Discuss. And later, Siobhan Hughes on the Senate Tax Bill and potential changes to the legislation. Host good morning, it is wednesday, november 29, 2017. The federal government is 10 days away from a shutdown, and the past for a spending bill is less certain than it was 24 hours ago. Congressional democrats skip the meeting set with President Trump and other members, and now with the december 8 deadline moving closer. President ats and the have said they will both play each other if the government shuts down. Who do you think will shoulder the blame in the event of a shutdown . Give us a call, democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. And if you are on social media, you can catch up with us on twitter and facebook as well. A very good wednesday morning to you. We are asking your reaction today after what happened yesterday when it comes to this looming budget battle. Here is one of the headlines from todays Washington Post. To start a tense months of
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Them at next, newsmakers with ohio senator sherrod brown. Then we will show you some of the Senate Floor Debate on Loretta Lynch and her nomination to be the next attorney general. After that, Hillary Clinton in new hampshire. Host this week on newsmakers we want to welcome sherrod brown, democrat of ohio, in studio with us. We also have two reporters Chuck Babington and siobhan hughes. Reporter trade is a big issue this week. I know you have a lot problems with the bill. It is starting to move in the house. Im wondering what you think the chances are in the process is of somehow stopping or modifying fasttrack on the senate floor. Sen. Brown earlier in the week, we made some improvements in fasttrack. It is not nearly good enough. We actually passed an amendment to eliminate loopholes that some companies have used to engage in child they labor in africa. That was a loophole that was around for 75 years. We were successful in some strong enforcement language to level the playing field,
Principle, they didnt have choice. Announcer she is on q a tonight. Host this week on newsmakers we want to welcome sherrod brown, democrat of ohio, in studio with us. We also have two reporters Chuck Babington and siobhan hughes. Reporter trade is a big issue this week. I know you have a lot problems with the bill. It is starting to move in the house. Im wondering what you think the chances are in the process is of somehow stopping or modifying fasttrack on the senate floor. Sen. Brown earlier in the week, we made some improvements in fasttrack. It is not nearly good enough. We actually passed an amendment to eliminate loopholes that some companies have used to engage in child labor in africa. That was a loophole that was around for 75 years. We were successful in some strong enforcement language to level the playing field, something that people have been trying to do for over a decade that would help American Companies in starting to level the playing field. Using about what fasttrac
The problems associated with the new health care website. And a rally protesting the nsas surveillance program. We want to welcome back to congressman fred upton, chairman of the energy and Commerce Committee. Politico andof Siobhan Hughes of the wall street journal. Siobhan, go ahead. What was your take away from the hearing yesterday . Where will you go from here . Will you issue subpoenas . , we wantedy sebelius her to come last week. She chose not to. Other scheduling conflicts, she said. We have her coming next week to chi will give us at least three hours. There will be a lot of questions. There was a line that was on the front page of your paper, i dont remember the byline. It was like a lot of fingers and no palm. A lot of fingers pointing as to who the blame is. We need to get to the bottom of this. This has not been a story just in the last week or so. We started our investigation last summer. We heard testimony earlier this year, a good number of letters as well. The adminis