Opposition within both parties to the controversial program. Today, the house of representatives will meet with the aim of voting on several foreign aid bills and legislation that could potentially ban tiktok in the u. S. Those votes prompting\in the Republican Party with several members promising to take steps to oust Speaker Mike Johnson. The south the house is scheduled to come in at 9 00 a. M. Eastern. We want to hear your top news story of the week. Republicans can call in at 202 7488001. Democrats at 202 7488000. Independents at 202 7488001. If you would like to text, you can text that 202 7488003. The foreign aid bills hitting the headlines and front pages of many of the newspapers incding the wall street journal, which has the headline aid package passes. Democrats clear a key hurdle in funding for ukraine and israel. The house appeared poised to pass a 95 billion foreign aid and weapons package saturday after democrats rallied behind Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to cl
Host good morning it is friday, april 19. A vote is scheduled for the house to take out a foreign aid package tomorrow. It would be 26 billion to israel and 8 billion to taiwan. We are discussing the bill with the reporter and here are the phone lines to wait in. For republicans 202 7488001, for democrats 202 7488000, for independents 202 7488002 you can send a text at 202 7488003 include your first name, city, state and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan and x cspanwj. Before we get started i wanted to update you on a news item because israel has retaliated against iran in retaliation for drones launched last weekend it is not clear the damage the limited strike caused but it was intended to signal that israel had the ability to strike inside the country. A second person said the strike was carefully calibrated. We will update you us more information comes in throughout the program. Getting back to the foreign aid packages i wanted answer introduce Joe Perticone we will put on the scr
Have been referred by the house of representatives against mayorkas. Host washington journal on april 17. Mark green introducing the articles of impeachment against our hundred mayorkas. The senate will began its work today around 1 00. You can watch those proceedings. We will hearing your thoughts on the effort to impeach our hundred mayorkas. Republicans can call 202 7488001. Democrats 202 7488000. Independent 202 7488002. If you preferred to text us, you can do that at 202 7488003. You can post on facebook, and you can also post on x. The hill, the publication that covers capitol hill. I like that todays event marks the First Time Since 1876 that the house has said impeachment charges according to the Senate Historical office. When it comes to what more to expect, senators will be sworn in as jurors today to decide whether to hold a full trial on the senate floor, something that Chuck Schumer has said that he has no intention of doing. Senator schumer saying and warning that holding
[background noises] [background noises] the committee will come to order. Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess of committee at any time. Im before we begin secretary has informed us she has only two hours available for this hearing. So in the interest of time Ranking Member and i are remedying ourselves to very brief Opening Statements we are asking the secretary to do the same. Additionally we get as many members as possible a chance to ask questions. And in concurrence with the Ranking Member i ask unanimous consent to limit each members q and a to four minutes without objection. So ordered. Out also like to request unanimous consent to submit to statements for the record for bt the first is from chairman lucas who could not be with us here today. As you know he has had a terrible accident with a bowl, he is a rancher. And he is recuperating. We look forward to his return soon because his leadership is dearly missed. The second as a full Opening Statement from my
[background noises] [background noises] the committee will come to order. Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess of committee at any time. Im before we begin secretary has informed us she has only two hours available for this hearing. So in the interest of time Ranking Member and i are remedying ourselves to very brief Opening Statements we are asking the secretary to do the same. Additionally we get as many members as possible a chance to ask questions. And in concurrence with the Ranking Member i ask unanimous consent to limit each members q and a to four minutes without objection. So ordered. Out also like to request unanimous consent to submit to statements for the record for bt the first is from chairman lucas who could not be with us here today. As you know he has had a terrible accident with a bowl, he is a rancher. And he is recuperating. We look forward to his return soon because his leadership is dearly missed. The second as a full Opening Statement from my