Panelists. Theyll introduce themselves before their presentations. Theyre each going to speak for about 10 to 12 minutes at the most about their Current Research on president ial commissions. And then the three of us will talk in conversation about the role of president ial commissions and political history. And ill reserve the last half hour at least for questions and comments from you and for us to continue talking. As you can tell, todays session is being filmed by cspan. Do with that information what you will. I am frank popper. I teach city planning rather than history, although increasely, i take a historical approach to city planning. I do that at rutgers and princeton. The reason im here is that nearly half a century ago, i wrote a small book for the 20th century fund, now the Century Foundation in new york city on president ial commissions, and its one of the very few sources i think on them, and a couple of months ago my 49yearold book was dug up and i was asked to participat
Next on American History tv, the discussion on policymaking commissions inl American History. This talk from Purdue University was part of the conference called making American History. I am the associate professor of instructions, a legal historian who has written about president ial commissions and Administrative Law from law reform. We look forward to you can tell, todays session is being filmed by cspan, so do with that information as you will. Frank will be first. Yes, my name is frank popper. I teach city planning. Increasingly i take an historical approach to city planning. I do that with rutgers. The reason i am here, nearly half a century ago i wrote a small book for the 20th entry fund, now the Century Foundation in new york city, on president ial commissions and its one of the very few sources, i think, on them, and a they dug my ago, 49 yearold book they dug my 49yearold book. They asked if i would participate. President ial commissions have a long history in the United Sta
Participation in the u. S. Electoral process. Well call this hearing to order and thank everyone very, very much for being here today. We know its very busy with many things happening but its incredibly important that we be voting on basic we be talking about voting and the basic ten e ets of our democracy in terms of Voting Rights. Voting rights is the essential foundation of hurt democracy, and all of us who are here understand that. Every citizen who wants to vote is able to cast a vote must be at the top of congress agenda. At the local level, many of us have heard stories about how difficult voting can be. Whether its a grandmother who cant register to vote because she cant get her birth certificate, College Students prevented from registering to vote in a place where they go to school. Or even malfunctioning vote mag sheens that lead to long lines and voters who need to g back to work so they have to give up and leave the line. We have een sha over and over gn. 2016 was the first
202 7488000. Five to 15 guns 202 7488001. 16 to 30 guns 202 7488002. If you own more than 30 guns 202 7488003. You can also catch up with us on social media. Good thursday morning. You can start calling in now. We are talking to just gun owners in this first segment of the washington journal today. In las vegas still trying to find a motive into that shooting. The arsenal the attacker used now well known. The front page of the New York Times today with a composite image of the room in the mandalay bay resort and casino where the attacker opened fire. Includingom 23 guns ak47 and ar15 style rifles. They also found 12 bump stocks which let semiautomatic weapons fire like automatic weapons. The target of one piece of legislation introduced by senator Dianne Feinstein. Heres what she had to say. Bump stocks which cause less increase a semiautomatic rifles rate of fire from between 45 and 60 rounds per minute to between 400 and 800 rounds per minute. Thats the same rate of fire as automatic
Go . Ms. Sanchez i dont want to single her out. Her, steny hoyer, jim clyburn, all three of them . Ms. Sanchez i think its time to pass the torch to a new generation. Theyre all of the same generation. Their contributions to the congress and the caucus are substantial. But i think there comes a time when you need to pass that torch and i think its time. You can see all of our conversation with congresswoman Linda Sanchez this sunday on newsmakers at 10 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. The Senate Budget committee is scheduled to resume work on the 2018 budget at 2 30 p. M. Eastern. Swreel live coverage when they do return. Until then, part of todays washington journal. Bus today, tn is in frankfurt, the capital of the, of kentucky. This is our seventh stop on a 50 state capitals tour. Joining us on the bus with the president of the kentucky state city, robert stivers. Senator stivers, thanks for being with us. Frankfurt is one of the smallest state capitals, about 25,000 or so people. What ar