Impossible for elected Office Holders in the Republican Party to consider joining the Bipartisan Coalition that wouldve been necessary to pass the legislation. Question, whyg did the people who were supporting it think it would work . Im going to leave that question talk about. Or us to i do believe many of the Business People and environment was who supported cap and trade were so focused on working out the details of a bargain inside of washington, d. C. Trying to figure out how many allowances to give to which andons and how to reach out rope in more Business Leaders to support the legislation. The just operate on assumption that if they could get business support, that would deliver republican votes to congress. Meanwhile, the Republican Party was changing. By 2009, that change had a label. Tea party movement. Which i did face to face interviews with the Tea Party People in several parts of the country and found for them, the threat of Environmental Protection agency regulating and
To partner with the bryant park coordination so its always great to come out and see our members and sometime wes have members from the museum as well as members in our Chairmans Council to come out and support us. Jonathan white is a fellow at the where he also serves as the universitys pre and treason in the civil war. He is currently at work on three books, including lincolns advice for lawyers, the final voyage of the uss monitor during the civil war. Please join me in welcoming jonathan w. White. Thank you so much for having me. Can you all hear me okay in the bleacher seats back there . Okay. I love having an opportunity to come to new york city. This is actually only my third trip here. I spent two weeks here, though, about eight years ago, i had a fellowship and i spent two weeks at the New York Historical society. I love going there to do research, in fact i stopped by there this afternoon with my daughter, shes 14 months old and we had to get a picture of her next to lincolns
And great people into our government. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, lets thank dwight chapin. Weekends on cspan are an intellectual feast. Every saturday, american documents america story. And on sundays, book tv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. Funding for cspan two comes from these Television Companies and more. Including charter communications. Broadband is a force for empowerment, thats why treasure has invested billions building infrastructure, upgraded technology, improving technology and communities big and small. Charter is connecting us. Charter communications, along with these Television Companies, supports hes been to as a public service. Simply so, up to this point e course we have been talking a lot about the degree to which that constitution did not take the form of a simple written document, but rather as a set of ideas of the structure and function of american government. Among these key ideas was a reliance on union, particularly those mutual f
Ladies and gentlemen, lets thank dwight chapin. Cspan shop dot orgs cspans online store. As to our latest collection of cspan products, apparel, books, home decor and accessories. There is something for every cspan fan. And every purchase help support our nonprofit organization. Shop now or anytime at cspan shop dot org. So, up to this point in the course we have been talking a lot about the degree to which that constitution did not take the form of a simple written document, but rather as a set of ideas of the structure and function of american government. Among these key ideas was a reliance on union, particularly those mutual fonts of nationhood, between the states and the production of compromise. The constitution is a commitment to compromise. Because its baked into the constitution, so too was the evil of slavery. Because there are consistently compromises between slaveholding and donald slaveHolding States about slavery. There are so committed to the idea of compromise as part o
Partners, cspan cities tour staff recently visited many sites showcasing the history of green bay, wisconsin. Learn more about green bay all weekend here on American History tv. Leaves as our williams Lasting Legacy here in the green williams. Eleazar he led a group of oneida indians here, and they settled in green bay. Williams was the minister at the time. Nation remains here today, a very vital and important part of the greater green bay community. The other legacy that williams left behind is a bit more bizarre. After he was removed from his position with the piscopo church, he began perpetuating a story that he was the lost. Rince of france in the early part of the 19th century, any number of folks in europe and north america were claiming to be the lost prince xvirance, the son of louis ann marie antoinette, who was imprisoned following the french boylution, and the reportedly died while imprisoned in france, but rumors persisted the boy had been smuggled out of prison and was li