Symposium hosted by the Clinton Foundation and Miller Center. It is a little over one hour. Please welcome msnbc contributor jonathan k parks and the Economic Policy panel. [applause] thank you very much. As the voice of god said, i am john [indiscernible] from the washington post. When president clinton took office on january 20, 19 93, the American Economy was in bad shape. Unemployment is high. The deficit is high. The National Debt was climbing even higher. The man who campaigned on cutting the deficit in half had a seemingly impossible task. The longest economic expansion in u. S. History a narrowing of the income inequality gap in the first Budget Surplus in generations. How did it happen . How did the budget deal of 1993 get done or the 1997 budget deal that balance the budget and secured these historic surpluses . How did the Child Health Insurance program that helped the poor and workingclass families and untold millions fold into the middle class and get done . Gene sperling
Rise on the wealthiest households while protecting the vast majority of americans from tax hikes set to hit in january. Welcome to the saturday edition of and the washington journal. For the first 45 minutes of the program we are going to be talking about senate negotiating a fiscal clifts deal, what has been going on on that half of the capital. See what they are talking about and how things are going. We want to get your input and your part of the conversation. You can reach out to us on twitter. Facebook, facebook. Com cspan. And you can send us an email. This is more from the article, the lead story in the washington post. They ride, the development marked a breakthrough after weeks of paralysis. Joining us by phone is one of the authors of that article, and, laurie, welcome to the program. Tell us, what kind of a deal did the president offered . What is new in the negotiations among the senators and between the senators and the white house . Caller there does not appear to be anyt
48point gap in new york last month. Now, the dems are duking it out for a whopping 247 delegates at stake in the new york primary. Its the second largest delegate payday on the primary calendar. Which may explain why both candidates have been turning up the heat as they campaign in the state this week. On friday, after criticism from the Clinton Campaign, senator sanders walked back an earlier statement questioning clintons qualifications for president. But last night, during an appearance at new yorks famous apollo theater, sanders went back on the attack. He was asked to respond to bill clintons confrontation with philadelphia activists over Hillary Clintons use of the term superpredator in the 90s. Heres what senator sanders had to say. Unacceptable. I think we all know what that term meant when in the context that it was said years ago. We know who they were talking ability. And i think that the president owed the American People an apology for trying to defend what is indefensible
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