And republicans get the votes to pass their tax bill. This is going to be one of the great gifts to the middleincome people of this country. But can they keep their promise that the tax cuts may for themselves . And who gets hurt if they dont . Ill ask the white house director of legislative affairs, mark short. Joining me for insight and analysis are syndicated columnist george will, Helene Cooper of the the new york times, al cardenas, former head of the american conservative union, and former Obama Deputy Campaign manager Stephanie Cutter. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Announcer from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history. This is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. If you have the sense that history may be repeating itself, youre not alone. Back in 2010, there was a president with sinking Approval Ratings, an unpopular piece of legislation, obamacare, supported by just one party, and a republican, scott brown, won a senate r
Dream, and if you think it is still achievable today. What is the study of the American Dream . Democrats can call in at 202 7488000. 202 7488001 republicans,. Independents 202 7458002 202 7458002,. You can also catch up with us on social media. cspanwj twitter,. Facebook, facebook. Com cspan. We are talking about the American Dream this morning. One traditional definition of the possibility of starting out poor in this country, working hard, and in the upper rich. If that is your definition of the American Dream, americans are less confident in decades. Only 60 believe in that definition of the messaging. You can see the poll numbers there. We are asking this morning for our viewers on the washington journal to call in and give us your concept of the American Dream. Candidates are already talking about it in their stump speeches. Marco rubio talked about it in his campaign lunch earlier this year. Here is what he had to say. Marco rubio here in america, my father became a bartender, m
Mr. Hilboldt good afternoon, welcome to the Heritage Foundation in our auditorium. We welcome those joining us on our heritage. Org website and those who will be joining us via cspan television network. For those in house, we are the courtesy that mobile devices have been turned off or silenced as we prepare to begin. For those watching online and in the future, you are welcome to send questions or comments at anytime by emailing speaker heritage. Org. We will post todays program on our homepage for future reference, as well. Leading our discussion today is Senior Research fellow and regulatory policy. He handles telecommunications and regulatory issues. Prior to joining us here he was Vice President at the for soundesident economy. Also deputy chief at the office of plans and policy at the fcc and was at one time associate director of the president s council on competitiveness in the office of Vice President dan quayle. Please join me in welcoming james gattuso. James . [applause] i w
Mr. Hilboldt good afternoon, welcome to the Heritage Foundation in our auditorium. We welcome those joining us on our heritage. Org website and those who will be joining us via cspan television network. For those in house, we are the courtesy that mobile devices have been turned off or silenced as we prepare to begin. For those watching online and in the future, you are welcome to send questions or comments at anytime by emailing speaker heritage. Org. We will post todays program on our homepage for future reference, as well. Leading our discussion today is Senior Research fellow and regulatory policy. He handles telecommunications and regulatory issues. Prior to joining us here he was Vice President at the for soundesident economy. Also deputy chief at the office of plans and policy at the fcc and was at one time associate director of the president s council on competitiveness in the office of Vice President dan quayle. Please join me in welcoming james gattuso. James . [applause] i w
Disparagement provision placed be placed on speech itself. It has historically been much more tied to First Amendment values, to the incentivizeation of Free Expression. Part of that seems to me to ignore the fact that we have a culture in which we had tshirts and logos and rock bands and so forth are expressing the point of view they are using the market to express views. I mean certainly disparagement wouldnt work with copyright. Thats a powerful important Government Program. Ret melet me say two or three things before that. Music the slants are expressing views on social and political issues. They have a First Amendment right to do that. Theyre able to copyright their songs and get intellectual Property Protection that way. If congress attempted to prohibit them either have having copyright protection or copyright registration on their music, that would pose a much more substantial First Amendment issue. I was somewhat surprised that in your brief you couldnt bring yourself to say t