1902. no voter ever saw his name on a ballot. he was elected to the senate the old-fashioned way, in a way the founders thought senators should be elected. a state legislature chose and voted for reed smoot to go to the united states senate to represent the state of utah. in his 30 year career as a senator, reed smoot rose to the most powerful chairmanship in the senate, chairman of the senate finance committee with jurisdiction over the federal government ways of raising revenue, bringing money into the treasury. taxation and tariffs. with the stock market crashing in 1929 and the country and during the great depression, reed smoot had the worst idea any chairman of the senate finance committee ever had. it was an idea that would end his career in the senate. the house ways and means committee had the same jurisdiction in the house that the finance committee has in the senate. taxation and tariffs. the chairman of the house ways and means committee loved reed smoot s very ba
second term agenda. we have great common sense and a lot of smart people in this room in the lobby of that love our country beyond just about all else. john: a big afternoon we are back, hello i am john roberts in washington. this is one of those thursdays, sandra. we have a lot of energy from the news. sandra: you have to keep watching you never know. i m sandra smith in new york this is america reports great to be with you, john. president biden back on the world stage with his foreign policy agenda in full focus but also marking the first time he is facing reporters since his son became a convicted felon. sandra: mike john: fox team coverage starting now martha maccallum with analysis. sandra: but starting with peter doocy on the white house north one of the president s remarks, peter. white house officials with all this talk about ukraine at g7 they want the world to know they have given ukraine the okay to use u.s. weapons against russian targets inside r
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