Scandal led to the only resignation of an american president. Revisitshistory tv 1974 and the final weeks of the nixon administration. The charge of abuse of power. You have questions about what the framework had in mind. Questions about whether the activities that had been found out about the committee and the were indeed impeachable and thirdly, can we prove that Richard Nixon knew about them and even authorized them . Watergate, 40 years later, sunday night at 8 a. M. Eastern 8 p. M. Eastern. On cspan 3. Leftngress has one week until the august recess and with that, the house gop conference met friday morning to undertake a look at the funding requests for the emergency order funding request. This is what john boehner tweeted out. The president requested 3. 7 billion dollars and is built would be less than 1 billion. Very barebones legislation coming from the house. There are specific control and how that can be used. Weve seen a lot of space between republicans and democrats. Thebl
Mf. Until that time comes, i believe that today represents a strong step toward reclaiming the constitutional power that we each have and are trusted with to make decisions about going to war or declaring war. Thatnot emphasize enough no decision is more important for a member of congress than a vote to send young men and women to fight and to die for our country. The main text of this resolution is simple. Deploysident shall not or maintain United States armed forces in a sustained combat role in iraq without specific statutory authorization. Madam speaker, this is what madison meant when he said the power to declare war, including the power of judging the causes of war is fully and exclusively vested in the legislature. May i have 30 more seconds, mr. Chairman . I will yield another additional another 30 seconds. The legislature is us, the congress. This is a monumental step toward reclaiming our constitutional authority. In closing, i want to thank representative mcgovern, lee and a
That is just one of many headlines in congress tonight. Were here to help you make sense of them. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york welcome to the week. 2021 begins with 11 senators and senatorselect calling for a commission to audit the election results. Thats despite there being no evidence of a national scheme. This Group Includes republican senators ted cruz of texas, ron johnson of wisconsin, James Lankford of oklahoma, john kennedy of louisiana, and Marsha Blackburn of tennessee. Today they released a statement threatening to vote against the results without an investigation. We already heard this week from republican senator josh hawley of missouri. He announced that he plans to challenge president elect joe bidens victory. The vote on that is set for this wednesday. In a Statement Released tonight mike pences chief of staff says the Vice President welcomes the efforts of members of congress raising those objections and that he shares the concerns of millions of ameri
Republicans and their spineless backing of a traitorous president in his quest to overturn novembers Election Results, trying to overthrow democracy in the process. Yesterday, a group of 11 more republican senators and senatorselect, seen here take a look at this page announced plans to object to the certification of the president ial Election Results. Both chambers of congress are scheduled to meet for this typical, mundane bit of postelection housekeeping on wednesday. The 11 senators join missouri senator josh hawley and reportedly more than 140 other house republicans, all seeking to overturn the election. The group of senators backing the coup attempt laid out the cause for their efforts in a joint statement the 2020 election featured unprecedented allegations of voter fraud, violations, and lax enforcement of election law, and other voting irregularities. By any measure, the allegations of fraud and irregularities in the 2020 election exceed any in our lifetimes. Note the use of
A constitutional formality is on track to become a fullblown political spectacle on wednesday when a joint session of congress meets to formalize the results of the 2020 election. And breaking this afternoon, 11 sitting and incoming republican senators now say they will join senator josh hawley of missouri in an unprecedented and unwarranted effort objecting to the certification of joe bidens electoral victory. Here they are. Ted cruz of texas, ron johnson of wisconsin, James Langford of oklahoma, steve days, john kennedy of louisiana, Marsha Blackburn of tennessee, mike brawn of indiana and senatorselect Cynthia Lummis of wyoming, Roger Marshall of alaska, bill haggerty and tommy tuberville. There is no major issue with the election. In fact, multiple court cases, dozens of court cases have been thrown out for lack of evidence, and these lawmakers arent even claiming they have evidence. This is just one more vain attempt to thwart the free and Fair Election of joe biden as the 46th pr