Committee met for a second day to examine and consider amendments to the bill. The committee will come to order. The purpose of this afternoon session is to discuss the details of the chairmans mark. We are not here to speculate about items that may or may not end up in the house will. We are not here to debate items that are not currently part of the chairmans mark. As of now there is no official or final version of the modification. So i made clear this morning we are still working to finalize the details of the modification. When that work is done, the details will be provided to the committee with ample time to go through them and after that, most likely tomorrow morning we will have another walkthrough that gives members an opportunity to discuss and ask questions about the modification. Long story short, no one needs to be talking about the individual mandate at this point. It is not part of the mark. Arguments, questions or statements about the individual mandate or a distractio
Exemption certain micro offerings of Registration Requirements and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is on pass afpblgt bill. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a 15minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 232, the nays are 188. The bill is passed. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. For what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 7 of rule 2, i present a privilege red port. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report a tite the title. The clerk conference report to to accompany h. R. 2810, authorize military activities for the department
Justice lapt week asking the agency to provide all issue over the wiretapping allegations against president obama. There is no indication that the white house or the department of justice is prepared to offer up any such evidence. This is something that members of congress not just democrats, but republicans very much want to see. Here is what arizona senator john mccain had to say about this on state of the union. Our director of National Intelligence clapper testified there was absolutely no truth to that allegation. I think the president has one of two choices. Retract or provide the information that the American People deserve. Reporter one thing that is interesting to note here. It is the department of justice being asked to provide the documents. It was a week ago the fbi director james comey asked the department of justice to publicly refute the president s baseless claims saying they were not true. The department of justice declined to do that. It is note worthy this is the age
Good evening. Put up or shut up, thats the message john mccain has isnt to president President Trump this weekend. Word today that trumps replacement for obamacare will mean 14 million less people getting insurance. Here was senator mccain on this little matter today. The president has one of two choices, either restrakt or to provide the information that the American People deserve because if his predecessor violated the law, president obama violated the law, weve got a serious issue here to say the least. Do you have any reason to think that this charge is true . I have no reason to believe that the charge is true but i also believe that the president of the United States could clear this up in a minute. In contrast Speaker Paul Ryan tried kissing off the wiretapping accusation. Laets watch h lets watch him in action. You said youre working hand in glove in selling the News Health Care plan. The president sends out four tweets about his predecessor wiretapping him. Did that help or h
Lawmakers are scrambling for information before hearings begin in two weeks and claims that President Trump was wiretapped by president obama. Tonight republican senator Lindsey Graham says hes ready to subpoena intelligence agencies if necessary to get any evidence that would prove or disprove trumps allegation. Sources tell cnn the former president barack obama is irked and exasperated by an accusation that his camp has flatly denied. Also, the white house says President Trump is in full sell mode as conservative republicans revolt against the house gop healthcare bill. Two congressional committees are working into the night on the legislation deemed dead on alife by critics who call it obamacarelite. Tonight were learning about a new federal criminal investigation into wikileaks and its publication of documents purportedly exposing the cias hacking operation. The president s Spokesman Says mr. Trump is very concerned about the apparent breach. Were covering owl all of that and much