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Letter, house progressives, saying this was written months ago, signed on months ago, a different time of the war. and many saying they wouldnt have signed the letter in this climate. and they felt blind-sided . saying no one checked with them to see if they supported the letter. many house democrats arguing here this is not a good look two weeks to midterm elections. they cant stand to not look united, especially over ukraine policy, two weeks to midterms, one member who signed on saying, quote...

Rape, favors a national abortion ban and is absolutely presents a clear contrast to my opinion and my position which is as a federally elected official i have no place making decisions for constituents across my district. thats a decision to be left to a woman and her doctor and the contrast on this issue in particular could not be clearer in our race. >> lets talk about some policy now. you are on the house foreign affairs. the 30 house progressives who sent that letter to the president urging ...

House Progressives are facing sharp backlash from fellow Democrats after more than two dozen liberal lawmakers penned a letter to President Biden urging him to more assertively push for peace talks in Ukraine.

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Support. i the both of you support, the clean energy standard got taken out. i think we should have it in. you cant get a vote for it, congressman khanna, do you agree with this strategy? >> i do, first let me say, i rarely am on with senator markey, rarely has anyone do for the senate and house than he is. climate will be the foundation for what we come up with. it will be about $500 become as you said senator man. ch /* manchin is on. i think he will be not just for climate, he is for universa...

What he says, but i want to pivot back to january 6th and the investigation into those events. taking a substantive turn this weekend with the news that the house select committee chair, bennie thompson, has called on mike pence to come before the committee at some point this month. but im curious, as we learn more about the depth of engagement many republican lawmakers had with january 6th participants about whether you agree with the legislation put forth by your colleague, cori bush and other...

Movement which at that point was mainly pushed by republicans was in a way a distraction from those two other pieces of legislation. it will be very interesting to see how far the white house goes to back this. >> and editorial boards love it. its rare that you have democrats and republicans actually working together in the same room on something thats important. "the new york times" editorial board. its worth the effort not only because it will help protect the integrity of presidential electio...

Developments there. one is the big tech companies which serve every country in the world. so when theres a dispute, like they want to stay out of it, but here theyre not able to do that. they are, as you said, moving against russian disinformation. here is another interesting move. theyre also moving to protect people inside ukraine. so we see google maps disabling the tool that shows you traffic around kyiv and that shows what stores in the capital are busy, shows where people might be. thats a...