Press enter questions during his first day on the job, he is remaining as white house budget director. About linda english. This is 20 minutes. Thank you all very much for doing this, welcome to see spv. My role as acting director was extraordinarily smooth. We met with the Senior Leadership team, the toxics are seven folks here met again in the afternoon with a Broader Group healths or four dozen folks, how this intimate you told them an annual take a couple questions, this is an ordinary course of business in washington dc. Is what are witnessing happens everything couple of years, it is a transition, it happens that they had never been through a transition before. It was inevitable at some point. It was even now or in july and mr. Trump would get a chance to put someone so i had a chance to walk through with a lot of folks who have not been through transition what they should expect. They should expect that this agency will stay open. Rumors that im going to blow it up or lock the d
Event. I see several people in the from the school let and i hope you enjoy the event. We have an exciting panel today and i think we should just get started with questions. Iny questions were prepared advance. I will start with some questions about news. It has only been one year since the president ial election but it seems very hard to remember a time when facebook was not synonymous with fake news. People who disseminate false news range from foreign what isda agents and your take on the effect on me outcome of the 2016 election . I think the impact of fake news was to allow primarily the trump voters to discount what was going on in the mainstream media. Bad it was for their candidate or how bad it was factually, it allowed them to assume it was coming from a biased point of view and therefore they ignored it. Difficultas not been of american campaigns in the past. I have a slightly different view on fake news in the sense that i think we focus a lot on the fact that this news mig
It has only been one year since the president ial election by it seems hard to remember a time when facebook was not synonymous with fake news. People who disseminated fake information on social media range from propagandists to foreign nations. T is sure opinion on the what is your opinion on how it affected the election of 20 . Recs i think the impact of fake news was to allow primarily the trump voters to discount what was going on in the mainstream media. No matter how bad it was for their candidate or how bad it was actually, it allowed them to assume that it was coming from a biased point of view and that therefore they ignored it. And, you know, that has not been difficult of american campaigns in the past. Differenta slightly view on fake news and a sense. I think we focus a lot on the sense that this news might have, you know, changed the result of the elections. I think it is more of a symptom then a cause. A symptom of the polarization in this country. My background is in ps
Stephen mansfield on his washington in one hour, author Stephen Mansfield on his Washington Times oped about President Trumps support our go talk show host bill press. He discusses the year in politics and what to expect in 2018. Members are advised that these of the last votes expected in the house for the day, the week, the month, and the year. The House Republican leader in congress as they wrap up business for the year. Lawmakers quickly leave the u. S. Capitol and head home for the holidays. We welcome you to washington journal. Congress did pass a shortterm spending plan that keeps the government running for a few more weeks, only to face the same issues when they return in early january. We want to get to your calls and comments. How would you rate the performance of the house and senate and your own representative . 202 7488001, thats our line for republicans. 202 7488000 for democrats. For independents, 202 7488002. Yesterday, congress wrapped up business as lawmakers head out
Democrats basically, the senate when along with it. That means we will have a whole bunch of Unfinished Business early next year with a lot of state. Will the issues most contentious yesterday to my we heard the issue of dr. Into. Anted to tie that obviously, they are not going to wait until january. Does that increase the chance of a shutdown in january . I think it increases the chance. I think theres a lot of interest on all sides to come up with a deal that gets a lot of these things off. Theres a lot of interest. Immigrations dr. , package. Whether it will be called the border wall or not is to be determined. That is what the president wants. There will be a package in there for health care. Susan collins wants reinsurance and other things that would shore up the Affordable Care market. Also Childrens Health insurance, sass to relief. Disaster relief. The opening bid in the senate is 81 billion, which the house pouseassed. Top 100d easily billion. Then you have the underlying pack