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Lawmakers will be working on a bill to temporarily extend government funding through december 11th. Current funding runs out tonight at midnight eastern. We accept the final passage later today. Senators also starting to consider Donald Trumps Supreme Court nominee, amy barrett. We expect lots of debate on the nomination as well. Now live to the senate floor on cspan2. Almighty god, we praise you with our whole hearts. We refuse to forget how you have led our nation in the past and trust you to ...

Reflects and builds upon the economic policies of this president which have unleashed one of the most powerful economies in american history. Unemployment is down across the board. People are coming back into the work force. Wages are rising. Pensions and College Savings accounts are growing. This budget continues these economic policies and once again provides a path for enduring economic expansion by tacking the very real problem of deficits in our nations debt. The plan offered today proposes...

Acting office of management and budget are Russell Vought on trumps 4. 8 million Budget Proposal for 2021 before the house Budget Committee. This runs three hours. I certainly welcome the acting director phoned the Russell Vought. Thank you for being here to testify on the president s 2021 Budget Proposal and i hope todays hearing will provide an open and amistad examination of the party set forth by the Trump Administration so they can get back to passing legislation Appropriations Bills that r...

And our nation as a whole. Next Congressional Panel looks at developing a National Paid Program House ways and Means Committee vote on how to pay with advocating a payroll tax on employers and employees. Congressman shares a committee. The committee will come to order. Good morning and welcome to our witnesses some who have traveled considerable distances to be here. Before we move toward scheduled Committee Business i want to take a moment to acknowledge the recent tragic passing of pamela, a v...

Wrong when one family, the owners of walmart own as much wealth as the bottom 40 of the american people. There is something profoundly wrong when millions of workers are working longer hours for lower wages when we have by far the highest rate of childhood poverty in the industrialized world and almost all new wealth and income goes into the hands of the few. Enough is enough. That has got to end. And together, we will end it. This campaign is sending a profound message to the billionaire class....

Solution to the Iranian Nuclear issue. One that will provide the necessary assurances on the exclusively peaceful nature of Irans Nuclear program on the one hand, and the list lifting of sanctions on the other. As such, it represents a significant achievement and a tribute to the merits of patient diplomacy from all sides. It is appropriate that this deal was struck in vienna, where all this began 12 years ago when the International Atomic Energy Agency started to look into possible iranian unde...

Lets give them a good round of applause. [applause] its a chock full day. Youll start hearing people give you insight to Social Security and a lot of it in depth of the actuarial perspective which are the lifeblood of the Social Security so youll be hearing but the key to this day, in my view and i hope to be here the whole day, is the last session real have a chance to put together a Social Security long term solvency program. Youll hear a lot of the options discussed and to do it yourself. Thi...

Staff testified about the ssi disability program. And the process for filing disability claims. Sam johnson chairs the ways and means subcommittee on Social Security. This is an hour and 40 minutes. Good morning to all of you. And welcome to todays hearing. On the challenges Social Security faces when deciding if a person should receive disability benefits. Since i have been chairman, we have held 18 hearings including today on the Disability Insurance program. On one topic or another. Now thats...

Cable television companies, and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Washington journal continues. The director of Economic Policy for the Bipartisan Policy Center is here to talk about the deal made yesterday, tying emergency disaster funding to the debt ceiling, and keeping the government running through december. Lets break down what is in the deal. The debt limit, what is it . The debt limit limits the amount that the federal government can borrow. Right now, we have ...

With the backlog forhose of drawing applyingor benefits. The challenges faces, since i have been chairman we have held 18 hearings including today on the Disability Insurance program. On one topic or another. Now thats a lot of hearings. But the Disability Insurance program is too important for Social Security not to get it right. Americans pay taxes on their hard earned wages for the promise of future social secuty benefits. When the worker retires, and is unable to work unable to disability or...