nicholas carnes looks at a white-collar government. in january, in depth with radio show host mark levine. part of booktv weekend on c-span2. on line for december's booktv book club, we want to know what your favorite books were in 2013. throughout the month, join other leaders to discuss the other notable books published this year. >> the financial stability oversight council trade by treasury secretary jack lew met yesterday on cybersecurity. the council consists of top u.s. financial leaders including federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. fdic chairman martin gruenberg, and consumer financial protection bureau chairman richard cordray. the council was formed by the dodd-frank act to identify risk of financial stability to u.s. markets and promoting market discipline. >> like to call this meeting order. [inaudible] >> again i would like to meeting -- [inaudible] i apologize. i didn't realize the microphone wasn't on. i would like to call this open meeting of financial stability oversight council to order. before we do to our regular

nicholas carnes looks at "white-collar government" tonight at nine on "after words." and in january in depth with mark levin. he will take your questions for three hours beginning at noon eastern sunday january 5. all part of booktv weekend on c-span2. c-span2. >> and online for december's booktv booklet, we want to know what your favorite books were in 2013. throughout the month joined other ridge to discuss the notable books published this year. go to booktv.org and click on book clubs to enter the chat room. >> we continued our block of programming on president john f. kennedy in recognition of the 50th anniversary of his assassination on november 22, 1963. up next, ira stoll examines president in his public and foreign policy record and argues it defaults his conservative political leanings. this is just under one hour. >> it's a big thrill to be here at politics and prose, which is a great institution. thank you for having me. when i first arrived in washington it was august 1995. i was 22, and my friend, josh, let me stand his couch until i found a place of my o

this week public policy experts nicholas carnes and his first book "white-collar government" the hidden role of class in economic policy making. in it the duke professor explores the socioeconomic background of legislators affecting policy choices while in office. the program is about an hour. >> host: thanks for joining us. white-collar government. one thing that i just found out this morning because i was reading the book on my kindle is that you have worked in various blue-collar jobs before he became assistant professor. do you want to talk a little bit about yourself and how you see your transition from working class or do you see yourself coming from working-class to the white-collar profession now? >> guest: so i'm definitely a textbook white caller job now being a professor in college is a lot of fun. i don't do a lot of work with my hands. there was a time in my life when i was -- i worked in a pepsi bottling plant in tulsa oklahoma. i was a cashier at the world's largest walmart. i worked at a catfish restaurant and i worked at a dairy queen. that was sort of part of my life i

nicholas carnes looked at a white collar government sunday at 9:00 on "afterwords" and on n, "in depthl embing vin, all part of book tv weekend on c-span2. on line for december's booktv book club, what were your favorite books of 2013. throughout the month join other readers to discuss the notable books of the year. go to >> that is followed by a federal reserve meeting. house and senate negotiators reach an agreement on $85 billion budget. the deal would prevent another federal shutdown. it does not extend unemployment benefits. paul ryan and senate budget committee chair patty murray held a briefing to announce the agreement. this is 15 minutes. [no audio] >> good evening. i am happy to report that senator murray and i have reached an agreement. we've been talking all year. and this week that hard work of the two of us sitting down and talking to each other all year has paid off. first, it started because we passed budgets. and senator murray deserves credit for passing a budget through the senate. that got the ball rolling so that the two of us started talking. and the reason we're