white house responding. Abcs mary bruce leading us off. Reporter standing on the senate floor, the republican senator delivered an extraordinary indictment of the republican president , calling donald trump reckless, outrageous and undignified. I rise today to say enough. Reporter arizona senator jeff flake says he will not run for reelection, because he is so disgusted. The perso