It isa to the programme. It is a standing day at Prime Ministers questions where Emily Thornberry attacks the government and the dup for not backing votes at 16. They are not the coalition of chaos, they are the coalition caveman. David livingstone said that the party put at the age for all sorts of things. Graceville east to buy fireworks to 18 and raising is to use a sunbed to 18. Best raising the age. Also, mps plans to move out of westminster for a the age. Also, mps plans to move out of westminsterfor a multibillion pound restoration programme. Any delay increses the costs. And it was finished their first delay increses the costs. And it was finished theirfirst big delay increses the costs. And it was finished their first big debate on the bill transferring eu laws to the uk after brexit. A former Commons Speaker said piers have a clear duty. To limit the damage that threatens the sovereignty of parliament and the National Interest peers. Parliament and the National Interest peers
Let me try to call this full house to order, if i may. Welcome to brookings. My name is bill gallston. Im a senior fellow in governance studies. Thank you so much for coming and welcome also to the people who are watching this event live on cspan. Todays topic is the past, the present and possible future of the u. S. Senate. The occasion of this discussion is the publication of ira shapiros second book on the senate, this one entitled, broken can the senate save itself and the country . Those of oh you who read his first book on the senate will know how passionately he reveres the senate as an institution and will not be surprised to learn how distressed he is by what he describes as its precipitous decline. This topic could not be more timely. We are just days from the expiration of yet another shortterm continuing budget resolution and perhaps even more pertinently, from a promised open Senate Debate on u. S. Immigration policy. Will the promise be kept . And if it is, will todays se
Including dreamers, make was a threat to the rest of the country. Duty in thismp my chamber is to defend americans. To protect their safety, their andlies, their communities, their right to an American Dream because americans are dreamers too. David we welcome back larry from the university of virginia, larry, will come back to the program, and take us into the might of the president and what he is trying to do here. The president said he wants to reach across the aisle on immigration but he up the ante it is not the dreamers we have to worry about the rest of the country. I think the whole presentation prior to the statement telling the media the speech was about National Unity faintpartisanship was a there probably isnt any hope for unity or bipartisanship. Other than a few words tossed in here and there without substance that meant nothing out of dont think there was anything unifying about the speech on immigration or anything else. It was particularly divisive. David you have terr
Coming up in the next half hour the bill putting eu law on the uk statute book clears its first hurdle in the lords, but theres a hint of the battles to come. At this Pivotal Moment in our history, we cannot, we must not, indulge in that very british habit ofjust muddling through. Mps vote to move out of parliament for a multibillion pound repair programme, after warnings theres a risk of it burning down we must recognise that, as time passes without competence of action, those risks only increase. Also on this programme, its stand in day at Prime Ministers questions, where Emily Thornberry attacks the government and the dup for not backing votes at 16. They are not the coalition of chaos, mr speaker, theyre the coalition of cavemen but David Lidington says that labour put up the age for doing all sorts of things. Raised the age to buy fireworks to 18, and raised the age for using a sunbed to 18 but first, after two days of debate and 190 speakers, the eu withdrawal bill cleared its fi
[inaudible conversations] let me try to call this full house to order, if i may. Welcome to brookings. My name is bill galston, senior fellow here in governance stud ies. Thanks so much for coming and welcome also to the people who are watching this event live on cspan. Todays topic is the past and the publication of ira shapiros second book on the senate, this one entitled broken, can the senate save itself and the country. Those of you who read his first book on the senate will know how passionately he reveres the senate as an an answers institution and will not know howdy how distress as decline this topic could not be more timely. We are just days from the expiration of yet another shortterm continuing budget re solution and perhaps even more pertinently from a promised open Senate Debate on u. S. Immigration policy. Will the promise be kept and if it is will todays senate be up to the job of an open deliberation on the most burning domestic question which is more than come itself