Political points might not be as critical as it has been. As the political Balance Sheet begins to shift may be ever so gradually in favor of other things than scoring political points, it might even go in the direction of showing that you can govern or get things done. In effect, in this formulation compromise and consensus building can become on some issues political benefits for the Majority Party and maybe for more than that. I will stop right there. I just want to say that i thank you again for the opportunity to the bpc and the political scientists in the Washington Area to talk about the print. We appreciate the publicity that it is getting at events like this. John great. We are going to stay here in our chairs. I will turn to sarah binder. They have comments about the print. Colleen and john noted that it has 29 essays. They are going to go through them one by 1 no. [laughter] they are not going to go through them. They will pick topics of interest. We have it well set up to h
That summer was an incredible summer. The summer of 1964. In those days, most senators didnt have a huge internship program. I was the only intern in the office. My boss was deeply involved in that, as was ted. It was an incredible time to be in washington, but i had been there the summer of the year before on the house side. Got to be at the Martin Luther kings i have a dream speech. I did not hear a word of it. There was a mass of humanity all the way down to the lincoln memorial. Then the next summer, breaking the filibuster on the civil rights bill and it passed. Next summer, i didnt have a job but i went back to visit my friends. And i just happened to hit it on the perfect day. I was sitting in the outer office hoping senator cooper would talk to me for a few minutes. He walked out, grabbed my arm and said i will take you to the capital to see something important. It turned out, that was the day that lbj signed the Voting Rights act of 1965. There i was, not exactly up front, bac
Im thinking its okay its the end of july. School starts in another month in some places. Here in new york its after labor day we are all wondering if it was going to start how was your weekend . Brian above average. I cleaned out my shed i wish you could have been there i cant believe normally at this time we are getting ready to go to the conventions. Both conventions are so scaled back its hard to even plan to think we will get anything out of it let alone attend it. I dont think they want us to go. So there you go. Steve, get us started. Steve the dnc was already supposed to be over. It is a whole new world. Anyway, thank you for starting your week with us. We start this with a fox news alert. Law enforcement officers blocking protesters from a Police Precinct during new unrest in seattle. The protests were mostly peaceful. Just one day after a riot was declared in the city. [bleep] [bleep] Seattle Police released that body cam video of that riot on saturday. Officers say they were
I now turn and recognize the gentleman from utah, mr. Chafis. I thank the chairman, and thank you, the three of you, for being here. You play a vital role in the checks and balances and just good government, and i thank you for your time and your dedication for you and your staff. Id ask unanimous consent to enter into the record the letter dated august 25th, 2014. This is a letter to chairman issa, Ranking Members cummings, senators carper and coburn from the 47 i. G. S. Hearing no objection, it will be entered. I want to read just three sentences from this letter. The undersigned federal inspectors general write regarding the serious limitations on access to records that have recently impeded the work of inspectors general of the peace corps, the Environmental Protection agency and department of justice. Moreover, the issues facing the d. O. J. , o. I. G. And the peace corps o. Impt g. Are not unique. Other inspectors general have faced similar Inspector Generals on a claim that some
Conversation, dont you think . It seems to be, it seems to be. Lets talk about the polls because you love the polls, right . I love em. We released three polls last week, the national polls, the New Hampshire youre ahead by far and then you release this controversial statement. Why not just let it ride . Because we need a dialogue throughout this country and throughout the world. We have a big problem. As you know, i have many friends who are muslims. They are phenomenal people. They are so happy at what im doing. I was called by three people today, very big. They said, you are doing a Tremendous Service. Because unless people are going to be talking about it, its never going to be solved. But you know a lot of people are unhappy with you. Youre getting criticism from your own party, from lance previs. Im getting criticism from people running against me that have no poll numbers, theyre doing very poorly. I see jeb bush and this one and that one, and theyre criticizing me, although jeb