Can the senate save itself and the country . He spoke at the brooking institute. Let me try to call this full house to order, if i may. Welcome to brookings. My name is bill gallston. Im a senior fellow in governance studies. Thank you so much for coming and welcome also to the people who are watching this event live on cspan. Todays topic is the past, the present and possible future of the u. S. Senate. The occasion of this discussion is the publication of ira shapiros second book on the senate, this one entitled, broken can the senate save itself and the country . Those of oh you who read his first book on the senate will know how passionately he reveres the senate as an institution and will not be surprised to learn how distressed he is by what he describes as its precipitous decline. This topic could not be more timely. We are just days from the expiration of yet another shortterm continuing budget resolution and perhaps even more pertinently, from a promised open Senate Debate on
Mr. Galston let me try to call this full house to order, if i may. Welcome to brookings. My name is bill galston, senior fellow in governance studies. Thanks so much for coming and welcome also to the people who are watching this event live on cspan. Todays topic is the past, the present, and possible future of the u. S. Senate. The occasion of this discussion is the publication of ira shapiros second book on the senate, this is entitled, broken can the senate save itself and the country . Those of you that read his first book on the senate will know how passionately he reveres the senate as an institution and will not be surprised to learn how distressed he is by what he describes as its precipitous decline. This topic could not be more timely. We are just days from the expiration of another short term continuing budget resolution, and perhaps even more pertinently from a promised open Senate Debate on u. S. Immigration policy. Will the promise be kept . And if it is, will todays sena
President s 2019 budget request. He faced questions on the 4. 4 trillion proposed budget which increases the federal deficit. Director mulvaney acknowledged that he would have voted against the white house budget as a member of congress. This Senate Budget Committee Hearing is just under two hours. Good morning. I will call to order this Senate Budget Committee Hearing. Good morning and welcome to the Senate Budget committees hearing on the president s Budget Proposal for fiscal year 2019. This budget submission comes to us on the heels of a very first, very busy first year for President Trump. Im proud of all the hard work and leadership that went into passing the tax cuts and jobs act, historic progrowth tax bill thats already bringing investments back to america and boosting takehome pay for workers. With the president s new budget submission im interested in learning how the administration plans to build on this momentum and further strengthen our economy. One of my greatest concer
Let me try to call this full house to order, if i may. Welcome to brookings. My name is bill galston, senior fellow in governance studies. Thanks so much for coming and welcome also to the people who are watching this event live on cspan. Todays topic is the past, the present, and possible future of the u. S. Senate. The occasion of this discussion is the publication of ira shapiros second book on the senate, this is titled kwoek broken, can the senate save itself and the country. Those of you that read his first book on the senate will know how passionately he reveres the senate as an institution and will not be surprised to learn how distressed he is by what he describes as its precipitous decline. This topic could not be more timely. We are just days from the expiration of another short term continuing budget resolution, and perhaps even more pertinently from a promised open Senate Debate on u. S. Immigration policy. Will the promise be kept . And if it is, will todays senate be up
Good morning. I will call to order this Senate Budget committee hearing. Good morning and welcome to the Senate Budget committees hearing on the president s budget 2019. Al for fiscal year this budget submission comes to us on the heels of a busy first year for President Trump. I am proud of the hard work and leadership that went into passing the tax cuts and jobs progrowth taxc bill that is bringing investments back to america and boosting takehome pay for workers. The president s new budget submission, and im interested in learning how the Administration Proposes to build on this momentum and further strengthen our economy. One of my greatest concerns as a United States senators ar our Countries National debt. To secure our economy longterm for future generations we must tackle this growing problem while lowering taxes is proving to bolster our economy which will bring in new revenue, we we have a spending problem in america. I look forward to hearing which way we could use taxpayer