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State and federal governments, limiting evers in how he runs public benefit programs. the legislation would allow lawmakers to hire private attorneys at taxpayer expense in addition to the attorney general when accused of violating statutes, or if the constitutionality of a law is challenged. another would require the governor to get permission from the legislature to ban guns. finally, it limits early voting to two weeks. a similar ruling was found unconstitutional in wisconsin in 2016. in mich...

Mcdonalds restaurant is about one-sixth of the profit per employee that amazon is, across the united states. prices are going to go up, theres only one way to recover those labor costs and that is increase prices. it is going to be something to see. i went through this in the late 70s and very early 80s. he will have that better benefit programs and insurance will come into play, better training, better men touring, more flexibility in the schedule. more job sharing has to happen, and and its go...

Would let ryan pursue tax reform and overhaul benefit programs like medicare. ryan insists hes staying right where he is. the white house also pushing back on those reports. >> the president did speak to the speaker not too long ago and made sure the speaker knew, very clearly under no certain terms, if that news was true he was very unhappy with it. the speaker assure the president those were not accurate reports, and they look forward working together for a long time to come. >> jon: he took t...

Breaking news. trustees that oversee medicare and social security are outlining a report to congress about funding for our governments two largest benefits programs. they wrapped up a news conference and garrett tenney is moderating it. garrett? >> the message of the press conference, for the most part, the future isnt worse than last year. the bad news, last year the outlook was bad. this years report, the trust fund used to pay social security are still forecast to run out by 2034. for medicar...

>> reporter: which is noteworthy, because donald trump is the first republican candidate hes ever voted for. elliot county was founded in 1869. there have been 37 presidential elections since then. remarkably, the democratic candidate in those have won every one except this one. and donald trump won big here, getting more than 70% of the vote. many people like wesley easterling believing. >> he had a lot of amazing ideas, this charisma about him. he is something different. >> reporter: this coun...

Faith or standing by their man? >> reporter: wesley easterly and his 2-year-old daughter live in the heart of appalachia. elliott county, kentucky. >> i voted for donald trump. >> reporter: which is noteworthy because donald trump is the first republican presidential candidate he has ever voted for. elliott county was founded in 1869. there have been 37 presidential elections since then. remarkably, in this county, the democratic candidate has won every one of those elections, until this one. an...

Heather: democrat slamming donald trumps $4.1 trillion budget, unfairly slashes benefit programs in order to boost the literary spending. >> reporter: democrats are blasting it, even some republicans calling it dead on arrival. mick mulvaney vigorously defending it. >> not a single thing in here touches social security retirement or medicare. that is what the president said in his campaign. he would not change those things. we wont measure it by the amount of money we spend with a number of peop...

Federal retirement closer to the private sector. we increase the contributions that they make to their 401(k) programs. one program, we got rid of a cost-of-living adjustment, but keep in mind, those are folks who will also be participating in social security at the same time, which is a cost-of-living adjustment. we thought they were common sense reforms to try and bring the federal government benefit programs closer to the private sector. im a federal worker. i have a pension and a 401(k). rai...

Branch has a lot of power and discretion on these matters. the obama administration made that case repeatedly about enforcement discretion and again i think particularly on what we just heard there, the outline from john roberts, that is going to have a ground swell of public support. i think public opinion will be at the back of the white house and president on this one. >> shannon: i know something that has gotten a lot of attention of those being prioritized those abuse public benefit program...

Drug addict and would support his daughters execution if she is found guilty. federal investigators releasing new documents revealing the pilot of a u.p.s. cargo yet told a co-worker his work schedule was, quote, killing him, a day before he and his co-pilot were killed in a crash in alabama last august. fox news alert now. the president set to drop social security reforms from his latest budget request. the white house saying his proposal wont include his past offer to accept lowered cost o...