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Bblg of. Mr. Sanders mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from vermont. Mr. Sanders thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , as everybody knows, the Republican Party now controls the u. S. House, the u. S. Senate, and the white house. We also know that unless a budget agreement is reached by december 22, the United States government will shut down, which will cause serious harm to our country, including the men and women in the armed forces and our veterans. Mr. President , i do no...

Americans by more than 61 would eventually trickle down. Thats what they trickle down. Thats what they thought. Even on the eve of the Great Recession after income tax after tax income to the richest 1 had soared while middleclass wages continue to stagnate, we are still waiting for the bush tax cuts to trickle down and to pay for themselves and they likely never will. These republican proposals make matters even worse by financing tax giveaways to big businesses and the rich on the backs of peo...

Thoughts on the u. S. Military. We have special lines for this question. If you are an active member of the military, call 202 7488000. If you are a retired military service member, call 202 7488001. All others can call 202 7488002. You can also reach us on social media. On twitter at cspanwj. And on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Good morning. Lets start by taking a look at what the president said earlier this month about the state of the u. S. Military during his comments about his National ...

Elections. Thank you for joining us. There is a lot of weight on this with the spending bill is there a difference in where the house and the senate stand on that . Guest oh, absolutely. Theres always differences in something to squabble over. I think we will see a lot of the started in 2017 in 2018. He forefront for republicans, the priority in 2018 will be making certain they do not do anything that is going to diminish from their legislative achievements in the previous year. They got a big w...

Countries, many times with no family, no connections, sometimes with no knowledge of the language thats spoken there. They believe they were americans. I think they should have a chance to become americans in the full sense of the law. Ive come to the floor over the years after introducing the dream act and urged my colleagues to do something. Im not alone. Its interesting the coalition thats come together behind this issue. Over 75 of the American People think of congress, of democrats and repu...

Washington correspondent Kevin Cirilli with the latest. Kevin, let me set with you. We heard the playback of President Trump meeting with those legislators legislate legislators to what were the highlights . Kevin it was remarkable to see President Trump me it meeting for one hour a Bipartisan Group of lawmakers as democrats making their case they want to see brock obamas daca Program Extended as part of the january 19 the deadline. Lawmakers must past in order to avert a government shutdown. Pr...

We were sent here to govern. We ought to govern. Put politics in the closet. We got nine hours to do a job. We need to do it. If the majority leadership and the white house are going to continue to sit back and twitle their thumbs, lets bringpass them. Lets bypass them. Lets get a deal. We need to sit down and get a deal that works for the rest of this year. Thats til the end of september, not the 19th of january. That supports rural hospitals, that fixes daca. Now, i know that there are scores ...

Of madison this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a member of the qatari of oil family accuses saudi arabia and the u. A. E. Of manufacturing the gulf crisis to seize dohas wealth. A race against time in the u. S. The senators try to prevent a looming Government Shutdown. Pope francis makes a play to protect the amazon and its people during his trip to peru. Egypts president. Has announced he will run for a second the elections are scheduled to take place in march sisi rose to power in...

One thing that looks likely one way or another, it will happen for the first time in about five years but the government will shut down. The only question seems to be for how long. Lets go to fox news capitol hill producer. Whats the latest. Right now we are waiting for the senate to make a decision on when they will have this procedural vote which we are told will happen where they need 60 votes to break the filibuster. Its clear they dont have that, at a maximum there are 47 votes. Some say wh...

Support their work product. And of course as senator mcconnell, our majority leader likes to point out, there is one indispensable person when it comes to legislation, and thats the person who signs it. All of us write the legislation, but the president is the one who ultimately decides p whether its going to become law. Thats a serious problem in terms of their plan to move forward with the socalled grahamdurbin proposal. And it was i guess last week i lose track of the days now where we met at...