Working for that pay. The publicans have refused to put on the floor legislation that will open the peoples government. Membershad over 150 sign a petition to open the government. And bring legislation to the floor. Askingscores of members for unanimous consent of the body to do just that. So that the government could be open today. A point of order was just made. Any member of the house would hre been in order to ask for floor. E put on the we will discuss that at greater length. The American People want the government opened. They want us to talk. They want us to reach an agreement. They see no need. We see no need of having literally millions of people shut out of their workplace while the republican majority shuts down the government and tries to hold a gun at our head to agree on things that, in a democratic process, should be dealt with not at the point of a gun, but at the table of conference, to which they have refused to go over the last five months. That me yield to my collea
Country with reporters from stay in local newspapers. We will take your calls, e mails, and tweets. Washington journal is live every day at 7 00 eastern on cspan. We want to know how the shutdown is affecting you. Send us your touts. Uploaded it from your mobile device at tout. Com at the blue henry house here at stanford. This was the primary residence of the hoovers. Significant because she designed it. She had a strong grasp of design and how she wanted the house to look, even though she was not an architect. We are lucky to have the original drawings and documents relating to the design and construction how she wanted the house to look. Herhe influence came from travels in the south part of the United States. Also from her travels in north africa, which you travel with herbert hoover. It is a great legacy. She designed and created the house. It was inspired by her ideas. She had close involvement in all aspects of the house. Span. Et lou hoover on c some of the events that occurred
Established until the year 2000, the debt was 5 trillion. According to the policy center, the rivlindomenici panel, between 2000 and 2009, the National Debt roughly doubled. Now it will double again. The figures are scalding, and i am sure that the congressional panel, as well as simpson bowles, and i am sure Rivlin Domenici found the same thing. In 2020, it will be 1 one it will be 1 trillion a year just to pay the interest on the debt. By the year 2025, every set of federal tax revenue will go to Social Security, medicare, and interest on the debt. What is required as noted is to get through the default period because it will obviously raise Interest Rates and create real havoc in the Community Bank environment, most particularly, the ability to borrow and lend money, and then sit down aggressively and in a bipartisan fashion to focus on this runaway train. In 1950, the average person retired at 62 and died at 69. Or 65 and 69. Today, the average person retires at 62 and dies at 80.
the number two position and majority whip tim cliburn the number three position were fighting over that, over the minority wlhip. so speaker pelosi stepped in and wanted hoyer, but she intends to create a new position for congressman cliburn. it s not clear what it will be, but third in line after pelosi and hoyer the minority whip. jamie: what about the tea party members coming in and a lot of people are watching how that translates and transforms congress and are the republicans battling at all over that? reporter: it s interesting there. the tea party patriots, a national tea party group has an event planned for incoming members of congress, training sessions, seminars, that kind of thing. now, there is also another event this weekend for house g.o.p. freshmen and that s organized by the conservative think tank, the clairmont institute and that second event is rubbing the tea partiers the wrong way.
hello, everyone. we begin with a late breaking announcement from house democrats that they have settled a brewing leadership battle by creating a brand new office for congressman jim clyburn of south carolina. with the democrats losing control of the house, they also lost one of the traditional leadership offices setting off a contest between clyburn and steny hoyer of maryland. the new arrangement announced by nancy pelosi allows the two men to retain prominent spots in the house democratic caucus. meanwhile, as scores of newly elected republicans come to town, there s a fight brewing in republican circles. tea party activists are concerned that establishments are corrupting the new members. we ll have more as this develops. all of this is coming as members of congress return to washington ahead of next week s lame duck session. there s plenty of work to be done. molly henneberg is following that part of story. she s joining us with much more. let the lame duck session beg