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Senators who says we will pass legislation. >> congress cannot even pass a stock trading ban on itself. today is the anniversary of the supreme court ruling decision to send the abortion issue back to the states. obviously democrats want to play it up big, it worked out well for them in 2022. republicans seem to not be on the same page on this. whats the strategy they should be sticking to? >> a lot of pro life leaders will say we should be more full throated in explaining what we are doing. the...

Rot inside the republican party. john mccain had this function around foreign policy. all those voices have been muzzled or converted. i want to read more from your reporting, charlie. like other conservatives, clark adheres to the executive theory which holds the president of the united states has the power to directly control the entire federal bureaucracy. congress cannot fracture that control by giving some officials independent decision making authority. there are debates among conservative...

While you settle for robin when you can have batman? steve: ive never heard that before it larry hogan i dont think im is an entertaining kind of speaker but there we a are. why have robin when you can have batman three thank you for watching dont forget to set your dvrs you never miss a show. we will see next sunday when the happy mothers day. we will see you next week. ♪ ♪ >> good evening and thank you for joining us im trey gowdy and its sunday night in america. the house oversight commit...

Know, senator lankford and i have had many discussions on how we can fix going forward. this is what is happening in el paso right now, trey. right now there are over twice the capacity in the processing center, meaning they have folks in cells upwards of 500 plus people. they also have transition from title 42 to title 8 which means theyre releasing 60% of the people into the -- into the community without any -- without any repercussions. you hit it right on the head, every administration has h...

Question our ability to convince allies well be there for them on the world stage. it is sad. fredfullyitz. da alvin bragg -- potential arrest while accusing house republicans of interfering with his investigation. his legal counsel claiming jim jordans request for bragg to testify before congress was unlawful incursion into new yorks sovereignty, adding congress cannot have legitimate legislative task relating to oversight of local prosecutors enforcing state law. aside from todd, this is feder...

House ethics committee will be looking into. congress cannot bring charges against santos, but could their findings help in the criminal investigation? i guess in some ways, isnt that the same question the are asking about january the 6th? they can have their findings but ultimately it has to be some other body that brings these charges. >> absolutely. but sometimes its helpful to have a body like a congressional committee investigating something in hand over their findings as a roadmap for pros...

Political in a delphi, its just wild to me. but again, its probably the smartest piece of legislation that a republican has put out in quite some time. i dont think that he should be able to make money off of his lies, which is exactly what hes trying to do. >> do you think it can realistically past? >> its the smartest bill, i agree with you. >> no, i dont think its going to get past. they dont pass anything meaningful. but i do think that the fact that it was offered out, it makes a lot of sen...

Out student loan debt of up to $20,000 for individual borrowers if they have grants. the justice department is arguing that the heroes act of 2003 authorizes this broad student debt forgiveness plan. now the justice department says the legislation gives the education department the power to wave student debt in response to a national emergency. critics say that that is a stretch. i think there are some conservative justices that seem skeptical here. the idea seemed pretty straightforward though ...

The documents. how is it that you can handle the idea that congress cannot even review the documents that were found with president biden and others? >> this is the entire problem we have in congress right now. we have a federal government filled with bureaucrats that have exceeded every level of priority that they were given. they are acting on their own. they are disregarding every order from congress. they are disregarding the law. this is what a lot of us would call the deep state. its out o...

First week in charge. new reporting suggests this coming week will be just as not. the federal government will reach its borrowing cap known as the debt ceiling as early as this thursday, forcing the treasury department to take extraordinary measures. -- financial applications of the next few months, setting the stage for a like legislative showdown in which republicans -- in exchange for a debt ceiling high according to -- our already bracing for a stalemate -- for the treasury, on which progra...