Ceremony to boafs their legislative accomplishments. President trump held it in his oval office to insure he passed it by christmas. President trump ill sign this today instead of having a formal ceremony in two weeks because i didnt want folks saying i am not keeping my promise. I said the bill would be on my desk before christmas, and you are holding me literally to that. Charles can the Trump Administration keep this going . Gina loudon, a member of the donald j. Trump Advisory Board and deneen borelli, what fox news contributor. A major accomplishment for President Trump. And he goes into 2018 with a whole lot of wind in his sails. He does. The feels like all of america has gotten on board. The Corporate Support that has been given back to the American People for what has happened with this tax bill its a great day in america and everybody should be celebrating. This will affect everyone in 2018. This gives us something to look forward to as we go into the new year. Charles immedia
Employees who did not wish to be a member. That is followed by the lead plaintiff in the case and his attorney offering their perspective. And the week ahead in washington with politico reporter heather cagle. People lined up outside the Supreme Court, hoping to hear a case that could affect labor unions. At issue, should a member be forced to pay costs if they do not want to . Cases two of landmark series kicks off tonight. The series take a takes a closer look at decisions in Supreme Court history. You can find out more about the series and tonights program when you visit our website. Case at the supreme rt deals with joining us to talk about the case is josh idol son. Is a labor reporter josh can you set up both sides of this case and what they represent . Guest the Supreme Court is considering whether to deal what could be a devastating blow to unions by making the Public Sector right to work, meaning it would be illegal to require people who are represented by a union to pay for c
A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from washington. Mrs. Murray thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , as people around the nation listen to this floor debate, im sure they can hear the divisions about immigration loud and clear. I know i can. Immigration policy is hard. It is emotional, and it has vexed this congress for decades. And while the floor debate were having right now can be trying and can be actually thrown off kilter by one more illtimed tweet from the president , we have to keep our eye on the ball, because as tough as it may seem right here, the stakes are so much higher for millions of people who live every day in this country. They are trapped in a broken immigration system. They face the constant fear of deportation, and they suffer the threat of being ripped apart from their families, their friends, and the communities that they love. So just like the deep divisions we see on this issue across the country, finding a path forward in the sena
Next, the organizing director at quentin. Why are these people here . Why arent they deported or why arent they still imprisoned . I am the organizing director. We have been around the past eight years and we came out of a direct response to the contract that sheriff arpaio signed and put into a limitation into implementation. We were born out of the crisis and a few years back, a big piece of the needs of our key minute he beyond community beyond doing the protest and the legal stuff it was essentially on a casebycase basis. Our people were saying they need support. My family, my husband my daughter is in detention and we need you to help us get them out. Jose found out about our work inside the jail and called his wife and said to look for us. We have been becoming experts at understanding the legal system, helping families navigate it and fight to get their loved ones out and in the past two years, we have gotten over 150 people out of detention through this level of advocacy and po
This mr. President. Having passed an amendment that would have said tier 3 countries in the trafficking in persons report of the state department would not be allowed preferential access to the u. S. Market unless they cleaned up their record, which had a strong bipartisan support of members of the Senate Finance committee and ultimately was incorporated in the t. P. A. , the trade Promotion Authority legislation that passed the senate and was sent to the house in good faith because of concerns that maybe that would undermine the transpacific partnership. In good faith i negotiated an amendment, a provision to change in the amendment that would have said you could still negotiate with malaysia, but they had to clean up their act. If you concluded that negotiation and they were part of t. P. P. , they had to clean up their act on Human Trafficking before they got the preferential access to u. S. Markets. I thought it was a significant give on my part considering the vote of the senate,