Within the dow. Take them out of the picture, things wouldnt be as bad as they are now. Were well off the earlier lows, down 400 points, down about 165 points but also fueling this, offsetting this if you will is talk of progress on that stimulus front. You remember where they were looking for republicans, another 250 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program . Well they ran into a buzzsaw of criticism from democrats that argued it was too tilted to business so they wanted to make assurances for health care workers, hospitals, that sort of thing. I stress that they have reached a broad parameters of a deal. It is not a deal until they both mutually agree. Were seeing progress on the front. That mitigated losses in the dow and offset the oil impact. Edward lawrence joins us now from washington with how this is all progressing. Hey, edward. Reporter neil, close, very close. That is how it is being described. As you said no deal, no ink to paper as it were for this deal. Republicans ini
To register. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Is next. On thisod morning monday, january 13, the beginning of the legislative week in washington. Senators are preparing for votes on curbing the president s use of force against iran and starting an impeachment trial. Iran. St, your thoughts on what steps do you want lawmakers to take to limit the military did lasts the house week or support the administrations strategy. . Democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. Active and retired military, we want to hear from you, 2027488003 is your number. You can text us on that line with your first, city, and state. We will get to your thoughts in a minute. Lets begin with the hill newspaper. Democrats scramble to reign in trumps iran war powers. Democrats are racing against the clock to shore up as the fight shifts to the senate. A lawmakers looking to limit trump possibility t
Joining us from new york this morning, antoine hope, hes a Senior Research scholar at columbia universitys center on Global Energy policy. Here to talk about oil prices. While were experiencing these tensions with iran. So, mr. Hope, lets begin with the history of the United States getting its oil from the middle east. Tell us about that. Right. Well, the volumes that are imported from the middle east have decreased dramatically in the last few years with the increase in election. But, in fact, the middle east has never accounted for very dramatic share of u. S. Imports. There was a time when there were significant imports from saudi arabia, from kuwait. The reason why the u. S. Has been playing the key role in keeping the shipping lanes safe in the gulf is not all about imports into its own country, its about the stability of the market as a whole. What is how is the market handling u. S. And iran tensions . Its been quite remarkable. There hasnt been much of a reaction. There was a k
Chad of fox news tweeting a from House Foreign Affairs Committee Eliot Engel today. I am disappointed and frustrated secretary pompeo will not appear before the committee tomorrow. New passing day raises questions about the strike that killed general soleimani. As there really imminent threat . And a story from roll call this afternoon, congressman isnt backing down and is running for reelection as an independent. Ongressman amash has been mentioned as a possible impeachment manager. The u. S. House is back at the on the he hour and agenda this afternoon, a number of veterans and financial bills. S votes expected at 6 30 eastern. Watch the house live when they at 2 00 p. M. Eastern. Also coming up this afternoon, the Transportation Research on the lds a discussion administrations 2020 transportation and infrastructure policy priorities. You can watch that live at 3 45 eastern on cspan3. At cspan. Org or listen live with the free cspan radio app. Joining us from new , Antoine Halff. Sen
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