her name was magerate lewis. an african-american woman who was born in louisiana, born in the shadow of slavery, born at a time when lynchings were common place, born at a time when african-americans and women could not vote. it took our country from the time of its founding -- >> until the mid-1980s to build up a national debt of 850 billion which was the size of the so-called stimulus package. we are talking about real, borr borrowed money. >> 30 years of coverage of the u.s. senate on c-span2. >> washington journal is live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. david hawkings will discuss the si sit-in on the house floor. and the reuters lawyer talks about the supreme court decision made on immigration today. >>> supreme court and immigration policy. pete williams says the ruling deals a blow to a white house that used executive measures to push forward immigration reform in the wake of congressional inaction and to obamacare who has sought to rewrite a legacy that are some in latino circles ca