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14th amendment, which some say would allow the treasury to borrow money to pay its bills without approval from congress. president biden and secretary yellen have questioned the legality of that move. >> jake, i dont think we should be negotiating in this country about whether we pay our past bills. its patriotic for america to keep its word and pay the debt. i believe this is spending that past congresses have authorized. its the current congress thats trying to repeal what past congresses have...

Governance. thats a recognition that were starting to see more and more at the white house. >> we do talk every day, amy, about how divided the country, is how congresses, but the infrastructure law, we could look back on as joe biden sort of crowning achievements that is going to potentially get done what lawmakers have been trying to do for decades. the amount of money is so massive, you cant even get your head around it. he got it done with republicans support. some. did we forget that? >> we...

Eliminate 780,000 jobs. say it again. it would eliminate 780,000 jobs according to moodys. americas debt has accumulated over 200 years and my predecessor in the four years he was president increased it by that total debt by 40%. four years. four years. lets be clear -- and, by the way, even during that period all the republicans voted to -- the republican party voted to increase the debt limit, it was the only responsible thing you could do. any rate, lets be clear, this is no small part about ...

He was convicted in texas in 2012 of drunk driving. hes escaped probably back to mexico. but its awful on every level. your thoughts? >> its awful on every level and this becomes a case study on all the different issues that americans are concerned about right now from gun control to immigration across the board. gun control is one of the things joe biden is reforming the lease well. on only 30% of americans are satisfied with gun control laws. its something we all agree, on 63% favor stronger g...

Divided congresses before, under president trump several times we were able to move an increase in the debt ceiling across the finish line, get the republican president to sign it, so, you know, this is a pretty unique tactic that these republicans are using, and the reason theyre using it is because theyre agenda is super unpopular. i mean, unless youre threatening to burn the house down, you are not going to be able to pass a 22% cut to veterans services. thats what theyre proposing. theyre pr...

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Oversight committee who really want to be prosecutors i dont understand why they ra for congresses they want to be prosecutors. >> what do you make of the way that republicans are sayin that, you know, that everythin is being weaponized, they ar constantly complaining about the government weaponizing the doj for, example, and yet here they are trying to undermine a credible law enforcement investigation with alvin bragg and the case that is being brought against the president? >> it is a horribl...

Terms of next up as they trade letters back and forth wit bragg who called thi investigation, quote, excuse me, attempting to denigrate th integrity of the investigation watch. >> we, three different committees, are trying to ge information and answers two ke questions from distric attorney brag. everything is on the table maria. we will talk with the othe chairman and look at the response we just got a leather back we are looking at it >> we can do to keep things. we can get the information t t...

Local prosecutors from investigating current and former presidents. bragg has struck back, he said over the weekend that you know essentially again that he will not be intimidated . they should stay in their lane that this offices work is continuing that theyre following the rules and the law and theyre theyre putting aside what the congress wants to do, saying that they cant congresses interest is unprecedented. but again, were still in this waiting game. the d a s conducting this investigation...

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