King. Memorial day Holiday Weekend, the dos and donts, safety tips if you will and compliments on the Vaccine Rollout Heading into this Holiday Weekend. To the right of your screen thats the floor of the United States senate, a key vote under way right now, will the United States senate proceed to debate whether we should have an independent Bipartisan Commission to investigate the capitol insurrection . We expect the answer to be no. But this key procedural vote is under way right now. It should wrap up any moment from now. Democrats need ten republicans to break ranks to keep the idea of this commission alive. Lets get straight up to capitol hill and our chief Congressional Correspondent manu raju. As it plays out right now, explain the significance of the vote that should be concluded in a matter of moments. Reporter the significance here is that there are 60 votes to move ahead theres a possibility that an Outside Commission could be created to investigate the january 6th attack. I
King. Memorial day Holiday Weekend, the dos and donts, safety tips if you will and compliments on the Vaccine Rollout Heading into this Holiday Weekend. To the right of your screen thats the floor of the United States senate, a key vote under way right now, will the United States senate proceed to debate whether we should have an independent Bipartisan Commission to investigate the capitol insurrection . We expect the answer to be no. But this key procedural vote is under way right now. It should wrap up any moment from now. Democrats need ten republicans to break ranks to keep the idea of this commission alive. Lets get straight up to capitol hill and our chief Congressional Correspondent manu raju. As it plays out right now, explain the significance of the vote that should be concluded in a matter of moments. Reporter the significance here is that there are 60 votes to move ahead theres a possibility that an Outside Commission could be created to investigate the january 6th attack. I
Gerrymandering state and folks in the republican district are happy that members oppose impeachment and democrats are happy their members are for it. I think the most interesting places to watch our north dallas and west houston. These are the two extremely competitive zones held by democrats, and they are part of that big wave of freshmen who came out in favor of an impeachment inquiry. Neither member seems to be backing off of it, and they are comfortable where they are. Host we hear that there are a number of retiring texas house members. We will put their names on the screen, but several republican retirements. What is the impact going to be of all of those folks leaving the house representing texas . Guest well, i think it could go good and bad for the state. For someone who has watched this delegation a long time, particularly on the republican side, this is an extremely powerful block within the. Epublican Conference Many of these members in the house are leaving. Ranking member
Hour long event. Welcome all. Im Abby Livingston. Im the chair of the Texas Tribune and im delighted to welcome two of the most pivotal people in the american politics. They have the jobs that are not most well known. To my meet left i have cheri bus tos. Hello. And i have congressman tom emmer and hes the chair of the National Republican committee. It took me a while to understand the acronyms. Theyre not as well known as. N. C. Chairman or d. N. C. Chairman. But these are members of congress who have been elected by their colleagues to basically get the gavel whether that means protect it or take it. And so it is a difficult job. They manage millions of dollars. They decide who gets that money in ad spending and it can be a brutal process if your side is not doing well in the election year. I had one former chairman describe to me what its like during the house floor and tell a colleague im so sorry, i just cut off your Television Ads and youre going to lose reelection. Yall might ha
On the 2020 election and the impact of the impeachment inquiry against President Trump. The Texas Tribune hosted this hourlong event. Abby welcome all. Im Abby Livingston. Im the chair of the Texas Tribune and im delighted to welcome two of the most pivotal people in the american politics. Of the most pivotal people in the american politics. They have the jobs that are not most well known. To my meet left i have cheri bus tos. Hello. And i have congressman tom emmer and hes the chair of the National Republican committee. It took me a while to understand the acronyms. Theyre not as well known as. N. C. Chairman or d. N. C. Chairman. But these are members of congress who have been elected by their colleagues to basically get the gavel whether that means protect it or take it. And so it is a difficult job. They manage millions of dollars. They decide who gets that money in ad spending and it can be a brutal process if your side is not doing well in the election year. I had one former chai