joining us now from the capitol is john stanton, washington bureau chief, okay john, do we have a deal when this comes to the floor for a vote in about an hour or so? >> yeah it looks like they have the final votes for it. it should be about 217-218, which is a minimum number of votes, essentially 250 or 60 depending on how many come along with speaker boehner and part of his leadership team. and it looks likes nancy pelosi will be able to deliver, did a fairly good job of selling this to progressives in particular who had a lot of complaints about provisions in the bill. so it looks like they will have a pretty strong showing. >> you know john the conservative analyst charles krauthammer said it is a complete route for democrats and "a complete surrender" for the gop. how is this seen? >> i think a lot of people see it very much that way. democrats certainly see themselves as having to give up a lot of things particularly on the marginal tax rates. they feel like you know there should have been some other spending provisions in it. republicans see it differently. they say well we have

was forged by intellectual and argument, by activism, and blood, and above all from john adams to elizabeth katie stanton our collective journey is an event from our past. i speak of the improbable completion of the capitol dome, and capping it with a statute of freedom which occurred 150 years ago in 1863. when abraham lincoln took office two years earlier, the dome above us was a halt-built eye sore. conventional wisdom that it should be left unfinished until the war ended give the financial needs of the times. but to president lincoln, the half finished dome simple bollized the half divided nation. lincoln said, if people see the capitol going on, it is a sign we intend the union shall on. and so despite the conflict with which engulfed the nation and surrounded the city, the dome continued to rise. on december 2nd, 1862 within the statute of freedom, a woman was placed atop the dome where she still stands today. in a sublime irony, was a former slave now free american philip reid who helped to cast the bronze statute. now our present times are not as pearlies or as despairing. in 2013 far too many do

above all, from john adams to elizabeth cady stanton, to martin luther king: by a stubborn adherenceo the notion that we are all created equal and we deserve nothing less than a great republic worthy of our consent. the theme is faith in america's future. the perfect embodiment of this unshakable confidence. i speak of the completion of the capitol dome. when abraham lincoln took office two years earlier, the dome above us was a half built eyesore, conventional wisdom was to be left unfinished until the war ended. the half finished dome finished a half divided nation. lincoln said, if people see the capital going on, it is a sign that we intend the union shall go on. despite the conflict which involves the nation and surrounded the city, the dome continued to rise. on december 2, 1863, the statue of freedom, a woman, was placed to top the dome where she still stands today. in a sublime irony, it was a former slave, now freed american who helped to cast the bronze statue. our present times are not as careless or despairing as they were in 1863, but in 2013, far too many dow the future

and, above all, from john adams to elizabeth katie stanton to martin luther king, by a stubborn adherencethe notion that we are all created equal and that we deserve nothing less than had aate republic worthy of our consent. the theme of this year's inaugural is face america's future. the perfect embodiment of this confidence in the ongoing success of our collective journey is an event from our past. i speak of the inprobable completion of the capitol dome and cappening it with the statue of freedom which occurred 150 years ago in 1863 when abraham lip con took office two years earlier, the dome above us was a half built eyesore, conventional wisdom was that it should be left unfinished until the war ended, given the travails and financial needs of the times. but to president lincoln, the half finished dome symbolized the half divided nation. lincoln said, if people see the capital going on, it is a sign we intend the union shall go on. so despite the conflict which engulfed the nation and jownded the city, the dome continued to rise. on december 2, 1863, the statue of freedom, a woman, w

was forged by intellect and argument, but activism and blood, and above all, and john atamans to elizabeth cady stanton of this year's inaugural is faith in america's future. the perfect embodiment of this unshakable confidence in the ongoing success of our collective journey is in a page from our past. i speak of the improbable completion of the capitol dome and capping it with the statue of freedom which occurred 150 years ago in 1863, when abraham lincoln took office two years earlier, the dome above us was a half built eyesore. conventional wisdom was that it should be left unfinished until the war ended. given the travails and financial needs of the times. but to president lincoln, and have finished dome symbolize that divided nation. lincoln said of people see the capital going on, it is a sign we, the union, shall go on. and so, despite the conflict that engulfed the nation and surrounded the city, the dome continues to rise. on december 2, 1863, the statute of of woman was placed atop the dome where she still stands today. in sublime irony, it was a former snake -- former slave who helped passe

professor john lewis gaddis won the pulitzer prize for his biography and his work cold war. finally m. stanton evans the graduate of yale 1955. he has been one of the most leading members of the conservative movement's. his book blacklisted by history gives the account of the age of mccarthyism during the cold war. evans is three separate -- recipient from syracuse and john marshall law school and has won the accuracy irvine award for excellence in journalism. please join me to welcome our panelist. [applause] lee edwards would you like to start? >> it is such a pleasure and honor to be here. i was flattered to be asked for the first one last year. and i see some good friends out here and people including senator buckley he deserves a round of applause. [applause] lets us begin with a paradox. whitaker chambers was a soviet spy who became the most important american defector from communism. the attractions of communism began in august of 1948 when he identified algiers yes the golden boy as a fellow member of the underground communists of of the 1930's. his was a former assistant to franklin d

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