Live coverage here on cspan 3. Congressman walker, we are on the record so i will repeat what i said previously, because our friend who is injured because he tried to wrestle me, he has made the decision to briefly pause his career in Public Service and i dont believe it is the last chapter by any sense of the word, but to say so definitively on the record has been one of the greatest honors of my life, serving on this subcommittee with m mr. Walker and i look forward to serving with you in many different capacities for many years to come, sir. So this subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony on confronting the rise in antisemitic domestic terrorism. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the subcommittee in recess at any point without objection, members not on the Committee Shall be permitted to sit and question the witnesses. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. And i will make it quick, because im very eager to hear the testimony of the experts b
Good afternoon. This is our first panel after lunch. I hope everybody is full of energy and fresh from a delicious sandwich, so you talk about constitutional law and the future of the Supreme Court the we have an excellent panel. I am hadley heath manning, and im proud to be a today with three distinguished lawyers. Allocated as our panelists starting with megan brown come a partner at wiley. We have with us today erin hawley who is our ifw legal fellow. We have worked together on some amicus briefs that independent womens forum occasionally filed with the Supreme Court. And most recently filed an amicus brief so if you have any questions about the unsigned opinion that came from the court in the past couple of weeks, im sure aaron will be happy to take those questions for you. Importantly she is a former clerk for chief justice john roberts. And, finally, were joined today by susan engel who is partner with kirkland and Ellis College is a former clerk of Justice Scalia. We will of cou
Boehner need to engage in Something Like the ancient practice of sacrifice, this time to the right wing gods. Do we have to sacrifice the economy . A new cnn orc poll asks who will get the blame if a shutdown happens. 46 say republicans in congress. 36 the president of the united states. So will the president swoop down in the 11th hour with a big, bold deal to avert a shutdown or will he hold his line in the sand . Whats the president to do, say take my arm this time. In two months when this cr runs out, take my leg . Joining me now for more of all of this is republican congresswoman from North Carolina, renee elmers. Shes a member of the energy and commerce committee. Thank you so much for being here this morning. Good to be with you. Politico points out that this is a Pivotal Moment for john boehner where he basically has these options, attach a provision cancelling the highly prized Health Subsidies for lawmakers and their aides. Send the senate an extension or pass a clean continu
Closed, loans delayed. Heres whats not, mail, social security, medicare, the military, Homeland Security and air travel. Theres no way to tell how long the shutdown will last or how it will end, but the blame game is in full effect. I think the appropriate thing is what the speaker is advocating. Lets go to conference. Lets sit down with the democrats and see if theyre willing to negotiate on anything at all. One note, one demand to eliminate the Affordable Care act, which i think most Reasonable Republicans dont think is either a good strategy or is going to happen. What we see happening with this republican strategy is a willingness to threatens the very foundation of the worlds greatest economic power. For now republicans seem to be fielding the bulk of the blame. Check out the new york daily news. House of turds. According to a new quinnipiac poll over 70 oppose the strategy to shut down the government over obama care. The Health Insurance exchanges opened for business this morning
Want this to end . This is a republican crisis right now. And the Republican Party is desperate to get out of the crisis of their own making. When does john boehner finally say screw you guys . Lets dive in for the very latest details on this. We have nbc capitol hill correspondent Kelly Odonnell and White House Correspondent Kristen Welker standing by. Kelly, let me start with you. It looks like there are about five possible scenarios or solutions that could come out of this. Kelly, what are you learning is likely through today . Reporter one of the things thats been so difficult, thomas, in most crises we can see the leap frog of likely steps. Even if theres some heat and fire in between, you sort of know where its headed. This has been more difficult. Part of what could happen is what has been requested but flatly denied. The whole idea of just simply republicans folding, passing funding for the government with nothing else attached. That seems less and less likely by the day. Some