House and Senate Budget committees about their Budget Priorities, as we hear from viewers about your Budget Priorities. And we begin this morning with sheldon whitehouse, senator from rhode island, democrat. And senator, as were asking about these priorities, what are your priorities, and how are they shaping your role here, and your thoughts as this looming budget deadline is coming in about ten days . Well, i think the overarching thing that we are looking for is some degree of parity, more or less, between nondefense and defense spending increases. With that, that enables the proprieto proprietors to go back and fix accounts. Very keen to see the promised second chunk of opioid spending come through. Around washington, promises sometimes arent quite as strong as they are elsewhere in the world. And then there are the big issues that i think we want in a bipartisan fashion to resolve, but could fall apart. We need to do the Childrens Health insurance program. We need to fund the Comm
Host for the remainder of the washington journal today, we will be talking with senators and congressmen on the house and Senate Budget committees about Budget Priorities as we hear from viewers about your budget by ortiz. We begin with the senator from sheldonland, whitehouse. As we are asking about these priorities, what are your try ortiz and how are they shaping your role here and your thoughts on this looming budget deadline coming in about 10 days . Sen. Whitehouse i think the overarching thing we are looking for is some the glee degree of parity between nondefense and defense spending increases. That enables the appropriators to go back and fix the individual accounts at those known levels. Very keen to see the promised second chunk of opioid spending come through. We have been promised that. Around washington, promises sometimes arent quite as strong as they are elsewhere in the world. The big issue i think we want in a bipartisan fashion to resolve that could fall apart. We ne
As we take you through the latest on that front. We want to hear from you about your immigration policy priorities. Give us a call. Tell us what those priorities are. Democrats, 2027488000 is the number for you. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. You can also catch up with us on social media. On twitter, its at twitter. Com cspanwj. On facebook, its facebook. Com cspan. And a very good Tuesday Morning to you. You can start calling in now with your immigration policy priorities as we take you to ed okeefe on the phone joining us. Hes a congressional reporter with the Washington Post. You had an article earlier this week previewing the woe that the immigration debate would be playing in the current round of budget talks. At this point, does it appear hat a daca fix and immigration fixes are going to happen alongside a larger budget deal . Caller guest too soon to say but everyone seems to be heading in that direction. Some who have been working on this issue for several y
Welcome to cspans year in review. The year started with republicans taking control in the u. S. Senate. He became majority leader in january, Mitch Mcconnell laid out his priorities. Mcconnell the American People have had enough as president. This november, they had their say. The message they have sent is clear, if voters hit the brakes four years ago, this time they have spun the wheel. They have said they want the administration to change course and moved to the middle. Move to the middle. This november, the American People did not ask for a government that tries to do everything and fails, and they did not demand a government that aims to do nothing and succeeds. They asked simply for a government that works. They want a government of the 21st century. One that functions with efficiency and accountability, competence, and purpose. They want a washington that is more interested in modernizing and streamlining government been adding more layers to it. And they want more jobs. More op
You can follow all of our coverage online anytime at [indistinct chatter]. Anytime at cspan. Org. We hope you have a safe and wonderful holiday, and happy new year. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] ,nouncer today, it is q a with evan thomas on his book, being nixon. We will also hear about nixons relationships with personal advisors, friends, and staff. Q a airs today at 7 00 eastern on cspan2. Announcer three days of featured programming this new years weekend on cspan. Friday night at 8 00 eastern, Law Enforcement officials and journalists examine the prison system ands on minority communities. The first and primary reason we have the first and primary reasons we have prisons is to punish people for social behavior and to remove that threat from society to keep us safe, whether they are going to rehabilitate the prisoner or