pence of the state of indiana has received for vice president of the united states 305 votes. tim kaine of the commonwealth of -- tim kaine of the commonwealth of virginia has received 227 -- there will be order. the sergeant at arms will the sergeant at arms will remove persons in the gallery. the house will be in order. commonwealth of virginia has 227 votes. elizabeth warren of the commonwealth of massachusetts has received two. maria cantwell of the state of washington has received one. susan collins of the state of maine has received one. carley fiorina of the commonwealth of virginia has received one. the sergeant at arms will remove the protesters from the gallery. the chamber will be in order. he chamber will be in order. duke has received one vote. in announcement of the state of the vote by the president of the senate shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons elected president and vice president of the united states. each for the term beginning on the 20th day of january, 2017, and shall be entered together with a list of votes in the journal of the sena

the center. it is critical that states continue to build -- >> today, to the state of the state budgeting in the trunk area session. i am mark, the incoming director of the urban brookings tax policy center. we will be replacing lynn berman next week, but the ever efficient tax policy center is already putting me to work. first thing i would like to do today and acknowledge your online audience who are with us. i really encourage all of you to share your thoughts and observations using #life at urban. we encourage you to ask questions by e-mailing event at urban.org. we will make a point to use these questions in the q&a portion of the program. i'm excited to join the tax policy center and i thank you for important issues surrounding our state's fiscal futures. the panel would examine obstacles and opportunities, governors and legislatures will face in the decision as they passed a budget. the budget this year of the budget process this year appears to be ex-optionally challenging. but federal policy will look like in a wide range of areas. as the new administration fans at the new policies are

and the electors in each state shall have the qualification, requisite of electors of the state legislature. >> the gentleman from maine, mr. poliqin. >> no person shall be a representative who shall not have attained the age of 25 years and been seven years a citizen of the united states and shall snot be an inhabitant of the state which he a shall be chosen. the numeration shall be made after the first meeting of the congress of the united states and within every subsequent term of ten years in such manner as they shall by law direct. >> the gentleman from minnesota, mr. walls. >> the number of representative shall not exceed one for every 30,000. and until such enumeration shall be made massachusetts 8, rhode island and providence plantations 1, connecticut 5, new york 6, new jersey 4, pennsylvania 8, delaware 1, maryland 6, virginia 10, north carolina 5, south carolina 5 and georgia 3. >> the gentleman from new jersey, mr. lance. >> when vacancies happen and the representation from any state the executive authority there of shall issue ritz of election to fill each such vaca

of the united states. certificates and count the votes of the electors of the several states for president and vice president of the united states. after the ascertainment has been had, the certificates are authentic and correct in form, the tellers will count and make a list of the votes cast by the electors in the several states. the tellers on the part of the two houses will take their place at the clerk's desk. the tellers will dispense with reading formal portions of the certificates. after ascertaining the certificates are regular in form and authentic, the tellers will announce the votes cast by the electors from each state beginning with the state of alabama. >> mr. speaker, the certificate of the electoral vote of the alabama of alabama seems to be regular in form and authentic. it appears therefore that donald j. trump of the state of new york received nine votes for president and michael r. pence of the state of indiana received nine votes for vice president. vice president biden: for what purpos

the united states, mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from ohio, mr. joyce. mr. joyce: nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. section 2representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state, excluding indians not taxed. mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from florida, mr. soto. r. soto: but when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for president and vice president of the united states, representatives in congress, the executive and judicial officers of a state, or the members of the legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such state being 21 years of age, and citizens of the united states, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion or other crime and the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the number of pro

the united states, mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from ohio, mr. joyce. mr. joyce: nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. section 2representatives shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each state, excluding indians not taxed. mr. goodlatte: the gentleman from florida, mr. soto. r. soto: but when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for president and vice president of the united states, representatives in congress, the executive and judicial officers of a state, or the members of the legislature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such state being 21 years of age, and citizens of the united states, or in any way abridged, except for participation in rebellion or other crime and the basis of representation therein shall be reduced in the number of pro

welcome to the 2017 state of the states. i am scott patterson, director of the national governors association. have a few things to mention and then i will introduce our distinguished panel. the first thing, i want to introduce our new logo. we are very excited about it. the other thing i want to tell folks about, because i think it is critical to know, right after the election and as everybody knows we have been in a fairly multi-year period partisanship. the governors association went out and hold 1000 american voters. we used frank months of months ofbal partners -- muntz muntz global partners. we found some interesting things in this poll. distrust of many politicians, americans trust their governor more than any other elected official. on most issues, americans trust states and governors to get a solution more than other levels. voters were more optimistic about their state's future than the country. nearly three out of four voters said that their state is doing a better job at delivering results than the federal govern

the states have taken lessons from the great recession. >> so, kim, urban has a new report out, state budget in the truck era. what can you tell us about what the federal government is about to bring in to this cloudy forecast? >> and so this is sort of either an exercise in optimism or pessimism, or thinking that we know something about what is going to happen based on what people have proposed before. what i did with richard, my colleague at the tax policy center, is we went through some of the things that a been proposed before by both president trump during the election and speaker ryan and people in congress to try and figure out whether we could forecast what we think is going to go, what they are going to do going forward. we talk a lot about taxes based on stuff going on in the tax policy center, an, and healthca, aca medicaid based on work document herb and by all health policy center. but it is not complete. it is of the things without we had the best grasp on. for example, there's nothing in this report that talked about the epa. not on my agenda, not the fact that that's w

the states. however, the uncertainty is the states rights now part of the reason the state revenues are below where they thought they were going to be is because people are waiting to see what is going to happen especially for the taxes on capital gains and corporate taxes as they are expecting them to go down, so if you are a high profile person and have the option of realizing capital gains now or waiting a few months and giving it in 2017 when the tax rate might be different, you have an incentive to wait. if we basically repeal without the replacement, that means if the states do nothing they will actually save a little bit of money but millions of people will be uninsured if they decide that it is unacceptable. athe costs will go up and things stay the same since we are already seeing the costs go up because that 100% pickup in the government was going to start declining so they already felt the costs were going to go up. irrespective of the outcome of the things that whether they keep the ex

the option we give states the choice. congress would pass legislation allowing the alternative which we will describe. they could opt to stay in obamacare, california, ne new yk if you love that you can keep it. i disagree but republicans think the power is best held at the state level and not washington, d.c. on the other hand, louisiana, premiums going up in double digits or triple digits arizona come up i, then the stad opt out for something different. we also think we could cover more people than obamacare. one of the things we do is give the opportunity to say that someone is eligible for a credit it's much like when i turn 65 on medicare i have medicare. there is no mandate. i have medicare. i may call up and say i don't wish to be, but this alternative allows us to restore big numbers without a mandate. clearly health-insurance works by adding a lot of healthy people and distribute the cost of care for the more expensive over the many healthy. we've had an insurance company model proposal that told us just by this

the bank of the united states. this is the second bank of the united states. if you recall from earlier in the semester, there was a first bank of the united states. 1791, alexander hamilton pushes through congress a bank of the united states. this bank a private bank with stockholders and dividends. this bank, hamilton says, will benefit not only financial interests, but will benefit the country, the public. how will it benefit the public? because the u.s. treasury will deposit money in the bank coming in from taxes and the treasury can borrow money from the bank. it has a 20 year charter but lots of opponents. the chief opponent, thomas jefferson hates the bank. -- the bank, jefferson believes, is an institution that impairs american liberty by elevating to power a wealthy financial elite. jefferson opposes it. jefferson comes to power in 1800 , the first banks charter expires, but one year later, a war iraq with britain. a very expensive war -- a war rupts withwar e britain, a very extensive war. thomas jefferson charters a second bank of the united states a

last month all of the states gathered to count their electoral votes. while we wait for the house to come in in about 35 minutes, we're going to show you a portion of pennsylvania's counting of electoral ballots to get a flavor of how the process works. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i am robert torest, executive deputy secretary of the commonwealth. it is my honor to quome you to the 58th electoral college of the commonwealth of pennsylvania. please, turn off all cell phones and all other electronic communication devices. at this time would you please ise. i would like to present to you the honorable pedro a. cortez, secretary of the commonwealth. the honorable robert gormoz, deputy chief of staff to the overnor of the commonwealth. the reverend cannon david w. ovelace. the honorable thomas g. saylor, chief justice of the supreme court of pennsylvania. and the temporary officers and members of the 58th electoral college of pennsylvania. >> please be seated. >> as secretary of the commonwealth it is my honor to preside over this meeting until t

medicaid is a federal-state program. the federal government provides a certain percent, different percent for each state but the state actually administers the program. so in some states, the federal government pays 50% of the cost. they can go up as much as 75% of the cost. so in mississippi, they put up $25, they get $75. in a state like new york, they would put up $50 and get back $50, so it's a one to one. now, this open-ended financing structure is based solely on how much the state spends. i'll agree with my colleague from washington state we should not reward states that spend incontinently. we should not reward states that just spend. but under medicaid, the state is rewarded. the more it spends, the more it draws down from the federal government. i always smile when people speak about the economic development of medicaid expansion. medicaid expansion is not about economic development. it should be about taking care of patients. but i understand their perspective because they pull down at least one dollar for every d

thank goodness he came to the united states. so many leaders today are a major operations in high-tech companies or immigrants in the country in some cases refugees. let's not continue a deception of blaming immigrants and refugees for the security and economic challenges. let's work together to build a r better america including new americans where the parents were born or how they pray. i yield the floor. >> mr. president, citizens across the country are very concerned, in fact more than concerned. they are terrified of the fundamental values which the nation was founded. religious tolerance, freedom of religion.nd the ability to worship as you please. we would be welcoming to the refugees and there would be a nation that embraces immigrants. she said give me your tired, hud your poor, your huddled masses to breathe free. but the president has slammed the door on the tired and the poor and the huddled masses. it is an action the citizens in my own state have come out to protest. they've gone to the airport in s portland and mas

the placing of the state capital here after the older state capital had burned down was an engine for other development in the city and that was good for harrisburg. but you will notice if you are looking at the news in philadelphia you listen to the news in pittsburgh, they will say harrisburg is such and such, they don't mean the city. they mean the state government. that's what it stands for in pennsylvania, this is the state government and the state government is never doing enough for us. you don't live in harrisburg. a fellow said one time about pennsylvania , it was james carville, political consultants. in pennsylvania it's pittsburgh on one end, philadelphia on the other and alabama in the middle. so harrisburg and harris, some of that controversy to that in the middle of the state it's very agricultural and rather conservative and republican and at both ends of the state, it's thoroughly democratic.so that makes harrisburg something of a controversy too. the major industry in harrisburg has always been government. if it weren't for the state capital being here, who knows wha

named to the the state capital 1512. it began as a small farming village and became the center of industry and manufacturing until his decline in the 1970s. today is largest economic drivers are state and federal government with the help of our cable partners for the next 90 minutes will learn about the history and the literary scene we begin our special feature with a look at simon cameron. >> simon came in as the most talented political leader in american history that people haven't heard of. he was without a doubt the most talented political machine builder the most talented politician of his generation. people talk about the age of andrew jackson but we should talk about the age of simon cameron. this is a man whose political skills were undeniable and a man who built a political machine that lasted far beyond any of those constructed. he was a man mastered his moment. he was born in 1799. he died in 1889 and during that 90 year timeframe he really rose to the top of first pennsylvania and then america's lead. it's un

the state and the victims, that's between the state and the victims. that's no bearing on the property rights or the due process rights of the defendant. bear in mind that all the money the state collects from convi convicted defendants, all of the money, the state is spending on something. the state isn't hiding that money under a mattress. even fines paid into a state's general fund, the state is spending the money on something. so it's no excuse when you owe a debt to say, oh, jeez, i'm sorry, i already spent the money on something else. >> you don't have to make that argument to prevail in this case, do you? i think there's some severe equitable problems with the hypothetical of the state having paid the victim and the victim having spent the money. >> you misunderstood me. the state is saying, i'm not talking about the victim spending the money but i spent to be talking about the state saying, well, i'm sorry, we can't, upon the reversal of a conviction, the state saying, we can't refund the money. s sorry, we already dispersed it. the state dispe

the state -- the state isn't hiding that money under a mattress. all of that money, even -- even fines paid into a state's general fund, the state is spending that money on something. and so it's -- it's no excuse when -- to -- when you -- when you owe a debt to say, oh, gees, i'm sorry, i already spent the money on something else. justice kennedy: well, you don't have to make that argument to prevail in this case, do you? i think there's -- stuart banner: correct. justice kennedy: -- some severe equitable problems with -- with the -- with the hypothetical of the state having paid the -- the victim and the victim having spent the money. stuart banner: no, no. you -- you misunderstand me. the state is saying -- i'm not talking about the victim spending the money. i'm -- i meant to be talking about the state saying, well, i'm sorry, we can't -- we can't -- upon the reversal of a conviction, the state saying we -- we can't refund the money, sorry, we already disbursed it as restitution to the victims. and what i'm saying is the state disburses all the

were turned away by the united states. the most notorious example was the s.s. st. louis which sailed from germany, came to first havana, cuba, then to miami, florida, and was turned away in both places with about 900 passengers who feared for their lives because of the anti-semitism and the killing that was taking place in nazi germany. they tracked the passenger list. several hundred of them were rejected by the united states, they were not given refugee status, they were forced to return to germany, and several hundred of them perished in the holocaust. it was after that bitter experience that the united states decided that we would try to set an example for the world when it came to compassion and humanity for refugees. we stepped up time and time again stepped up to be that place of security and safety. we can point proudly to the fact that when the cubans were fearful of a communist takeover in their country, fearful for their lives and their rights and their liberties, they came to the united states in tens of thousa

virginia is the most dominant state in the union by far. no state has ever dominated our country in these years -- by far the biggest state in population, wealth, territory. as virginia went, so did the nation. it is not surprising that four out of the first five presidents were from virginia. the commander-in-chief was from virginia. virginia was the dominant state. if the virginia delegation walked out, that would have been the end of the convention. so they caucused. they worried. they do not want to destroy this, they stay. madison never got over that. he saw that as a defeat. the loss of the veto and proportional representation, both defeats. the question -- many were stunned when they saw the constitution published. this is not what we wanted. this is not will be expected. hundreds of thousands of people are shocked who would never have thought that this was going to come out of the convention. they thought it was going to be an enhanced articles of confederation. this is immediately -- this is where the anti-federalist -- that is what

it was the state of oklahoma. this guy comes trotting along and resolves it overnight after hundred years of failure trying to get this done. he also worked with the environmental quality and water resources. they don't know that we in oklahoma have freshwater sure mine. >> i would ask senator to suspend his remarks for a few moments. >> thank you senator in half. they obviously don't like to see rivers, but we do in oklahoma. anyway, they partnered with other states, new mexico colorado and kansas to bring together state officials conservation groups, energy and egg industries to address the challenges addressing one of the problems we have their which might become an endangered species. it saw success its first year. this is working with four different states, despite endorsing the plan they moved forward with listing the species as threatened. it endangered the cooperation reach and sued the wildlife for violating the agreement and he won. he wins these things. he has fought the oil companies, the outgoing admin

from the state capital this is half an hour. [applause] >> members of the legislature, justices of the utah supreme court, my wife, jeanette, lieutenant governor mrs. cox, constitutional officers and my fellow utahans. it is an honor to address you in this historic state capital which serves as a symbol of our collective dreams and aspirations. three weeks ago at our state inauguration had the privilege of hearing the mormon tabernacle choir. i am pleased to report to you in spite of their decision to sing at my inauguration not one choir member has resigned. [applause] >> remember the choir performed climb every mountain. as they sank i reflected on all the mountains we must climb and conquer in our personal lives as a people and as a state. utah was climbing out of the great recession, recognized so many challenges required a robust economy. we made economic recovery our primary objective. our climb has been arduous but the height that utah's economy occupies is remarkable. i truly could spend all evening listing the national a

the discussion. >> now, utah governor gary herbert delivers his annual state of the state address at the state capitol in salt lake city. this is 25 minutes. [applause] governor herbert: president niederhauser, speaker hughes, members of the legislature, justices of the utah supreme court, utah's first lady, lieutenant governor and mrs. cox, other constitutional officers, and my fellow utahns, it is an honor to address you in this historic state capitol that serves as a symbol of our collective dreams and aspirations. three weeks ago, at our state inauguration, we had the privilege of hearing the mormon tabernacle choir. and i am very pleased to report that in spite of the choir's decision to sing at my inauguration, not one choir member has resigned. [laughter] [applause] you'll remember that the choir performed "climb every mountain." as they sang, i reflected on all the mountains that we must climb and conquer in our personal lives, as a people, and as a state. when i first took office, utah was climbing out of the great recession. recognizing that so many of our challenges required a robust econom

and they are not the kinds of blue progressive states that you think are the ones acting. these are states where -- they are red states but progress can still be made. one of the -- another issue that rachel mentioned is this gap regarding dating partners, so people who aren't married, never lived together, don't have children together, they're not covered by the federal law. but among the states that do have a gun prohibition on the books, most of those state laws do cover abusive dating partners so that's an issue where sort of the state, there's a difference between the state laws that do exist and the federal laws. that is something that even the state laws that didn't cover that, they are changing so they do cover dating partners. and also, stalking, so about 11 states prohibit someone convicted of stalking from possessing a firearm. some examples of recent laws on this topic, in florida in 2012, a law was enacted that prohibits gun possession when someone's been issued an injunction against stalking or injunction is basically a protective order, injuncti

so, again, the state of texas has been slow to adopt some of the measures that other states may have d and i'll talk about that in a minute. you'll see that in large part in our 1115 waver program. so things that are really on the forefront in texas right now is as i indicated are our 1115 waver expired septemband it was extended to 2017 and now there's talk with the election results of another 21-month expansion of that program. it's a $29 billion program and texas has been 1,400 disparate projects that are geared toward reduction of inappropriate resolution or expansion of behavior health and mental health inter grash in the state, but it has largely included the medicare organization but we have to figure out in texas how to bring these two worlds together to try to continue to manage that population. the secondary of contention in texas is its large dependance on an uncomplicated care pool. it's $3.1 billion and cms would like to see that pool reduced and potentially rates expanded on that. that argument has to do with the availability of funding. the secondary of contention betwe

the state department noted the president was aware of the problem and they needed a solution.y believed there was advantages to the parole program and that they would hand the matter up to the president for decision. less than a week before the election, the first mixed a la clemency board was established. the interim mixed board impact consisted of two germans in three americans. it functioned like a traditional parole board. prisoners could their cases twice a year, and a new nonjudicial mechanism helped ease parole standards. credit for time served was increased and parameters for medical paroles were broadened with new provisions for physical health, mental health, old age and the condition of prisoners families. recognized the importance of being on the right side of the war crimes issue and even visited the prison for the british prisoners were jailed in the summer of 1953. he shook hands with many and assured them he was doing his best to get them released. theeen 1953 and 1955, impact board reduced the population of landsberg prison from 318 to 41. what impacts ceased

and of any population in the united states. if you are trying to come into this country, student visas, waiver programs, so many ways to come into the process which takes between a year and three years, not just going through the vetting of the department of state but the department of defense, department of homeland security, the fbi, national counterterrorism center, numerous agencies up to three years i vetting you and let me tell you right now again, who go through this, history is showing, you have not seen folks who go through these programs pose a terrorist threat to american lives. so the very argument being used to push this ban is illogical and has no basis for any of the experiences we have had in this country. former chief counsel for us citizenship and immigration services regards that no competent terrorist would choose the us refugee process as a preferred strategy. subject yourself to the one to three years of vetting in multiple years, more than multiple entry. it is not a way for terrorists to gain access to th

welcome to the 2017 state of the state. theexecutive charter of national governors association and i have a couple of things to mention if i will introduce our distinguished panel which we are thrilled to hear from. the first thing is i want to introduce our new logo. really excited about it here on the podium. give the thing i wanted to tell folks about because it is really critical to know, right after the election, we have been in a multitier time of partisanship. polled 1000 american voters . frank is here for anybody who would like to talk to him. he fell significantly in an era ofhings distrust of many politicians, americans trust their governor more than any other elected official. on most issues americans still -- trust governors to get a solution more than other levels. voters were more optimistic about their state future than the country. of four voterst said that their state is doing a better job delivering results than the federal government. these are pretty significant findings and certainly more dramatic than

welcome to the 2017 state of the states. i'm scott pattison, executive director of the national governors association, and i've a couple of things to mention and then i will introduce our very distinguished panel which we were thrilled to hear from, from the states. the first thing is i want to introduce our new nga logo. we're really excited about it here on the podium. and other things i want to tell folks about because i think it's really critical to know is that right after the election, and as everybody knows we have been in a fairly multi-year. out some pretty significant partisanship, so the national governors association without an polled 1000 american voters and we used frank luntz, an actual frank is here for anyone who like to talk with him immediately after this event. but we found some really significantly interesting things in this poll. the first was in an era of disrupted, a distrust of many politicians, americans trust their company more than any other elected official. on most issues, americans trust states

did he at all ever work with the united states, with the united states government? at is the relationship there? why was he given a visa? what is the status of his visa? >> well, my father, he work with -- worked with contracto s contractors -- so was eligible for the program. and we were able to get -- a petition for the visa. for our flight. >> all right. i thank you very much for joining us. we appreciate you taking the time. i know it's a difficult situation for you and your family. well, as yesterday's orders temporarily went in effect before signing the executive order suspended visas from several middle eastern countries including iran. trump explained his purpose, echoing his candidate. >> we want to make sure we're not admitting into the country the very threats our soldiers are fighting overseas. we only want to admit those into our country who will support our country and love deeply our people. >> all right. joining me now is former republican congresswoman from new york, may hayworth, nbc contributor to nbc.com. let me speak for your reaction, as a forme

welcome to the 2017 state of this day. i'm scott patterson, executive director of the national governors association and a couple things to mention and then i will introduce a very distinguished panel to first name is the first angie loco. we are excited on the podium and the other thing i want to tell folks about because it's critical to know right after the election in december when those with and in a fairly multiyear. this is pretty significant partisanship. the national governors association went out and polled 1000 american voters and we used frank luntz of once global partners and actually frank is here for anyone who would like to talk immediately after this event. we found some really significantly interest in things in this poll. the first was in an era of distress of many politicians, americans trust their governor more than any other elected official. on most issues, americans trust states and governors to get a solution more than other levels. voters were more optimistic about their state featured in the countr

obviously you're the attorney general of a state, the acting attorney general of the united states has just been fired. on a point of principle over this matter that you are suing the federal government about. what's your reaction to sally yates being fired tonight? >> it's troubling. and i've been listening to you and your guests and i think they're hitting it right on the mark, this is troubling for the justice department and the independence of that department. i think sally yates, she had a right. it's a difficult order to defend. we believe it's unconstitutional and un-american but overall, yes, this is a troubling day, no two ways about that. >> can i just ask as a matter of federal procedure, so you've brought this case against the president's order in federal court, you are seeking a nationwide stay. we've seen the court -- excuse me, the order appear in court fooi times in one way or another since he signed it on friday, and so far, the other has gone 0 for 5 but the type of relief that has been ordered by all of those five judges has been temporary and limited in terms of the

that's one option the state has. and the last option the state has is to stay with the status quo, the affordable care act. we've actually gotten a little bit of criticism for that from conservatives. and i'm saying why? this is federalism. if a state wants to -- we're going to repeal the obamacare taxes and penalties, we're repealing that. but if a state in a state capital wants to reinstitute taxes and penalties upon the people and its state upon the businesses in that state, god bless them. i think it's a mistake, but they should have their choice. in fact, they have that choice now. all we are saying is you can exercise the right which you currently possess. the states would choose in 2018. they would implement their choice in 2019. and by 2020, obamacare would be repealed and replaced. and that is our goal. repeal and replace. while achieving president trump's goals of insuring all, taking care of those with preexisting conditions without mandates and at a lower cost. now, by the way, let's talk a little bit abou

he sees that the states have a representation in the government, as states. hey are so strong -- the loyalty is so strong that the federal government will never be able to stand up against them. and they will just destroy the system from within. he wants -- that is why he wants proportional representation. the other thing he wants is a veto. a negative power given to the congress which is a bicameral legislature. both houses being proportionally representative. a veto power given to the congress over allstate bills. now think about that. 50 states would have to send bills to washington. through the capital. there would have to be hearings and they should decide, should we veto or not veto? i mean it is totally , impractical. the fact that it stays in the beforell into late june wiser heads finally prevail and say -- we can't do that. that would be an endless problem, having to send every piece of legislation passed by a state legislature to the capital to be okayed by the congress. what you have instead is article one section 10 of the constitution which, if y

welcome to the 2017 state of the states. i am scott patterson, director of the national governors association. i have a couple of things to mention, and then i will introduce our very distinguished panel, which we are thrilled to hear from. the first thing is i want to introduce our new nga logo. we are excited about it here on the podium. the other thing, i think it is really critical to know that right after the election -- as everyone knows, we have been in a fairly multiyear period of significant partisanship. so the national governors association went out and polled 1000 american voters. we used frank muntz of muntz global partners. he is here for anyone who would like to talk to him after this event. we found some significantly interesting things in this poll. the first was -- in an era of distrust of many politicians, americans trust their governor more than any other elected official. on most issues, americans trust states and governors to get a solution more than other levels. voters were more optimistic about their

the option, we give states the choice.e would imagine congress will pass legislation allowing the alternative, which we will describe. they could opt to stay in for obamacare. so you can keep it. but republicans think that the power is best held at the state level, not washington, d.c.. on the other hand, speaking for the premiums have been going up in the double digits of arizona and one place, triple digits in one year and then those states went out for something different. we also think that we could cover more people than obamaca obamacare. we give states the opportunity if someone is eligible before credit, they would be enrolled automatically unless they choose otherwise, automatic enrollment if you will, much like medicare. there is no mandate. but folks remain on medicare. so we think that this alternative allows us to restore the law in big numbers without a mandate. clearly health insurance works by having him of healthy people and you distribute the cost for the more expensive to care for over the healthy withou

do you solemnly swear to support the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of new york and that you will faithfully execute the duties of this office as elector of president and vice president of the united states of america to the best of your ability, so help you god. ok. the next order of business is the election of a president of the electoral college. i now call on the honorable luvente governor of new york, kathy hokel, for the purpose a nomination. >> madam secretary, it is my pleasure to nominate as president of this electoral college someone i've had the great privilege to work with over the year a truly progressive leader with great vision, our governor, the honorable andrew m. quo moe of westchester county. >> thank you, lieutenant governor. the chair now recognizes the honorable byron brown of erie county. >> thank you, madam secretary. it is my pleasure an honor with the children of buffalo's hamlin park school looking on, to second the nomination of the honorable andrew m. cuomo of westchester county as president of this electoral college. >> t

the constitution of the united states. constitution of the united states. on of the united states. constitution of the united states. so help me god. so help me god. congratulations, mr president. chiefjustice roberts, president carter, president clinton, president bush president bush, president obama, fellow americans, and people obama, fellow americans, and people of the world — thank you. we, the citizens of america, are nowjoined in a great national effort to rebuild our country and restore its promise for all of our people. together, we will determine the course of america and the world for many, many years to come. we will face challenges. we will confront hardships. but we will get the job done. every four years we gather on these steps to carry out the orderly and peaceful transfer of power. and we are grateful to president obama and first lady michelle obama for their gracious aid throughout this transition. they have been magnificent. thank you. today's ceremony, however, has a very special meaning — because today we are not merely transferring pow

there's two things within the united states that need to improve. rst the intelligence community dmeeds needs to do better job that demonstrates other states trying to influence political debates. second, u.s. government should bring together experts on this information including academic in private sector. in addition to local ngo and ask civil society networks overseas. the information teams with iip should be decentralize so the information is response to local audience. needs to develop strategy with asian country to are build a common agenda for security and development and offer a vision that would inspire our friends and transform conditions that lead people position themselves at adversaries. i would ask catherine to give us an overview of the other two areas. >> thank you, jay. i'm going to go over difficulty. >>> relation that focus on upholding programs that have proven effective understanding about american history. we believe this understanding is foundational to sustaining relationships. many think to the roughly 40 contributes to this

he supported the state of israel. another tape which i won't play this for you with billy graham. nixon has a little secret for that. he says that the best jews are the israeli jews. what we see in nixon's mind is that american jews and israeli jews. i'm not supporting anti-semitism, i'm not justifying it. but as a historian, i want to in context.t you say, how does this guy who saves the state of israel also ended up saying these ugly things. as historians, it is not our job to sit and judge. we need to explain and contextualize and see complexity. if we understood the complexity of the relationship more, the depth would be less nervous all the time. we see gerald ford emerging as supporter of the state of israel. but complicated. pushes ae hand he reassessment, freezing u.s. relations. because? to put pressure on israel because now it's the end game. we continue but under gerald ford we had that moment where daniel patrick moynihan stands up and says "i must stand." zionism is being accused of racism, in the form of