New questions about Mitch Mcconnells health after he freezes while taking questions again. As he faces calls to step down, what is mcconnells future. It behoved him for his sake and the sake of his colleagues to go out had bon his own terms. And several trump codefendants plead not guilty. We are not going to let them stop us. With mountaining legal fees, will any of trumps alleged coconspirators flip. Good morning and welcome to inside politics sunday. Im manu raju. And now in the aftermath of hurricane idalia, the recovery begins an the politics are swirling. President biden toured live oak florida and after Surveying Damage he pledged that the federal government will be there there. Im here to deliver a message to people of florida and throughout the southeast, if there is anything your state needs, im ready to mobilize that support. Anything they need related to these storms. Your nation has your back and well be with you until the job is done. Now politics it seemed ends at the wa
A defense spending bill to provide 659 billion to the pentagon for the current fiscal year, 2018. Votes later this afternoon. Now live coverage of the u. S. House on cspan. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2018] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. We give you thanks, o god, for giving us another day. As you make available to your people the grace and knowledge to meet the needs of the day, we pray that your spirit will be upon the members of this peoples house, giving them the richness of your wisdom. Bless the members of the Majority Party as they prepare and gather these next days. May they, with those who accompany them, travel safely and meet in peace. Bless also the Minority Party as they prepare for their own gathering. May these days b
Hear from mark janus and his litigation director and attorney. Thank you for joining us. Today asyour argument a First Amendment issue. How is that . Guest the First Amendment guarantees me the right of freedom of speech and the right of freedom of speech and freedom of association. The problem is i am not allowed to make that decision for myself. I dont have that choice. That r myself. I dont have that choice. , the union that represents me, mandate that i pay these fees, whether i want to or not. I was not asked. It came out of my paycheck. For i saw the deduction union dues, i said, where is this coming from . I am not a member of the union. I never signed a pledge card, i never asked. My colleague said you have to have this fee come out. If you do not, you lose your job. What about the idea that you want the benefits of Union Protection but you do not want to pay the fees . Guest they are getting all of this money from Public Sector workers like myself, that choose not to be a memb
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
Represents me, mandate that i pay these fees, whether i want to or not. I was not asked. It came out of my paycheck. For i saw the deduction union dues, i said, where is this coming from . I am not a member of the union. I never signed a pledge card, i never asked. My colleague said you have to have this fee come out. If you do not, you lose your job. What about the idea that you want the benefits of Union Protection but you do not want to pay the fees . Guest they are getting all of this money from Public Sector workers like myself, that choose not to be a member of the union. Therefore, because of that, they riding on our money. Crux of this. Sic of freedom of association. I do not have that. Host will you be arguing in front of the justices today . Guest i will. Host tell us about the edom our argument is that the court got it wrong back then. A union takes these fees and uses them for hardening, which is political advocacy. It tells the government how much spend on worker salaries,