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Roughly half of all syrians, are displaced and the assad regime bears overwhelming responsibility for this destruction and extremism it has spawned. However, none of this would have been possible without the support of iran and russia, both of which intervened on assads behalf to extend influence in a region and counter the u. S. And its partners. With the support of the u. S. And Coalition Partners, the Syrian Democratic forces succeeded in sweeping isis out of raqqah in october. Of course, despite losing much of its territory in syria and iraq, isis remains a major threat. And theres also the ongoing danger posed by al qaeda, syria, and affiliates which maintain significant influence in oppositioncontrolled areas. So its worth highlighting two recent developments. First, the u. S. , russia, and jordan signed a memorandum of principles on november 8 maintaining the ad ....
2027488000 for democrats 2027 488001 for republicans. 2027488002 for independents. You can also send an email. First story is from the hill, boehner shortterm bill likely to shut down to avoid shutdown. Lawmakers are expected to leave washington midweek for the monthlong august recess, will not return until the tuesday after labor day. That leaves a limited number of days for congress to avoid a Government Shutdown on october 1. It is clear given the number of days we will have in september that we are going to have to do a continuing resolution of some sort, but no decision has been made about that. We will deal with it in september when we come back. Said Speaker Boehner, in the house, lawmakers have passed six out of 12 annual funding measures, and considering the remaining bill is currently stalled due to controversy over display of the confederate flag. That is in ....
Discussion on the federal response to the opioid epidemic. Sam quinones is the a uthor of dream land and joins us to talk about what is going on when it comes to opioids in america and the white house response. We are at the point where trump is saying some type of announcement is forthcoming. What do you think that means about the situation overall . Guest finally, this topic is getting the recognition it deserves. This problem has been percolating 20 plus years. Deadliest drug problem we have ever had in this country. That last will find year, when the numbers are counted, something on the order of 60,000 plus people have died, or the in the americans lost in the vietnam war. Finally, it is getting that kind of response. We will see what the response is. So far, i have not heard the president say anything about what that response will be. We have what are called the commission, because Chris Christie leads it. They had proposals ....
Overhauls. Theres been few details about what theyre looking to keep or eliminate. The budget passed less might included a gauche negotiations with the house. We could actually see some tax work next week. Your article says republicans are eager to speed up the timeline on tax reform. Why is that and how are they doing it its been a tough couple of months for the house and senate. Theyre looking for legislative victory here. Whatare still sore about happened with Obamacare Repeal attempts. Now they are starting this again, hoping for another shot of reconciliation, something that was rare to try and do twice in one calendar year. They are hoping this will be the ticket to achieving this tax overhaul they have been talking up so much. Is there any democratic support for a tax overhaul . There were signs last night that democrats could get on board with this. , center of West Virg ....