there was something called buckley versus something or other. >> buckley versus valeo. that was not legislation. buckley versus valeo has become the most cited case in the recent supreme court history and it involved a challenge to the campaign reform act of 1974. my cool plaintiffs and i had the temerity to conclude that a limitation on the ability of an individual to support a candidate of his choice was not merely unconstitutional. the supreme court disagreed with me and as a federal judge i defer to that but also very bad public policy. if you want me to explain why. >> v. please, yes indeed. i think that is very appropriate. we are constantly consumed with this idea fundraising and we are always talking about a. >> to get the full flavor of the case and to understand what is really involved in it, i will first-aid that the campaign -- place limits on total spending of any federal election as well as a 1000-dollar limit on what an individual can contribute to any candidate and a 5000-dollar limit on what an individual could contribute to a political action committee

if james buckley is not going to be replaced, what about robert churney? he did a superlative excellent job. i would urge you to consider that the atmosphere in the city on planning issues is heavily influenced by planning, development, money. we saw today in the chronicle, a complete opposite statement of the central park has no preservation control. there could be nothing further from the truth. it is a landmark. these other kinds of things that are happening in the city. the chronicle really needs a historian on board. the historic preservation commission needs an academic historian or a full-time historian. someone who has dedicated their professional career to that. that is a requirement. i urge you that in this nomination, you're rejecting someone who continues to serve our interested in the city. our tourist industry is very much a blank. -- linked. [chime] >> good afternoon, supervisors. in the city of san francisco, we have so many boards and commissions. there are no qualifications required to give back to the city. the historic preservation comm

therefore i would urge you to consider reappointing james buckley or professor shanley. they accuse some lunch. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker, please. >> our long, speaking for the hit -- sentences the preservation society. mr. johnson is a great citizen and civic leader. i commend him for the organizations that he belongs to. our consortium strongly supported proper j and it's very specific requirements for commissioners. amongst commissions, this is one of the most highly qualified professional groups in the city. historical a we have not, for a sophisticated city, been attentive to our heritage as many other cities in the country and the world are. this seat before you is very specific in its language. not only in terms of being a historian, but it must comply with the secretary of the interiors professional qualifications standards. many of the seats had been -- have been filled by phd historians. the point was to elevate the commission as high as possible to help the citizens of this city and preserve the heritage of this city. hpc historians provide te

there was something called buckley versus something or other. >> buckley versus valeo.that was not legislation. buckley versus valeo has become the most cited case in the recent supreme court history and it involved a challenge to the campaign reform act of 1974. my cool plaintiffs and i had the temerity to conclude that a limitation on the ability of an individual to support a candidate of his choice was not merely unconstitutional. the supreme court disagreed with me and as a federal judge i defer to that but also very bad public policy. if you want me to explain why. >> v. please, yes indeed. i think that is very appropriate. we are constantly consumed with this idea fundraising and we are always talking about a. >> to get the full flavor of the case and to understand what is really involved in it, i will first-aid that the campaign -- place limits on total spending of any federal election as well as a 1000-dollar limit on what an individual can contribute to any candidate and a 5000-dollar limit on what an individual could contribute to a political action committee.

buckley will be happy to sign it for you. join me in thanking him. [applause] >> for more information on james

buckley voted against the landmarking of the library, which is what the mayor wanted. it seems to be a serious question. the he vote independy

buckley at the central city tesoro citysro collette -- central city sro collaborative. he did say that members of the collaborative were interested in having a meeting with me, and we are currently in the process of setting that up, which i assume will be fairly shortly. after making my comment, i did make a little side are saying that it might come back around at me through a supervisor, which it did on monday morning. so that did happen. i think, to the greater community and especially the tenderloin community and to supervisor kim, i do truly apologize for making that comment. commissioner antonini: yes, a couple of items, part of our general correspondence was a letter from the jones hall law firm, i believe directed to michael yarney, january 21, 2011, rich is a restatement of infrastructure -- proposed infrastructure refinancing. i believe it is available online, but i would like to see if we can get a hard copy of that. i think there was just the one copy. i do not remember receiving a is for today. i think that is an important issue and one i would like to look

at one point senator buckley apparently carrying a page from mr. rao's book, begin referring to pat moynihan as professor moynihan. professor moyar had this, professor moynihan debt. and a reporter informed ambassador moynihan others and he pulled himself up to his full height and said, the mudslinging has begun. [laughter] >> thereafter he entered the senate, and i think it's fair to say that not everyone anticipated that he would be a great senator that he eventually became. there was a certain talk about the show of force is an workhorses, and which one would he be. the idea was a workhorse i think was put aside right away. and that's because -- the city and the state were in deep financial culture in 1977 the loan guarantee, the federal loan guarantee was up for reauthorization, and he and senator chavez went to every hearing of the banking committee, and sat with the other senators, as senate protocol allows, and they did is because william proxmire of those, who was the chairman of the banking committee, opposed the guarantees. by the time th

steve buckley, a sportswriter for "the boston herald" revealed in his column today that he is gay. [heers and applause ] of course, this is classier than the other option, doing an hour-long special on espn to announce he's switching teams. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] he didn't do that. he could have done that. hey, listen to this. an escaped prisoner in alaska was on the run for six hours yesterday before he was finally caught near sarah palin's hometown of wasilla. [ laughter ] yeah, 'cause when i think of safe places to run, i think, "the woods near sarah palin's house." that's perfect. [ light laughter ] hey, you guys, it was a three-hour hostage standoff that ended peacefully yesterday at a mall food court in arizona. it would have ended a lot sooner, but it took the cops like two hours to find the gunman on the mall map. [ light laughter ] it's like -- "we are here. we are here. do you see a footlocker? do you see a footlocker anywhere? [ cheers and applause ] reminiscence? what is reminiscence? what do they sell there? [ laughter ] is that a candle place?" this is big

at one point senator buckley carrying a page from mr. rail's book began referring to pat moynihan as professor moynihan. a reporter informed ambassador moynihan of this and he pulled himself up to his full height and said the mudslinging has begun. there after he entered the senate and it is fair to say that not everyone anticipated that he would be the great senator he eventually became. there is certain talk about workhorses and show horses and which would he be. the idea he wasn't a workhorse was put aside right away. that is because the city and state were in deep financial trouble. in 1977 the federal loan guarantee was up for reauthorization. he and senator javits went to every hearing of the banking committee and sat with the other senators as under senate protocol and they did this because the chairman of the banking committee opposed the guarantee. by the time student loan guarantees were done it was clear that senator moynihan was a workhorse and not a show horse. it was his view that senators represent states and house of repr

and buckley vs. vallejo. i want to bring this system under control. there can be no more important priority to this country than giving our politics back to the american people again. i thank you very much. i yield back my remaining time. the speaker pro tempore: mr. jones of north carolina. >> i ask permission to reclaim my time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. poe: mr. speaker, history, heritage, and symbols of the united states are constantly under criticism in this country. even yesterday, when we read the constitution of the united states on the house floor, the first time it's ever been done in 200 years, there were some who complained that it was irrelevant. it's kind of like folks in church that cover their ears when certain sections of the bible are read, they don't want to hear it because it may apply to them. people go to courts nowadays to try to remove our national motto in god we trust. it's above the flag, mr. speaker, though television very seldom show ours national motto. and then there are those who are of

david buckley, ceo of electronics and a guest speaker. melissa of news look media and the chair of the national press club's speakers' committee. excusing the speaker for a moment from angela king, bloomberg news reporter and speakers' committee member who organized today's luncheon. senior advisor for freedom first act in the guest of the speaker. a onetime washington correspondent for the st. paul press, the hill's founding editor and editor-at-large to this day. derek, washington correspondent. and pamela stevens, playing an editorial producer for msnbc's last words with lawrence o'donnell. [applause] >> the state of minnesota may have its greatest profile in the national politics about 40 years ago and in the era when democrats hubert humphrey and then walter mondale served in the white house and then supreme court justices harry blackmun and warren burger both republican appointees in formerly called the minnesota twins also heal from the north star state. our guest today may look to bring back national prominence to the land of 10,0