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July 7, 2024
Kayleigh a crucial moment in the biden Impeachment Inquiry is unfolding. Hunter biden on capitol hill for closeddoor deposition, an interview he fought Tooth And Nail to avoid. House republicans are expected to press hunter his foreign Business Dealings and whether or not his father was involved. This is outnumbered, im kayleigh mcenany. Here with cohost Emily Compagno and harris faulkner. President of american spirit enterprises, tammy bruce and Jason Chaffetz. Lets go to david spunt live on ca...
July 7, 2024
deal reached with kevin mccarthy to raise the nations debt limit. here is what the president had to say. >> im about to go in and call mccarthy now, make sure all the ts are cross and the is are dotted. >> a few on capitol hill have expressed some skepticism that the bill will have enough support to pass. today, speaker mccarthy told reporters that he is confident there will be enough votes to get through his chamber. >> to take you back to where we started, back to february 1. sat dow...
July 7, 2024
♪ ♪ agreement in principle. president biden and speaker mccarthy reach a deal to raise the debt limit. >> we still have a lot of work to do. >> but with lawmakers on both sides skeptical, do they have the votes to actually pass it? ill speak exclusively with house progressive leader congresswoman jamila jayapal and dusty johnson next. and room to grow? more republican presidential hopefuls jump in. >> im running to lead our great american comeback. >> im the candidate the far lef...
July 7, 2024
everyone. thank you for joining me. im fredricka whitfield. a deal to avoid a debt default is about to be revealed. president biden and speaker mccarthy are finalizing an agreement to raise the debt limit. president biden saying this earlier today. >> im about to go in and call mccarthy now at 3:00, make sure all the ts are crossed and the is are dotted. i think were in good shape. >> house leaders expect the bill to be voted on as soon as wednesday. speaker mccarthy is confident the d...
May 28, 2023
Perhaps not everyone was on the same page in terms of when the deal was going to be announced and i think that -- there was supposed to be a final review, so i think it got announced to republicans quicker than was expected, but i did get a briefing. i still have questions, though, and at the end of the day i do have frameworks and theyre problematic in terms of being able to make a decision. its fine to say weve reached an agreement in principle, but all of the text matters and there are so man...
May 28, 2023
I think they are really problematic in terms of being able to make a decision. its fine to say we have reached an agreement. but all of the text matters. there are so many pieces of this that we need to look at in terms of what the spending is exactly like. >> do they have to worry about the progressive caucus and whether or not your caucus will support -- >> yes. >> thank you so much. >> they have to worry. >> you listen to what the congresswoman said there, more than 100 members in that progre...
May 28, 2023
Are things you could probably predict in any divided government situation where the white house is controlled by democrats and the house is cold by republicans. >> president biden seems to think the bill is in good shape, as do house minority leader jefferies, but today progressive chair was not as confident. listen to what she had to say. >> i dont like frameworks. i think they are really problematic in terms of being able to make a decision. its fine to say weve reached an agreement in princip...
July 8, 2018
The life of the mother. the second one and thats used by both kavanaugh and barrett. when you refer to someone as a strict constitutionalist, that is almost always im told by impartial constitutional observers, a reference to roe v. wade because there is nothing specific in the fourth amendment on privacy related to abortion. brett kavanaugh said specifically that the constitution should be read explicitly and the text matters. that is viewed by many in the pro choice community as a code word as...
July 6, 2018
Constitutionalist, that is almost always i am told a reference to roe v. wade, not supportive to it because there is nothing specific anyboin the constitution. kavanaugh said the constitution should be read explicitly. that quote-unquote text matters. that is viewed as a code word as well. >> are the pro-choice folks saying they see no signal either way from kethledge? >> we scrubbed the records and as far as we can tell, not given a speech, for example like barrett did, where she made a number ...
March 4, 2015
>> it really does. as justice kagan said the question is are you going to take those words out of context or read them in context? the challenger said if the exchange is not established by the state, you cant get the tax breaks but that would mean a death spiral where, as you said more than 8 million people in the 34 states that have established federal exchanges would not get the tax breaks. it was very interesting to hear this debate between justice kagan who said the whole context matters and...