she hand -- sheehan will be our guests to discuss why the essays are considered important references for understanding the original intent of the constitution. watch tonight live at 9:00 eastern on c-span, c-span now, or at c-span.org. also scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast where you can learn more about authors of the books featured. >> over the weekd,ouse republicans set up floor debate for this week on appropriaon bills but it is not yet clear they wilha the votes to adopthexpensive role --

roll current federal funding. expires saturday. -- current federalunng expires saturday. the housebserves younger perfect today but will gavel in tomorrow at noon in -- noon eastern. as always, we will have live coverage here in c-span. . keeping the government funded before that saturday deadline. house gop leaders have lined up four bills this week. they still have to pass a complicated rule to make things happen. speaker mccarthy and other leaders made clear they want everyone involved in the process. mccarthy and his allies have

been involved in the process. garrett graves from louisiana argue that they should focus on borders security policy. representative jim jordan -- there is deep skepticism that they can pass any spending bill. passing the partyline spending bill before a living shutdown. republicans only in this first hour. we want to get your thoughts on the idea of a government shutdown. if you oppose it, call (202) 748-8001.

if you support it, call (202) 748-8000. it was speaker mccarthy yesterday, being questioned by a reporter about whether the shutdown -- where republicans are in the process. here is a portion of that interview from yesterday. >> we have a new rule that would equal about 73% of all discretionary spending already. i want us to do our jobs. let's keep government open while we finish the job. there was time -- we will keep working and i believe that we can get it done. i was going to china to vote in a different way. she has been very clear about

it. i want to work with her on that. she has been very fair. it is difficult, but it is on multiple bills now. if you're holding out now, you are trying to get a person into a shutdown. i do not know how you stand up and say, he has not brought them up. they have been on the committee. we can bring them up, but if you cannot pass the rule, it is hard to bring up. host: hard-line conservative software's leadership of our demands for lower overall spending levels. those in the appropriations bills are pushing speaker

mccarthy to pass those bills rather than acr. unifying the party behind a stopgap measure that would include immediate spending cuts as talks continue. if you want to give us your thoughts on government shutdown. you can send us a text as well at (202) 748-8002. this is from shirley in pennsylvania. tell us why you oppose it. caller: these people that went home again, they just came back and now they have back home again. why don't they all get together?

they are all collecting paychecks. they need to sit down and get something done. this country is in such a mess, and now they are talking about shutting it down again? this is just crazy. host: why do you specifically oppose the shutdown? caller: how is it going to work? no one is going to come in there and work together. they do not want to come together -- they do not want to come and work together. why? why did he send them home? what is the problem here? host: some of you are posting on facebook as well about your thoughts. saying, i support a shutdown, as long as they send money for the

laundering scheme in ukraine. the government should indeed shut down. vicki mayfield with, i support shutting down a government that is bankrupting the hard-working american people, going on to say, looking for protection from criminals, a government that completely failed under joe biden to perform their fundamental duty. and carol off of facebook says she supports the idea of a government shutdown. this is regardless of the blockage of house legislation or a veto by president biden. no funding to ukraine.

you can lay out your issues as well. you can post on our facebook feed, republicans only on whether you support or oppose a government shutdown. back-and-forth with the news host over the approach that he wants to see. here is a portion of that from yesterday. we have to pass the appropriations bill, do that along with veterans. we will have 73% of the discretionary budget funded. if we have to shut down for a few days, that is certainly not something that is optimal, but i think it is better than continuing on the current path that we are on. >> that is why you are on this program this morning. i want to get you heard.

tell me why you are threatening speaker mccarthy and why you want to shut down the government , on what looks like bribery. >> we do not put our pencils down, so the premise is false. if he was serious, he would have sent hunter biden a subpoena by now. during the first year of democrat control in congress, they brought in donald trump, jr. three times. we seem to be fundamentally not serious in our oversight. we are bringing in around $5 trillion a year. i want to fund the government. i am not pro shutdown, but it is not the same way that we have been doing it since the

mid-90's. we should have separate spending bills. speaker mccarthy promised that in january and he is in breach of that promise. i am here to hold kevin mccarthy to his word. host: republicans only on whether you support or oppose the government shutdown. caller: the main thing i oppose is, i am a veteran. if they stop spending, you are going to look at hundreds of servicemembers who are not going to get paid. i went so far in debt the last time that happened. we do not need that anymore. they need to find a way to get a happy medium, to make themselves happy. this is going to jeopardize a lot more of our service members.

host: how do you think the house is done overall? caller: our country is so far in debt that we are bleeding to the eyes, but there are other ways for them to identify where they can make cuts. i think that would be the best way to do it. host: you mean the appropriations bills? caller: yes. host: that is alex in maryland. caller: i would rather shut it down then have biotin run it. host: republicans are managing

it. why do you support the shutdown specifically? caller: i want to while biotin is there. host: you think the republicans are doing a good job managing this under speaker mccarthy? caller: they did a perfect job when trump was in there. now you have somebody like biotin in their it cannot even spell his name. host: a poll of concerns about a shutdown. the poll says that more than half of american adults say this would affect them personally. others say it decreases their trust in government. democrats, 65% were more likely

than republicans. to say that they would be personally affected by a shutdown. especially public service it goes on to say that it comes -- they have been preparing disaster relief funds. it would delay food inspection by the fda and hundreds of thousands of will workers could be affected. if you go to the congressional research, it has a breakdown of how many civilians work for the federal government. in the report, you can find it saying that they employed more than 2 million civilians as congress considers the impact,

members may seek information. this provides a snapshot of statistics in each state. it breaks it down by state, 39,000 federal civilians work in alabama. 10,000 plus in alaska. in california, 160,000. in florida, it is 88,000. it goes on from there. that is just some of the rake down. republicans only again. you can call us on the line, post on our twitter feed, you can post on our facebook page as well.

it was on the show yesterday that they talked about the possibility of a shutdown and what would happen if speaker mccarthy reached out. >> that is something i would look strongly at. they are all talking about this promise he made with biotin a year ago. what about the promise we made to the american republic that we were going to be responsible americans? we had going to be governing over a pile of rubble, if we are not careful. all these fancy titles are not working. we need to do our duty and we should be back in washington right now and dealing with it. what are we doing?

host: tom from pennsylvania on our support line. caller: good morning, pedro. i see a real relationship between the shutdown and the dress down that is occurring in the u.s. senate. what my -- what my comparison is, what are -- why are we making such a fuss about the wearing of the job -- hijab in iran. they are both political. host: that is tom calling to let

us know his thoughts. dan in kentucky. caller: i support the shutdown. many people will notice it. each bill instead of having all of them together. to be a good bills and then you throw a bunch of garbage in there. if anybody takes a cut, the government people will be the ones taking the cut, especially when they take a month off for vacation. i do not understand how they can get away with that. host: can you elaborate why passing the bills one by one is better? caller: you have your single bills, if they are good or not.

you just -- when he put two good bills together but you need those other bills passed, then you have all that garbage getting past that nobody wants. host: if a shutdown happens, does it hurt the republicans, going into election next year? caller: no. i think that is too far off. i think it will make us stronger. host: why is that? caller: people will see that they are standing up for what they are going to take care of. if you cannot get a budget passed, that is a problem. we should not be taking a month off.

if people get themselves -- if they get their budget -- host: sylvia in new york. caller: hello? what i do not understand is, how is it that we are even here? because over $1 billion for arms in ukraine. it was over the region $15 million that was given to them. the government has money, so how is it that the government was able to have the money to help another country, but it does not have the money to take care of its own house?

it affects everybody. that is what i have a hard time comprehending. i'm just speaking, baseline. how is it that our country has the money to help another country, but not its own people? how? i'm just saying baseline. host: when you say baseline, does funding for ukraine fall into that? caller: i believe it does come from the federal and. it allocated money for helping someone else, but why can't it allocate money to help its own house as people? that is what is confusing me.

i am trying to comprehend but i do not get it. they say we do not have money to take care of our own people, but we have money to take care of and help someone outside the country. i do not get it. host: sylvia in new york finishing off this round of phones. we switch gears now and open up to everyone who has been waiting to call at this time. you can call the line or post on facebook and you can always give us a text. if you want to call us, the lines are open. again, text and social media

sites are open to you as well. they take a look at the reasons why those reports from the southern border. this is from anna, and she says, you can find it. border patrol agents are seeing a spike between tucson, arizona and the series began in the last few weeks but picked up over the last for days. agents are apprehending more than 800 people daily. that includes ports of into the. it has taken a dramatic turn for the worse in recent days. friends and family were released

and were frustrated with the government's complicated system at the port of entry. that was one of the questions that was asked of mark kelly on the show yesterday and what he thought the cause and response of the government should be. >> senator, the stay is overwhelmed. she was talking about migrants. we are on pace for a record number of border crossings. the vice president told me recently that the policies are making progress. do you buy that or does the administration need to change their approach here? >> the border in my state and others has been in a crisis for

generations, decades now. it is still a problem. i am on the phone with mayers, sheriffs, border patrol. i spoke to the secretary may work is about this, about making changes. i am really concerned about next week and the government shutting down. border patrol agents will not get paid if there is a shutdown. if we think it is bad today, think about that looks like. >> what is the real world impact of that? why do you think it would make a difference? >> border patrol agents are on the front line of this crisis. but we have thousands and thousands of order patrol agents

enforcing our laws and processing asylum-seekers. if they stay home, this crisis will be compounded an order of magnitude. host: if you want to talk about immigration, you are welcome to do so on the line. from florida, this is on the republican line. go ahead. caller: good, c-span. i am calling about he ivanka trump. she is in malley, visiting the victims of the fire out there. it is not a big story, but it meant a lot to me that she is out there, not getting a photo

op, just out there helping. i think that is great. host: pat is on our democrats line from michigan. caller: on the ongoing issue come up return -- pertaining to the strikers, i want to tell a quick story. my husband and i drove a semi truck for 25 years for a company. i will not name them. we were hazmat endorsed. we hold explosives, flammables, poisons, salon on and so forth. we also had security clearing. high-security loads. we both retired as 2,000,000

mile accident free drivers. the reason why we retired is because it was announced that our company was finally going to give a raise. then we found out that it was everyone under the 1,000,000 mile mark. we were 2 million. host: specifically, how does that relate to the strike? caller: because we worked for a nonunion company. i had no one to go to. i had no one to speak for me. so when you belong to a union company and you are using 90's, and you go on strike, everybody stands together. host: ok. that was pat.

the president will pay a visit tomorrow to those striking at uaw. the president's decision to go to michigan. a tacit acknowledgment that the movement demands a more demonstrative approach. a labor allies served for bernie sanders' presidential campaign before the president announced his trip. many people are doing so bad economically. they are not really convinced that he actually happened. that is about the president's visit on tuesday. barbara is in jacksonville,

florida. barbara in florida. one more time for barbara florida. ok. let's hear from bonnie in jackson, michigan. caller: i think someone in washington dc is getting paid by the cartels to let all these people in. host: what convinces you that? caller: all you have to do is look. host: what do you mean by that? caller: there is something wrong here. host: ok. that was bonnie in michigan. let's hear from jonah in ohio. democrat line. caller: good morning. i want to get out the boys for all the young voters in the country to get out, build a boat you next election or the year,

and that is it. host: why do you think that is important? why are you advocating for that? caller: because i do not think people my age -- i do not see many of my friends learning more about what is going on in our country, and i think it is a good research project for other people to do. i just have a lot of fun learning more about our country. host: as far as your own, personal interest, have you decided how is here? caller: next year, i plan on supporting biotin. i support his agenda. if any reasonable candidate were to be elected we will have a wonderful time in our country. host: what do you think about

the president's age from a young person's perspective, like yourself? caller: biden's age does not really bother me as much as others, but i do not mind having someone like him run for office again. he is allowed to run for his two terms. host: a story taking a look at kamala harris' college tour to talk to younger voters about issues revolving around politics. the tour began in the mid---

mid-september and is an opportunity for harry's to talk about issues that are most pressing for young voters. they have struggled in recent polls. biotin is fighting perception that he is too old and should not run for reelection. making little progress on issues such as protecting voting right and addressing migration. that is from the washington post. it also talks about the impact of this ignorant taylor swift. they report that it was last tuesday that she posted on instagram story asking people to register to vote. in the following our, traffic spiked.

it contributed to a record number that day. instagram story was posted. she said, i have been so lucky to hear you guys raise your voices. i know how powerful they are. make sure you use them in our election this year. this is steve and massachusetts. go ahead. caller: something has been bothering me lately, and i would like to bring it up. on september 11, senator sanders posted, today, we recognize 50 years of the u.s. having overthrown. it was -- he was a marxist and a communist.

in chile's defense, they are one of the most economically successful countries in south america. fast-forward forward to today, president biden has given -- amnesty is not the word, but he gave these venezuelans permission to stay in the u.s. venezuela is a socialist, marxist country and an economic failure, similar to cuba. also under the carter administration. host: you said you were bothered by that. what bothered you specifically? caller: we are supporting marxist. it is a tough question and is loaded. i think we should decouple from china, communist china, and we

should pivot towards indiana. indiana is a democracy. ukraine, we need to take a look at. i would appreciate if you could bring on fiona hill to program. i know she is a hard get. she talks about the global north and the global south. she is a brilliant russian scholar. host: thank you for the recommendation. we appreciate it. caller: i would like to say that we had a chance, we will get back to the house. we will get these democrats back online. when we have democrats in control, and the house come in the senate both, we can get things done. that is all i have to say today.

host: if you pay attention to the polls, this is the washington post, abc poll, taking a look at the issues of politics missing that they appeared to be headed for a rematch. many say they would prefer a nominee other than the president. he is the strongest democrat for 2024. mr. biden is trailing by 10 percentage points in this election cycle although the cycle margin of the lead are significantly at odds. the difference between this pole and others is the unusual makeup suggesting that it is probably an outlier. if you go over to nbc, it says

that three quarters of voters are concerned about joe biden's age and mental fitness. the poll also shows trump expanding his national league by more than 40 points. they are deadlocked in a hypothetical rematch before the election. another to be scheduled for wednesday. dana is scheduled to moderate that. rick in illinois, hello. go ahead, please. caller: i would like to ask -- i

would like to have some questions asked about who would close the borders. and the immigrants that are in the u.s., they should be taken back. we should take them back to where they come from and just a yes or no question. i would like to put a stop to china and any other countries buying up our land in the u.s. one of these days, we will be living for them instead of the u.s., and i would like to see this stuff asked at the debate, to see who would do things like that. that is all i have to say. caller: i would like to talk about when biotin came into the office.

he had a meeting to open the pipeline over there, but trump had closed and then shut down to give putin the money to fund this were, $1 billion a day over there he is making off of that. when that warfare started over there, as soon as they started coming in, they should have stopped them. if trump had been in office, they never would have even got into ukraine. i just think that the people need to wake up. knowing exactly what happened in the last three years. host: ok.

let's hear from daniel in this open forum. independent line. caller: thank you so much for being there. i am not a republican or a democrat. i voted since 1992 -- i haven't voted since 1992. i just sort of gave up on things. what i would really like is if one of the republicans that is running for president would come out and say, like ramaswamy. he said that he would pardon trump, but i would encourage and i hope that one of the republicans running would say, i would pardon biden also because

our country -- i love our country, and we have got to stop fighting each other. trump made some mistakes and biotin has made some mistakes. biden has been in washington for 50 years, and to be there and be exposed to that world and all that stuff -- he has made mistakes and i would really hope that somebody running for president would say, i will pardon both of them because we have to stop this. host: daniel there in california. you can also text us. the website reports that in a

first appearance, there will be a press conference today. the event will take place. charged by federal authorities for chart -- for sharing sensitive information with egypt. he is scheduled to be arraigned wednesday morning in manhattan, along with his wife. kevin is up next a california. caller: i wish it was more fair. but if they mess up, we cannot do anything to them. they keep making rules and keep on going.

you do something, you are going to get caught in front of the port and punished. but they say they are for the people and elected by us, but they do not live by the same rules. we do not have the right to call them out. they do not care. more tax money for them. host: ok. barbara is next in missouri. caller: does washington journal suggest that it is reasonable to want to shut down the government, given equal we will . we will hear from senator bob menendez, speaking to reporters after being indicted friday on bribery charges. live coverage on c-span. >> always can count on you.

now, i do not think so. no questions in english or spanish. you will know. sen. menendez: good morning. thank you to all of you who are here today, especially the new jerseyans who have joined me over the last few days. friday, the southern district of new york rock charges against me. i understand how deeply concerning this can be. the allegations leveled against

me are just that, allegations. for anyone who has known me through my 50 years of public service, they know i have always fought for what is right. my advocacy has always been grounded in what i learned from growing up as the sun of cuban refugees, especially my mom, my hero. everything i have accomplished i have worked for, despite the naysayers and everyone who has underestimated me. i recognize this will be the biggest fight yet, but, as i have stated through this whole process, i firmly believe when all the facts are presented not only will i be exonerated but i still will be the new jersey senior senator. for now, i want to address four things. first, a cornerstone of the foundation of american democracy and our justice system is the principal that all people are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

all people. i asked for nothing more and deserve nothing less. the court of public opinion is no substitute for our revered justice system. we cannot set aside the resumption of innocence for political expediency when they harm is irrevocable. to those who have rushed to judgment, you have done so based on a limited set of facts framed by the prosecution to be as salacious as possible. remember, prosecutors get it wrong sometimes. sadly, i know that. instead of waiting for all the facts to be presented, others have rushed to judgment because they see a political opportunity for themselves or those around them. all i humbly ask for in this moment from my colleagues in congress and those i have worked