>> jackie simon is at her desk on the day 24 of the ongoing government has done and serves as policy director of the american federation of government employees. largest federal employee union in the country and did you think this would go 24 days? >> guest: it was my worst fear. but yes, i'm surprised it has gone this long. >> host: how long do you think it will go? how does this end? >> guest: i have no idea. obviously, there does seem to be some good possibilities for a successful resolution to all of this if senator mcconnell allows a vote in the senate of the house but whether that will happen or when that will happen, i don't know we want to think that the most likely pass at this point? what you hear from the members of congress that i know your group talks to and has talked to throughout this? >> guest: our members are calling their senators urging them to urge senator conical to allow a vote. i'm more -- you know what [inaudible] >> host: until the end of our program this morning especially for federal employees 2,027,488,000 is a number all other (202)748-8001 should the fe

host: jackie simon. always appreciate your time. that's going to do it for today journal." we will be back at 7:00 a.m. eastern. have a great monday. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, >> president trump traveling to new orleans this morning. speaking at the farm bureau's national convention. the president spoke with reporters for about 10 minutes. >> good morning. you -- beautiful. too bad they took of the snow off the ground. more beautiful last night. i will be going to new orleans right now. i'm going to be speaking in five of our great farmers. i look forward to that. we will be back a little later. i don't know if the weather changes things but the claims in championship team -- the clemson championship team will be coming tonight. an unbelievable team. they will be coming tonight and i think we're going to serve mcdonald's, wendy's, and burger king with some pizza. it will be interesting and i would think that

and jackie simon discusses the impact of the government shutdown on federal workers.e sure to watch c-span's washington journal live on monday morning. join the discussion. the government shut down his and his 23rd day, making it the longest in u.s. history. >> the senate confirmation theings for william bark get on tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern. in december, president trump nominated him to replace jeff sessions. council atr is a kirkland and alice, and served as u.s. attorney general for george h.w. bush. watch the confirmation process for attorney general nominee william barr live tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >> next, british prime minister theresa may takes questions from members of the house of commons. then at discussion of what constitutes a national emergency. at 11:00, another chance to see q and a with author james grant on the state of the u.s. economy. british prime minister theresa may discussed the next steps of her brexit deal. one day earlier, members spoke in favor of an amendment that said of the deal did fail, the government had to return

host: jackie simon. always appreciate your time. that's going to do it for today journal." back at 7:00 a.m. eastern. have a great monday. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, >> president trump traveling to new orleans this morning. speaking at the farm bureau's national convention. the president spoke with reporters for about 10 minutes.

then, policy director jackie simon discusses the impact of the federal shutdown on governor -- government workers. we should watch c-span's "washington journal." join the discussion. texas sent nine new members to congress in the 2018 elections including for democrats. ed now represents the 32nd district. he is a former linebacker for the tennessee titans. the nfl for law school, after which he worked as an attorney in the obama administration's department of housing and urban development, and later in private practice. voters in the 16th district elected veronica escobar. earlier in her career, congresswoman escobar talk english at the university of texas at el paso as well as chicano literature at community college. she's one of the first to let by congresswoman elected texas voters. the other is representative sylvia garcia, who represents the 29th district. she previously served in the state senate, before that, she had a number of elected and appointed positions, including terms on the harris county commission and is houston's cop killer. orders from the seventh district cents -- sai

american federation of government employees policy director jackie simon discusses the impact of the government shutdown on federal workers. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. the government shutdown is now in day 24, making it the longest in u.s. history. live when itse dabbles in today. we will have the senate live on c-span 2. >> the senate confirmation hearings for william barr to be the next attorney general of the u.s. begin at 9:30 eastern. he was nominated to replace jeff sessions. illiam barr is now at a private law firm. watch the confirmation process tuesday at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span three. >> this week on q

career and technical education's steven dewitt will be in to talk about workforce training and jackie simon discusses the impact of the government shutdown on federal workers. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern monday morning for the discussion. >> the government shutdown is now in its 23rd day making it the longest in u.s. history. watch the house monday live at noon eastern on c-span. the senate live at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. on thursday, u.s. chamber of ommerce president and c.e.o. thomas donahue provided and assessment of the economy and business environment. this is about 45 minutes. [indiscernible voices] [applause] [video

. >> jackie simon is at her desk on the day 24 of the ongoing government has done and serves as policymerican federation of government employees. largest federal employee union in the country and did you think this would go 24 days? >> guest: it was my worst fear. but yes, i'm surprised it has gone this long.