For federal research on gun safety under reported deal the spending bill side for House voted soon as tomorrow would provide 25000000 for gun violence research divided evenly between the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Here s N.P.R. s Martin costy federal spending on gun violence research has been limited by Republican and Ari opposition to anything that looks like advocacy for gun control especially by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Jeffrey Swanson is a visiting scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for gun policy and research I think it sends a message it s the 1st time in 25 years that the c.d.c. Has been able to devote this amount of money specifically to gun violence without having to you know hide it under the radar the c.d.c. Already collects data on firearm deaths and other agencies do gun violence studies but Swanson says this money could expand research into new topics such as the effectiveness of red flag laws w
Against President Donald Trump it s looking like the landmark vote will come this week lawmakers where the House Judiciary Committee presented a $658.00 page report saying Trump abuse the power of the presidency by pressuring Ukraine will investigate a political rival and that he obstructed Congress N.P.R. s Ted Mack says ground rules are due to be hammered out tomorrow on Tuesday the Rules Committee is expected to hold a meeting to set the parameters of the debate for example how many hours lawmakers will get to discuss impeachment members of the House will get to debate the topic on Wednesday and we expect that they could vote on the articles as soon as the same day although there might be some spillover into Thursday N.P.R. s Tim Mak an impeachment vote in the house would set up a trial in the Senate something that Senate leaders say won t happen till next year that was constant Elections Commission voted today on how to respond to a judge s order to purge roughly 234000 voters fro
Graham has been a vocal opponent of a full withdrawal of u.s. Forces speaking in Kabul today he said America s withdrawal from Afghanistan must be condition based He also said the Taliban must keep promises made during recently resume talks which are again on pause after an attack last week outside Baghran Air Base north of Kabul a bipartisan government spending bill is on track to provide money for the 1st time in 2 decades for federal research on gun safety under a reported deal the spending bill is set for a House vote as soon as tomorrow would provide 25000000 for gun violence research divided evenly between the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Here s N.P.R. s Martin costly federal spending on gun violence research has been limited by Republican an n.r.a. Opposition to anything that looks like advocacy for gun control especially by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Jeffrey Swanson is a visiting scholar at the Johns Hopki
The tire process was tarnished further by the speed with which my Democratic colleagues on the Judiciary Committees ever rushed to deliver their pre-determined judged good features the president for something anything whether there are stones left unturned away there is any proof at all the House Rules Committee takes up the 2 articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump this is before a final vote in the House of Representatives tomorrow coming up we ll go live to the House Rules Committee That s next on letters and politics. But 1st the news. With these headlines Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rejected the Democrats push for fresh impeachment testimony against President Trump today McConnell s remarks effectively closed the door on negotiations for a deal proposed by a minority leader Chuck Schumer who wants to call top White House officials for the Senate trial which is set to start next year at the House impeaches Trump on this week but Connell said the Senate s
The court assess the situation on the ground in the car I m just proximity and then we look at the historic Democratic presidential forum on public education the true 7 candidates to lay out their positions on everything from quality pre-K. To affordable college all across America. So-called red states Oklahoma works with you could talk to we are seeing teachers. Party got only put their right workers pretty cool your board and what they re good at this is funding to their kids to get you to care should the late night get response from education activists across the country all that and more coming out. Welcome to Democracy Now Democracy Now dot org The War and Peace Report time Amy Goodman the House of Representatives slated to vote tomorrow and 2 articles of impeachment against President Trump abuse of power and obstruction of Congress today a number of Democratic lawmakers from conservative leaning districts announced they would vote for impeachment all but guaranteeing Trump will