Your unfiltered view of 308 ticks. Of politics. Each week when congress is in session we like to take time to look at the week ahead in washington. Joined by jason dick Deputy Editor at roll call newspaper and alana treene. Last weeks impeachment inquiry involved several current and former members of the Trump Administration testified behind closed doors, is that going to continue again this week and if so who is on the docket for the investigative committees . Alayna it will continue and i imagine it will extend beyond. Right now we are seeing the schedule for this week. The house committees investigating the president and ukraine and annie and propriety potentially and any impropriety, they are ramping this up quickly and moving fast. They scheduled on sundays this week, two people a day to come in and testify behind closed doors. People from the nsc, people from omb, the office of management and budget. Technically acting omb director which is a semicabinet position. We have im look
Good afternoon, everyone. First off, id like to thank the Clermont Institute for sponsoring this panel and for sponsoring all of its panels here at the american Political Science association, and thanks to all of you for coming to hear whether congress is still dysfunctional. I suspect you already know the answer to the question, but maybe well provide a fuller background and explanation about whats going on these days on capitol hill. Its no secret to political scientists that congress is a mess. Its no secret to the members of congress that congress is a mess. And nor is it a secret to the American People that congress is a mess. Routinely, congress polls very poorly when people are asked whether they approve of the job its doing, and this trend is bipartisan whether democrats or republicans control congress, most people assign it a failing grade. The trend is also long standing. Over the past Decade Congress has not once achieved an Approval Rating above 30 . It wasnt always this wa
And academics are part of this discussion hosted by american Political Science association. Routinely congress pulled very portable people as whether they approved of the job it is doing. This trend is bipartisan whether democrats or Republicans Control Congress most people assign it a failing grade. The trend is also a longstandig peer over the past Decade Congress has not once achieved Approval Rating above 30 . It wasnt always this way. During the 1990s congress Approval Rating typically were in the 40s and 50s. Today they hover in the teens and the 20s. Once thought to be the great repository of americas republican Principles Congress is now referred to as a broken branch. Why exactly has Congress Come to this point . What are the causes of the dysfunction . Has anything changed since trumps election and the democratic takeover of the house . Can this longstanding state of affairs be changed . Can congress be reformed, it is so what do we need to do to reform it . To answer these q
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160th congress 116th congress. The American Political Science Association hosted this 90 minute event. Association, live coverage here thanks to all of you for coming to hear about whether or not congress is still dysfunctional. A fulle will provide background of whats going on on capitol hill. It is no secret to political scientists, nor to the members of congress or the american people, that congress is a mess. Congress routinely polls poorly and this trend is bipartisan. Republicanscrats or control congress, most assigned us a failing grade. Over the past decade, congress has not once approved in Approval Rating over 30 . During the 1990s, congresss Approval Ratings were in the 40s and the 50s. Today, they are in the teens and 20s. Once thought to be the great repository of americas republican principles, it is now a broken branch. Why has Congress Come to this point . What are the causes of congresss dysfunction . Has anything changed since trumps election and the democratic takeov