Through loud and clear, if it hasnt already, the extent of the January 6th Riot On Capitol Hill and the former president s role in all of it. An Impeachment Trial Set to start in just three days time, but Donald Trumps lawyer says that he has found the real villains in all of this. The democrats. Theres an awful lot of tape of cities burning and courthouses being attacked and federal agents being assaulted by rioters in the street cheered on by democrats throughout the country, and many of them in washington using, really, the most inflammatory rhetoric its possible to use. When you have the president of the United States give a speech and he says you should peacefully make your thinking known to the people in congress, hes All Of A Sudden a villain. So, while the previous president s preparing to defend the indefensible, the current one is trying to solve the crisis that he left behind. From new efforts to get more vaccines to all americans to the push for covid relief, President Bide
State, tax politics, and the limits of american liberalism. Professor michael more looks at tax policy and American Attitudes towards taxes from the end of the new deal, to the 1986 tax reform act. This top is warning the series with scholars who used records in the National Archives center for legislative archives for the research. The center senate hosted this amendment right of the video. Thank you for attending todays researcher top historian at the center for a legislative archive sponsor of the series. Weve had a very full program this year, showcasing some of the Significant Research that is still being, done in the house records. Todays top is the eighth of this calendar, near and we have one more november, then we will hear from Charles Stewart Political Science professor at mit, longtime friend and supporter. Of the center. Who is talk about his coauthor book electing the senate, in direct democracy before the 17th amendment. By the prince in your city press, it will be a pre
In the National Archives center for legislative archives for their research. They hosted the event and provided the video. Showcasing some of the Significant Research that is being done. Todays talk is the eighth in the calendar year. We have one more in november. Well hear from charles stewart, Political Science professor at m. I. T. Long time friend and supporter of this center who well talk about his coauthored book with wendy shiller. That ought to be a good talk. I have been looking forward to hosting todays guest. Since i first saw her in action at the history conference chairing a panel that included who we heard from at the researcher talk last december and that will include karl henry, tax historian. Who is in the audience today. Thank you for attending. And well hear from karl henry soon. Molly is an associate professor of history in Washington University and received her ph. D. Degree from the university of michigan. She is the author of the highly regarded tax and spend. Sh
Elliott about the history of africanamericans in dmong the 19th century and a sea of artifacts from the house collection. The story of how africanamericans come to congress in the 19th century is not one a lot of people are familiar with. We actually have 22 africanamericans serve between 1870 and 1901. 20 in the house. 2 in the senate. Largely a house story. And it has to do with the role of congress during the civil war, and in the decade after. During the civil war there were a group of radicals in congress, radicals, because they believed in the equality of africanamericans, and wanted to create a society in the south after the war that was a multiracial society. These were radicals in the house, like thaddeus stephens, who was chairman of the ways and Means Committee and a very powerful leader. Also people like henry winter davis. Washburn. In the Senate People like Charles Sumner and Benjamin Wade and they really drove the agenda and pushed the Lincoln Administration to not only
Is still being done. Todays talk is the eighth this calendar year and we have one more in november when we will hear from charles stuart, Political Science professor at m. I. T. , longtime friend and supporter of this center who will talk about his coauthored book about electing the senate and direct democracy before the 17th amendment. That ought to be a pretty good talk. I have been looking forward to hosting todays guests. Since i first saw her in action at last years policy history conference chairing a panel that included members and that will include a tax historian who is in the audience today. Thank you for attending, carl. And we will hear from carl soon. Molly is an associate professor of history at Washington University and received her ph. D. Degree from the university of michigan. She is the author of the highly regarded tax and spend, the welfare state, tax politics, and the limits of american liberalism. She will also Say Something about her current book project which bu