Page 628 - Leverage News Today

Americans do think that. i think a lot of americans, post pandemic, there is forgiveness in rents, forgiveness in student loans, forgiveness in cell phone bills -- >> why do you forget ppp loans? >> i will say ppp loans. >> and members of congress -- >> i dont disagree. you have to go back and pay your bills. you have to pay your bills but there has to be spending cuts in the future -- >> the issue that is being raised, does it really need to be tied to the debt ceiling? cant it just be dealt wi...

Leverage has been critical over the last 12 years. we saw it in 2011, by far the worst and its been repeated every time there is a democrat in office. i think the whole point here, and this is where it gets complicated. the biden administration, many of them were there in 2011, said we cannot keep doing this. we cannot keep playing with this issue. if you want leverage on government shutdowns that is something we can play with. this is potentially c catastrophic. that is something we have to do....

House republicans passed their bill. theres a lot of question here at the white house in the building they could do that. they were able to get that across the finish line, and that was done in order to start negotiations. the negotiations has said will not happen had and continue to say will not happen, even with the meeting for one week from today. when you talk to officials, theres a couple things they make clear. they have the political high ground on this issue. a clean debt ceiling increas...

Havent changed in the last three months, but if theyre going to change, the white house can take a beat here and look at the facts it has at its feet and the economy as the federal reserve sees it when it talks tomorrow and say what are our options here and what are the risks to the economy. >> which side has leverage here right now, eugene? >> well, both and neither, to tell you the truth. they both have leverage because they have staked out positions, they held to their positions, and they say...

Mccarthy is weaving that democrats dont want to negotiate is just that, a fairytale. >> does the house bill passing, even though very small that it squeaked through, but the fact that he did pull his caucus together to get it passed, does that increase his leverage in the talks next week? >> you know, i really question that, frankly. one of the challenges we have had throughout this process on the debt ceiling is just how many side promises and side deal deals kevin mccarthy needed to make. that...

Talking if theres a vote on repeal he would vote for it he has been voting with republicans quite a bit on a number of key issues recently. hes got a lot of criticism for this president. >> joe biden is doing what any senator should do which is sticking up for states. and using his leverage however he can. and that is what joe biden. shannon: there are two joes request exactly thats what joe manchin is doing when it comes to these issues breeze fighting for west virginia and using his leverage w...

Biden in existing establishment that doesnt want to debate. >> what should the party use as leverage to show him to show up? >> i think its the voters, and its my job and the job of candidates that if you want someone sitting across the table from xi jinping and someone with a spine to take on the state at the top of the agenda, you better not be scared to show up on the debate stage with a new challenger. donald trump did a great job of that in 2016. im a big supporter of that. >> you would sup...

He was actually taking this very specific to "every breath you take." and with cases like this, i think some plaintiffs perhaps are guilty of being a little opportunistic because they know that a jury is going to hear subjective similarity and they can kind of leverage that to try to get the defendant to cave on this case. full credit to ed sheeran. i feel like he is standing up for songwriters everywhere by sticking to his integrity and, you know, holding out for the truth. >> we remember, and ...

Of fighting between the rsf and the regular army right around the airport. so, you know, caution was certainly something that needed to be, you know, part of the calculus here, but the other problem is, is that, you know, when but get into a situation like this, its -- you need the diplomatic leverage and you need to be able to talk to all the different forces on the ground, and it seems as if the order was kind of reversed here. you know, civilians should be out first. diplomats second. in this...

Talking if theres a vote on repeal he would vote for it he has been voting with republicans quite a bit on a number of key issues recently. hes got a lot of criticism for this president. >> joe biden is doing what any senator should do which is sticking up for states. and using his leverage however he can. and that is what joe biden. shannon: there are two joes request exactly thats what joe manchin is doing when it comes to these issues breeze fighting for west virginia and using his leverage w...