Before us. Our work today is a ministerial nature. We are here to combine the legislative recommendations from the finance and the energy and Natural Resources committee and report the combined bill to the full senate. I remind my colleagues that section 310 b of the budget act states when more than one committee of the house or senate is directed to determine and recommend changes, each such committee so directed shall promptly made determinations and submit said recommendations to the committee of the budget of its house which upon receiving all such recommendations shall report to the house its reconciliation legislation carrying out all such recommendations without any substantive revision. This is different from our markup resolution. Were operating under the constraints imposed by the statute. Consistent with past practice of this committee, when considering reconciliation bills, no amendments are in order for todays markup. Members will have the opportunity to amend the legislat
And a picture outside the hearing room taken a bit earlier, as protesters gathered in the hallway outside the Senate Budget committee. Many of them shouting kill the bill, dont kill us. The hearing was interrupted several times as police removed demonstrators from the hearing room. The Senate Budget committee met today, and approved legislation to reform the tax code, and open the Arctic National wildlife refuge to expanded oil and gas drilling. The 521page combined reconciliation bill contains three major pieces of legislation. Tax reform and the individual Health Insurance mandate repeal bill passed by the finance committee and the Energy Committees oil and gas Drilling Initiative in alaska. The measure passed the Budget Committee today on a 1211 Party Line Vote. Prohibits the Budget Committee from substantially changing the proposed legislation thats before us. Our work today is a ministerial nature. We are here to combine the legislative recommendations from the finance and the ene
Another night of unrest in portland where the violence was stopped. A federal officer simply agreed to leave. The violent rioters turning their attention to local authorities to say a police union has been set on fire a local reporter in the crowd chanting every city, every town and burned the precinct to the ground. American cities in for a new wave of trouble pointed directly at the police themselves. Former doj official sally eights and the hot seat on capitol hill today admitting former fbi james comey went rogue and she was flabbergasted to find the fbi agents through the white house to interview general Michael Flynn. That is not all. Senator Marsha Blackburn with joining us tonight. Welcome to fox news night im Shannon Bream in washington. Keeping an eye on the unrest out west, that is where we start, hey, david. Shannon, good evening. Federal offices were withdrawn from the courthouse in portland. Protesting the city had been relatively peaceful. There have been a number of exc
Portland where it was about the violence woodstock, federal offices agreed to leave. The rioters are turning to local authorities saying a Police Union Building was broken into and set on fire. Local reporter chanting every city, every town, burn the precinct to the grounds. A new wave of trouble pointed at the police themselves. Sally gates in the hot seat on capitol hill admitting former fbi director james comey went road and she was flabbergasted to find he sent fbi agents to the white house to interview Michael Flynn and that is not all. Marsha blackburn asking questions today and joins us live. Welcome to fox news at night. David miller keeping and i only unrest, that is where we start. Reporter since federal officers were withdrawn from the courthouse in Portland Protests in that city have been relatively peaceful. Thereve been a number of exceptions and last night was one of them. Stop now or you will be arrested. Reporter according to police after a peaceful protest a group of
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