top house storylines of the new congress with "wall street journal" congressional reporter christina peterson. and a discussion of member pay and congressional benefits for the 116th congress, with the firewall editor-in-chief david hawkings. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. >> tonight on c-span, you will have the opportunity to see our latest documentary focusing on the senate. the senate conflict and compromise is the name of the documentary. if you go to our website, you can find out more about it. here's a little bit of the introduction from the

. >>> to follow christina peterson's reporting go to wall street journal.com or go to her twitter page. thank you, christina. >>> joining us from inside the capital is david hawking's editor in chief of the firewall to talk about benefits and pay for members of congress. what will these new members, what will these new members be sworn in today be paid? >> they will all be paid the same amount of money which is $174,000 a year. there's a lot of talk right now on social media about why members of congress going to continue getting paid during the shutdown. the answer in simple terms is the constitution says so and essentially says members of congress should get paid no matter what. there are some members including some freshman members who are promising to give back a prorated amount of their pay to the treasury until the shutdown is over. but they will continue receiving this money, that hundred 74,000 by the way has been the same for a decade. it was supposed to be an inflationary increase every year to take congressional pay off the field it's a political issue, they would just take

talk about top storylines of the new congress with wall street journal congressional reporter christina peterson a discussion on commercial benefits with the 160 congress with the firewall editor chief. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal five at 7:00 a.m. eastern on thursday morning. during the discussion. >> a divided government return to washington with the convening of the 116th congress, democrats assume control of the house of representatives will republicans increase their majority in the senate. the service has been described as the most diverse in history. over 100 new members coming to washington including more women and minorities than ever before. join us at noon on thursday as the 116th congress gavels into session but watch your member take the oath of office, the election of a new speaker in the congress began its work. new congress, new leaders, five on c-span in c-span2. ... >>> who was the dethroned in the revolution talk about the disobedience anto thedisobedieno reestablish a secular government. he spoke at the washington institute for near east policy. this is one h

with "wall street journal"'s, christina peterson. in a discussion of never pay and congressional benefits for the hundred and 16th congress. viral editor in chief, david hocking. fisher to watch she stands "washington journal", live at seven eastern, thursday money. join the discussion. >> divided government returns to washington with the convening of the 116th congress. they consume the house of control of republicans increased their majority of the senate. this congress has been described as the most diverse in history. over 100 new members coming to washington. including more women and minorities than ever before. dennis at noon thursday as the 116th congress doubles into session. watch your member taking the oval office. the election of a new speaker in congress began its work. new congress, new leaders, live on c-span and c-span2. ...

about top house storylines of the new congress with wall street journal congressional reporter christina peterson. and a discussion of member pay and congressional benefits for the 115th congress with the firewall editor-in-chief david hocking's. c-span'so watch washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. this is the headline at rollcall.com and reporting

he interviewed the president along with his colleague christina peterson. and the president told you there is a lot of good people, right? he said there is a lot of very good people on that board . which i thought it was interesting that he used the term "board." there are 17 democrats in the house and the senate. was that him being complimentary but it was a throw-away, or did you get a sense that he has faith in these negotiators? >> i got a sense that it's a throw-away, that he's very pessimistic that any deal will be reached. this panel is essentially in thrall of radical democrats, as he calls them. he said radical democrats are controlling this process and he's not that optimistic there will be a deal to his liking. >> as you saw that, was he just setting the stage for declaring a national emergency to get the money? >> yes, absolutely. at one point in our interview he said there is a national emergency. there is a national emergency on the border and it's very serious. so he was certainly saying that he's looking seriously at that option and might in

then, a talk about top house storylines with wall street journal congressional reporter christina peterson. a discussion on member pay and congressional benefits with the firewall editor-in-chief david hawkins. be sure to watch c-span washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> divided government returns to government with a can meaning of the 116th congress. thecrats return control of -- regain control of the house while republicans keep their control of the senate. this congress has been described as the most diverse in history with more than 100 new members coming to washington including more women and minorities than ever before. join us today is the congress gambles in. the election of a new speaker, and the congress begins its work. new congress, new leaders, live on c-span and c-span 2. 100 new members join the house and senate for the 116th congress. five of them come from states that only have one or two congressional districts. north dakota voters elected kelly armstrong to represent the state in the house. mr. armstrong chaired the north dakota

then i talk about top how storylines of the new congress with congressional reporter christina peterson. and a of member pay and congressional benefits for the 116th congress with the firewall editor in chief david hawkins. watched c-span's washington journal; eastern this morning. join the discussion. coveraget live thursday for the opening day of the 116th congress. the house gavels in at noon eastern to elect a new speaker and swear in new members and returning members. on c-span2 vice president pence administers the oath of office to senators when the senate meets at noon. they will also name a new president pro tem. posteran3 senators pictures with vice president pence at a ceremonial swearing-in from the old senate chamber followed by the ceremonial swearing-in of house members with newly elected speaker. with the government shutdown in its 12th day president trump held a cabinet meeting at the white house to discuss border security, the shutdown and other priorities were his administration. reporters asked about the u.s. troop withdrawal from syria and the president's reaction to

congressional correspondence paul cain and christina peterson. and firewall editor and chief david hawkings turns to talk about pay and benefit for members of the new congress. "washington journal" is next. " is next. ♪ host: good morning. it is january 3, 2019. as mandated by the constitution, at noon today, members of the 116th congress will be sworn in. it is groundhog day as the government shutdown extends today 13. when and how to open the government becomes the first priority for new members of congress. democrats have control of the house, the senate remains in the hands of republicans. it is a divided congress and a republican in the white house for the next two years. what are your priorities for this 116th congress? we want to hear from you as we spend five hours on the washington journal. democrats, 202-748-8000. publicans, 202-748-8001. -- republicans, 202-748-8001. independents, 202-748-8002. join us on twitter @cspanwj or facebook.com/cspan. we are live outside the russell balcony, just steps away from the capital. up until noon whe

. >>> to follow christina peterson's reporting go to wall street journal.com or go to her twitter page. thank you, christina. >>> joining us from inside the capital is david hawking's editor in chief of the firewall to talk about benefits and pay for members of congress. what will these new members, what will these new members be sworn in today be paid? >> they will all be paid the same amount of money which is $174,000 a year. there's a lot of talk right now

. >>> to follow christina peterson's reporting go to wall street journal.com or go to her twitter page. thank you, chin

about top house storylines of the new congress with wall street journal congressional reporter christina peterson. and a discussion of member pay and congressional benefits for the 115th congress with the firewall editor-in-chief david hocking's. c-span'so watch washington journal, live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. this is the headline at loseyll.com and reporting and mcconnell had plenty every since to and with a shutdown. she joins us wednesday evening on the phone. give us a sense of what we can expect, if anything, in the next 48 hours. >> pretty dramatic when it comes to this partial shutdown. both chambers come in a officially for the 116th congress. there will be photos taken, things like that. one of the big legislative steps we are going to see taken is on the house side when house democratic leader and next speaker nancy pelosi will put forward to several pieces of legislation and the first will be six of the seven remaining spending bills for the year and the second will be a stopgap spending bill for the department of homeland security which would last throug

top house storylines of the new congress with "wall street journal" congressional reporter christina peterson. and a discussion of member pay and congressional benefits for the 116th congress, with the firewall editor-in-chief david hawkings. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. join the discussion. >> tonight on c-span, you will have the opportunity to see our latest documentary focusing on the senate. the senate conflict and compromise is the name of the documentary. if you go to our website, you can find out more about it. here's a little bit of the introduction from the documentary. >> i've been asked several times today will i agree to this version or that version or the senator's amendment? no. >> the framers believed -- >> let's follow the constitution. >> sometimes it seems that nothing is happening on the senate floor. the action is going on elsewhere. >> we do -- >> -- order -- >> in senators' offices. in the offices of the senate leaders. that's all preliminary. sooner or later, everything has to come here. here is where the final sa