the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, in light of recent events, i am requesting to be temporarily removed from my positions on the house committees on armed services, education and the work force, and transportation and infrastructure. i fully intend to resume my position as an active members of these committees upon a successful resolution of pending legal matters. the charges against me are politically motivated and without merit. i intend to fight them fully. in the meantime, i look forward to quickly clearing my good name and i will continue to represent the people of california's 50th district. signed sincerely, duncan hunter, member of congress. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resignations are accepted. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on august 23, 2018, at 1:31 p.m.

house of representatives from 1990-1997, as a republican from new york. next, she talks about her experience as the daughter of a congressman. as vice chair of the republican conference, as the keynote speaker at the 1996 republican national convention, and her marriage to a fellow member of congress. the u.s. house of representatives office of the historian conducted this interview, which is about one hour and 45 minutes.

house of representatives office of the historian conducted this interview, which is about an hour and5 minutes. >>> my name is kathleen johnson and today i'm with the house historian, we're in the house recording studio and we are very pleased to be speaking with former representative, susan molinari from new york. thank you very much for coming today. >> very excited to be a part of this project. >> great. this project that we're working on is to recognize and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the election of woman into congress. we have a bunch of questions we wantedto

her assignment to the house armed services committee and her experiences as one of the founding members of the congresswoman's caucus. the u.s. house of representatives office of the historian conducted this interview, which is about an hour and 40 minutes. kathleen: my name is kathleen johnson. i'm with matt wisniewski, the house historian and we're happy to be interviewing former congresswoman pat schroeder from colorado. this interview is from the jeannette rankin oral history project to commemorate the 100thanniversary of her swearing in to congress. we are very pleased you are here today, congressman schroeder. thank you for coming.

daniel webster and the house of representatives, maybe john quincy adams. w they interact during their careers? brian: i want to ask all three of you what book you have been reading or what book you have been reading that you would recommend to someone else. a book in history. mr. smock: i have been too busy writing a book in history to read anybody else's right now. brian: i've got one of your books right here. mr. smock: let's not go there. my project is -- i am a historian, but i am also a diarist. i want to -- i kept a journal when i was in the house history office. it is a million words, and i kept that, but now i am doing an almost day-to-day account of my reactions to the current political situation, and i have a chance to relax and think about that now. so i am trying to figure out our current congress and why it is so dysfunctional. i'm trying to figure out our current president and why the presidency is so dysfunctional, so i've got plenty to keep me busy. brian: don ritchie? mr. ritchie: currently, i am reading "american revolutions" by alan taylo

the house of representatives elected john quincy adams as president and jackson lost out. jackson was furious. he felt that the will of the people, the majority of people, the most number of people had voted for him as opposed to the other candidates and as a result of this horsetrading, the people's will had been circumvented by a seesaw aristocratic interest of washington. by 1828, jackson was prepared to go to combat with john quincy adams for the presidency. this part of the exhibit is called the political circus.

the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, this is to notify you formally pursuant to of the rules of the house of representatives that i have been served with a grand jury subpoena for testimony issued by the u.s. district court for the central district of illinois in the above-referenced matter. after consultation with counsel i will make the determinations required by rule 8. signed sincerely, sarah rogers. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 2-b of house resolution 1012, the house stands adjourned until 12:30 p.m. on tuesday, august 21, 2018. host: the returned organization with laura's lessig. this lawrence lessig. this is mark on with lawrence. caller: good morning. i just had a question, professor. if you could explain, a lot of us don't really know how the electoral college was put into the original documents so could you explain about that and could you explain also if you think the electoral college where it relies on those mains well states that it can be gerrymandered -- main 12 states, that it can be gerrymandered? the electoral college was an inn

. >>> sue myrick served in the house of representatives. she was the first republican woman to represent north carolina in congress. the u.s. house of representatives interviewed her about her political career including sharing the republican study economy, her personal fight against breast cancer and the influence that had on her legislative career. this is an hour and a half.

house of representatives from 1992 to 2003. she was the first african american woman to represent north carolina in congress. up next, ms. clayton talked about serving as the congressional freshman class president, her assignment to the agriculture committee, and her focus on national hunger and nutrition legislation. the u.s. house of representatives office of the historian conducted this interview. it is about two hours. mattasniewski: i am wa

of the house and senate. if you travel to the u.s. capitol you will see a statue of jeannette rankin, republican of montana, the first woman to serve in the u.s. house of representatives. in 1968, for the purposes of our discussion, there was one woman in the u.s. senate -- we put it on the screen -- and 11 in the house of representatives. 23 women inere are the senate and 83 in the house of representatives. can you talk about those numbers? hostguest: the obvious responsef course, is this is good. we are moving in the right direction. but i think if you put these 50 years in context, we really haven't come so far at all. i won't do the math right on the spot. but we are still looking at situations where women at best are 20% to 25% of positions in power, be it in congress or elsewhere. if you go back to the excitement that surrounded the women's movement in 1968, i think there was a deep-seated assumption that 50 years hence women would be something close to 50% of positions of power and as i argue in my book, what we see across the united states and across most of the developed world is that women seem to max out between 16% and 18% of power positions. it is a littl

thing to do because tomorrow i'll stand up in court and i say i represent the united states of america. same thing for people in the house elected officials on the hill. they stand up every day to represent the people of the united states of america. some of them don't seem to take that very seriously. >> yeah. and i have to say, i didn't know when i started working in the senate that i had to take an oath, the same oath that the senators take. everybody working there does, the receptionists, everyone. so i was thrown into it without any real preparation that it was suddenly happening. my right hand was raised and it was instantly an emotional moment. you never forget. new nbc news wall street journal poll. more likely 48%. less likely 23%. that is just an enormous gap in favor of what obviously is the democrats in the way that question is asked. >> right. that gets to what i was saying, i guess preemptively about cathy mcmorris rodgers. she's not providing a check on the president. and, so, she barely made the top spot. in washington state they had the so-called jungle primaries. the top two vote getters go on to novemb

abby lowell, jared kushner's attorney, the son-in-law. >> you think about what the house of representatives senate have been like. they have existing to protect the president from investigations for the past two years. there have been no investigations of the white house. that would change on a dime. what happens if jerry in addition nad letter says we want to subpoena the president's tax returns? they could do that. who is going to represent the president there? we want to get michael cohen to testify before the house of representatives. we want to see his e-mails. all of that has to be dealt with by the white house counsel's office, in part, as well as the personal lawyers and they have had absolutely no experience in dealing with this so far because the republicans have done the opposite of investigating the president. >> can we talk about the -- >> if i may. >> go ahead. >> i'll go to mcgahn. as you well know, jeffrey, one of the complications here is that the president on the one hand is very angry at don mcgahn for the 30 hours he spent purportedly because he was concerned about being

of the house and senate. statue to the first woman in the house of representatives. in positions of power. book, what we see across the united states and the developed world is there are 23e senate and 83 in the house of representatives. can you talk about those numbers? response isbvious this is good, we are moving in the right direction. i think if you put 50 years in context, we haven't come so far at all. are still looking at best are 20%, 25% of positions of power. if you go back to the excitement that surrounded the women's movement in 1968, there was an assumption that in 50 years women would be close to 50% of positions of power. book, what we see across the united states and the developed world is women max out between 16% and 18% of power positions. it's a little bit better in congress right now. you can't see this is the glass half full. we have come a long way in 50 years. after second wave feminism, by the time we hit the mature parts of our career, we could be closer to 50%. skeptical a tiny bit of the justice by counting metric. i think if women want to be in positions of lea

certainly indicates that it could be difficult for republicans to maintain control of the house of representatives in november and they've also got history working against them as well because historically it has always been the united states when there have been those type of majorities for two consecutive terms that in fact it flips to the other party so certainly republicans try to characterize this as a victory but it certainly is a harbinger of a difficult challenge in november now kelly the other big news. is when the democratic primary in a party stronghold in michigan and as i understand because she's running unopposed in the vendor she will now become the first muslim congresswoman i just want to give our viewers a little bit of background quickly daughter of palestinian immigrants she's made it clear she plans to stand up to donald trump like she did two years ago when she was actually removed from a trump rally in detroit i believe among more than ninety muslims mostly democrats who run for public office at various levels this year again for minorities kimberly for muslims for women for

do you have confidence that the republican majority in the house of representatives and you're a member of the house is going to do anything about this? >> wolf, it is one of the things you hope for the best. do i have faith in that? honestly, no, i don't. they should. can i tell you that they will? no. i would say if the intelligence committees in both chambers to take it up again, that's great. with this provides, everything going forward from now on i believe should be done 100% out in the open so that the public can see what's going on because it's moved to another level of seriousness. >> do you believe michael cohen? >> i do. i led the interview for him for democrats along with adam schiff. >> appearing before the house intelligence committee behinded closed doors? >> behind closed doors. the transcript still is not released. we should release that transcript so that the american people can read it and make a judgment for themselves. >> going back to the 2016, june 2016 meeting over at trump tower the russians and his campaign chairman, his son, his son-in-law, do you believe that

the houses here that could essentially change everything because if they get control the house of representatives for instance they could then push to go ahead and go after president trump so there's a lot of play here we still haven't had any direct comment from the white house on what happened with michael cohen sara could be sanders when she was asked yesterday referred reporters to donald trump's outside counsel but this is something that the president cannot really push off any longer he has to address what happened with michael cohen he has to address the implications of that but so far the white house has been silent and again an ally for us there here in washington thanks very much orion grimmy is the washington d.c. bureau chief with the intercept a u.s. based online news publication he joins us now from washington as well thanks very much for being with us so what do you make of all of this. is there a sense here that the dam is kind of. if not broken at least showing signs of cracking up. yes and no it's this these particular convictions haven't touched on the the russia collusion part

the trade took place, the house of representatives elected john quincy adams president and jackson lost out. jackson was furious and he felt that the will of the people, the majority of people or the most number of people had voted for him as opposed to the other candidates and that as a result of this horse trading the people's will had been circumvented by as he saw it the aristocrat tick interests of washington. so between jackson's loss in the 1824 campaign and the next presidential campaign in 1828, jackson and his supporters determined that he was not going to lose a second time. he spent the four years building friendships, building support from the state legislatures and from the average citizens across the country. so by 1828 jackson was prepared to go to combat with john quincy adams for the presidency. this part of the exhibit is called the political circus and its intention is to give people a sense of just the could could have knee of voices and opinions and perspectives that were going on in 1828. which you hear in the background are songs, that were written about jackson.

house of representative's. don ritchie, former senate ker,orian, and dick bac former senate historian. d center foryrt hosting. we appreciate it. have a good night. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q-and-a.o rg. also available as c-span podcasts. propublicek on q&a, a's senior reporter ginger thompson discusses her story "the making of a massacre" about the attack on a small mexican town by the zetas drug cartel. next sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up monday morning, veteran democratic consultant discussing his book, "democrats in the age of trump" on how the democratic party can regain congress and the white house. guest talks about the controversy over 3-d printed army and

the first equal rights amendment was introduced in the house of representatives. it passed in the house by a vote of 354-24 in 1971. it passed in the u.s. senate by a final vote of 84-8. and then between 1972 through 1979 it was ratified by 35 states, as mona charen pointed out, three states short of the necessary 38. in the ratification deadline expired in june 1982. let's go to colleen joining us from florida. caller: hi, this is a wonderful topic. i am so glad we are discussing it because girls today don't comprehend back in the 1960's the laws on divorce were, it was very difficult to get a divorce, and there was a lot of shame involved. you couldn't go and get your own house or you couldn't carry on with your family with the mother and children couldn't separate themselves from the husband. alimony and child support were so low that you really couldn't maintain your family. the law had a lot to do with it, and people, the society agreed with all that. host: colleen, thanks for the call. mona charen, we will begin with you. guest: i have a different view of the

house of representatives office of the historian conducted this interview, which is about one hour and 45 minutes. >> my name is kathleen johnson and i am with the house historian today. we are in the house recording studio and we are very pleased to be speaking with susan molinari from new york. thank you for coming. >> i am excited to be part of the project. >> the project we are working on is to recognize and celebrate the 100th anniversary of the election of jeannette rankin to congress, the first woman. we have a much of questions we wanted to ask, but when you are young did you have female role models? >> no. i never thought about that question before, but i do not think so. i remember looking at the little autograph book you have when you are little and you ask your grandmother, mother and father to sign it, and it would say, what do you want to be when you grow up. i remember looking back and when i was in second grade it was flight attendant, or -- which we called stewardesses -- or a ballerina. that was sort of my notion. to enteroccurred to me into politics or be front and c

house of representatives office of the historian conducted this interview, which is about an hour and 45 minutes. >>> my name is kathleen johnson and today i'm with the house historian, we're in the house recording studio and we are very pleased to be speaking with former representative, susan molinari from new york. thank you very much for coming today. >> very excited to be a part of this project. >> great. this project that we're working on is to recognize and to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the election of woman into congress. we have a bunch of questions we wanted to ask you today. first off, when you were young, did you have any female role models? >> no, i never thought about that question before, but i do not think so. i remember looking at the little autograph book you have when you are little and you ask your grandmother, mother and father sign it. when i looked back in second grade, it was flight attendant or a ballarina. no, it never occurred to me, certainly never to enter into politics or to be front and center. i cannot think of many role models when i was really

forward quickly with the impeachment of the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein in the house of representatives is that the senate would then have to immediately take up that impeachment trial after the house voted to impeach rod rosenstein and the senate trial of rod rosenstein would prevent the senate from confirming the president's choice for the supreme court, brett kavanaugh. that is an outright absolute lie. this senate would be under in timing obligation to take up a bill of impeachment sent over to the senate for trial. the house of representatives will never vote on impeaching rod rosenstein and the senate will never have an impeachment trial of rod rosenstein. but at republican fundraisers, republicans will probably continue to lie to their contributors who are hoping for an impeachment of rod rosenstein. joining our discussion now, jenner. i wanted to get your legal reading of the way devin nunes described what we considered criminal collusion if foreign power were to steal some e-mails and gave them directly to a campaign and the campaign were then to directly publicize those e-mail

. >> former maryland congresswoman bentley served in the house of representatives from 1985 to 1995. she was a member of the merchant marine and fisheries and appropriations committees. she talks about her career as a reporter for the baltimore sun, covering maritime issues and her appointment as chairwoman of the federal maritime commission which made her the highest ranking woman in the nixon administration. she also discusses her run for congress. much of the interview focuses on her career before winning election to the house. a second conversation was planned, but the former congresswoman died in august 2016, just months after this was recorded. the u.s. house of representatives' office of the historian conducted this interview which is about one hour and 20 minutes. >> my name is kathleen johnson. i'm here today with matt wasniewski, the house historian the date is march 21, 2016. we are in the house recording studio in the rayburn house office building, and we're with

i really believe the vote that voters mac voters make on november 6th, house of representatives, they'reoting against impeachment, if they vote for democratic members of house of representatives or challenger, they're voting for impeachment. >> you think that's all it is about? >> i think it always has been. in fact, with this one charge that cohen has made at the president, we know that they have enough now to do it. so it is about impeachment in november. >> i have to go. quick yes or no to this. is the president closer to impeachment today than 48 hours ago? >> i believe so. i believe we've got real problems in the house of representatives. look at chris collins, duncan hunter. it is getting worse. >> thank you. i appreciate you coming on. >>> outfront next, new details how closely michael cohen worked with the national enquirer to help the president. the tabloid's tip line turned into a trip wire used to catch and kill stories. >>> thanks, everybody, thanks, everybody. got to go inside. i'm hoping these nature sounds will help me relax a bit.. at least we don't have to worry about ho

i'll get the votes you need in house of representatives if you make me secretary of state. the deal is made. adams wins in the house of representatives, become president, clay is elevated to secretary of state. andrew jackson furious with his corrupt bargain, this rigged election. jackson vows, i will get my revenge in four years. sure enough, he does. 1828, two-man contest. jackson versus adams. jackson wins in a landslide. and look at that electoral map. quite an impressive victory. landslide victory. and how does he do it? how does he do it? the answer is very simple. democracy. democracy. jackson benefits from universal male suffrage. we call this period jacksonian democracy. property qualifications for all free men in the united states are eliminated. no property required to vote. double the number of voters in 1828 than you saw in 1824. jackson uses this to his advantage and wages a political campaign that utilizes a form of politics we call populism. populism. and populism is a political term that has come up quite a bit in the last few years. what is populism? well,

he's well known because he's the first to lead a prayer in the hourpt house of representatives. er bombings. so he's a controversial character to say the least, brooke. h he says he's perplexed, that there was some sort of mental condition at play here. he said he hadn't heard from his son in three years since he disappeared with his son. as for questions about radicalism, the elder wahage said this. >> i think my son can be a little bit, maybe a little bit stream. when i say stream, not radical killing people and stuff like that, god even if it is against them, we stand in judgment, god stands in judgment against them and we stand on the side of truth. >> and it is important to note that these accusations about the school shooter trainings have not been proven in court. in this compound there is a shooting range. this dolly is riddled with bullets, so are propane canisters. this is a target that was home made on a piece of dry wall. you can see a drawing of a person that looks like it was made by a child. it is also important to keep in mind that we are really in the middle of a

first over in the house of representatives, then over in the senate. so certainly, a lot of people, you see them starting to filter in. many people who have worked for him, his staff, members of congress from both the house and senate coming out today to pay their respects. we will hear from leader mcconnell, speaker ryan and remarks by vice-president pence who will speak on behalf of the white house. of course, today i think we will feel the absence of president trump's presence here at any of these memorial services. of course, mccain let it be known to people as he was planning his funeral proceedings, the services over the course of five days, that he did not want president trump at any of the events. we will hear from vice-president mike pence this morning. we did see roberta mccain, 106-year-old mother of john mccain, be wheeled in earlier, just a few minutes ago. certainly, many past staff members, members of the president's cabinet will come. it's notable senator mccain has not been up here on capitol hill for the past year, since he was diagnos

of the house and the senate, which could then lead to much, much ramped up investigation of donald trump, because we have seen senior democrats, including leading politicians in the democratic caucus in the house of representativese congressman, james rankin of maryland, said the other day "it is hard to think of a more impeachable president in american history." do you also agree the democrats, as part of their electoral strategy, should focus on the potential for impeaching the president? i don't think we need to go down an impeachment road at this point. i think what needs to happen is that mueller needs to continue his investigation to see whether there was any collusion, to see whether there was any obstruction of justice, and then we'll proceed from that point. we're just going to call donald trump what he is. i mean, this is a guy who's had bigoted, racist, intolerant language and he's the president of the united states. he is not the model... and you know, i can't point to... and, listen, i've had disagreements with george w bush in the past, i grew up during the reagan era, and yeah, i might not have liked their policies, but i always had respect for the office and respect for the individuals that sat i

loved his ranch. >> you know, he came here as an outsider, in fact, ran in a primary for the house of representatives simply outworked the other three candidates all of whom had long records in arizona. he won his first election. he served two terms in the house and went on to the senate, of course. it was his adopted state but he loved it greatly. he enjoyed the people and loved the state itself and the environment and native american culture and his beloved ranch. hidden valley is what is called, oak creek canyon. john: and he very much loved veterans and those in the service. he was as armed service committee chairman, in a position to be able to do an awful lot for them and he never forgot the men and women who are serving the armed forces of this nation. >> no, that is very true. i will say that -- well, a lot of people remember them for different things but in the long run historians will recognize that his primary legacy was the united states was as a leader in international relations, particularly related to american national security interest. i don't think there was anybody, including secre

he was committed to this country that he served for 60 years in the navy, in the house of representatives, and in the senate. the senate, of course, for more than 30 after having been elected in 1986. he was of course committed to bringing hope to the oppressed and the persecuted around the world, and people here at home as well. when i think of john, i'm reminded of the words, some of the words from "america the beautiful." the one line that is inspirational is that line that we've heard often: "oh beautiful for patriot dream that sees beyond the years." john mccain's life was a testament to that dream. not dream in a theoretical sense, but the belief, the belief that your work every day has to be geared towards the future. the dream of a patriot is not something abstract. the dream of a patriot has to be a commitment to working on behalf of those who will come after you. that's why the line talks about seeing beyond the years. always working, as john mccain was, for the future, for more freedom, for more opportunity, for less oppression, for less suffering, for people here at home and a

house of representatives from 1982 to 1999. she was the first woman named in the house intelligence committee and served as chair of the democratic caucus. ms. kennelly talks about how to prepare for congress. she also describes her experience on the ways and means committee and he work to reform social security. the u.s. house of representatives office of the historian conducts the interview. it's about 1:40. >> my name is kathleen johnson with the house historian's office and matt wisniewski who is the house historian and today's date is september 9, 2015. we're in the house recording studio and we are very happy to be with former representative barbara kennelly of connecticut. and this interview is part of a project we're doing to recognize and celebrate the 100th anniversary of jeanette rankin the first woman elected to congres congress. >> the first question we wanted to ask you is if you had any female role models when you were young a

house of representatives at the end of 113th congress. he was a senior member of both the transportation and infrastructure committees and the committee on education and workforce. known for his innovative, creative solutions to government problems, representative petri included student loan reform, the federal highway program, cost sharing for federal water projects, taxes and health care. he will bring the perspective of a long-term republican congress member who had to face the same type of lobbying that democratic members face in dealing with issues facing our country. then is sarah lerner, a teacher at majory stoneman douglas high school. this is sarah's 16th year of teaching, having taught at lion's middle school, south plantation high school previously. she has been a majory stoneman douglas high school since 2014. sarah has received honors from the florida scholastic press association, national scholastic press association as well as the columbia scholastic press association, the four yearbooks sarah has produced at mortgagy stone

first of all, the house of representatives draws up articles of impeachment. think of the house as the prosecutor, the document details any, quote, high crimes and merchandise that the president is believed to be guilty of. only the house can bring charges against a president but any individual congress person can start this process. next, the house votes. at least two-thirds of the chamber have to approve the impeachment. 288 votes as its currently instituted since there are four vacancies in the house right now. this is a high bar making many impeachment proceedings a bipartisan effort, neither party can do it on their own. once the house approves the articles of impeachment the matter goes to the senate. the senate tries the case and votes acting as defense, judge and jury. the threshold is two-thirds. even half the chamber voting to impeach would still acquit the president. two-thirds of the senate, 60 as it stands right now are needed to vote guilty for impeachment. if they do, the president is removed from office, the vice president would then take his pl

loved his ranch. >> you know, he came here as an outsider, in fact, ran in a primary for the house of representatives simply outworked the other three candidates all of whom had long records in arizona. he won his first election. he served two terms in the house and went on to the senate, of course. it was his adopted state but he loved it greatly. he enjoyed the people and loved the state itself and the environment and native american culture and his beloved ranch. hidden valley is what is called, oak creek canyon. john: and he very much loved veterans and those in the service. he was as armed service committee chairman, in a position to be able to do an awful lot for them and he never forgot the men and women who are serving the armed forces of this nation. >> no, that is very true. i will say that -- well, a lot of people remember them for different things but in the long run historians will recognize that his primary legacy was the united states was as a leader in international relations, particularly related to american national security interest. i don't think there was anybody, including secre

in the business of prophecy let's call it prediction if we could all analysis that we could see a scenario where the democrats take over at least the house the house of representatives in the congress how real does the possibility of impeachment become in that scenario. well if the democrats take over the house or it could be just the opposite the democrats take over the senate and not the house i think politics in washington is always changing it's like creating sausage i think they may absolutely upset their base and slow up impeachment they may slow up the process of doing that because once you're in power and you also are away from campaigning that you know how and you now have to govern congressmen are basically trying to govern for two years and then in one year in their term they get to get reelected raise money so they may find that the obstruction of killing the country putting to a presidential pietschmann may not be politically savvy in washington so you may not have that it all things may change the president or change the congress will change because it will be about getting things done what we're seeing right now is the stored say in the guns and all k

house of representatives. he knows it's a long shot. he's going to have to take on the incumbent and member of the mccay political machine, a man named frank yokman. he has one other thing to worry about. he fell in love. now, if you're asking why worry about falling in love? the issue was he had fallen in love with a woman who was getting a divorce. her name was betty warren. she thought he was crazy for wanting be involved with a divorced woman. he didn't care. he loved her. she loved him. after she got divorced, and a little while there after, they decided to get married. ford said our marriage will have to wait until the fall of 1948. didn't explain why. the reason was simple. ford knew that if he could defeat the republican primary that he should be able to win the general election without any problem. the fifth district had gone democrat only once between 1920 and 1948. so if you can get past this one, he should win the general election. well, sure enough, in an upset, won that. received national attention. ford won in the republic

so it got thrown to the house of representatives, which the 12th amendment of the constitution ordained. henry clay was speaker of the house. he agreed more with john quincy adams on policies than he did with andrew jackson, so he made, according to jackson, a corrupt bargain. he got the house of representatives to vote for adams, instead of jackson and in exchange, adams would give him the position of secretary of state. back then secretary of state was the primary road to the white house. so jackson loses in the house. he was expected to win. obviously, is furious, as you can imagine, over what happened in this election. jackson calls his bluff and decides, in response, to basically launch his 1828 campaign a bit early and make the target of his campaign, government corruption. a corrupt bureaucracy. rigged against bureaucracy and rigged against the common man. >> we will discuss parallels, but let's get to your phone calls. john is joining us. go ahead, john. >> hi, yes, good evening. how are you? >> doing well, how are you? >> okay, i have a question for you about andrew jackson. wh

house of representatives newt gingrich has been a longtime ally of regularly addressing her programs and conferences during his time during and after his time in congress. speaker gingrich supports our center in santa barbara california and along with his wife found one of their many documentaries ronald reagan rendezvoused to destiny. we honored to have him here for the very first time at young america foundation's national headquarters. it's no surprise as speaker gingrich understands importance of educating young people with the principles that make america great. prior to his career in public service he taught history and environmental studies at western college. the congressmen once said newt gingrich is a teacher who did not stop teaching when he left campus. first in congress in 1970 t. represent the sixth district of congress for 20 years and was elected a speaker in the house where he served until 1999. in his first speech as speaker newt gingrich told the young audience he felt compelled to public service at an early age noting some people have to be willing to dedicate the