this is joe in carrollton, virginia. independent line. caller: yes.eretened to what you saying this morning. i went to a form of a while back where robert gates spoke. he made a comment that until to make votingd patriotically what was good for , nothing will change in congress. i find that to be very true and i still see it today. your comments on that, please. guest: the concluding chapter of the book is

this is joe in carrollton, virginia. independent line. caller: yes. weretened to what you saying this morning. i went to a form of a while back where robert gates spoke. he made a comment that until to make votingd patriotically what was good for , nothing will change in congress. i find that to be very true and i still see it today. your comments on that, please. guest: the concluding chapter of the book is where i get on my soapbox a bit and talk about what this means for american democracy from my perspective. one of the arguments i make in the book is that we do need legislators to find ways to represent their party and their districts but at the same time, they need to do things that are good for the country and make congress work well. part of that means simply treating the minority party with some degree of respect. and giving them opportunities to do thanks. that has not been the case the last several decades. it was a more open process in the 1970's. it is much harder for the minority party to do that. they do a lot of messaging, a lot of pos

plans for the design, operation and maintenance of that light rail line, which would go from new carrolltonbethesda. the project is run by the maryland transit administration which then has to review the plans. state officials say they want a final decision on a partner company within the next two months. >>> 6:25. chipotle shares are taking a hit after 30 students got sick after one of the chain's above tresta. three dozen boston college students became sick over the weekend. the massachusetts department of public health is working to see if this could be link to the outbreak of e. coli at chipotle restaurants. >>> most students spent less than 5% of the school day actually moving. teenagers in the study were given activity trackers. the same problem discovered after school. on average, students in the study were active 39 minutes a day. 60 minutes is recommended by the doctors. >>> if you're feeling nauseous, the smell of rubbing alcohol may help relieve that nausea. researchers in texas asked emergency room patients who felt nauseous to smell pads smoked in alcohol or saline solution. wi

this is joe in carrollton, virginia. independent line. caller: yes.etened to what you saying this morning. i went to a form of a while back where robert gates spoke. he made a comment that until to make votingd patriotically what was good for , nothing will change in congress. i find that to be very true and i still see it today. your comments on that, please. guest: the concluding chapter of the book is where i get on my soapbox a bit and talk about what this means for american democracy from my perspective. one of the arguments i make in the book is that we do need legislators to find ways to represent their party and their districts but at the same time, they need to do things that are good for the country and make congress work well. part of that means simply treating the minority party with some degree of respect. and giving them opportunities to do thanks. that has not been the case the last several decades. it was a more open process in the 1970's. it is much harder for the minority party to do that. they do a lot of messaging, a lot of positio