Levin. I want to thank you all for coming to politics and prose im preventing humor week hosts closer thousand events. Year. Something that is confirmed for the next three months you can go ahead and visit our website or pick up our events calendar. Before i get started today are like tosk ask everyone to silence yourur cell phones, so as not to disrupt the event. And when its time for the q a i would ask you to come up to this microphone right here, next to the pillar, and please speak clearly into the microphone as we areec recording it and cspan book tv is here as well. On the q and a we will have a signing. This table if you havent already purchased this book will have the books up at the register. So tonight i am excited to welcome yuval levin celebrating his newest book, a time to build. How we commit to institutions as nations have increased divisiveness, fueled by partisan politics, culture wars, and populist anger on both sides. Yuval levin says instead of trying to tear down
Notable speakers of the house of representatives. A look into the politics of impeachment, the me too movement and antisemitism. The australian Prime Minister on Climate Change and the australian wildfires. Susan matthew greene, the speaker of the house from 1931 to 1930 three and became fdrs Vice President once said, the speaker of the house job is the hardest job in washington. Do you agree . Professor green absolutely, i agree. It was made at the time when speakers had a lot fewer responsibilities than today. If anything, it is even more so it is the most difficult job in washington. Susan this position is named in the constitution without a lot of detail. I am wondering, when the framers created the position, what are they have in mind . Professor green they were thing about a model of the speakership where it was a position that had parliamentary responsibilities. The job was to preside over the chamber and make sure the rules were being followed fairly. They also understood the p
The pillar and please speak clearly into the microphone as we are recording it today and cspan, booktv is here as well. Following q a we will have assigning here at this table. If you havent already purchased your books we have plenty at the front of the store at the registers. Tonight am very excited to welcome yuval levin to politics pros celebrating his newest book a time to build. From family and community to congress and the campus how recommitting to our institutions can revive the american dream. As the nation faces increasing divisiveness fueled by artisan politics culture wars and populace on both sides levine argues that rather than trying to tear down existing institutional frameworks we should be looking to them as sources of strength and support. Through a time to build he shows her Current Crisis isnt completely due to the presence of an oppressive force but to the absence of uniting forces and here to commit ourselves to renewing the vitality of institutions ranging from
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Time when speakers had a lot fewer responsibilities than today. If anything, it is even more so it is the most difficult job in washington. Susan this position is named in the constitution without a lot of detail. I am wondering, when the framers created the position, what are they have in mind . Professor green they were thing thinking about the model of the speakership where it was a position that had parliamentary responsibilities. The job was to preside over the chamber and make sure the rules were being followed fairly. They also understood the position could take on other responsibilities. I think it is telling it is only mentioned once in the constitution and says the house shall choose it speaker and leaves the rest up to the house itself. Susan over time, has it evolved as the institution has changed or have the people that have been in it changed the job . Professor green i think it is a combination. The larger context in which speakers have to operate, the house itself and o