that he was going to run for the white house to 2020, which of course was the last full year of his presidency. democrats won a three-year court battle with trump to get those returns. they successfully argued in front of the judge that they are essential to determine if trump s financial dealings impacted his actions as president. so that s why they got the time frame they got. let s go to cnn s chief congressional correspondent manu raju as we watch the cameras get set here for this vote. the committee has been meeting for for hours. what is the latest that you understand here about the timing and what they re about to do? reporter: this is a decisive moment after years of court bat battle over donald trump s tax returns which democrats were successful in those legal battles getting several years of those tax returns, individual tax returns and business tax returns. we now will get a sense on what democrats plan to do with them. we re still uncertain exactly how they plan to handle
watching closely as they re set to meet on wednesday. the u.s. central bank is expected to raise interest rates again. u.s. congress expected to pass a stop-gap measure after government. the temporary measure is called the continuing resolution or cr for sure. cnn s chief congressional correspondent is manu raju. listen to the democratic and republican leaders. our democratic colleagues have already spent two years massively, massively increasing domestic spending using party line reconciliation bills outside the normal appropriations process so clearly our colleagues cannot now demand even more, more domestic spending. later this week members should be prepared to take quick action on cr, a one-week cr.
that s what it is called in the senate. that marathon process began when the senate voted to advance the bill with vice president kamala harris breaking the tie. on this vote, the ayes are 50, the nays are 50, the senate being equally divided, the vice president votes in the affirmative. an act to provide for reconciliation the bill known as the inflation reduction act includes nearly $370 billion to fight climate change. it also allows medicare to negotiate some drug prices, that s something drug companies have been fighting for quite some time. it also caps medicare out of pocket costs at $2,000 and extends affordable care act subsidies and it imposes a 15% minimum corporate tax on the largest u.s. companies. cnn s chief congressional
anyone surprised? yesterday, however, authorities in ohio announced the man they have charged with the rape has confessed. and it terse out the rape of the girl was reported to police in ohio two months ago. congressman jordan, or his staff, has since deleted his tweet and a number of news organizations that cast doubt on the story have corrected themselves or published updates as well. congressman jordan, however, an elected leader from ohio, has not. this is what he told cnn s chief congressional correspondent today. why did you delete the tweet? well, because we learned that this illegal alien did this heinous crime, so we deleted the tweet. do you apologize to the girl and the family for suggesting a lie? never doubted the child. i was responding to a headline from your profession, the news profession, which happens all the time on twitter. doubted joe biden, which is usual al smart thing to do based on all the things he says
record. dave yost said he has nothing to be sorry for. apologize for what? questioning a newspaper story. congressman jordan deleted his tweet calling the accusation a lie. earlier today this was his exchange when asked about his tweet by cnn s chief congressional correspondent. you tweeted it was a lie this 10-year-old. i was talking about the news story. this is a heinous crime by an illegal immigrant and i hope he is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. do you regret saying it s a lie? no response. later congressman jordan said he never doubted the child. perhaps there s some other meaning of the word lie in congressman jordan s lexicon. there s nothing wrong with wanting confirmation of facts. facts are vital. you can be forgiven for finding it odd to witness the glee, the