To lying to the fbi about his postelection discussions with russian officials and is now cooperating with the Mueller Investigation. A sign that other members of President Trumps and her circle maybe in the crosshairs. We are getting your reaction to general flynns guilty plea. Republicans can call 202 7488001. Democrats can call 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. You can also reach us on social ,edia on twitter at cspanwj and on facebook. Com cspan. The guilty plea tops the headlines this morning in the Washington Post. Former National Security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty friday to lying to the fbi about his contact with russian andssador sergey kislyak, in an ominous sign for the white house, that he is cooperating in the ongoing probe of possible coordination between the Trump Campaign and the kremlin to influence the 2016 election. When flynn was forced out of the white house in february, officials said he misled the administration, including Vice President pence abou
Slashing the state and local deduction means a massive republican problem for republicans in virginia, new york, illinois, washington and, of course, california. Multiple analyses have shown that despite the socalled compromise that allows families to deduct upp to 10,000 in property tax, the pain inflicted on suburban families will not be much mitigated. States like california, new york will still experience an exodus of taxpayers training local resources and impacting services. For those housemp republicans, voting for a conference report is a poisonous boat. And not to mention that home values will fall in those districts of those house republicans. If there voting to decrease home values by ten or 8 , for every homeowner in their district, thats political suicide. Why would they do it . Thats what will happen, and homeowners will start seeing that right away. Anothernc problem, the lastmine inclusion of corporate amt has republicans in Corporate Leaders scrambling to figure out it
A time is set for confirmation vote, but it would happen tomorrow. The government runs out of money saturday. And we may hear argument for tax reform. Live coverage of the senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black , will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, we praise you for your goodness. Your faithful love endures forever. You are the protecter of your people. Today recapture the minds of our lawmakers and galvanize their wills. May they live blameless lives doing what is right and speaking the truth from sincere hearts. Lord, infuse them with a spirit of humility so that they will seek to be guided by your wisdom. May they keep their priorities straight, remembering that you are the only constituent they absolutely must please. Help them to make it their primary goal to please you in what they think, say, and accomplish. We praise you and pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro t
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House and Senate Conference Committee Members met to discuss tax reform the pat s bills. The senator orrin hatch who chairs the finance Committee Told reporters he and his republican colleagues had reached the general agreement on how they plan to overhaul the nations tax code. The Senate House Committee will come to order. I am deeply honored to chair this Conference Committee, the first tax reform Conference Committee in 31 years and to be here with you as we move forward with this historic effort. Before i deliver my opening remarks, i want to take a moment to welcome everyone and discuss the format of todays meeting. I also would like to thank the members of congress joining us today from both sides of the of the and both sides aisle. I think all the members of the house and senate and our professional staff who worked so for the pasteform several years. In particular, the members of the ways and Means Committee and senator hatch in the finance committee. We will begin todays meeti