if congress does something, then i can't run against a do- nothing congress. if congress does nothing, then it's not a matter of me running against them. i think the american people will run them out of town because they are frustrated, and they know we need to do something big and something bold. >> reporter: the confrontation pits the president squarely against republicans, who now control the house and have the votes to block his proposals in the senate. they went toe to toe with mr. obama last summer over raising the federal debt ceiling. and later, over extending the payroll tax break and long-term unemployment benefits. those measures passed, but much of the rest of the president's agenda has languished. and the battles have taken a toll on congress' public approval rating. it stood at just 13% in a recent "new york times"-cbs news poll. the senate's democratic majority leader harry reid says it is no surprise. >> i understand why the american people look at congress and shake their head, what is this all about, because we have not been able to accomplis

folks in congress have advance knowledge of which bills and issues congress will consider. they know how those bills will affect basic goods and services, and often the legislation we pass impacts how well a company does on the stock market. good men and women work for congress, and i have the deepest respect for my colleagues. i would say all come to the senate with good intentions to carry out their daily responsibilities without thinking about using information that they learn for personal financial gain, and that's why banning insider trading should be an easy lift. the fact that members of congress and their staffs are allowed to buy and sell stocks based on privileged information is incredible to me. founders has historically low approval ratings from the american people. they believe many in congress don't represent them and have forgotten what it means to be a normal american. most folks would assume that congressmen and senators already can't trade stocks based on information they get in their jobs, but it turns out this may not be true, and that is just one more e

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they both served in the congress and the congress of the confederation. they had almost exactly the same resumÉ, but they had two different conclusions about this, and that was true for a lot of the countrymen as well. the second question, jefferson's in paris as a minister to france during this time. he does receive the most complete post-election analysis from both madison and monroe. jefferson was the dear mutual friend. he referred to them as the twin pillars of his happiness. jefferson invests times in the founding rivals in trying to convince madison to move next to him. they already got monroe. if we could live together, we'll hang out and retire from private life, and we'll be happy reading books, talking about books, the big ideas of the day. they were the twin pillars of his happiness, and he was pleased to get messages from both of them about their friendship, felt bad about running against my friend, and this is what happened, but we're still friends. jefferson is in france, and washington wanted madison to win the race. one of the first lette

let's make sure people who bundle campaign contributions for congress can't lobby congress. and vice vice versa. an idea that has bipartisan support at least outside p washington. some of what's broken has to do with the way congress does its business these days. a simple majority is no longer enough to get anything, even routine business, passed through the senate. [applause] neither party has been blameless in these tactics. now, both parties should put an end to it. [applause] >> the senate begins debate on the insider trading bill today at 4:30 eastern time with a procedural vote at 5:30, and you'll be able to find live senate coverage right here on c-span2. the national gay and lesbian task force held a national conference last week in baltimore, and one of the speakers of the group's process on gay, lesbian, bi, and transgender issues and you'll hear from an assistant health and human services secretary in her 30 years of work in promoting gay rights. this is a little over an hour and a half. >> greetings. as we gather here today and meet in #u people and new -- meet n

when he served in the congress. boyden had limits on us legally as to what we could do in the sense of encouraging interest groups to contact congress, there were very strict rules. the president went further than that and was stricter than that. after the first year of 1989, he realized that wasn't going to work and he let the floodgates open. i remember in 1989, walking down the hallway. he stopped me. he said i want to talk to you. i said yes. he said, sonny montgomery. i said, yes, chairman montgomery. he said you know, he is a friend of mine. i said, yes. he said, did you ask the constituents from the chamber of commerce from mississippi to talk to him about whatever bill it was? about x bill. i went, well, boyden says i can't directly ask them to do that but i sort of encouraged them and told them who key people were on that vote, and he looked at me and said, and he never did this, pointed his finger at me, you know, my blazer. he said don't you ever do that again. sonny montgomery is a friend of mine. i go t

folks in congress have advance knowledge of which bills and issues congress will consider. they know how those bills will affect basic services, and often the legislation we pass impacts how well a company does on the stock market. good men and women work for congress and i have the deepest respect for my colleagues. i would say all come to the senate with good intentions, carry out their daily responsibles without thinking about using information that they learned for personal financial gain. and that's why banning insider trading should be an easy move. the fact that members of congress and their staffs are allowed to buy and sell stocks based on privileged information is incredible to me. congress has historically low approval ratings from the american people. they believe many in congress don't represent them. and have forgotten what it means to be a normal american. most folks assume that congressmen and senators already can't trade stocks based on information they get in their jobs, but it turns out this may not be true, and that's just one more example why northweste

this corporate takeover of our congress that i was just referencing in their own. pseudo state of the union address is not accidental it was put into motion back in one thousand eighty six by a group of robber barons railroad actual robber barons claiming that the fourteenth amendment which was passed in eight hundred sixty eight to free the slaves also freed the corporations has one reference the word persons it didn't have the word natural before it which would be humans the supreme court pick this up dozens of times over the years most recently was citizens united but the fact of the matter is that no congress has ever passed a law saying that corporations are people or that money is speech. in. money is speech is that a property no president has ever pushed for it on the contrary many presidents have condemned it and going all the way back to grover cleveland in eight hundred eighty seven the year after the santa clara county decision in the supreme court where he said that corporations had become the masters of the people and that their iron heel was on our ne

congress. i mean, literally, you know, something that can happen, you can have two or three lines in a bill -- i'll give you one example, the health care bill, obamacare. there were two or three lines in there that said biopharmaceutical companies were given this that bill a 12-year exclusive patent rather than five years which is what other drug manufacturers do. that's a huge gain. can you imagine what that did for the biotech sector? that was actually a member of congress that bought a large amount of biotech sector funds at the same time and saw those pop 25% because once the bill passed and everybody realized what a boon it was going to be to biotechnology, everybody suddenly wanted to buy those companies. so, yes, i think it is a problem at the state level, but i think more so here because there's more power here. yes, question right there. >> hi. i'm david with the heritage foundation. that was an excellent talk, and i'm frustrated listening to you asking myself why have i not heard of t

so often we look at congress and think about this entitlement class that congress has become.gabby giffords, no one was going to tell her to step down. no one wanted to see her go. she's well-liked and she's an honest politician. so the fact that she did showed some integrity and courage, i think was really remarkable and a lesson that a lot of congressional members could take. >> we should say that the speaker is not to speak from the chair. that's not his role, but what an emotional morning this has been. thank, s.c., thank you karen hunter, and thank all of you for watching this extended coverage of the resignation of gabrielle giffords. i'm chris jansing. we'll take a quick break and we'll be right back. >>> who is the your business entrepreneur of the week? harvard student james hirschfield wanted to translate the look and feel after high-end paper invitation to the digital realm. in 2007 he and his sister pooled their savings and started paperless post. it attracted high profile users like prince charles, condoleezza rice, and the white house. for more watch "your busine

congress. the first gradation would be, oh, we really don't like this. then, second maybe would be, the president's senior advisers would recommend he veto this. the secretary of treasury. the secretary of state. the secretary of whatever, would recommend a veto. fini finally you get to the president is going to veto. this provided us a strategic tactical flexibility that, i think, made veto threats more effective. they have, to some extent, been used by presidents. in my paper, i cite a number of legislative efforts to illustrate these strategies and their limitations. i'll only make a very few points here. an early case of where the open-hand strategy worked really well was on the bill to clean up the savings and loan deback. >> caller:. -- debacle. this had the potential of being very difficult, but the bush administration came through with a proposal very quickly to serve as a focal point for congress. they worked closely with member. and those things certainly contributed to the success, b

congress returns tomorrow. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> the south carolina primary saturday, january 21. since 1980, the winner has gone on to be the republican presidential nominee. c-span's wrote to the right house coverage takes you to the events. -- road to the white house coverage takes you to the events. >> he is over his head. >> we have a message that can appeal across this nation and in particular, in the state's that are necessary for us to win this election. >> as candidates get their message out and meet the voters -- >> yet another war or we do not know why we are there. >> if we're going to use our national security act, we need to make sure it is in our national security interest and that we're not spread so thin we cannot do it right. >> want to hold her? >> take a picture. >> perfect. >> find more resources on c-span. >> i believe it is important to emphasize that one is great to have this memorial to his memory and is great to have a national holiday and it is gre

congress. when he arrived in congress, he found an absolutely ruinous state of affairs. i know it's nothing like you could imagine today, but -- [laughter] the congress had already taken an enormous, crippling national debt. when congress had exhausted its revenue and sources of credit, they simply started printing money and giving it out to people. [laughter] thank goodness our leaders today are too wise to do this. [laughter] i think it's really telling that madison served on something called the board of admiralty. this is the committee that ran the naval affairs of the united states during the war. one of the first things they do is to deny a three-month-old request for a sea captain for bread and flour. it was not that this request was unreasonable per se, it was simply that they had no bread or flour or means to plo cure it to give him. they did sell him a note, however, telling him to keep up the good work. [laughter] an 18-gun boat named the saratoga was sitting in the dock for a want of simple rigging. the triumph l, ready to go to sea and fight the british, was

let's make sure people who bundle campaign contributions for congress can't lobby congress. and vice versa. an idea that has bipartisan support, at least outside of washington. some of what's broken has to do with the way congress does its business these days. a simple majority is no longer enough to get anything, even routine business, passed through the senate. (scattered applause) neither party has been blameless in these tactics. now both parties should put an end to it. ( applause ) for starters, i ask the senate to pass a simple rule, that all judicial and public nominations receive a simple up or down vote within 90 days. ( applause ) the executive branch also needs to change. too often it's inefficient, outdated and remote. that's why i've asked this congress to grant me the authority to consolidate the federal bureaucracy, that our government is leaner, quicker, and more responsive to the needs of the american people. ( applause ) finally none of this can happen unless we also lower the temperature in this town. we need to end the notion that the two parties must be

congress. today i want to announce some additional steps that we are taking. first, i've directed the establishment of a dod sexual assault advocate certification program. it will require our sexual assault response coordinators and victim advocates to obtain a credential aligned with national standards. this will help insure that the victims of sexual assault receive the best care from properly trained and credentialed professionals who can provide crucial assistance from the moment an assault is committed. second, i've directed the department to expand our support to asalt -- assault victims to include military spouses and adult military dependents who will now be able, this was not the case before, they will now be able to file confidential reports and receive the services of around victim advocate and a sexual assault response coordinator. in addition, we're going to insure that dod civilians stationed abroad and dod u.s. citizen contractors in combat areas receive emergency care and the he

>> members of congress want to clarify to the public that they aren't above the law. there are some experts saying that there hasn't been a member of congress that has gone to jail or prosecuted for insider trading. people are wondering, are they really accountable to the s.e.c.? this is basically the members saying, yes, we are accountable. >> we're talking with rachel bade covering this story for cq/roll call. by all accounts, the bill is expected to pass the senate. it then goes to the house. eric cantor said that this needs to apply to the executive branch as well. >> today he came out and said that he wants to expand a disclosure requirement included in the s.t.o.c.k. act zit would include congressmen and their staff to disclose on an online database within 30 days. right now the bill -- that closure bill only includes the bade, writes for cq/roll call, her work is available online. thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much. >>> this is "washington today." c-span. >>> on the what street, dow fell 20. >>> new budget report from cbo predicting that government

is says if you are a member of congress and the executive position is creed of your in congress or the salary is increase in you cannot take the position.pp and ordered to stop a member if you would be appointed so you vote to raise his salary by $100,000 if the that was a bad idea so they put the ineligibility cause but now it has come up several times over history and there is a move the government had used to get around this and the idea is if the person who is a congress takes a the executive office that congress passes a billab reducing the salary by thei original amount then there is no violation.vi they actually did not get anan increase so there's a problem. 1987. lewis powell retires from the supreme court and the question ronald reagan had to face who'd asea point*? orrin hatch is in the senate. the supreme court salary went up. that was a violation of the eligibility clause. other people discover this could be used the saxby 62 put him in any way? they ask the office of legal counsel and they said no. this clause means any time the salary is wait -- raise to cannot be put in

he will work with congress, and we believe there will be opportunities to work with congress, beginning with extending the payroll tax cut for the full calendar year. we absolutely believe congress will do the right thing and continue on the work that was finally achieved in late- december, and extend the payroll tax and unemployment insurance for the full calendar year. there are more things than need to be done. there are more elements of the jobs at that we believe, as we did from the beginning, merit bipartisan consideration and support. this country is in crying need of work on its infrastructure. now is a great time to do that work. there has historically been bipartisan support for a supporting infrastructure projects across the country. we hope to work with congress to take action on that to continue to grow the economy and create jobs. separate from that, we cannot wait for congress to act, and when congress refuses to act, when republicans choose the path of obstruction the president is not going to sit here. gridlock in washington is not an excuse for inaction. he will take t

to congress there. has to communicate with their local representatives and i think also just you know exercising their voting rights and exercising their rights it's rooms are being involved in the political process it's two thousand but we need issues are going to go away courts are still trying to figure out how to grapple with technology so i think the best way for citizens to be actively involved is to use a creativity like they used yesterday and find ways to be involved in the political process on a day to day basis why i think i guess today might help in the sense that at least gave people this feeling that maybe they can actually make a difference if they do go out and vote or call their congress members or write to them and that's not always going to be big money and big industries and lobbyists that we're now at least that was my takeaway christina thank you so much for joining us tonight. i still to come this a day after the online world came together to fight so but the d.o.j. continued thei

i hear the senator saying that with the public's opinion, that congress at a -- with congress at a low point, we need to take action to restore public confidence. i think our amendment does that, closes loopholes in the laws of a lot -- to allow corruption to escape accountability. i believe we have to provide investigators and prosecutors the tools to provide officials the -- to hold accountable when they act corruptly. this agreement will strengthen and clarify key aspects of federal criminal law, to help investigators and prosecutors attack public corruption nationwide. i should note, mr. president, the senate judiciary committee has reported this bill with bipartisan support in three successive congresses, and i would note that the house judiciary committee under a republican chairman repeatly reported a companion bill and did so unanimously. every republican, every democrat voted for it. so i believe it's time for congress to pass serious anticorruption legislation. we have demonstrated that this is something that could bring both republicans and democrats together, and we ought t

congress returns to session next week. this morning, "washington journal" talked to a two reporters about what to expect from the point of commerce. -- 2012 congress. this is about that will be several popes on raising the debt limit. basically, congress has agreed to raise the debt limit last summer. this is a political vote of disapproving of the president's authority. the last time, partisan vote, democrats mostly voted for it, republicans against it. there will also be a boat in the senate on this, but it will not lead to anything because the president has the power to veto it. that is the main thing that will be happening on the house this week. host: kick sherman, the president will make his state of the union address next week. what kind of milestone is that, what will the big debate to be as congress looks at the agenda? guest: it will be a legislative preflight the year. the biggest thing they would deal with is a payroll tax cuts. obama likes to draw distinctions from republicans. that is what we expected to do i

not just true for ted stevens, in congress. it's true for congress more broadly. they have shown themselves to not understand how the internet works, you can tell that from their previous attempts to lasso the internet like it was a way-ward calf. if we had no reason to believe congress understands the workings of the internet, after today, we can be sure that congress at least understands the power of the internet. google, wikipedia, flicker, word press, read it, wired, many more either blocked their websites entirely today or used their websites to make a big can't-miss it visual statement of their discontent with the legislation. more than just going dark, many sites included operator instructions for how you too could reach out to congress and tell them to these proposed laws. just one example, progressive change committee says craigslist visitors alone, 30,000 people today called congress through website that linked them with the way to do that. we cover all kind of of protests on this show, all kind of non-violent direct action, all kind of way people try to

-- well, congress does too. [laughter] [applause] in 1983, women filled 73% of all the new jobs in managerial, professional, and tech technical kneeleds, but we know many are still out of work wondering what will come of their hopes and dreams. can we love america, and not reach out to tell them you are not forgotten, we will not rest until each of you can reach as high as your god-given talents will take you. [applause] part of america is strong, it's good and true. the cynics were wrong. america never was a sick society. we're seeing rededication to bedrock values of faith, family, work, neighborhood, peace, and freedom. values that brought us together as one people from the youngest child to the most senior citizen. the congress deserves america's thanks for helping us restore pride and connect to our military, and i hope you're as proud as i am of the young men and women in uniform who defend the ramparts and freedom and whose dedication and skill increases our chance of living in a world of peace. [applause

understand that these are members of congress who have completed enough service in the congress to qualify for a pension. it's my understanding that is about six years. at a minimum ox years of service members of congress receive some pension benefits. certainly those benefits increase the longer they've served. this bill would disqualify them from pensions that they have been credited and earned as members of congress under three conditions. first, should they decide after they have served in congress to serve as a registered lobbyist, that in and of itself is breathtaking, to think that if a person should decide after service in congress to become a registered lobbyist with or without compensation, i might add, for perhaps a nonprofit organization, they would forfeit their federal pension. that in and of itself is inexplicable. it gets worse. this goes not to on to say a member of congress retired forgets his pension if he accepts any kind of remuneration which could be a salary, a consulting fee, even an honorarium for giving a speech from any company or other private entity that employ

let's make sure people who bundle campaign contributions for congress can't lobby congress. and vice versa. an idea that has bipartisan support, at least outside of washington. some of what's broken has to do with the way congress does its business these days. a simple majority is no longer enough to get anything, even routine business, passed through the senate. (scattered applause) neither party has been blameless in these tactics. now both parties should put an end to it. ( applause ) for starters, i ask the senate to pass a simple rule, that all judicial and public nominations receive a simple up or down vote within 90 days. ( applause ) the executive branch also needs to change. too often it's inefficient, outdated and remote. that's why i've asked this congress to grant me the authority to consolidate the federal bureaucracy, that our government is leaner, quicker, and more responsive to the needs of the american people. ( applause ) finally none of this can happen unless we also lower the temperature in this town. we need to end the notion that the two parties must be

let's make sure that people that bundle campaign contributions for congress can't lobby congress and vice versa. an idea that has bipartisan support, at least outside of washington. some of what is broken is the way congress does business these days. a simple majority is no longer enough to get anything, even routine business passed through the senate neither party has been blameless in these tactics. now, both parties should put an end to it. [ applause ] for starters, i ask them to pass a simple rule, that all judicial and public service nominations receive a simple up or down vote within 90 days. [ applause ] >> the executive branch also needs to change. too often it's inefficient, outdated and remote. [ applause ] >> that is why i asked the congress to granted me the authority to consolidate the federal bureaucracy so it's more responsive to the needs of the american people. [ applause ] >> finally none of this can happen unless we also lower the temperature in this town. we need to end the notion that the two parties must be locked in a perpetual campaign of mutual destruction,

and from the congress, to and from their work. what a weird thing to put in the constitution, right? a fundamental law of the government and your choice is to put something in about how the president for example cannot arrest a member of congress going to and from work. how paranoid must they have been in order to think that if they had to specifically prohibit that and so i think if you read the whole constitution you get a sense of what else well as a lot of the things. second point is that a lot of them and do very important work even if the average person or lawyer has never heard of them or the media never talks about them when it never, it never makes it to any court of third amendment is one example when the army asked to order some soldiers in your condo. but i want to give another taste that's more important and it's a little complicated but the payoff is worth that. there's something called the an eligible because. television is a visual media and so i brought this. this is the ineligible equals i wish i had a mirror and

the letters authorizes congress, tells congress it could authorize private ships to fight pirates. the titles of nobility clause says the government can't make you a duke government says the government officials of the united states can't accept a duke shih. the bill prohibits legislative punishment and the third amendment says the soldiers, the army cannot order their soldiers in private houses without consent. a practice that in 18 centuries led directly to the tea party. the real tea party, not our tea party. i got the idea for this book about 10 years ago. i was working at the office of legal counsel which is a small office in the justice department, which gives constitutional advice to the executive branch. it's the office which made the news when long, long, long after i left the road the torture report. and even though in law school i learned about account the constitution of you study in glasgow, you only study certain parts of the. you study the first of them, the fourth amendment, but as an office of legal council i to deal with lots of these little odd clauses that nobod

the letters of mark clause authorizes congress, tells congress that this can authorize private ships to fight pirates, we'll talk more about that later. title. s of nobility clause says that the government of the united states cannot accept a dukeship. the bill of attainder prohibits legislative punishment l, and the third amendment -- [laughter] says that the soldiers, the army can't porter their soldiers in private houses without consent. a process, rather, that in the 18th century led directly to the tea party. the real tea party, not our tea party. i got the idea for this book, i got the idea for this book about ten years ago. i was working at the office of legal counsel which is a small office in the justice department which gives constitutional advice to the executive branch. it's the office which made the news when long, long, long after i left it wrote the torture memo. and even though in law school i learned a lot about the constitution, you study a lot about the constitution in law school, you only study certain parts of it. you study the first amendment, the fourth amendme

usually that would be a city issue is a city issue the mayor has spoken but no you see for some reason congress wants to get involved here which is actually quite rare as usually they don't really delve into local d.c. governance issues they continue to overlook serious issues in the past like the shocking aids epidemic where one of the highest rates of aids rates of aids and hiv in the entire country disease department of health says that seven percent of d.c. residents between the ages of forty and forty nine are infected which is three times what the world health organization classifies as an epidemic but congress i don't wait on that issue or what about d.c. schools they're amongst the most troubled in the nation that's something that former school chancellor michelle rhee spoke about openly in the film waiting for superman. you wake up every morning and you know that kids are getting a really crappy education right now she think the most the kids are going to. go i don't think they are i know they are. all right or how about poverty considering that washington d.c. as a state ranks third i

both houses of congress. there's a sense that you see that even when things were rocky sometimes, things continue. >> and we have members of the security, now, who are greeting the president. we don't have a full supreme court there tonight. we have four members who are not there. >> you see justice kagan, justice breyer, justice ginsberg. justices scalia, alito and sotomayor are not there tonight. >> the joint chiefs will be showing up. they will not be applauding tonight. we will measure between those who applaud and those who do not feel they are part of the political process. >> and many of the justices have spoken about how uncomfortable they do feel. especially that moment two years ago, when the president called them out on the supreme court decision. and there you have it. [ applause ] >> a hug from gabby giffords, representing so much, just standing in that room. and when she smiles. and now, the president of the united states. handing his speech to the speaker and the vice president. and is about to

congress. i kid there's a lot more to it than just that but i do say good job everyone the entertainment industry is already pissed too and it's great hollywood moguls are now reportedly telling president obama that they're going to stop their donations to his campaign because of the administration's stand on sopa and pipa but they'll learn that they won't be able to buy influence forever and so let's hope that that's true let's make sure that's true by staying vigilant about sopa and pipa because while they haven't been voted on yet while sopa is been postponed they're not fully dead so don't like congress think that you're not looking anymore and then try to pass them on the sly but for what was achieved yesterday i think that it's a pretty big deal the mainstream media and their painfully short attention span. they chose to miss. well some are calling it a bit of unfortunate irony if i may use the words of mike mastic from that the same day that a massive protest was staged against sopa and

you are expressing his views to the congress. there are 535 other people who think they ought to be president of the united states and spent a great deal of time communicating their views back to you. i like the analogy that prince phillip told me when barbara bush came to me. oh, you're the ping pong ball. that is the way i felt. i looked at it more like crystal ball gazing. we had to put together the numbers that we needed to be able to have success with the president. a look at the 1988 elections. 260 to 175 split in terms of democrats and republicans. the senate was a 54/46 split with democrats and republicans. although george bush won 53% of the vote, that was the situation we faced as we began service in 1989. we probably were the victims of our own success. i served for a couple of years on the senate legislative team for president reagan. during a period of time when we had control of the united states senate. from 1980 to 1986. at that point in time, i say we were products of our own success. it was sort of the beginning

(laughter) >> jon: let me tell you something, oliver, this congress makes me so angry, this congress,this do nothing bunch of mother [bleep]. >> whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. jon, you take that back! they do not do nothing. they are mother [bleep] but do you know, jon, do you know the amount of work it takes to perform this level of mother wlooep blooep -- [bleep]ery. sure are, you aren't seeing in on c-span but look behind the flaps to the actual office of our capitol building. these good people, jon. >> jon: oh my god. >> who dedicated public servants work tirelessly, jon, night and day to make sure that nothing gets done. this, jon, they-- do not look away, stewart, you need to see this look at it! look, directly at it! this, jon, this, this right here, this is how the sausage doesn't get made. >> jon: all right, look t takes alot of effort. >> yeah t does take a lot of effort, jon. you turn your back on this for 1 second and who knows what could happen. a program that works to educate young people emerges. or a bridge gets built to somewhere. and you say that these people don't work, sh