Episodes
Tuesday Jul 25, 2017
Is the Legislative Branch Broken?
Tuesday Jul 25, 2017
Tuesday Jul 25, 2017
Recorded on July 19, 2017 Six months into the Trump presidency the GOP Congress struggles with the promise of swift and dramatic reforms. Kevin Kosar, the R Street Institute’s vice president of policy and a ten-year veteran of Capitol Hill, discusses how the legislative branch became the weakest of government’s limbs. Like Area 45? Please rate, review, and subscribe now! (Playing time: 47:48)
Thursday Jul 20, 2017
Trump’s Executive Orders
Thursday Jul 20, 2017
Thursday Jul 20, 2017
One hundred and fifty days into his presidency, Donald Trump is on pace to issue the most executive orders for a first-year president since Harry Truman in 1945. Hoover research fellow Adam White reviews the highs and lows of Trump’s signing flurry–and discusses the need for the Trump White House to pick up the pace for executive and judicial appointments.Like Area 45? Please rate, review, and subscribe now! (Playing time:(43:56)
Monday Jul 03, 2017
America’s 241st Birthday
Monday Jul 03, 2017
Monday Jul 03, 2017
Summary As the nation prepares for its Fourth of July celebration, the question arises of where the Trump presidency fits in the mosaic of American leadership. David M. Kennedy, a Stanford University historian and Pulitzer Prize winner, discusses the current state of the Republic and whether Donald Trump is the second coming of Andrew Jackson, as Trump would have us believe, or similar to a more recent Oval Office occupant. (Playing time:38:11) Like Area 45? Please rate, review, and subscribe now!