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Cant review this? do you think that that is an element here where there might be a coalition to say, texas, youre not as smart as you think you are, or at least texas republicans. you know what i mean. >> i do. and justice kagan really pressed the solicitor general for texas on this today, asking him are you saying that if this same situation occurred with gun rights or first amendment rights that the state would have sole authority over deciding this question and that the federal courts would h...

Strong case in the affirmative for whats in this package, not what was cut out of the package. he originally asked for $3.5 trillion, lost priorities like two years of free community college for everyone in america, lost the paid leave program, which even as late as last week he thought would survived in reduced form. hes going to talk about $1.75 trillion of investments in education, universal precare, expanded pell grants, health care, strengthen obamacare, strengthened medicare through additi...

Along with the fact theres an old olc memo that addresses the fact executive privilege could extend to people outside the white house, in a situation like this where the president has already made a decision the privilege should be waived, we know the privilege isnt absolute and must fail in a great public need for information. so that calculus about evidence seems like something doj could answer in the affirmative. then they have to make sure that the prosecution would be in national interest s...

That have voted to refer the criminal contempt of congress charge to steve bannon to the department of justice. you mentioned congresswoman liz cheney and adam kinzinger. also representatives meyer, gonzalez, simpson, upton, catco, and mace all voting in the affirmative. those eight votes along with the democratic majority assuring that this criminal contempt referral will pass. >> thank you very much. >> steve bannon, a long-time adviser of former president donald trump and the man who predicte...

Your weight shortly, thank you. >> john: thank you congressman. they recessed but one of those coming up later is whether or not to hold president trumps chief political advisor steve bannon in contempt for defying subpoena from january 6th commission. i think thats what we heard jim jordan speaking to briefly as we dipped in. would not be the affirmative. for more on all of this lets bring in congressional chad pergram. chad, this matter came up in an exchange between eric swalwell and attorney...

States court of appeals for the second circuit and supreme court justice william brennan. we thank him for participating today. please rise i will begin by swearing you in. raise your right hand. do you swear or affirm under penalty of perjury the testimony you are about to give is true and correct to the best of your knowledge, information and belief so help you god. let the record show the witnessed has answered in the affirmative. thank you and please be seated. please note that your written ...

Bannon and president trumps actions played a direct role in what we saw here on january 6th. and -- and that gave an awful lot of insight into what the committees thinking is at the base of their investigation as they move forward. after those opening statements, it was pretty cut and dry, anderson. the chairman called for a vote of the committee members. they offered up a roll call vote. all nine members voted in the affirmative. they reported the report out. its now going to go to the full hou...

They also really took aim at his legal arguments that he somehow was protected by executive privilege because of the efforts of the former-president donald trump, and saying it just was not enough for him to be so uncooperative with the committee. and then, liz cheney who is of course the vice chair and a republican and a big critic of the former president talked specifically about how both bannon and president trumps actions played a direct role in what we saw here on january 6th. and -- and th...

If i were there, i probably would have been a fourth affirmative for moving forward to this. and it has to do with the fact that it sounds to me like the committee is heavily focused on evidence showing the vaccines prevent hospitalizations which i think they do but they seem to be less concerned about breakthrough infections. i have a different view because of high rates of long covid were seeing even among young people and data coming out of the uk showing gray matter, brain degeneration, cogn...

Procedure. each senator will have one minute of questioning. so please honor your allotted time to ask a question. following that we will switch to our second panel, once again have five minute opening statements for witnesses, after opening statements another round of questioning, each senator will have five minutes for questions. for the witnesses please stand to be sworn in. if you raise your right hand. do you affirm the testimony you are about to give before the committee will be the truth,...