how conservatives and liberals think this country should raise and spend its money is a very, very valid discussion to have. sadly, that s not the one we re having. thanks to both of you, and solar and political economy in the american enterprise institute. he s the author of a dream is not dead, but populism could kill it. jennifer reuben is an opinion writer at the washington post, and msnbc political analyst host of the new podcast, jen reuben s green room. all right, straight ahead, we ll continue our breaking news coverage of the debt ceiling negotiations, which are ongoing right now. i ll be joined by congressman lloyd doggett, democrat of texas, and a member of the budget committee, as well as congressman adam smith, democrat of washington, and ranking member of the armed services committee. another hour of velshi begins right now. of velshi begin right now. and good morning to you, it is saturday may the 27th, i m ali velshi, the full faith and credit of the united
negotiations, and just moments ago, the speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy echoed those hopeful sentiments from capitol hill. i feel closer to an agreement now than i did a long time before, because i see progress. listen, this is not easy in any shape or form, and that doesn t back goes away from it. one thing you always learned about me, i don t give up, it doesn t matter, doesn t matter how many times it takes. you want to make sure you get an agreement before the american public. patrick mchenry, the republican congressman from north carolina who s been a key figure in these talks also said, yesterday, quote, the deal is within reach. there are some serious sticking points that remain. when asked the republicans will drop their demand for work requirements for social safety programs like food assistance, republican congressman garrett i want to leave negotiators said, quote, hell no. meanwhile, janet yellen announced the x days, the projected deadline to raise the debt ceil
Edwin Edwards likely to lie in state at Capitol
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BATON ROUGE - Flags are at half staff outside the Capitol where Edwin Edwards once governed for many years.
Inside, likely where he will lie until he is in his final resting place. He certainly is going to remembered as somebody who was absolutely one-of-a-kind in Louisiana politics, Commissioner Jay Dardenne said.
In 1994, Dardenne was elected to the legislature under Edwards. Well, I was never a legislative friend of Edwards. When I entered the legislature, I was a Republican bomb-thrower, and he was the governor. I did not like the kind of things that were going on, he said.
to be a nation and we will not be faithful to our loyal citizens. president trump plans to fund the border wall. joining us from capitol hill are two lawmakers. jodi heise and from virginia s fifth district, tom garrett. thank you very much for joining us. i know the house freedom caucus is doing an excellent job fighting for principles out there and i admire your resolute stance. but what s going on with the establishment republicans? they ve had the majority for a long time, from your perspective what took so long to get this done? i really don t have any idea as to why. let s deal with the issue, and the american people set us here
let s go for it. and for whatever reason, it s been stall after stall after stall. one crbe after another after another, and at s this point, there was a line drawn in the sand, we had enough and we are no longer taking it. it reminds me that down in the alamo, there is a monument there but the monument is not there because they won the fight, it s there because they fought. it was a line that was drowned in the sand with us over the last 24 hours. it s turned out to be an absolutely spectacular 24 hours both for the freedom caucus and for our conference as a whole, for the president, and for our country. dan: congressman garrett, the republican committee activists, people knocking on doors, doing the actual work, that are sweating in the summer, trying to get people in congress on the republican side elected, they ve been disappointed before, repeatedly. now the tax cut bill was excellent but the obamacare failure and other things, thiss