in other words, there should be two houses of congress, and it "why two houses of congress?" well, most of the state legislatures that existed under the colonial days had two legislative bodies, and that was because the british system had a house of lords, a house of commons. and so, most of the colonial legislatures had two houses. one was the so-called upper house, generally smaller, and a lower house, somewhat bigger, and that was always taken there were probably two houses of congress. james madison's view under the virginia plan was that each house should be proportional. there shouldn't be each state having the same number of votes. so, rhode island, let's say if they were involved, shouldn't have the same number of votes in one of the bodies as virginia or massachusetts. and that was the big debate. now, obviously, madison being from a large state, biggest state in terms of population, that was not surprising. that didn't go over well with the small states, and so, that was a major debate for quite some time. ultimately, it was resolved in what we now know as the conne

it depends on what congress does and if congress, the united states congress puts our country out of its compliance with our requirements, we are going to get blamed not just by iran but by our allies. before sometimes when you work on something so much, do you think that you are too tied to this to be able to objectively look into the deal? steve are there things i worked on in the obama administration that i would criticize but i have criticized them on the couch. that's when i truly believe that we got the deal, the best deal we could get and prevents them from getting a nuclear weapon and we can talk about the 15 years in 20 years, that is a fair question to have that discussion about when certain provisions. >> harris: i want to remind our audience will quickly where we are right now. we have been given a timetable when the president would be speaking. we are now within that window. if we could at two-minute warning, we will jump to the president. to bring chris stirewalt and is bigger back into the conversation. earlier this week, house democrats asked me with former obama admi

but i didn't think it was legal -- if you have somebody that guess to congress and they've been in congress for 15 years and went there with $100,000 in their bank account, and now on their salary, and their significant other's salary, they're worth millions of dollars, seem knows that should be a little illegal, like -- i mean, a lot of greed and corruption in lawmakers and shouldn't be tolerated in my view. >> guest: i think you see a lot of frustration when people coming into congress and then 20 years later they're multimillionaires, congress has ethic laws as far as what they can take in gifts from speeches, but i think it is extremely frustrating to people see people come to washington, and they make a living here and they do well for themselves. at the same time that people back home have -- are facing real struggles. >> host: edward from wisconsin. is it mingon. >> caller: yes. >> host: go ahead, please. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. i've called in the past. i just want to say as a republican that i read a book by a michael savage, called "trump's war" and it's an excelle

the republican-controlled congress, mind you. for months, all year really, and every saturday when we talk, there have been questions about who's coming and who's going in the white house. you know, i think that those questions continue to swirl around this presidency, but he'd much rather talk about other things like the stock market. but i think at the end of the day, he's really hungry for a legislative win, whether it's on health care or tax reform. it's looking like we could see permanent tax cuts and comprehensive tax reform a bit more difficult. general kelly also suggesting that health care reform might not be done until this spring, but the president is clearly with the action on iran as well as health care daring congress not to act ahead of the 2018 midterms. >> let's talk about iran. mike, republican senator bob corker, his remarks this week about president trump's rhetoric, putting the u.s. on a path to world war ii. is that a sentiment shared to other republicans in the senate, and how damaging could that be for the

i think very much it will be reflected in the party congress statement. it reflects the larger emphasis by the regime which began, the defense of stability and the advancement of peace and stability alongside the protection of china's rights and interests. using china's greater influence to advance those interests. at the same time, i think there will be efforts to emphasize multilateral diplomacy as have occurred in the recent party congress in the idea of reforming global governance which has also been a theme in past congress meetings. in the defense and security rounds in particular, i think you'll probably hear the phrase which was again made after the 18 party congress on a search for a common comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security. in this regard you might hear the placement of the party the three principles dealing with hot issues. it imposes solutions on others. it's kind of a dig at the trumpp administration even though it predates that administration and adherence to political settlement and opposition to the use of force. i think

but by congress. we all know how gridlocked congress has been over the years. it's been nothing coming out of this congress. i predict they won't be able to do -- they couldn't do repeal and replace. at it for nine months. stalled everything else out. couldn't do repeal and replace so now they are on comprehensive -- what they call tax reform which is also -- which is only tax breaks for the top 1% when you peel everything back. they are not going to be able to do that because my friends in the freedom caucus will prevent them from adding $1.5 trillion to the national debt. and i support them in that endeavor. they can count on my vote for that. but this is nonsense, ladies and gentlemen. we have to stop protecting these corporate wrongdoers and put the hands back into the courts and to the american people. and with that i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields. the gentleman from louisiana is recognized. mr. johnson: i'll yield. >> thank you. you made reference to the decision of -- the word you used to describe bureaucrats -- mr. johnson: let me tell you

unfortunately in this congress in february the congress passed a law that president trump flair with passion and a that eliminated a rule that said that the social security administration would send the names of people who couldn't manage their own financial affairs to a bureau to see to it that they were on a list where they couldn't buy guns. if you can't successfully manage your own financial affairs, a gun?you have i would submit not. but that bill was passed on a partisan vote and signed by the president. making it easier for people to get guns who the social security administration has found could not manage their own affairs. no-buye with the no-fly, risk. if you are too much of a security threat to fly on an airplane, you shouldn't be able to buy a gun. the arguments we heard against that were about due process. has anybody brought a bill to give the people on the no-fly list due process? has it come 209 floor -- to the floor? no, and it won't. because it makes sense to have a no-fly list and they should also be people who can't buy guns. we shouldn't have semiautomatic weapo

this punlts it back to congress. if they sanction, you do not though deny that, you're essentially doing is opening the door. >> they're partnering with bob corker and tom cotton. they're unveiling legislation that would effectively eliminate sunset provision on the nuclear issue that a lot of conservatives have been upset about. what the republicans in 2016 were upset about was they didn't think obama got enough out of iran. part of the issue was the sunset deal. the iranians continue to be bad actors, continue to be engaged in terrorist activity, continue to develop missiles to threaten israel. we don't want to give them the chance to go back and have a nuclear weapon in 2025 when this sun sets. if the deal can be strength end, and congress can get their arms around what they're doing, it will be a win for trump. that's what he is trying to accomplish. >> president obama said when he signed this deal, he was hoping iran would behave differently in the region, be less aggressive, less hostile. critics say that just

the ball is in congress' court. for chris murphy to say this action by the president is health care arson is preposterous. no president should be spending that money until congress appropriates it. host: betsy mccaughey with us until nine :00 this morning. she is the author of the 2010 book.the obamacare taking your calls as we talk about the future of health care, especially in the wake of the present's actions -- the president's actions last week. we should say the lines. --democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. joanne in illinois, the line for democrats. go ahead. caller: i want to let the viewers know what this lady is saying is untrue. for seven years, the republicans starved president obama's health care plan because they did not want to help the american people who need health care. what they did was decided not to fund it. the parts of obamacare that really need help, they would not work with the democrats to try to change it. they do not want the american peopl

before what is a week—long congress. really a look back over the last five years from president xi. big on achievements and short on detail. it was a shopping list of the last five yea rs. was a shopping list of the last five years. everything from green growth to healthcare to military fitness and lots else in between. running through what the communist party has achieved for china over the last half a decade. he said it was an important congress at a critical time. the future is very bright but the challenges are grave. "we are yet to get onto the challenges." president xijinping is yet to get onto the challenges." president xi jinping is still going. he said the last five years have been unusual because of what he described as the weak world economy. but he said china's economy is working at high speed, ranking high in the world. and he says contributing 30% to the world economy. so, now, iamjoined by associate professor of political science at the university of albany in the us. she is an expert on chinese politics.

but congress needs to weigh in. sure that oure adversaries and our allies, and most importantly our troops know that we speak with one voice. so i hope that as we go along we relativeabout the importance of signaling that we might leave or might not finish and might not have congress weigh in at all to go for 16 years before we actually weigh in or have any skin in the game. i said, onto aspire to be more than just part of a feedback loop. article one authority is more than that. with that, i will pull back. >> thank you. -- if welanks time could all sprint over and spread back, you can start again as soon as we get back and we will recess for about 14 minutes i hope. you're welcome to come into the back or do whatever. >> following a short break for votes on the senate floor, the senate foreign relations committee continued their defense secretary james mattis and secretary of state rex tillerson on the authorization for use of military force. this portion of the hearing is two hours long. [apple pound -- devil pou

and it's really opening up the library of congress and you can fill in the plank in the library of congress has it, you can connect with us, history, there's a table, a table outside with all of the projects and things and even a bookmark that emphasizes, ask a librarian whether you're visiting the library of congress or online, ask us a question and receive expert assistance from our librarians and subject specialists and then there's the tin man here, if i only had a librarian. [laughter] >> that and owning a bookstore. >> you can do both. that's a possibility. but to have that and then about two months into the job, can you tell people what the award from the library of congress and experience? >> the library of congress has so many collections, sound recording, film, prints and photographs and has collection of george, great american composer, summer time and all of that. each year an award for outstanding contributor to american song and two months in i was asked to present the george award to mr. smoky robinson. now let me just say that was not a hardship. [laughter] >> and i thought,

library of congress is not soar bad. mr. tony bennett, the first person to be given the gershwin award for his interpretation of popular song and he was so touched and said am i really the first person, and the people who are going to be part of this program, i can't tell it yet because were still confirming but let's just say old, mature, old genre country, everybody's gonna be there to pay tribute to mr. tony bennett. >> no one has done more with the duet collection. >> just think of all the people. >> that will be televised usually in february of the following year. >> ) the concert usually happens in november. the last one was really something. the expense of the library of congress, and just what this festival is also illustrating is the unifying power of the arts. music and literature and, in fact, last year mr. samuel jackson was the mc and, at one particular smokey robinson song, was at my girl? you were singing. >> well, not well. [laughter] but my lips were moving. let's just say we had everybody from every party,

what the president has done is met with congress to ask congress help fix this domestic legislation and let's work on as secretary tillerson has said, a deal that can lay alongside the jcpoa and address its fundamental flaws. one of which you already mentioned, the sunset clause where iran can just wait for a little while and reap all the benefits of sanctions to enrich the fee islamic revolutionary guard score. >> james: designated as part of this initiative, correct? >> general mcmaster: i think it's really important about the president speech is p because what the president has done is he has laid out a strategy for dealing with iran's destabilizing and dangerous hate filled behavior. behavior toward its own people and its behavior towards the region. i would ask as we always pay attention to our european allies and others, pay attention to our allies and partners in the region. what they said, the people who were under the gun of this regime, israel and saudi arabia in particular. >> james: let's turn to a country that many believe iran has been helping advance towards a nuclear wea

now congress has to do their job. one, congress doesn't even have to be involved. if he wanted to put the sanctions back on himself, the way it's written, he could. he could just waive what obama did like magic. and two, it puts, in some ways, republicans in congress in the worst possible situation, once again adding to all the things that you talked about that they have to deal with. now you want us to deal with the enormity of a deal done by the executive branch, that involves many other countries? a nuclear iran? it puts them in a terrible box right now. >> he's also boxed himself in, because he set up this predicate whereby in a certain amount of time, he said, if you don't take these actions, congress, i am going to walk away from the deal. we're going to be all writing stories and wondering, well, what's he going to do? is he going to unilaterally say this is over, or is he going to take what congress gives them, if they're able to produce anything? >> it's important to understand, it's hard for members of congress to explain this. but even people who really

he's pushing it to congress and trying to blame congress. congress is unlikely to be able to do anything on this as well, which will leave us in a vacuum. and i think our allies are right, that we are not going to be able to convince them and iran to change this deal. so if we want to confront iran, we ought to leave the deal in place -- which is flawed -- but use other ways to cop front iran. some of the things that president trump mentioned are good like putting more sanctions on the revolutionary guard, like pushing back in the places where iran is supporting terrorism and supporting hezbollah like in yemen, like in syria. but the act of not certifying and pushing this to congress is an extraordinarily weak act for a president who claims he's strong. neil: well, you could argue just as well, right, david, that his predecessor going about this unilaterally without involving congress, maybe for perfectly good reasons, couldn't get congress to get its act together, at the same time, it's one bold act defying another bold act. i will, rebecca

last, the 18th party congress in 2012. so i'll make some comments on the three general areas that these party congressing usually cover in terms of foreign policy. the first is general statements on the global environment that have an impact on foreign policy and these are programmatic statements about the external environment and the world and obviously its implications for china. and here, i think the party congress will continue to stress the development toward a generally stable international environment, and the concept of peace and development as what's called the underlying trend of the times. i think we'll see that's been highlighted in past party congress statements and i think we'll see this again or something similar to it, but this has always been paired with more negative concerns about the international environment and those in the past have involved primarily for the united states and power politics, local conflicts, hot spot issues that keep emerging, imbalances in the world economy, which may be worsening,

for congress to act should it so choose. the decision to end the daca policy is currently the subject of pending litigation. nineteen states and the district of columbia as well as other. [inaudible] have challenged the decision and the daca policy. the department is defending the suits and in deference to the courts charged with hearing and resolving pending litigation involving the united states it is the long-standing policy of the department not to discuss that litigation outside of court and the department accordingly limited in its testimony today. the department takes seriously the committee's oversight responsibility. it is our goal to be as responsive to the committee as possible. in light of the ongoing litigation the potential effect of public statements on pending court cases and the department litigation and a strength, including the need for the department to speak as one voice through corporate proceedings and filings, i will make statements today be able the attorney lateral or public information. the apartme

party congresses are quinnquennial. five years ago before the last party congress, i invited two people to talk about what they thought were going to happen. we'll have another reprise of that effort in a few minutes. we'll have a 15 minute break. please take advantage of the restrooms and refreshments. and please join us in thanking our presenters today. [ applause ]

in other words, there should be two houses of congress, and it was why two houses of congress? well, most of the state legislatures that existed under the colonial days had two legislative bodies, and that was because the british system had a house of lords, a house of commons. and so, most of the colonial legislatures had two houses. one was the so-called upper house, generally smaller, and a lower house, somewhat bigger, and that was always taken there were probably two houses of congress. james madison's view under the virginia plan was that each house should be proportional. there shouldn't be each state having the same number of votes. so, rhode island, let's say if they were involved, shouldn't have the same number of votes in one of the bodies as virginia or massachusetts. and that was the big debate. now, obviously, madison being from a large state, biggest state in terms of population, that was not surprising. that didn't go over well with the small states, and so, that was a major debate for quite some time. ultimately, it was resolved in what we now know as the conne

last, the 18th party congress in 2012. so i'll make some comments on the three general areas that these party congressing usually cover in terms of foreign policy. the first is general statements on the global environment that have an impact on foreign policy and these are programmatic statements about the external environment and the world and obviously its implications for china. and here, i think the party congress will continue to stress the development toward a generally stable international environment, and the concept of peace and development as what's called the underlying trend of the times. i think we'll see that's been highlighted in past party congress statements and i think we'll see this again or something similar to it, but this has always been paired with more negative concerns about the international environment and those in the past have involved what's been called code word primarily for the united states and power politics, local conflicts, hot spot issues that keep emerging, imbalances in the world eco

they had a legal duty to tell congress and if they told congress, they would have stopped the sale to the rub yaps. one name should be add to this, andrew wiseman signed off on it. guess where he is now? on robert mueller's special counsel town investigating trump/russia collusion when it appears that he and others were covering up hillary/russia collusion. >> and with all of this in front much congress now, there is 100 percent awareness with the congress and senate of what we are reporting and discussing now, how can there be hesitation and stop the nonsense and have the judiciary and intelligence committees turn to this issue and get it work. clinton corruption is not a figment of a political presidential campaign imagination. this is reality staring the entire country in the face corruption. >> it is clear that jeff sessions needs to get off his did you have and appoint a special counsel to investigate clinton and the use of foundation and fundling of russia and funneling money to the wallet of bill clinton. the key is the confidential informant. you can't hide it from congress so

. >> congress has already begun the work and hopefully congress will come through. >> president trump pledged to follow through on his campaign promise to dismantle president obama's signature domestic and foreign policy achievements. >> we are going to have great health care. >> we are very unhappy with iran. >> then pass the buck to a congress controlled by his own party unable to pass significant legislation, challenging lawmakers to either constrain him or to help him achieve the goals in a more realistic way. on health care the president ended government payments to insurance companies that subsidized premiums for six million low-income americans on the obamacare exchanges. the budget office says this move could raise premiums by 20% next year and leave one million more americans without insurance. >> that money is going to insurance companies to prop up insurance companies. that money is going to insurance companies to lift up their stock price. >> the president is already facing pushback from some republicans. >> low-income people are going to have a very difficult time that fo

. >> we'll have congress take a look at it. >> congress has already begun the work. >> hopefully congress will come through. >> president trump pledged to follow through on his campaign promise to dismantle president obama's signature domestic and foreign policy achievements. >> we're going to have great health care. >> we're very unhappy with iran. >> then pass the buck to congress controlled by his own party which has been unable to pass significant legislation, challenging lawmakers to either constrain him or to help him achieve the goals in a more r k realistic way. he ended payments to insurance companies th companies that sup si diesed premiums. the nonpartisan congressional budget office says this move could raise premiums by 20% next year and leave a million more americans without insurance. >> that money is going to insurance companies to prop up insurance companies. that money is going to insurance companies to lift up their stock price. >> the president is already facing pushback from some republicans. >> low income people are going to have a very difficult time. for some it ma

so the president has done has led with congress to ask congress, help fix this domestic legislation and let's work on a deal that can lay alongside the jcpoa address one of the flaws which is the sunset clause. where there can just wait for a little while can be both of the benefits of sanctions released to enrich islamic revolutionary guards corps which is on a murderous brutal campaign across the middle east. and break into a nuclear weapon. >> it is been designated as part of this. correct? >> i think it's really important is to pay attention to the whole speech. because with the president has done is he has laid out a strategy for dealing with iran's destabilizing and dangerous hate filled behavior. his behavior towards his own people, and his behavior to the region. i would ask as we always pay attention to the european allies and others, pay attention to our allies and partners in the region. but they have sent. the people that are under the gun of this regime, israel and saudi arabia particular. >> stretchered country that many believe iran has been helping advance towards a nucl

congress. they'll be plenty of time for them to talk about why they're better than the other folks in the race, whether at the primary level or if they progress out of the primary which we hope to the general but in the opening comments, if you could just focus on a little bit of your background, let everybody get a better sense of who you are as individuals and then why you decided to take this plunge which i would say as someone who has worked in politics for now over 20 years, choosing to run for congress in particular is not an easy decision. it is not something that is taken lightly and these two people are going to have to work very hard over the course of the next year and a half. it's tough. it involves raising money and shoe leather, going to potluck dinners, talking to people who will scream in your face. you know you'll never get your vote but you got to sit there and put the smile on your face and deal with them professionally because that's what being a member of congress is all ab

it gives congress enumerated powers. since there's no powers of free speech there's no power to bridge free speech. might assume if a right wasn't written down it wasn't protected. they believe they come from god and nature not government and to try to reduce them to a single list would be folly. in the face of objections from the three anti-federalists and state ratifying conventions madison changed his mind. avenues practical politician. he once lost a house election in virginia and came to support the adoption of additional amendments to prevent miss construction of further abuse of powers. we're now going to do in the final section of this wonderful american treasures gallery, we've been seeing these incredibly rare priceless, earliest drafts of the constitution by the california historical society. we're now going to see the first public printings of the bill of rights led by david rubenstein and see how madison's original list of 19 amendments was whittled down to 12 proposed and the 10 that were actually passed. l

if however congress passes sanctions that. us specific and they do not being alive european businesses and banks then we are in a different situation but regardless i think european businesses will feel will feel the chill and would be very concerned about hefty fines being imposed on them as has been done in the past so how much pressure is this going to put on european allies to get out of the deal well the iran agreement is the single main accomplishment of the european union as the union so i think there will bass very hard to preserve this deal and also endeavors to continue its implementation even if the u.s. backs out of the deal i.a.e.a. inspections continue in iran under iran's agreement with the i.a.e.a. pursuant to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty and then there are separate mental inspections under the joint comprehensive plan of action and i.a.e.a. already has the authority under iran's voluntary implementation of its additional protocol to seek access to sites that are not declared as nuclear but there is a me

he's handing to it congress. he's not going to push congress to take steps that would blow up the deal. lets him get the politics the way he wants them and the way they want them. >> shepard: as a candidate he was glowing to rip it up. now the men say we have to have this deal. he can't be seen going back on the campaign pledge. he has a show today and kicks it to congress that will do nothing. today was all politics? >> classic politics. japanese have kubuki theater, acting that doesn't mean anything. it's all signalling and symbolism. nothing really changes. this was classic washington kubuki theater. with the possibility that congress will do something unexpected. conventional wisdom is congress will not take action. it is possible the dynamics could change. even people who hated the deal at the time it was signed argued against the obama administration calling the deal. iran got things as soon as it was completed and the damage of undoing it now is too great. people who said don't do this two years ago are sa

that's a promise he might regret making. >> i think congress clearly -- republicans in congress wanted to press pause on the health care debate and table it. then the president stepped in and tried to do what congress couldn't do and do something to dismantle obamacare. the sure of the law, and we have point this out, you either have to prop it up, take actions to prop it up or take actions to dismantle it. the question is, analysts are not wrong when they say the actions a president are taking are destabilizing the health care markets. the question is, do republicans in congress move to step in and take action on it, which the president wanted them to do or do they just let this stand. does health care come back on the table or do they stick with taxes? >> health care comes back oot table when they have tax cuts to deal with. we'll get to congress, proving they can do more than one thing at a time. to that point, dan balls calls is cattle prodding. he is disruptive. he's doing what he can to dismantle pieces of the law. the president thinks in the end this might not only get republica

trying to argue with congress. there's a certain reluctance in congress, as you know, to do this. trying to argue they should just leave it alone and hope they can talk the president down from terminating the deal down the road. >> that's exactly right. and i think that, you know, they have -- they have a hope in the sense that congress is finding it difficult to get anything done. the idea they're going to come together on a consensus that can pass both houses, an uphill task. what senator corker is trying to do is to find a way to, you know, avoid a complete rip rupture with the allies by finding a new formula that might find bipartisan support and satisfy the president at the same time. that's a big challenge. he's now not running for re-election. he's got everything -- he's got an opportunity ahead of him to make a last mark on this without watching the alliances that have been so important in the united states dissipate. >> senator corker and senator cotton who have been working to try to craft this compromise, but it doesn't help the president in the last two weeks has blame

they should be appropriated by congress. they are opposed to the subsidies, but implicitly, they were more than willing to accept the administration continuing to pay them until they found a pathway forward. now as i noted, the idea that the administration would move forward on this not flag this for congressional leaders heading into this kind of very contentious debate has created all sorts of complications here as they try and almost thread the needle here on an issue that has already divided their conference, and as they are very cognisant of, could create major problems insurance markets, which could have a fallout on the policy side and the political side, wolf. >> certainly could. phil mattingly up on capitol hill, thanks so much. >>> joining us here in "the situation room" is president's budget director mick mulvaney. director mulvaney, thanks for joining us. >> wolf, thank you very much for having me. >> the criticism you're getting, not just from democrats but even republicans who are telling you, you just heard th

congress? that you would serve. so with the library of congress with the comedian bob hope and to emphasize the comedic genius to serve the troops pull whatever profession you are in. that was the keeper crow so what can i do is the library of congress. and to connect with us. and even day bookmark to emphasize ask a librarian. and ask a question to receive expert assistance but then there is the tip me and iff i only had a library and. [laughter] but but the incredible experience to get bad dream job. >> that and owning a bookstore. [laughter] you could do both it is a possibility but to have that in about two months into the job what is that award from the library of congress?. >> it has so many collectionss, film and photographs of george gershwin's the great american composer. into a given that award to the outstanding contributor "the vaccine race" singh and i was asked to present the george gershwin were to smokey robinson. that was not a hardship. [laughter] i remember to said never thou

i do embrace the notion that congress should step up because congress reflects the american people, and have some kind of debate about this. we had here, tim kaine and jeff flake were co-authors of the current most credible version of military force in the middle east talk about that, and what the chances of success were. he said not great, but they are pushing. i think that's the debate congress has to be in. as rob who was our senior vice president and a world expert on north korean proliferation points out, this would be preventive, a preventive strike. i think that's what you said. had some credibility in that sense but how we would do it and how the koreans would understand it and what it would lead too, the stakes are really high and the danger of miscalculation is huge. if i were a current member of congress, and the good news is you are, and i'm not, if our current member of congress, i would absolutely want to be sure that i personally, and my constituents understood what the ramifications are of the. >> when i was working on the foreign relations committee, we went to this deb

. >> congress has already begun the work and hopefully congress will come through. >> president trump pledged to follow through on his campaign promise to dismantle president obama's signature domestic and foreign policy achievements. >> we are going to have great health care. >> we are very unhappy with iran. >> then pass the buck to a congress controlled by his own party unable to pass significant legislation, challenging lawmakers to either constrain him or to help him achieve the goals in a more realistic way. ended government payments to insurance companies that subsidized premiums for six million low-income americans on the obamacare exchanges. the budget office says this move could raise premiums by 20% next year and leave one million more americans without insurance. >> that money is going to insurance companies to prop up insurance companies. that money is going to insurance companies to lift up their stock price. >> the president is already facing pushback from some republicans. >> low-income people are going to have a very difficult time that for some it may be impossible a

it was strongly reaffirmed to the 17th congress in 2007 and again in 2012 at the 18th 18th congress, and it's laid out a set of guidelines and policies that were reaffirmed across the the successful party congresses that framed the policy agenda of each term of leadership under huh untau and now xi jinping, expect the 19th congress will strongly re-affirm this 2020 goal. we'll see new push behind reforms that were late out in 2013, perhaps new reforms and certainly energy behind several of the old ones, and xi jinping 's 26 july peeve to the school was built around the theme, renewed impetus behind the goal. it also leads to this third period in prc history that yo was just mentioning and that is to say this 2020 goal will be completed under jinping's leadership, i'm assuming he'll be re-appointed as general secretary and they're already thinking about laying out the guidelines for the second goal, which is enunciationed in 2002 and that's the 2049 goal the so i expect a strong re-affirmation of the policy agenda of achieving a moderately prosperous society by 2020 and then the initi

but congress needs to weigh in. we have to make sure that our adversaries and our allies and most importantly, our troops, know that we speak with one voice and so, i hope that as we go along, we can-- we can talk about the relative importance of signaling that we might leave or might not finish and not having congress weigh in at all, go for 16 years before we actually weigh in or have any skin in the game, we, as i said, ought to aspire to be part of a feedback loop. article one authority is more than that. so with that, i'll hold back. >> thank you, if you'll keep four minutes and 15 seconds on senator flake's time. if we can all sprint over and sprint back, we'll start again as soon as we get back and recess for about 14 minutes, i hope. thank you. you're welcome to come into the back or do whatever. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] he [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [ina

and this is the one that most directly impacts congress, because congress is going to be asked to debate after the president decertifies whether to reimpose the nuclear sanctions. the if we do impose, reimpose the nuclear sanctions, we will violate the jcpoa, effectively withdrawing the u.s. from the deal. it is possible that iran and a group of european states and perhaps russia and china will remain in some similar configuration even if it's not technically legally the jcpoa, but america will be the one that has withdrawn from the deal. and this leads me to the biggest problem with sanctions which is the fact that our european allies are not happy about this at all. they are not likely to go along with reimposed sanctions. they are not likely to be helpful when we ask them to police their own companies that are doing business in iran, and all of this renders the sanctions on iran far less effective. if we go back to before the nuclear deal was initiated, what we see is a very wide, multi-national, multilateral set of sanctions, some of them through the u.n. security council, some of th

i do not know if they do. >> what congress support the notion of them coming to congress to ask for more money for this? >> with the congress support them asking for money? sure. but they have not. i did not see that any announcement. additional.s to be you cannot say we are going to take -- they are trying to do it .n that chip for what to pay for by taking the money from the prevention fund which is children's health, children's test for lead -- and the things that benefit children's health, they want to take the money for that while they are giving tax breaks to the wealthiest people. tax cuts to the rich, they can increase the deficit. health which has its own benefit to our economy has to be paid for by other children's healt. hby not only that, but undermining medicare and the health of america's families. where was this money come from? that is really the point. -- we talking >> on jfk, on all your years on the intelligence committee and in the briefings you get nowadays, have you ever had a cia director fbi director come to you and say they are concerned about what may be release

congress is not doing their job. will they get the tax bill done if they don't, they need to go. >> they must. look at what happened the day when congress failed to repeal and replace obamacare. the way that they promised to you for eight years. eight months on the job, president trump signs an executive order to open up some competition and choice. he will take action. outside of the legislative process, where he is able to act which he has done. how much the stock market and all the confidence -- they love what theve president is doing. when it comes to tax reform, we are very hopeful that republicans will make good on their own promises to their constituents to give middle-class tax relief. to make it more competitive here in this country and stop punishing our employers and repatriate the $2.8 trillion that's parked overseas. give child care tax credit expansion. elder care tax credit. and do away with the marriage penalty, death tax. this is a way to helplp people. when it comes to media, i love the fact that ge

the events surrounding in the run up to the congress as well as. you know the fact that we do not have a very clear picture yet of all the top contenders are for the politburo standing committee i think a lot of these things are still you know up in the air. he had certainly become more powerful over the last five years by his very strong anti-corruption campaign he has reigned in the party excesses he has maintained strong control over the military he has somehow gotten the military on his side much more so than any of his biggest afterwards and i think he has done it because he saw it aligned to the ordinary people as the last of the party card or that's the military that he is out to change china make china stronger and his vision of making china stronger has biota especially at a time when the rest of the united states especially does not seem to be stepping up to the plate as far as leadership is concerned so he's able to said to the chinese people that this is an opportunity that i and china must take it. isaac stone fish in washington d.c. t

party congresses are quinnquennial. five years ago before the last party congress, i invited two people to talk about what they thought were going to happen. we'll have another reprise of that effort in a few minutes. we'll have a 15 minute break. please take advantage of the restrooms and refreshments. and please join us in thanking our presenters today. [ applause ] >>> don't forget i'll be asleep during my presentation, too. >> can i sleep too, by prior arrangement? good morning, everybody, thanks for coming. i'm ellis miller and i play rhythm guitar at the hoover institution and i'm the leader of the china leadership monitor. i'm grateful to doug paul for agreeing to host and set this thing up and to the carnegie institution and alex taylor for all his logistical support. i'm grateful to michael and to allen for their contributions to the monitor from very early in its inception. and i'm sorry that james got pulled away. he was a founding contributor and still rights for us. he would have been the guy to talk about

congress to amend u.s. legislation on iran so let's look at what all this means about diplomatic editor james bays who's covered the nuclear talks extensively of course trump also said that you wanted to impose sanctions on the iranian revolutionary guard james that was another component of his speech but you know he really seemed to stick to the script he repeated his accusation that iran is not complying with the spirit of the nuclear deal what does this mean for u.s. policy towards iran. well he's not pulling out of the deal yet but he's setting in chain a series of events which could lead to its collapse or him pulling out as the latest sage because he certainly made that threat very clear he said the deal will be terminated if he thinks that is the way to go i would describe the tone of this as yet another flame throwing speech from the u.s. president just about a month ago at the u.n. general assembly a speech about north korea and iran and this is very much a similar tone from president trump and ver

congress considered what we call comprehensive immigration reform. that would have legalized millions of unauthorized individuals, and however, these effort efforts have failed. the reason is simple, remembering what happened in 1986, the american people recognize that legalization without enforcement and a way to recognize a demand for chief labor would only continue a cycle for unauthorized immigration. that is why for years congress and the bipartisan fashion work together to strengthen the nation's border security, and interior enforcement, but they have struggled to address some of the thornest elements of immigration. nothing better highlights congress bipartisan commitment to prevent illegal immigration than the secure fence act that. bill authorized the government to construct 700 miles of fensing along the border. it passed with overwhelming bipartisan support including from then senators obama, biden, clinton and even our ranking member ms. feinstein. as president george w. bush said, that bill was quote an important step toward immigration