dr. farrier. i was wondering if you could comment on what your book is going to be about. >> great question, i need to figure this out anyway. [laughter] one of my scholarly pet peeves is about what makes a functioning separation of power systems. the founders gave us 3 branches, they have overlapping powers. that does not mean they are supposed to check each other all the time, they have institutional casualties. one of the most interesting trajectories is what has happened to congress. why has congress fallen off the map? i did a book on budget deficits, i wrote that in a time of surplus. it did not do very well. i wondered why did congress want to give away budget power. remember the 1990's, giving away power through the line-item veto, trying to pass a balanced budget amendment. those might be end policy goals, but the means is taking your own authority away. my second book, i looked at the same issue, why does congress give power away. i realized, maybe they regret it later and try to scrambl

dr. farrier. wondering if you could comment on what your book is going to be about. >> great question, i need to figure this out anyway. [laughter] one of my scholarly pet peeves is about what makes a functioning separation of power systems. branches,rs gave us 3 they have overlapping powers. that does not mean they are supposed to check each other all the time, they have casualties.l one of the most interesting trajectories is what has happened to congress. why has congress fallen off the map? i did a book on budget deficits, in a time of surplus. it did not do very well. i wondered why did congress want to give away budget power. remember the 1990's, giving away power through the line-item veto, trying to pass a balanced budget amendment. end policy goals, but the means is taking your own authority away. my second book, i looked at the same issue, why does congress give power away. i realize maybe dave regret -- i realized, maybe dave regret it later and tried to scramble it back. why give up ou

dr. farrier. i was wondering if you could comment on what your book is going to be about. >> great question, i need to igure this out anyway. one of my scholarly pet peeves is about what makes a functioning separation of power systems. the founders gave us 3 branches, they have overlapping powers. that does not mean they are supposed to check each other all the time, they have institutional casualties. one of the most interesting trajectories is what has happened to congress. why has congress fallen off the map? i did a book on budget deficits, i wrote that in a time of surplus. it did not do very well. i wondered why did congress want to give away budget power. remember the 1990's, giving away power through the line-item veto, trying to pass a balanced budget amendment. those might be end policy goals, but the means is taking your own uthority away. my second book, i looked at the same issue, why does congress give power away. i realized, maybe they regret it later and try to scramble it ack. why

dr. farrier. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> on the next "washington journal," kevin kuhlman looks at how the health care law's impacting small businesses round the country. then brian moulton on same-sex marriage. demrt obama administration released its final cybersecurity framework report. guidelines for companies to improve security. on tuesday, a discussion about the report. hosted by the air force association. live at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. coming up next on c-span, the wrapup of our first ladies series. and later, a look at the relationship between american presidents and the popular culture of their time. that's followed by apple co-founder on his experiences working with steve jobs. >> ever since abe gal adams, first ladies have worked to make the white house a working office. and a family home and a consultcal institution. tonight on our series finale, we'll look back at the lives of these wome

dr. farrier. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] c-span,g up later on british writer and broadcaster bbc will talk the about the connection between media and religion at a conference at the university of colorado. here's a look. >> religion was held to a different standard, i had to prove i did not have an agenda and work extra hard at the morning meeting to show why a store it was relevant. an output editor could reveal personal bias in ways that would not have happened with an arts piece or one on politics. i don't mean to make my colleagues sounds stupid, they were not. iny were older, schooled 1960's britain, they had embraced secularization. religion was backward and would relegate police lease to the midsection of the back of the bookstore. or the bottom of the news roundup. i was often stopped in the fourth floor corridor by one hack with the same joe, how is god today? [laughter] the joke wore thin. two