First of its kind default. A deal offered by Speaker John Boehner to reopen the government and lift the debt ceiling, one that was supposed to be voted on by the house tonight as i speak to you. That deal has now been nixed. Republican leadership in the house appear to have no idea what to do next and there is no good reason to believe anyone knows what will happen next. The house measure that was to have been voted on would have funded the government through december 15, extended the debt limit to february 7 and ended employer contributions to Health Insurance for members of congress and its staff, the white house and its staff as well as cabinet members. In this case government contributions since the government is the employer. As that made its way to the house rules committee, heritage activists urged them to vote no. And shortly after a vote was killed. Just 24 hours after we thought we had a deal coming from the senate. Here is another layer of gamesmanship to the drama playing o
Republican leadership in the house appear to have no idea what to do next and there is no good reason to believe anyone knows what will happen next. The house measure that was to have been voted on would have funded the government through december 15, extended the debt limit to february 7 and ended employer contributions to Health Insurance for members of congress and its staff, the white house and its staff as well as cabinet members. In this case government contributions since the government is the employer. As that made its way to the house rules committee, heritage activists urged them to vote no. And shortly after a vote was killed. Just 24 hours after we thought we had a deal coming from the senate. Reporter here is another layer of gamesmanship to the drama playing out in washington. Senator ted cruz in texas convened in a secret meeting last knight. Cruz summoned 15 to 20 House Republicans to the basement of this mexican restaurant. They were reportedly discussing how to respon
Campaign. They actually murdered a couple and their granddaughter. You had a Police Detective standing outside pointing to this, insinuating that this was somehow the fault of dan indicating that infamous Willie Horton ad. There was an immediate outcry from the victims family, saying that they didnt want this out there. Sullivan released a response that named the alleged murderers names. They pulled down the response. Seen as awe had pretty well oiled campaign therefore mark begich, this was a significant misstep that they have continued to have to explain. Why was this an issue . When you went back to the facts of this, this was a clerical error that was done even before sullivan took office. Them rating this as a pants on fire ad. Host meaning ally. Meaning ally. Meaning a lie. Guest yes. This was very much out there in the news. The victims attorney took it out there before begich took it down much later. Attempting to correct the ad. They pointed out in that letter that to be clear
For all that each of you continues to do. [ applause ] the House Rules Committee is coming together tonight to meet to consider two bills. One to restrict the Environmental Protection agency from attempting to define which waters that regulate under the clean water act, and the second bill would condemn president obama for not giving congress advance notice of the prisoner swap to release Bowe Bergdahl back in may. Pete sessions is the chair of this committee. Youre watching live coverage here on the cspan3. Wu8lyc the rules committee coming together tonight, 5 00 eastern time, to work on rules for debate for two bills. The house back today after a fiveweek summer recess. Theyre working on a number of suspension bills earlier, debating those earlier, including one dealing with higher penalties for i. D. Theft and a memorial vote for slaves and freed blacks who fought in the revolutionary war, as well as a bill for tsunami detection programs. Votes over in the house are scheduled to be
Avalanche. A new black market Search Engine selling things from guns to drugs to stolen credit cards. One day after diplomats reached the deal to ease rising tensions in ukraine, that deal appears to be in trouble. Calling for pro russian activist the activists say they are not going anywhere just yet. Jackie roland has more from donestk. Theyre extremely skeptical and many feel that they have been sold out by russia. They say since they were not part of those talks they are not bound to comply with the agreement. They said theyre going to stay in these public buildings that they occupy until their demands are met. They want a referendum with greater autonomy of eastern ukraine. There should be an amnesty for people occupying buildings, and the government in kiev started throwing up amnesty by which people could leave buildings and not face prosecution. People hearsay theyre not going to leave these buildings until they see similar actions. They want to see the pro europe demonstrators