Home to the house and senate since 1800. It is their home districts and states that send members to washington, d. C. Over the next 90 minutes, a look at pivotal u. S. Politicians as we travel the nation in search of their stories. Coming up first, former wisconsin governor and 1924 Progressive Party president ial bobdate, robert fighting lafalce. Hes the most important political figure in wisconsins history and one of the most important in the history of the 20th century in the United States. He was a reforming governor. He defined what progressivism is. He was one of the first to use the term to self identify. He was the United States senator. He was recognized by his peers in the 1950s as one of the five greatest senators in American History. He was an opponent of world war i. He stood his ground advocating for free speech. Above all, he was about the people. In the era after the civil war, america changed radically from a nation of small farmers, small producers, small manufacturer
It is a glorious service. The call comes to every citizen. It is an unending struggle to make and keep government representative. Bob lafollett is probably the most important political figure in Wisconsin History and one of the most important in the history of the 20th century of the United States. He was a reforming governor. He defined what progressivism is pretty was one of the first to use the term progressive to selfidentify. He was United States senator who is ready nice by his peers in the 1950s as one of the five greatest senators in American History. He was an opponent of world war i, stood his ground advocating for free speech. Above all Bob Lafollett was about the people. After the civil war america changed radically from a nation of Small Farmers and small producers and small manufacturers and by the 1870s and 1880s, 1890s we had concentrations of wealth. We had growing inequality and we had concerned about the influence of money in government. The United States senators we
Learn about the history of women in congress. Of a second of a two part program we begin the story beginning in the 19 with Republican Congress one woman claire recluse. On the curator for the house of representatives. That means i take a care of a lot of the artifacts, artwork objects that document the houses rich heritage. And that was a risky on the horse historian of the house and my job is to collect biographical information on members, to gather data, and historicless, to conduct oral histories. We answer reference questions in our office that come from on the hill and off the hill. We try to tell the story of the house which is very big Old Institution in a way that people can connect with it at a human level. So we do that through telling biographical stories or clips from oral histories that give people kind of a human sense. A very large institution. Today, we thought we try to do that with you about telling you about the history of women in congress which is the history that
Enjoy book tv on cspan2. Dental Daarel Burnette joins us on School Reopening. EnPresident Trump has made it clear will open in the fall and has gone so far as to say last week he will cut off federal funding for schools that dont reopen, can he do that . Know or it would be very difficult for them to do that. The biggest thing is that most federal funding has already been set out for the school year. This thing is that congress controls the Purse Strings so they have created rules around exactly when money gets sent out, how much money gets sent out and exactly what School Districts need to do toreceive that money. And then the last thing is that if the congress decides to provide more bailout money for School Districts, they would have to agree to get the strength to betsy devos to decide when to fill out money and how to dole any extramoney out. Our understanding is no one of the things i want to point out is federal money is targeted for low income schools so what betsy devos and do
Heck of a show for you tonight lee camp has a very important interview for you today you spoke with angelica joining us shes a mother an activist a Sexual Assault survivor a mutual aid volunteer a former Bernie Sanders delegate and shes running for congress in california so many important issues to discuss with her also on this episode i talk about the drug Company Holding the country hostage and correspondent anders we will get into some mind blowing old news about the greek revolution oh 1st heres we cam with Angelica Duenas take a look and jellicoe thanks for being here thank you so much for having me so youve got a lot going on right now youre the mother of 5 children your husband has been laid off due to the pandemic i think for Many Americans youre living the common american spirit experience right now loss of income and security watching trillions of dollars go to wall street and big banks while most people dont see a dime of it can you just start off by talking about what the e