wealthy. we learned the opposition is costing her support. five members of her council have stepped down in protest of her policy positions. we showed you the letter they sent her. kelly o donnell is at the white house following this part of the story. kelly o, the speaker, we just heard a few moments ago, stressed this bill will be paid for no matter what, but take us through this possible shift in plans when it comes to paying for the bill. what are you learning? well, good to be with you. of course, when you re having big spending on some new and expanded programs which is the intent of the biden agenda here and democrats in congress, you need a way to pay for it, because there s been a lot of sensitivity among members of the democratic party about saying this would not add to the deficit or would not increase inflation. in the parlance of washington, that it would be paid for. well, raising taxes in key areas is a way to do that. the president has had a red line of no taxes incre
expeditiously consider the referrals put forth by the select committee if and when they re approved by the full house? the department recognizes the important oversight rule this committee, the house of representatives and the senate play with respect to the executive branch. i will say what spokesperson for the u.s. attorney s office and the district of colombia said i think yesterday or the day before. the house of representatives votes for referral of a contempt charge. the department of justice will do what it always does in such circumstances. it will apply the facts and the law and make a decision consistent with the principles of prosecution. all right. so pete, again, the attorney general there. take us through the next possible steps here if bannon is referred for charges. i think we can safely predict that that house how that house vote will come out. it goes to the u.s. attorney in washington. this is under a federal law that says when congress refers one of
regular administration official. that passing of time was eight days. well, that s up to the u.s. attorney for the district of colombia and department of justice how fast they proceed. our expectation is that they will follow the law and so after we pass this off of the house floor, the speaker will certify it. it will get transmitted over to the u.s. attorney for the district of colombia and the federal law is clear that that individual has a duty to bring it before a grand jury and so that s our expectation that it would follow the law and bring this to the grand jury. so that s what we hope the process that they follow will be on thursday. let s listen to the way liz cheney made this point about how the privilege argument appears to suggest that donald trump actually was personally involved. let s listen to the way she put this. mr. bannon s and mr. trump s
demands and i m hopeful that ultimately that they will make a criminal contempt referral to the extent that individuals like mr. bannon and others refuse to comply with these subpoenas, ultimately, that will be something the whole house has to vote on and refer back to the attorney justice and attorney general garland i know believes in the rules of law and separation of powers would take that rule serious will i. it s kind of ridiculous people think subpoenas are optional. i want to take a listen to your colleague, congressman jamie ris raskin. it is turning information over to the u.s. attorney for the district of colombia and trying to get the at the present time of justice to demand these people appear in court and be jailed until the point at which they cooperate with the congressional subpoena. it could be civil contempt or it also could be inherent contempt of congress, where we design our own process for hauling these
took over. some thought too little too late. others thought, if are you resigning, why not make a public statement about why you are actually resigning and people asked her to, some people put pressure on her to. she said she didn t want to, she didn t want to make it about her on a day that people had died. yet i think if she had taken a forceful stance that day against what was happening in d.c., she might have a little bit more credit or legitimacy right now. but you said she stayed silent for several months and wrote this book and is now trying to cash in on this rehabilitation. i got to say, she showed up to the game morally bankrupt for me. she knew very well who these people were. she chose to work for this campaign, she chose to work for melania knowing she was a birther. she said the other day melania isn t a conspiracy person, except for birther-ism and standing alongside her husband all this time being police it.