caller: good morning, bill schneider. i have a question for you. said to remember every politician is in business for themselves. that really struck me. nerve.ck a i want you to explain to me what means.tually it sheds a pretty dim light on politicians. i just want you to expound on that. guest: ok. what i mean is that unlike other countries, parliamentary democracies, our politicians are not the soldiers in a party army. sometimes they abide by party discipline, but they don't see themselves as there to enforce party discipline. that is not what they are all about. they are all about advancing their own careers. that is why i say they are independent political entrepreneurs. if they are republican, they will support a republican president if they believe it will advance their careers. ppose all also o republican president if they think that will advance their careers. host: good morning. you have recovered from the wedding over the weekend? caller: thank you. we had a lovely day. we are proud country today. i tried to watch you as often as i can.

caller: good morning, bill schneider. i have a question for you.aid to remember every politician is in business for themselves. that really struck me. nerve.ck a i want you to explain to me what means.tually it sheds a pretty dim light on politicians. i just want you to expound on that. guest: ok. what i mean is that unlike other countries, parliamentary democracies, our politicians are not the soldiers in a party army. sometimes they abide by party discipline, but they don't see themselves as there to enforce party discipline. that is not what they are all about. they are all about advancing their own careers. that is why i say they are independent political entrepreneurs. if they are republican, they will support a republican president if they believe it will advance their careers. ppose all also o republican president if they think that will advance their careers. host: good morning. you have recovered from the wedding over the weekend? caller: thank you. we had a lovely day. we are proud country today. i tried to watch you as often as i can. mr

also, former cnn political allen west bill schneider talking about his new book on american politics. questions of the day, including the school shooting in santa fe, texas. >> there is an epidemic of school shootings. it is shaping up as a national crisis. shootings have become the number one issue to most americans right now. they want something done. that chose the evidence of becoming a crisis, exactly the way i described it. voters are telling elected officials and everyone who will listen, we have to do something about this. not necessarily gun control,

and former cnn political analyst bill schneider is with us to talk about his book. and lisa collins from the center for strategic and international studies will discuss north korea's threat to cancel the upcoming summit with the u.s.. sure to watch washington journal, live 7 a.m. eastern on sunday. join the discussion. >> next, a look at the role of religion in the republican party . posted by georgetown university, this is an hour 50 minutes. >> good evening. i want make a joke, you know it is a catholic event when there is no one in the front row. >> i will take the collection for myself. otherwise. thank you for being here. my name is chris and i am a program associate at democracy fund. we are a foundation established -- by the ebay founder to make sure american people come first in our democracy. for the past year we've partnered with the georgetown initiative for a series of dialogues on f

and former cnn political analyst bill schneider is with us to talk about his book. and lisa collins from the center for strategic and international studies will discuss north korea's threat to cancel the upcoming summit with the u.s.. sure to watch washington journal, live 7 a.m. eastern on sunday. join the discussion. >> next, a look at the role of religion in the republican party . posted by georgetown university, this is an hour 50 minutes. >> good evening. i want make a joke, you know it is a catholic event when there is no one in the front row. >> i will take the collection for myself. otherwise. thank you for being here. my name is chris and i am a program associate at democracy fund. we are a foundation established -- by the ebay founder to make sure american people come first in our democracy. for the past year we've partnered with the georgetown initiative for a series of dialogues on faith, democracy and the common good. we are also happy to sponsor this event. -- tonight's event with the georgetown institute of public service and politics. to understand o

bill schneider, you know him from years of commitment to cnn and a george mason professor.. we will speak with him and about 12 minutes and 42 seconds. stay with us in london pick from new york, francine lacqua and tom keene. recovering from the wedding. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> this is "bloomberg surveillance." let's get your bloomberg business flash. a final offer for australian gas. the company raise the bid to $10 billion. that amount could rise. expanding hedging programs. harbor has support. shareholders in u.s. companies hit a record. they received dividends in the first quarter, the most ever. 80% of companies increased payouts from a year ago. earnings may fall for the first time since 24 teen in the largest discount airline after agreeing to wage races. fallir says profits could as much as 14%. the ceo protects higher oil prices will rock the industry. >> stock prices up to cody -- close to $80 a barrel. that will shake out in the industry this year. some companies couldn't make money when oil was $40 a barrel and they cannot survive at $80 a barrel. the rate and s

schneider: i want to thank my colleague, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise in strong opposition to the cruel and partisan safety netrograms masquerading as the farm bill. the fam bill has long been a isan cause, offering assistance and security to farmers and needy families alike in the way that both democrats and republicans can support. but this extreme bill cuts more than $23 billion from nutrition assistance programs through eligibility reductions, restrictions, kicking a projected one million households off the snap program and reducing benefits for millions more. let me be clear, these are vital, lifesaving benefits to help americans put food on the table during moments of need. the average family spends just 10 months on snap. receiving assistance just long enough to get back on their feet. at the same time the program helps set our kids up for success. hungry children perform worse in school, and studies have shown children on snap achieve higher test schools and are more likely to graduate from high school. children on snap achieve higher test scores and succeed and have the opportunity to do well later in life. mr. speaker, the partisan appr

bill. happy to support it. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from illinois, mr. schneider, is recognized to close. mr. schneider: thank my colleague from illinois for your hard work on this and your support. i yield my last 30 seconds to my colleague from new york, mr. tonko. the chair: gentleman from new york is recognized for 30 seconds. mr. tonko: i thank the gentleman from illinois for yielding. i stand in support of the amendment. i thank the gentleman from illinois, and the gentlelady from new york for their hard work on the amendment and for the sensitivity shown the people in host communities for our nuclear facilities across our country. with that, mr. speaker, i support this amendment. and encourage our colleagues to do likewise. with that i yield. the chair: the gentleman from illinois, mr. schneider. mr. schneider: i appreciate all the support, the work of my colleagues. i urge all of my colleagues to support this amendment. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from illin