allyson schwartz will join us and 45 minutes. next, james lankford, republican of oklahoma and a member of the budget committee. we will be right back. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> with the iowa caucuses and new hampshire primary next month, "the contenders" looks back of the 14 men who ran for president but lost but had a lasting impact on american politics. tonight, james g. blaine, who lost 2 over cleveland, wednesday, william jennings bryan, thursday, 5-time socialist party candidate, eugene debs, friday, charles evans hughes, chief justice, and three-time governor of new york, out smith, followed by businessman and member of the liberal wing of the gop, wendell willkie. "the contenders," every night at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. have you tried of the free c- span radio app? here is what users are saying. >> fast, easy-to-use, an appealing and the audio quality is convincing with clear. and it is also free. also application. it took me a

our guest is james lankford and allyson schwartz.er, cnn appears morgan will testify on contacting. he is a former news of the world editor. we will have coverage of that at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >> have you tried it the three c's band radio app -- free c- span radio app? >> anytime, anywhere, and get streaming audio as well as all three c-span television networks including coverage of congress. you can also listen to our interview programs including q&a and afterwards. c-span, it is available wherever you are. with the iowa caucuses next month, c-span's series the contenders looks back at the man who ran for president and lost. here is our lineup for this week. tuesday, -- thursday, eugene debs. friday, charles evans hughes. on saturday, a three-time governor of new york al smith followed by wendell willkie. every night on a 10 eastern. >> next, a discussion on relations between turkey and iran. from the woodrow wilson center this is about 90 minutes. >> can i ask you to take your seats because we're going to start? good afternoon. i j

the honorable allyson schwartz of pennsylvania, the honorable henry waxman of california. poik pursuant to section 3-b of house resolution 493, the house stands adjourned until 1:00 p.m. on tuesday, december 27, >> as part of the tax cut agreement, senate majority leader harry reid named conferees to hachette a year- long extension and he talked about that and was long with -- was wrong with the legislation in a briefing with reporters a short time ago. >> i am certain that most of you would rather be anyplace than here. i am glad you're here today. i will be relatively brief. the conferees i am going to appoint will be max baucus chairman of the finance committee, ben cardin, a member of the finance committee, no one in the senate has been more protective of federal employees then senator carden and when we were doing the negotiations, one of the places that people were looking to do some real difficult things for federal employees, ben will be fair but not punitive. nevada has had an unemployment very high for a long time. a state that has been hit really hard by unemplo