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This week on newsmakers, congressman Chris Van Hollen, a democrat in maryland and one of did you thank you for being here. We have kevin robe lar who is with politico and Sean Sullivan with the washington post. It looks like there are some other interesting races. The democrats will democrats win the majority back in the senate this november . So this was a great week for the senate. For alabama and for the country with the swearing in of doug jones who ran a Campaign Based on Kitchen Table issues. And a lot of this affectsed republicans. And i believe that the steps that the republicans and congress have taken are going to make things a lot harder for those republicans, including the passage of this attack which is a total giveaway to corporations while millions of ....
The president and the speaker of the house paul ryan in the Senate Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell. What can out of this meeting as best you can tell and what is the agenda moving ahead for Congressional Republicans . Guest there is a lot of what there about will be in weather wont be. Thing you want to tackle out of the gate in 2018. We know paul ryan has been focused on welfare reform, specifically going after flaws in the medicare program. Something President Trump said he did on what to do ever. He would not touch that program. Mitch mcconnell has been more focused on preserving the public majority in 2018 against a potential some of these are competing priorities and the republicans thought they needed to have a summit at camp david to sit dow ....
Question. Sean you guys in the Democratic Caucus have narrowed the republican advantage in the senate this week. It looks like there are some other interesting senate races. Some retirements. We are less than a year for the midterms. Will democrats win the majority back in the senate this november . Sen. Van hollen so this was a great week for the senate. For alabama and for the country with the swearing in of doug jones, who ran a Campaign Based on Kitchen Table issues. I am not your negro am not going to make any predictions about global happen i will not make any predictions about what will happen. All i can say is the signs out there that she have an energized Democratic Base and a lot of independent voters who are crossing over to support democrats as they d ....
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I think it is part of our economy that we have to get right. Right now it is broken. I think what president obama has done with these executive orders has actually made the system worse. And, we destroyed the ability to get some sort of bipartisan compromise on the steps we need to take by congress. I think it is easy for people to attack donald trump over what he said. I think they ought to listen to what he is saying. I actually know donald trump. He is not a racist. He is trying to characterize the fact that a broken immigration system can lead to a lot of problems like crime. The challenge i would give back to his critics is, do we actually know everything about this population that we think we know, this illegal population . We ought to know. I for one think we should embrace those folks who can make america stronger, better, and help grow our economy. That is the filter i would put it through. Pete schroeder im curious about your thoughts on trump as a candidate. We have gone thr ....