another wrench in the works for democrats in negotiating the deal on president biden s social spending plan. senator kyrsten sinema reportedly opposes tax hikes on corporations and the wealthy, which leaves the white house and the other democrats scrambling for how to pay for this deal. but today, house speaker nancy pelosi left the door open to possibly financing the package another way without those tax increases, and she says that they are on track to meet their self-imposed october 31st deadline. cnn congressional correspondent lauren fox is joining us now from capitol hill. so, this getting higher earners to pay their fair share, as democrats have said it, has been a priority of the party for years. they say they need it to pay for this. just talk us through how big of a concession this would be. reporter: it would be a huge concession and i just spoke with a progressive representative, pramila jayapal, outside the
wasn t coordinated. never mind that the capitol police received actionable intelligence about potential violence occurring weeks before the 6th. never mind that every member of con congress, every american with internet access, knew that violence would be committed on the 6th. the question we should be asking is how did the washington, d.c. police, capitol police and everybody else have no clue that violence was going to break loose? steve bannon knew. so why did the police have ample amounts of shields? why did it take all day to deploy the national guard? these are questions they have the duty to answer, because january 6th was an enormous
and what legislative steps can we recommend to remove future threats to our constitution. to do that, we need information, both documents and testimony, and to get that, we issue subpoenas. what is a subpoena? is it just a suggestion, a mere request, an encouragement to testify? nope. a subpoena is a writ issued by a government agency, in this case the congress, to compel testimony or production of evidence. when you get a subpoena, the law requires you to comply. if you think there may be some valid reason that excuses you from telling the truth under oath, you have to come in and make your case to the committee. steve ban nnon is the only pers who has outright refused to engage with the committee. he thinks if he rejects congress by not showing up, he ll escape the consequences. but as theodore roosevelt said, no man is above the law and no
arrests. as i said, very active. even hyperactive compared to the biden doj s typical reaction to political violence. but the department of justice s investigation isn t comprehensive. there are still questions that only congress can answer. congress still has a role to play, but the select committee has completely abandoned why else does the select committee want to hear from mr. bannon? because on january 5th, mr. bannon warned that, quote, all hell was going to break loose tomorrow. so according to the select committee, no person could have predicted that violence might occur that day. according to the committee, that mr. bannon warned of violence on the 5th is proof, quote, that mr. bannon had foreknowledge. never mind that the attack
legal political protest. never in the history of congress has a committee or a political party stooped so low. congress has no authority to conduct criminal investigations. congress can only issue subpoenas that serve a legislative purpose. the question that the committee must answer is, why are they seeking information about a permitted political rally? what legislative purpose does that serve? is the committee considering laws to limit americans right to political protest? it s clear that the select committee doesn t give a lick about congress s subpoena authority. does the committee share the same disdain for the first amendment? i wouldn t put it past them. as we all know, the doj has a highly active criminal investigation into the january 6th attack. they ve made something like 600