good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. less than two hours ago, the house passed a bipartisan plan to head off a disastrous default, which the treasury warned could come as soon as monday. the bill clear the house at a critical time for our economy, with the risk of recession still a concern. 314 members voted in favor of the bill. 117 voted against it. among the no votes, 71 republicans, including members of the freedom caucus. they were not alone. 46 democrats were also in the no column. but before the vote took place, several members from both sides went to the floor to make the case for the bill. thank goodness for joe biden s legislative skill, we will not go over the edge. and they are prepared to take us over the edge. the bill contains spending cuts that takes a step towards the right direction to restoring fiscal sanity in washington. we need to avoid a default that would stop checks to our seniors, benefits to our veterans. house democrats were c
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donald trump for president. but here s what christie had to say about that choice in march of this year. part of what happened in 2016, i will be honest with you, we all made a strategic error. we did. i mean, look, i m happy to own my mistakes. i ve made plenty of them. and that was one of them. we all kind of thought, all right, don t go after now, because once i get passed jeb and marco and john and carly and ted, you know, then all have trump one on one, and then all take him on. none of us ever got there. it was over. it was over quick. seven years after that, quote, strategic error, chris christie is expected to announce his presidential campaign on tuesday. so, let s discuss. with me now, david plouffe, former campaign advisor and senior adviser to president obama, and former pennsylvania congressman who have not seen in ages and i m thrilled to
Washington must adopt a pragmatic, realistic approach towardworking with Germany. Realpolitik should be the order of the day.As the EU member with the largest economy and largest population,Germany is simply too important to be ignored. It is in the U.S.interest to engage Berlin on an issue-by-issue basis, workingtogether where agreement can be reached.
President George W. Bush travels to Germany this week to meet withChancellor Angela Merkel ahead of the G-8 summit in Moscow. In her first months as German leader, Merkel has made a significant effortto improve relations between Washington and Berlin in the wake ofthe tensions produced by disagreements over the war in Iraq.