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we'll have more coverage tomorrow on the c-span networks. >> senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell as congressional're marks, and eliminating the congressional earmarks would not save the taxpayers money. he spoke earlier on the senate floor for 10 minutes. >> mr. president, i've seen a lot of elections in my life, but i've never seen an election like the one we had earlier this month. the 2010 midterm election was a change election. the likes of which i have never seen, and the change that people want above all is right here in washington. most americans are deeply unhappy with their government, more so than any other time in decades. after the way lawmakers have done business up here over the last couple of years, it's easy to see why, but it's not enough to point out the faults of the party in power. americansment change -- americans want change, not mere criticism, and that means all of us need to get serious about the way we do business, even on the things we have defended on the past perhaps for good reason. if the voters express themselves clearly on an issue, it's not enough

we will have continuing coverage of the president's trip on the c-span networks. >> this weekend on the booktv is "in depth," joan of goldberg discusses the election results, the conservative movement and the next wave of leaders on the right. join us with your calls, e- mail's and tweets. >> changes need to occur in congress and it is only going to occur if the people in our country really begin to get involved and begin to run for congress and come over here and make the changes that are necessary. john painter at a round table or coverage of events. you can learn more about the speaker of the house through his own words. that is on line on the c-span video library. is washington your way. >> now, a discussion on president obama's policy and his trip to asia. this is about 45 minutes. >> ""washington journal" continues. host: as a result of the election this week, does this impact foreign-policy decisions by the president? guest: it probably will to some degree. i think it is difficult where the republicans will want to take things when they get into especially the house of representa

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we have continuing coverage of his trip on the c-span networks. >> changes need to occur in congress. it will only occur if the people of our country really began to get involved in the political system and begin to run to -- run for congress to make the changes necessary. >> john boehner on a new members roundtable in 1990. you can learn more about the speaker of the house through his own words so in over 800 appearances on line at the c- span video library. it is washington your way. >> now, ralph reed, chairman of the faith and freedom coalition, offers perspective on tuesday's election results. this is 45 minutes. we will do it over here. do we need the microphone? >> good morning, everybody. my name is ralph reed, the chairman of the faith and freedom coalition, a conservative organization with 400,000 members and chapters in 24 states. we were founded in the summer of 2009 with the express and explicit purpose of ensuring that conservative people of faith and their conservative allies, particularly evangelical christians and frequently mass- attending catholics were mobilized, w

. >> a quick preview of a program that we'll have later on the c-span networks. times. again, we're pack live here in washington this morning for a review of last week's midterm elections. we'll hear from a panel of the sunday political talk show hosts including bob schieffer, christiane amanpour and david gregory. it's hosted by "politico" and we do expect it to get under way in just a moment. as results continue to come in, this story from the associated press this morning. senator lisa murkowski's campaign declared that she is headed for re-election saying her rival's unverified voter fraud claims are pointing to his desperation. ms. murkowski who hoped for another term hedged on her -- hinged on her write-in effort. 45,132 ballots counted so far, and that should be enough for her campaign to feel that she is poised to win desprite of thousands of outstanding ballots yet to be counted and a pending legal case. that is the latest from the alaska senate race. and the president is still on the road. he is, again, from the associated press this morning has claimed

stay tuned to the c-span networks for continuing coverage. >> next, a look at the influence of the tea party on the next session of congress. then a discussion on the salaries of federal employees. after that, supreme court oral arguments in arizona christian schools tuition organizations bursa's wiorganizations vs ngyu. >> the market was opaque enough that nobody could see that the way you can see it in the stock market. because of the way these instruments were, you are not betting on real mortgages, but on the casino version of a mortgage. >> in 2003, she wrote about enron in "the smartest guys in the room." now she will talk about her new book, "all the devils are here." >> now discussion on the impact of the tea party on the 112th congress. from today's "washington journal," this is 45 minutes. host: for those who may not know what is alter net t is a website founded abo founded about 14 years ago by my executive editor and co-edor on my recent book. it about the teaarty movement. we cover all kinds of things, everything from what is going on in terms of popular culture and mitts.

watch the house live on our companion network, c-span. rship teams for the 112 congress. both parties will keep the current leaders in place. the house will choose their leadership teams tomorrow. >> a discussion on republican efforts to in the air marking process in congress from today's "washington journal," this is rresentatinutes. representative chaka fattah is joining us this morning to talkt about what's next foris next congressional democrats that i want to begin with leadership of thae that will be happening on wednesday for houset democrats. representative mickey shuler decided he willdo you support nr minority leader? why'd you disagree? guest: for those waking up in washington, i know they are a little shocked about the eagle'' victory over the redskins but the last time they play the redskins beat the eagles. the fact of the matter is nancy pelosi have led us from the minority into the majority. we did suffer an election loss on the first tuesday of november. but i am convinced, and i think the overwhelming majority, not withst

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c-span on the road. we bring our resources to your community. washington your way, the c-span network. it is created by cable and provided as a public service. >> nothing ceo and president of the federal reserve bank of dallas. earlier this week, he criticized the decision of an bernanke to make some treasury bonds that were purchased available to financial institutions. he says this may be the wrong sense of the u.s. economy. this is a 50 minute event in san antonio. [unintelligible] >> good afternoon. i want to welcome you to this institute. we have a great program over the next few hours. before richard begins, i want to dial back to 2002 when i joined the board. i decided to do this, because i felt the we needed to take a career step forward in terms of providing a value to treasurers and the senior people in the room here today. that is something but we were not actively doing back then in 2002. we are having our sixth event today. in june, we have ever first effort form in the london. it was a fact of this event. next year, it will be in paris. i have already booked my plane ticke