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The most fundamental of the Federal Reserve System’s many responsibilities is that of serving as the U.S. financial markets’ ultimate source of liquidity. Federal Reserve notes, along with account balances held by private depository institutions at the various Fed banks, are the U.S. economy’s final means of payment, and hence its most liquid assets, the scarcity of which is a crucial determinant of the scarcity of other liquid assets.

Biomarker testing isn’t always the standard of care for many people living with cancer today. Providers and patients need to be better...

The juxtaposition of kind of those thoughts? >> yeah, its interesting. i think what the president is trying to do and we will see if it is successful or not politically is draw a distinction between the maga republicans and your money mainstream, your more traditional republicans that we have seen over the years. and i think what he is betting on or at least it seems like to me is that there are still some mainstream republicans, some good conservatives who he would disagree with, ohio would dis...

>> im a strong defender of the president, ill also disagree with him, where we diverge on policy issues. on this issue, i would have taken a different approach. for example, with that sum of money we could have relieved all medical debt in this country. that would be more fair and it would be more progressive in that it would disproportionately help those with lowest income and lowest wealth. >> so lets turn to afghanistan, especially given what today marks, you served in afghanistan, today mark...

A key debate right now in economic circles concerns the degree to which the Fed has mismanaged the economy since the arrival of COVID.

Republicans, democrats, or independents have the votes on their own to defend the american republic from the threat of a far-right anti-democracy movement. that is what we increasingly see around the country. we have to be together. that is why i am running as an independent. we are building a coalition of the country over party republicans. these are democrats and independents. that is why this is a close race. the majority of utah wants to stand up to the threat to our republic. they want to m...

Of the vote, where they might have lost with 32% of the vote. the trump endorsement is the one that most republicans want and the one they want the most. but it is not necessarily a indicative of what is going to happen in that primary. state laws and individual candidates matter. and so moving forward, as we have some of these trump candidates who have won, they are in very competitive races. where they are behind in races where they should be winning. where some of the trump backed people lost...

And that is one bucket and there is a different bucket or has been when congress was in town doing bipartisan legislation where they can work together on policy issues. i know it may seem incongruous, but thats the reality of what is happening and not happening here in washington. >> and kevin mccarthy telling his caucus, if youve been quiet, now is the time to get loud. >> exactly. >> and they probably will. dana bash, always such a pleasure. thank you for coming on this morning. >> you too. th...

Back to a point where we are having a true debate over conservative versus progressive values. democrats versus republicans, that would be a lovely place to be in. and i think with dick cheney is trying to say is look. im still a republican you know, all the way but i would like to get back to a point where we are not focusing on some of these high high states cultural issues. and focusing more on getting back to the principles of the parties back in the day. >> adrian, i think you are actually ...

Weak brand, and thats why youre seeing many republicans willing to test the waters as early as right now. >> lets talk about that 30%, olivia, the former vice president says its time to focus on the future, not the past. thats his major difference with the former president. is there nuch of the republican base, we talk about that 30% that really may drive the voter turnout in the primaries that is ready to move forward and look beyond the 2020 election. >> i think there are. i think there are vo...