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washington post 15 years ago, something like that. he now heads the congressional bureau for the post. and i am told, in addition to his encyclopedic knowledge ofgress, which we all enjoy in the washington post, he has an encyclopedic knowledge of baseball statistics, which i'm not sure is a good use of time. [laughter] but be that as it may. >> it's a certain inclination of mine. >'ll try to fill in on that role. >> is probably at the matinee. [laughter] they are playing a day game. >> we have had a lot of discussion this morning" about what drives some of the sfunction of congress. but know, -- as you all know,■ i am related to rom. even though i am an academic, we like to g shit done, as they say. as my cag are on the right here will tell you, that is my model for all the departments and part of the university that i run. let's get stuff done. we would like to be pragmatic here. try to come up with ideas that can be impactful and can reform things. all of us know, it is rare you get the chance to do something that is the ideal, as i quoted ben franklin at the start, it's not ideal but it's making progress along the right path. it is moving u

of the senate finance and budget committee. trump's request for $1 billion in campaign donations was first reported by "the washington post," citing people with knowledgeverse dozens of joe biden's environmental rules and policies and stop new ones from being passed. the senators sent letters to nine oil and gas companies seeking documents and information, including copies of any draft executive orders. descriptions of any policy proposals discussed, records, and all donations made to trump's campaign, and any materials distributed at the fund-raising dipper. the trump campaign issued a statement attacking joe biden and his energy agenda adding that trump is supported by people who share his vision of american energy dominance. the trump campaign, john, has made absolutely no bones about the fact that on day one it plans to drill, drill, drill, despite the fact that america is producing more oil than it has for many years. but this sort of -- that when does it become bribery and when is it within the campaign finance laws. >> that is such a gray area, of course. you make a great point about the energy the united states is already producing right now. b

enterprise institute senior fellow and washington post columnist and former biden 2019 -- 2018 circuit. we fancy totals for you because you bring a wealth of knowledge to this conversation. does begin with this interesting new polling we have. this is from npr pbs news hour. president trump holds a big lead with independence has him at 54%. president biden 42%. is it really going to come down to these independents? it seems like the really hard-core base on either side are locked in with them when they are going. -- where they are going. >> yes. that's the highest lead donald trump has had among independents since mariss was actually the question about these 2 paragraph think it's significant because why does someone call himself or herself an independent? they are not moderates, their nationally suspicious of government. institutions for better or for restricted don't like the 2 parties, they don't like those who have been watching for over 50 years like joe biden. i think donald trump is presenting himself as causing common and mostly in charge and. an outsider to the system like the rest of us. the other thing that struck me in the marist poll is