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defensive and neither is bob packwood who will be here in a minute. we think we responded to what they wanted. what they did not want was a big bureaucracy and mandated alliances and mandates on small employees. i think we were fairly successful including some democrats that joined. there never was a time in any of this debate when any democrat bill had a majority, let alone 60 votes. they never had 50 votes. journal"'s "washington live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. discussion on, a the federal ruling on lgbt workplace discrimination. the author will talk about his any taxpayer advocate will join us to offer her concerns about the complexity of the tax code. be sure to watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern on monday morning. join the discussion. universityrson professor teaches a class about freedom summer, a 1964 black voter registration project in mississippi. he talks about the efforts of leaders to include white volunteers to bring media attention to mississippi. his class is about one hour and 10 minutes. >> tod

bob packwood will be here in a minute. we think we responded to what they wanted. what they didn't want was a big, ig bureaucracy, budgets, mandates on small plose, i think we were fairly successful, including some democrats who joined us. there was never a time in this debate when any democrat bill had a majority, let alone 60 votes. they never had 50 votes. >> senator mitchell said it's without precedent in the senate for there to be fill bust thornse procedural question of going to conference on a bill already passed in the senate. do you think he's accurate? and why -- if so, why are you breaking this precedent? sen. dole: we break precedent every day around here. we don't standstill. if we were in control we'd write a campaign finance bill that helped our party. let's be honest about it. you're not going to buy onto that spin the democrats are putting on. they've written a campaign finance bill to help perpetuate democratic control. it doesn't take any rocket scientist to figure that out. we'd to the same. we want to wait until next year. i still think the ans

bob packwood will be appearing a minute. we think that we responded to what they wanted. what they did not want was a big bureaucracy and mandates on small employees, and i think we were successful, including some democrats who joined us. there never was a time in any of this debate when any democrat bill had a majority, let alone 60 votes. they never had 50 votes. "afterwords,"t on blue on blue. an insider's story on cops catching cops. charles campisi talks about his officerh a former nypd and author of "once a cop." >> i saw accept courage, bravery, integrity. there is always that cop who q2 up at night. when i was a precinct commander, everyone knew the person or maybe two that you did not trust and the other officers did not trust him or her either. what i did when i went to internal affairs was i brought the commanding officers on board and we would meet with them on a regular basis and i would ask them questions like, who in your command are you a little concerned about? who keeps you up at night? >> what sunday night and 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's book tv. >> c

prepared to, as we have been in the past, i do not think any bill had as much support as the bill packwood plan in the senate. democrats never proposed their plan, any plan. and whether it is a mainstream plan or their own plan, the clinton or the mitchell plan or any variations, there is a better understanding. and maybe after the election we can come back and it will be on the top of the agenda as i said last week on the senate floor. when congress reconvenes, regardless of what the numbers may be in the senate. i'd be happy to answer questions. >> senator dole, your own shift in view away from universal coverage, which you described on the floor, how much was that affected by your presidential ambition? sen. dole: i do not see any problem with anybody having coverage. i have said that as recently as yesterday in new hampshire. but i think many of us shift. i was for the individual mandate. so were other senators. we did what we were supposed to. i was listening to the american people, and they were not buying. my view is that i don't want to get rid of people having coverage. how are yo

be any know how it can more clear than in senator packwood's own words. he was the republican manager of the bill. "we've killed health care reform. now we've got to make sure our finger print are not on it." secondly, we have other important legislation to attempt to enact. third, the time is limited and even two or three or four more are important at this stage. in addition, it is obvious the bill couldn't pass, but we do not have 60 votes. that is an unpleasant reality but it is reality. i must deal with the senate as it exists, not as a widgesh it were. for all of those reasons, i concluded this was the best course of action. i have the greatest respect for my colleagues who feel differently. and there are some of them who feel very strongly differently, and who urged a different course of action upon me. but, ultimately, the responsibility and the decision are mine. i believe this to be the correct decision. >> senator, you said several times this year that republicans blocking health care would hurt them politically. is that still your feeling, and

to bob packwood, dan rostenkowski, russell long, john duncan and bob dole, to jack kemp, bob caston, bill bradley, dick gephardt, who pioneered with their own versions of tax reform, i salute you and all the other members of the senate and house whose efforts paid off and whose votes finally won the day. >> dan rostenkowski, russell long, bill bradley, dick gephardt. ronald reagan couldn't have done it without them. all democrats. that's how tax reform got done. and that's why tonight there is not a single expert on tax legislation -- i'm not talking about accountants now. i'm talking about tax legislation. not people who worked on wall street or covered taxes from wall street. tax legislation. people who have worked on tax legislation there is not one who can honestly say that they see any way for this piece of paper to become the law of the land. joining us now, david cay johnston, pulitzer prize winning tax reporter who founded d.c.report.org, a nonprofit organization that covers the trump administration. also with us adelson currently works with the center for american progress a

let me turn it over, i don't know has packwood arrived? >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> just six miles from the chico state university campus is the university's farm. come with us as we learn more about the history of agriculture here in the area and how the farm is helping students get hands on experience. agriculture in california in general is extremely important. there's -- it's the number one industry in california yet and we're the number one state in the nation in terms of agriculture. there's 23 c.s.u. campuses, only four have agriculture. chico represents the northern part of the state but we draw students from all over california to get experience in agriculture itself. chico, the region, started primarily when the gold rush, 1850's. and the first people here after the native americans were those who either had spanish land grants or prospectors. my family came to the area in 1850678 my family has been in