And if so, do you believe that that can happen this year before the midterm elections . If congress doesnt take action this year, what impact could that have on the 2016 president ial election . Our phone lines are open. Democrats can call at 2025853880. Republicans, 2025853881. Independents, 2025853882. We have a special line this morning set up for Illegal Immigrants if you want to call in to the washington journal today. That number, 2025853883, as we discuss this issue this morning. You can also catch up with us on all your favorite social media pages. On twitter, facebook, or email journal cspan. Org. I want to start with a story from the Associated Press yesterday on the president s speech and what happened in washington on Immigration Reform. The headline, immigrant activists turn up heat on democrats. The story from abc news and the ssociated press. They demand at that president obama order a halt to most deportations of People Living in the u. S. Illegally. Obama, meanwhile, t
I wrote can and he only published six. But we paid you. That is the standard answer. Well, maybe those columns were not good enough. Here is a check for about columns that you did not rent here print. He was entitled to keep it. That was coolidges business lesson. He wanted to do business with the other party again. Very rare behavior now. I admire that. Amity shlaes on cololighdge tonight on q a. Tonight u. S. Manufacturing with the Panel Including Michael Bennett, john mccain, and Amy Klobuchar. I am editor at large of the atlanta. Special greetings to folks watching live on cspan. You are probably not on live c span very much. I am on live on cspan every now and then. One of my daughters was watching me preside once at the senate. After i was done, i got a call from her and she said, i can be a senator, because i can say without objection. [laughter] there is one bit of disclosure. Michael bennett, senator from colorado, happens to be a brother of our editor in chief, james bennett.
But they are so careful about not mingling interests of what got you here today was the talk about immigration. I thought about getting all of you together, but you have slightly different takes. You are a member of the group of eight. Maybe it is not a group of 7. 5, depending how senator menendez is doing. We will see. In the question of how the white house even today, the president said at the Democratic House retreat that he is heartened by democrats and republicans both seem to take this seriously. Politics may not be easy. There are regional variations in the country. There is youth and dynamism. I love you in your group of eight role. Also sharing your work with the colorado compact. Talk about the Michael Bennett vision of what we need to do to achieve Immigration Reform. If i can, let me take you to colorado on this issue. That is where my interest started first, as a School Superintendent in Denver Public schools. The lack of resolution for young people who have come to this
These claims are legitimate . No, i dont. I think this. Who, whoever she is is mixed up. Wow. Kavanaugh has spent more than four hours at the white house, alt an initial told msnbc news she did not meet with the president. Went to the meeting at the white house at 10 08 a. M. Is he still there . He is. We have been asking, what is he doing . Our colleague sent around a note with the latest details. Apparently, Brett Kavanaugh has been doing phone banking, calling member of congress, defending his name, doing damage control and really trying to defend his nomination. Brett kavanaugh had been on a smooth glide path to being confirmed and really cementing a conservative majority on the support for a generation. There was all this hand wringing by democrats about not having ax to the documents they wanted about kavanaughs record. That didnt matter. Republicans were pushing forward with the confirmation hearing. Now you have democrats, white house officials and some key republicans saying i
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