Here is your moderator. Good morning and welcome to this live interactive news debate. Is big in georgia and for the balance of power in the United States senate. Also the final debate. We want to welcome you watching our lifestream and around the nation on cspan. Remember to treat as using your questions tweet us your questions. We determined podium positions by drawing. First, the republican candidate, david perdue. The the democratic candidate, Michelle Nunn. And independent candidate, amanda swofford. Atlanta journalconstitution washington correspondent, daniel malloy. And lori gary. Candidates, you will have one minute for response. These are loose guidelines for today as certain topics may warrant wartime. Im going to try very hard to get some clarity on this campaign ads. Mr. Perdue and miss nunn, have held public office. Ms. Swofford, you have, but clearly you are outside the beltway politicians. Each of e you done you what have you done in your life to prepare you for one of t
What would you do specifically if you say create jobs . What would you do as a u. S. Senator . For the last year, we have been talking about the things i would do. We would need serious tax reform. We have the only repatriation tax in the world. Maybe most important is that we need to really pull back on our regulators. This president has created a fourth arm of government and i believe they are really shutting down job creation and growth right now. Third, we need to finally unlock our Energy Resources to get this economy going again. Miss nunn, what would you do as a senator . What have you done in your life to prepare you for this . Thank you, i have spent my entire life trying to make a difference serving people, creating an organization from a few dozen people and taking it to an organization that last year mobilized 4000 volunteers. I started hand on atlanta with a couple thousand dollarsand we ended up with an organization that had a 30 million budget. So i know what it is like
And she said, well i will vote for you. And that is what you want for the state. Not a rubberstamp for barack obama. Chance why he wants her in the senate as his proxy. Of georgiahe people deserve better, and in georgia the name of those failed policies, again, is Michelle Nunn. Can i get a rebuttal to that . Purdue, forgive me, but i dont believe you. I am the true outsider in this race, and i dont have any political it a local connections, and i am the true outsider. We have to move on, or can i answer that . You can answer that. To be partery proud of the Republican Party, and many people have said it the message is resonating them. Resonating with them. I want to talk about Michelle Nunn, though. Two and ais killing half million jobs, and he has loaded up 7 trillion of more debt with nothing to show for it on the jobs front. We have fewer people working today than at any time since jimmy carter was president , and in georgia, 400,000 more people had to go on food stamps than actual
Tell us about your favorite president and why that person is your favorite president. Here are the lines. Republicans, 2027488001. Republicans, democrats 2027488000. Post on twitter facebook. Com cs pan or send us an email at journal cspan. Org. In june last year, gallup took a poll of favorite president s. Heres how everything shook out. Topping the list was bill clinton with a favorable rating of 64 . Followed by george h. W. Bush with 63 . His son got 53 . Jimmy carter 52 . At the time, barack obama with 47 as far as favorable rating of living u. S. President s. Other polls have been taken and we will share those. Thoughts on your favorite president. Maybe because of the person or a policy, the administration overall. Your chance to weigh in on president s day. 2027482001 for republicans 202748 8000 for republicans. Our social Media Channels available as well. Gallup conducting polls. Bill clinton scored highest in ratings for the sixth year. George w. Bush in 2006 then president tr
Republicans, 2027480008001. Send us a tweet, or go to facebook. Com cspan. You can also send an email. We will get your thoughts in a minute, but we want to show you what the majority leader Mitch Mcconnell, had to say yesterday when he went to the cameras after meeting with his conference behind closed doors and talked about this strategy. As all of you know, i put on the calendar last night what we called the collins bill, which would, if enacted prevent the president s executive actions from last november from going into effect. Procedurally the vote on that will occur friday. It will be cloture on the motion to proceed with that bill. In the meantime, i have indicated to the democratic leader that i would be happy to have his cooperation to advance a consideration of a clean dhhs bill, which would carry us through until september 30. Host lauren fox is joining us on the phone. Where did this all come from . How did this come about. Guest Mitch Mcconnell has been in a bind the last