The job. Joe, you are in statuary hall were all of it is happening. This evening is about policy and presentation and also about pomp and circumstance and atmosphere, what is the atmosphere right now . Plenty of that to go around here. Its noisy room and a festive one here in study lori hall which is just outside the door to the chamber of the house of representatives statuary hall. Speaker mike johnson just skimmed through. Many members of the house and senate Milling Around now, waiting for the president of the United States, joe biden, who will soon be piling into a motorcade and making his way to the other end of pennsylvania avenue where we are waiting. To your point, there is a lot on the line tonight. We will hear about policy, but so many people will be watching his posture, his tone, his ability to see energetic as chief of staff. And there are folks wondering whether they will find the spontaneity he found last year to work this room, and the people at home. Yvonne adlibbing
Holidays. The senate convenes january 8. The house on january 9. Both chambers face two upcoming deadlines to avoid a government shutdown. The first january 19 and the other february 2. The committees are ready to do the work but we are waiting awaiting for the other chamber to come forward with a number we can agree upon. Leader mcconnell and i will figure out the best way to get this vote in quickly. Neither of us want to shut down. Announcer coverage on the cspan network cspan, now, or cspan. Org. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Announcer a healthy democracy doesnt just look like this. It looks like this. Where americans can see democracy at work. When citizens are truly informed, our republic thrives. Get informed straight from the source on cspan. Unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. From the nations capitol, to wherever you are. The opinion that matters the most is your own. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. Where are you financially compared
Frequent commentator on american politics and political history. , the Mansfield Center for the university, montana. His work has appeared the new york times, the Washington Post, the bulwark, california journal, politics and public policy. Montana. The magazine of western history and the indiana magazine of history. He is a columnist for the lewiston tribune. Idaho, and writes regularly on the blog many things considered. His previous books for the university of Oklahoma Press are tuesday massacre for Senate Elections and the radicalization of the republican party, a study of how independent campaigns upended american politics after 1980 and political hellraiser a biography of montana new deal era senator Burton K Wheeler and that is a spur Award Finalist by the western writers of johnson served as a press as the press secretary and chief of staff to idahos longest serving governor, cecil d andrus, and is a graduate of south dakota state university. He lives in oregon. Please help me
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We are hear to discuss grant. Hes a prolific arthur on when war was built on. He did writing about the radical foreform. How republican reformers defied lincoln and remade america published three years ago. This is a narrative he continues. His earlier works include u i will list a few in reverse order esequencing back in time. Steven adouglas compromised the union and the first congress. James madison and George Washington and a group invented the government and also washington, the making of the american capitol. A historian and journalist given byn the center for the study of slavery at yale university. The Historical Society and article and book reviews appear regularly. In earlier years they reported expensively on politics, economic issues, culture from asia, middle east, and africa and worked for time at the rkunited nations. He was a new yorker at city college of new york and Columbia University. Hes lived and worked all around the world he and his wife currentlyn reside on cap