"after words" with tierney cahill and delegate eleanor holmes norton continues. >> host: we are back with ms. cahill who ran a remarkable campaign for congress. i cannot tell you if she is one of my colleagues in the house, she might be, but it's how she did it and what she accomplished that has made this such a remarkable book. "ms. cahill for congress" came out in paperback. one fearless teacher in her sixth grade class and the election that changed their lives forever. ms. cahill, i have indicated you have been critical of the profession and of schools, but you've also offered the defense of schools and teachers and where they find themselves. this book is not a diatribe on schools and if you want to know everything about schools that is right or wrong with it education you need to get another book. if you want to have some fun reading about education and reading about how one teacher went about teaching children about the need to know in the sixth grade, all that they needed to know plus what they learned by managing her campaign did you want to read "ms. cahill for congress." at

more with tierney cahill and washington, d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton in a moment."after words" with tierney cahill and delegate eleanor holmes norton continues. >> host: we are back with ms. cahill, who ran a remarkable campaign for congress. i can't tell you she's one of my colleagues in the house but watch out,

this week that an elementary school teacher tierney cahill discusses her book, "ms. cahill for congress", the story of her improbable campaign for u.s. representative on a tear from her sixth grade students. with only $7,000 and a campaign staff of 12 year-old, she won the 2000 democratic primary in nevada's second district. she discusses her book with district of columbia delegates eleanor holmes norton. >> host: welcome to c-span and welcome to washington. >> guest: thank you so much. >> host: this is the book, "ms. cahill for congress", and the subtitle: one fear was teacher, her sixth grade class, and the election that changed their lives forever. let me just ask the obvious question, how does a divorced mother of three children and no house, a two-bedroom one bath, apartment coming to three jobs, one cocktail waitress and it shall we call it where you sometimes get home or got home and two or maybe 4:00 o'clock in the morning, extracurricular activity for her students -- have such a woman decides to run for of all things congress, not the school boards or city c

this week nevada elementary schoolteacher tierney cahill discusses her book "ms.her and probable campaign for u.s. representative on a dare from her sixth grade students. with only $7,000 in campaign staff of 12-year-olds, she won the 2000 democratic primary and nevada's second district. she discusses her book with district of columbia delegate eleanor holmes norton. >> host: welcome to c-span cahill welcome to washington. >> guest: think you so much. >> host: this is the book, "ms. cahill for congress," and the subtitle, one phyllis teacher, her sixth grade class and the election that changed their lives forever. let me ask the obvious question. ms. cahill, how does a divorced mother with three children, no house, two bedrooms, one bath, how did you figure that out, apartment, two or three jobs, one cocktail waitress and where you sometimes get helm or galt home mabey 2:00, 4:00, who's counting, in the morning, extra curricular activities for students -- how does such a woman beside to run for of all things congress? not the school board or the city council but t

this week tierney cahill discusses her book. the story of her improbable campaign for u.s. representative on a dare from her sixth christians. with only $7,000 in the campaign staff of 12 year olds to won the 2000 democratic primary in nevada's second district. she discusses her book with district of columbia delegate eleanor holmes norton. >> well, welcome to c-span. ms. cahill, welcome to washington. >> they do so much. >> this is the book. "ms. cahill

tierney cahill gave it a shot. every weekend is filled with books and authors on book tv. >> up next from this morning's "washington journal," a discussion on internet taxation. this is about 40 minutes. satellite channel 32. >> "washington journal" continues. >> our final segment of the morning featured patrick burn of over stock.com. how much does your business rely on the internet? >> well, 100 percent. we're pure play we call. there's no brick and mortar star. all internet. >> as far as business, how much traffic do you generate and what's your revenue stream from it? >> 10 pse&g 20 million visitor as month and probably do just about a billion dollars this year. >> when you come to washington, one of the things, from what i understand is your concerned about how the internet is used. particularly in the terms of taxation what's the issue? >> the issue is there are states who want to start taxing, we're based in you at the so when we, somebody buys something from wisconsin we don't put a sales tax on it. califor

this is the district that tierney cahill was trying to represent, a district just independent, libertarian, hard to describe it. yeah they were republicans but they were certainly taken by this teacher. ms. cahill, perhaps every story should have a happy ending. in this case, he struck up a relationship with your opponent's wife and in the end the happy ending is the opponent comes to school to celebrate with you. tell us about that. >> guest: i e-mailed my opponents why. she was a state legislator in nevada, assemblywoman and i was really looking for help. one of my students won an essay contest on what it means to be an american and she helped us with a number of issues, and we ended up being great friends. she is still a friend of mine today. mr. gibbons, to his credit, came to our school and help celebrate at the end about the political process and how great it was to be american and you can run a positive campaign and that any american can run for office. >> host: governor gibbons utah thought the lesson ms. cahill was trying to teach your children in a way that taught them everything

tierney cahill give it a shot in "ms. cahill for congress ." look for our schedules online at booktv.org. >> in his weekly online address, president obama proposed $313 billion in savings to pay for his health care initiative and include reducing government spending on prescription drugs and cutting reimbursements to hospitals that treat uninsured patients. he is followed by indiana representative mike pence, chair of the republican conference, who talks about his party's energy plan that calls for more oil and gas drilling and investments in alternative and renewable energy sources. >> when it comes to the cost of health care, this much is clear. the status quo is unsustainable for families, businesses, and government. america spends nearly 50% more per person on health care than any other country. health care premiums have doubled over the last decade. deductibles and out-of-pocket costs have skyrocketed. many with pre-existing conditions are denied coverage. more and more, americans are being priced out of the care they need. these costs are

. >> after words with tierney cahill and a delegate eleanor holmes norton continues. .. schools and teachers and the way they find themselves. this book if you want to know everything there is to know about schools and what is right or wrong with the education you need another book. if you need fun about education about how one teacher went about teaching children with the need to know in the sixth grade,, plus what they learned by matching her campaign then you will "m.s cahill for congress." at the same time that ms. cahill does not spare schools when she does not think they should be scared but she is a teacher and she knows what it's like to work in those venues, and i shall offer what am i supposed to say, at mission so you know where i'm coming from. my mother was a schoolteacher and she taught in the d.c. public schools and the d.c. charter schools in particular. public education has been part and parcel of my own life beginning with my own parents. that wouldn't be enough to make me defend schools and i don't think being a teacher was enough to make to offer the

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more with tierney cahill and washington, d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton in a moment. >> this summer book tv is asking what are you reading? >> so i am looking forward to my summer reading list. a lot of people think that summer is the time for light reading. as far as i am concerned summer is the time to beat the big, heavy bucks. last year right tackle the fountainhead. this year i am looking forward. i tried to read it about 15 years ago and couldn't do it. came up with the new translation which i started on vacation and the fury. chipping away at it. about halfway through. probably on vacation and i'll be able to finish most of it. the new poets a prize-winning novel. by book club picked that one. i am going to finally read manhunt. the link in history. it has been out for a few years now. and a couple other things. he did the story of that your son tell which everyone else in my family has read and read about or america by ethan came in. finally, you know, some light reading is

this week, nevada elementary school teacher tierney cahill discusses her book, "ms.ill for congress" one fearless teacher, her sixth-grade class, and the election that changed their lives forever on a dare from our sixth grade students. with only $7,000 in a campaign

tierney cahill gave it a shot. she's interviewed by washington, d.c. delegate eleanor holmes >> every weekend is filled with books and authors on book tv. look for our entire schedule online at booktv.org. >> now house republicans unveil their plan for regulating the financial markets. it differs in many respects from the legislation favored by congressional democrats and the white house. speakers at this event include financial services ranking member spencer baucus and republican whip eric cantor. this is about a half hour. >> i thank you for coming. i'm joined by republican whip cantor. we expect conference chair mike pence very soon and the republican leaders of the financial services committee who have involved in the past five months in crafting a comprehensive regulatory reform proposal which we're announcing today. let me start by recognizing our distinguished whip eric cantor for a statement. >> spencer, thanks very much. i'm honored to be here with the ranking member, spencer baucus and the senior members of the financial services committee.

tierney cahill gave it a shot. she's interviewed by delegate eleanor holmes norton. sunday, joe rosenberg takes you inside the revolution. how the followers of jihad, jefferson and jesus are battling to dominate the middle east and transform the world. and what's next for the economy? steven moore and former reagan economic policy advisor arthur lafer on "the end of prosperity." and later, a real estate attorney on the housing crunch and where it's headed. every weekend's filled with books and authors on "book tv." look for our entire schedule online at booktv.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: senator coburn, senator baucus says that when it comes to this fall that a health care bill will be on the president's desk. do you think that will happen? i hope so. we have problems in health care that we have to address. we have to address costs, access. but we also have to address our global exet yitness -- competitiveness. we now have over 17% of our g.d.p. spent on health care. it's almost twice what the rest of the world spends. there's no question we have te