Transcripts For CSPAN 20170427

Were waiting nor the Weekly Briefing with democratic, House Democratic leader nancy pelosi. Also expecting the house speaker, paul d. Ryan, at about 11 30 eastern. Well take you back live to the house when they get under way with legislative business today. But two sort of competing or circling issues is the deadline, friday at midnight, the current spending measure ends friday at midnight, theres been a release of a oneweek shortterm continuing resolution by the Appropriations Committee chair, rodney frelinghuysen, last week. Or through next week, i should say, submitted it last night. Well likely see some Rule Committee action on that and some floor debate in the next day or so. The hill reports, too, this Morning House democrats are saying they will oppose that shortterm spending bill if Republican Leaders attempt to expedite an Obamacare Repeal bill this week, according to democratic whip steny hoyer. He spoke with the House Majority leader Kevin Mccarthy this morning warning him of the democrats position. The hill writes the threat is significant because g. O. P. Leaders will likely need democratic votes to pass a shortterm spending bill in the face of opposition from conservatives historically opposed to government funding bills. We should hear more about the democrats position certainly in a moment from nancy pelosi. And from the republicans where they stand with the house speaker. Paul ryan at 11 30 eastern, and the house back at noon for their legislative work this afternoon. The senates just coming into session. Continuing work today on the nomination of Alexander Acosta to be labor second. Follow that over on cspan2. President trump today welcoming thear begin tinian president to the white house argentinean president to the white house. He will also sign an executive Order Department of Veterans Affairs that would add an office of accountability and whistleblower protection. Look for coverage of that later in our Program Schedule on the cspan networks. You may have heard that. The twominute notice to the reporters on the briefing with democratic leader nancy pelosi. If the Briefing Room seems more crowded than usual, there are a few children there and elsewhere on the capitol hill across washington, across the country probably, too, as todays bring your children to workday. The press secretary of the white house, sean spicer, holding a briefing for a, quote briefing for. So children of the white house reporters this morning in the Briefing Room there. On capitol hill today already word from the Oversight Committee saying that documents released by that Committee Show that president trumps former National Security advisor, michael flynn, was warned when he retired from the military in 2014 not to take foreign money without, quote advanced approval by pentagon authorities. We may hear more about that today. We certainly heard the initial notice of that from the chairman of the committee, jason chaffetz, and the democratic ranking democrat, elijah cummings. You can see that online at span. Org. Ms. Pelosi they said children could be able to ask questions, ut you can take a picture. Children asking a question. Welcome, children. We always do what we