Congressmen Ami Bera, David Cicilline, Rodney Davis and Adam Kinzinger talk problem solving.
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In today's Problem-Solver's Daily, focus on the next election continues to dominate Washington, Vice President Joe Biden is meeting across the aisle and both the House and Senate have groups preparing to release immigration plans with across the aisle support.
In today's Problem-Solver's Daily, we talk about debating immigration reform and the call for a biennial budget from the president.
In today's Problem-Solver's Daily, we talk about negotiating an immigration deal and the downfalls of governing by crisis.
In today's Problem-Solver's Daily, Sen. Dean Heller says that lawmakers in Nevada are part of a No Labels family, President Barack Obama is scheduled to release his budget on April 10 and there is a chance for common ground on Medicare.
In today's Problem-Solver's Daily, we talk about a second dinner between President Obama and Republican senators and a common goal in the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
In today's Problem-Solver's Daily, we look at an effort by the House freshman to get involved in the budget process.
I began interning at No Labels with the intention of working here for my junior year of high school. However a year came and went, and I wasn't ready to leave.
In today's Problem-Solver's Daily, we talk about our solutions to the gridlock in Congress and the need for reform of the appointment process.
Problem solver Rep. Jack Kingston, a Republican from Georgia, has started an unlikely friendship with Democrat Rep. Jim Moran of Virginia.
“That’s the problem with No Labels. You start liking people ... Those kinds of relationships can take place because what happens in Washington, just at the time you have decided you don’t like somebody, something like No Labels brings you together, you get to know them and you find out that you were the one that was wrong.”
In today's Problem-Solver's Daily, both sides of the aisle would stick to the status quo without a a market change or leadership, Congress is shifting focus from the budget and lawmakers are returning home armed with excuses for the sequester.
If Congress can't pass a budget and all annual spending bills on time, members of Congress should not get paid.
All presidential nominations should be confirmed or rejected within 90 days of the nomination.
Require real (not virtual) filibusters and end filibusters on motions to proceed.
Allow a bipartisan majority of members to override a leader or committee chair’s refusal to bring a bill to the floor.
Make Congress work on coordinated schedules with three five-day work weeks a month in DC and one week in their home district.
Provide a monthly forum for members of Congress to ask the president questions to force leaders to debate one another and defend their ideas.
A nonpartisan leader should deliver an annual, televised fiscal update in-person to a joint session of Congress to ensure everyone is working off the same facts.
Members should make no pledge but the pledge of allegiance and their formal oath of office.
The House and Senate should institute monthly, off-the-record and bipartisan gatherings to get members talking across party lines.
At all joint meetings or sessions of Congress, each member should be seated next to at least one member of the other party.
Congressional party leaders should form a bipartisan congressional leadership committee to discuss legislative agendas and substantive solutions.
Incumbents from one party should not conduct negative campaigns against sitting members of the opposing party.
If Congress can't pass a budget and all annual spending bills on time, members of Congress should not get paid.
All presidential nominations should be confirmed or rejected within 90 days of the nomination.
Require real (not virtual) filibusters and end filibusters on motions to proceed.
Allow a bipartisan majority of members to override a leader or committee chair’s refusal to bring a bill to the floor.
Make Congress work on coordinated schedules with three five-day work weeks a month in DC and one week in their home district.
Provide a monthly forum for members of Congress to ask the president questions to force leaders to debate one another and defend their ideas.
A nonpartisan leader should deliver an annual, televised fiscal update in-person to a joint session of Congress to ensure everyone is working off the same facts.
Members should make no pledge but the pledge of allegiance and their formal oath of office.
The House and Senate should institute monthly, off-the-record and bipartisan gatherings to get members talking across party lines.
At all joint meetings or sessions of Congress, each member should be seated next to at least one member of the other party.
Congressional party leaders should form a bipartisan congressional leadership committee to discuss legislative agendas and substantive solutions.
Incumbents from one party should not conduct negative campaigns against sitting members of the opposing party.
If Congress can't pass a budget and all annual spending bills on time, members of Congress should not get paid.
All presidential nominations should be confirmed or rejected within 90 days of the nomination.
Require real (not virtual) filibusters and end filibusters on motions to proceed.
Allow a bipartisan majority of members to override a leader or committee chair’s refusal to bring a bill to the floor.
Make Congress work on coordinated schedules with three five-day work weeks a month in DC and one week in their home district.
Provide a monthly forum for members of Congress to ask the president questions to force leaders to debate one another and defend their ideas.
A nonpartisan leader should deliver an annual, televised fiscal update in-person to a joint session of Congress to ensure everyone is working off the same facts.
Members should make no pledge but the pledge of allegiance and their formal oath of office.
The House and Senate should institute monthly, off-the-record and bipartisan gatherings to get members talking across party lines.
At all joint meetings or sessions of Congress, each member should be seated next to at least one member of the other party.
Congressional party leaders should form a bipartisan congressional leadership committee to discuss legislative agendas and substantive solutions.
Incumbents from one party should not conduct negative campaigns against sitting members of the opposing party.
In today's Problem-Solver's Daily, the debt ceiling showdown in 2011 cost $1.3 billion, the gang of eight's immigration bill is close to coming to the Senate floor and Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick joins the Problem Solvers.
Congressmen Ami Bera, David Cicilline, Rodney Davis and Adam Kinzinger talk problem solving.
"Like many people across our great country, I learned at a young age that balancing the family budget and living within our means is a question of values."
