Page 896 - Leverage News Today

Coin and nullifying the debt ceiling. how likely is it the president will use these or any other ways to finally kill the debt ceiling? are we going to see it done through reconciliation? >> honestly, i hope he does it quickly. we continue to see the debt ceiling used as a political football. something to -- one side to gain an advantage over another. as of late, republicans to use as leverage to end any hopes that -- for a democratic agenda getting passed. the key here is that mitch mcconnell w...

And republicans to use as leverage to essentially and the damage graphic agenda getting. pass the key is that mitch mcconnell wasnt actually asking for any procession, in previous years this has been done to distract certain line items or frankly just to embarrass the administration. now it seems like its been done but the work of kills agents. i think if you are going to counter the work of scales agents by mixing the 20 trillion dollar coins, or declaring it the debt ceiling unconstitutional b...

They need all 50 votes. >> are they closer than they were two weeks ago, yes. but democrats are not where they want to be at this moment. president biden is trying to resolve this by identifying a sweet spot of 1.9 trillion to 2.2 trillion in terms of the overall spending level. but the rival factions of the party are the no moving yet. joe manchin, the west virginia senator is not moving up from his $1.5 trillion ask, and senator bernie sanders is not moving down from his $3.5 trillion ask. tha...

Persuasive, he was chief of staff to the president on january 6th, hes engaing with the select committee. the fact that hes engaging, hes communicating with these investigators signaling hes not going to stiff-arm them. i think it kind of tells you what you need to know about the leverage that this committee has going forward and the likelihood theyll get actual serious inside the room and new on the record detail relating to what happened that day. >> dave, well have the biggest challenge, good...

We didnt get much more detail about that but its an important issue because unitarian aid is only one element of the funding for afghanistan. theres income from the government and also assets. in terms of income for the government run 80% came from donors like the world bank and other governments and things like lending programmes and the imf and also use the us had bilateral assistance. that has been cut off and remains cut off. most of the us has frozen about $10 billion worth of their assets ...

Who might also say given whatjef was saying there, actually, why waste time trying to engage with republicans? it didnt work for obama, it isnt going to work for you. well, you know, at the moment of course, thats the situation. but we knowjoe biden has succeeded in one area, which has not been mentioned. its the tax on corporation multinationals. the prodigal son of ireland has forced, at last, the irish to accept 15% of tax instead of 12.5%, while the oecd and the eu failed for years to do tha...

Same page. and theyve got a couple who are of a distinctly different view than the rest of the caucus. the overwhelming majority of the caucus. same is true in the house. they could only lose three votes in the house and get their program through. that means that any faction within the party can hold up progress. its been very difficult. um, they did get the bipartisan infrastructure plan through the senate. thats awaiting action in the house. progressives wanted to hold that up as leverage to t...

Gas going into europe. theres deep concern in europe about the leverage that gives moscow. are you prepared right now to alleviate those concerns? very much so. in fact, this is exactly what we have done in recent days and weeks, including with direct and personal involvement of president putin, who spoke very forcefully in favour of doing maximum on the part of russia to stabilise this market. we are the most secure, reliable and forward—looking supplier of natural energy to europe. we have a...

Other than simply chaos. jonathan allen writes, "the trump-dominated republican party has abandoned the conference of leverage. the gop doesnt have a legislative agenda. there is no deal to be because republicans dont want anything from biden but political advantage. thats no way to run an economy or a country for that matter. pete dominic is a standup comedian. liz plank is a columnist for "msnbc daily" and author and eugene dales is a co-author of politico. its exciting to get all of your take...

Afghanistan respect? this is ridiculous. pete: youre right. we dont have any leverage because we never made those threats in the first place. certainly didnt follow through on that. instead we were totally beholden to the taliban. we have hostages behind the lines. they have all the leverage. i got to get your take real quick, david. general odierno just passed a giant of our generation. i will play a clip of general raymond odierno on "fox & friends" in 2017 to get your reaction. >> do you thin...