That clause gives congress what People Markham and they referred to as the power of the purse. The power not held by other of the executive branches according to the constitution. A providing fence keeping the government running and functioning is one of the things of congress. And they cant even agree what to get started on getting that. Right letting the government agree on that bill, let alone a strategy for the house is proven to be a challenge. Signs that things were going well. Indicate most apparent on thursday. When a motion to begin a debate on the Defense Funding Bill fails for the second time this. Week prompting Republican Leadership sent members, Home Congress now only has about five days left to take action because members are off tomorrow on monday for the jewish holiday of the occupier, the speaker of the house, told reporters yesterday that he believes that congress is making progress his congress is making progress in its negotiations, and it anticipates resumed votin
Our economy. Heres a snapshot of the last Government Shutdown. This occurred between the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019 on trumps watch. A stretfo 34 days, 300,000 Government Workers were furloughed and. It costs our economy 11 billion dollars. Its not Monopoly Money, folks. Its not Monopoly Money to republicans who think that we have too much debt in the country, 11 Trillion Dollars for no particular reason, seems foolhardy. I should not be complicated. Funding the government is a basic power given to congress in the constitution. Its one of the few things that the United States constitution actually says that congress has to do it, its not optional. They have what you commonly here as the power of the house under the leadership of the speaker, Kevin Mccarthy, tenuously the ship though it is. He is choosing chaos over governing. For a party that touts fiscal responsibility, its just not responsible to hold the Economy Hostage over hard line policy requests that stand zero chanc
In for alicia menendez. American voices will be back tomorrow. Welcome back to a Special Edition of velshi. We begin this hour with dysfunction in the house of representatives. The federal government will shut down one week from tonight, if House Republicans cannot figure out a path forward to perform their basic constitutionally assigned duties. This chaos and disorder is 100 avoidable in congress if they just do their job. Shut down now seems all but certain if speaker Kevin Mccarthy cannot find convince a faction of farright republicans to sign off on a deal from the government. Today on capitol hill, members of the Roads Committee discussed the path forward for Appropriation Bills that mccarthy plans to put on the house floor on tuesday. Speaker mccarthy is not relying on hope to somehow pull a rabbit out of a head for a solution. I always believe, when you get to the final deadlines, thats when the real crunch. Comes on believing in Human Behavior furthest that have been holding o
of absolute destruction. the rare inside look at how the idf is fighting comes at a consequential moment in this war. as the american president says that his trip to maine hospital must be protected. now, israel says, the very same facility houses hamas command complex below it. cnn reported this story that you are about to see, under israeli defense force a square at all times, but, cnn did not submit its script or its footage to the idea. cnn retained editorial control over the final report that you will see now. driving into gaza, with the israeli forces, it is a war zone. the conditions of our access, only show officers, no faces of soldiers, and do not show sensitive equipment. we are passing mile after mile of destruction. buildings blown, collapsed, nothing untouched then the fury of israel s hunt for hamas. streets here, crushed back to stand. shops, everything we see, no sign of any civilians here. the soldiers have been telling us that even inside the store, they
good evening, i m abby philip in new york. and tonight, new and heart-stopping video from the front lines of the israel-hamas war. cnn nick robertson and his crew got an up close view of the ash, the bullets, the trail of absolute destruction. the rare inside look at how the idf is fighting comes at a consequential moment in this war as the american president says the strip s main hospital must be protected. now, israel says the very same facility houses a hamas command complex blow it. and cnn report the story you are about to see under israeli defense force escort at all times, but cnn did not submit it script or it s footage of the idf. and cnn retained editorial control over the final report that you will see now. [sound of artillery] driving into gaza with the israeli forces. it s a war zone. the conditions of our access only show officers, no faces of soldiers, and don t show sensitive equipment. we are passing mile after mile of destruction, buildings blown, collapse