i will ask frank buckley to go ahead and respond. i agree with a fair bit, although i'm not talking about obamas a much as the institution. were the situation reversed and we had a republican doing what is doing, those people who are supporters of obama would -- might realize that there are dangers in this direction. thing. last i would like to see more accountability and more congressional oversight and there is an institution meant to do that, the inspectors general. russell george issued the inspector general -- the inspector general of the irs issued a report on lois lerner, and for that his integrity was questioned by democratic members of congress. and gerald walton, who was investigating a democratic donor , was summarily fired by president obama. he was the specter general of some other branch of the government. we are so partisan that even efforts to promote integrity in government and congressional oversight are condemned by the other side. that is how much we have sunk. host: our guest is frank buckley, a law professor at

and frank buckley author of the "once and future king" the rise and fall of crown government. we'll take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twit. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the house and senate return from recess on monday. we join by billy house of national journal. the house getting to work almost right away on a couple of fiscal year 2515 appropriation -- 2015 appropriations bill. in that is an extension of pay freeze. do you expect to hear any opposition. >> there has been some lonely voices who say it's time. lord help them. maybe it's time to alter that. this is an midterm election year. one of the odd positions that a lot of members might take on campaign trail is they need more money. >> one of the pieces in the past week was headlined in the national journal. house republicans see opportunity in appropriations bill about some of the possibilities of adding policy writers to the spending bills. >> the top line spending levels will be set. color battles to be fought within the appropriations bills themselves. t

i will ask frank buckley to go ahead and respond. i agree with a fair bit, although i'm not talking about obamas a much as the institution. were the situation reversed and we had a republican doing what is doing, those people who are supporters of obama would -- might realize that there are dangers in this direction. thing. last i would like to see more accountability and more congressional oversight and there is an institution meant to do that, the inspectors general. russell george issued the inspector general -- the inspector general of the irs issued a report on lois lerner, and for that his integrity was questioned by democratic members of congress. and gerald walton, who was investigating a democratic donor , was summarily fired by president obama. he was the specter general of some other branch of the government. we are so partisan that even efforts to promote integrity in government and congressional oversight are condemned by the other side. that is how much we have sunk. host: our guest is frank buckley, a law professor at

host: our guest is frank buckley, a professor of law at george mason university.to join our conversation this morning host: i want to ask you about more details in the book. you say that separation of powers is not the best idea. n't thewell, it wasbn primary idea between -- behind what the framers wanted. to imagine what it would be ,ike, imagine the 2012 election with the election thrown to the house of representatives. different president. they thought the president would be more accountable to congress and they didn't expect the rise of the great federal state. they didn't see the great regulatory state in the offing. they thought the executive would be thin. the executive would be charged with defending the country is invaded, but not a lot more than that. the government has changed, and the institutions, the presidencies change with it. host: first call is nancy in los angeles on the line for democrats. caller: good morning. guest: hello, nancy. caller: hi, how are you? guest: good. caller: i think the congress has ceded power to the president. what do you t

was quote a roundtable in the week ahead in congress with reuters correspondent jeff mason and frank buckley, the author of the "once and future king -- the rise and fall of crown government" discusses the growth of executive howard the american government. as always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. >> next, a discussion about al qaeda and the -- al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and efforts by the u.s. and its allies to eliminate the threat will stop this is 40 minutes. 2. >> "washington journal" continues. is philip mudd, who served as the fbi deputy director on national security and the cia deputy director on counterterrorism. thanks very much for being with us. guest: good morning from on having -- from manhattan. host: airstrikes in yemen killing 40 al qaeda militants in two days. what is happening. -- happening? guest: i think you are seeing a fundamental transition in the war on terror. responsibilities were point targets. individual operational leaders of al qaeda in the western parts of pakistan. what is happened is a transition fro

with reuters corespondent jeff mason and national journal correspondent shane goldmatcher and frank buckley, author of "the once and future king, rise and fall of crown government" discusses the growth and power in american government. as always we will take your calls and can you join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> when you are living in a world where you do not have monopolies anymore and you have multiple companies competing for options on tv, for example, that does not work when the laws were written for a monopoly negotiation. that is one of the reasons why consumers do not have as many options as they could have and why the prices are still going up for your television video services when they should be going down. >> there is a whole lot of competition between completely different kinds of companies. when you are watching tv, it used to be you watched tv or had a cable provider. now there is everything from cell phone companies offering cable services to satellite companies to just doing it over your internet wit

frank buckley, the author of a book, "the once and future king -- the rise and fall of crown governmentill look at presidential government. we hope you follow us on twitter, @cspan. newsmakers -- "newsmakers" is coming up next. we appreciate you being with us. enjoy the rest of your weekend. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> coming up next, "newsmakers" when tom stier. then chris christie talking about the states retiree obligations. then ruth bader ginsburg taking part in a discussion about female judicial leaders. >> joining us from claremont california on "newsmakers" is the president and founder of nexgen simon. thank you for being with us. joining us with the questioning from politico and john sullivan from the washington post. let me begin with a broad issue of climate change and global warming. are we experiencing that today in the u.s. and around the world? >> we are. there is no doubt that the climate is changing and has been changing for a number of years. you can see it both in the measurements