How much traction do you think it has on the campaign trail for Bernie Sanders and others you support medicare for all . I think what do viewers mean onby medicare for all . Theres a lot of different visions for that. Whats gaining traction is this idea that the Affordable Care act was the starting point having built on that. There are still people who do not have coverage. People have a lot of concerns about their outofpocket costs and whats the best way to build on daca. Medicare for all has been by sanders one of thee. Different proposals out there. I think its easy to kind of look at them into three different pieces. Bernie sanders, none more incremental plants. O where they stood on healthcare. At the time, they had 23 candidates. All of them are for the expansion of daca expanding Affordable Care act coverage. What do you see in terms of care for all and traction for that among the democrats . Where do you see potential stumbling blocks . The first is exactly the right point, one
Rising tensions between the u. S. Eastern. At 2 00 p. M. Forre congress adjourned summer recess, the House Oversight Committee Held a theing on the future of Affordable Care act as certain provisions were being challenged in courts. Witnesses included advocates and a. C. A. Ast of the well as patients who have benefited from the law. Hours. Der four rep. Cummings committee will come to order. Objection, the chair is recesszed to declare a of the committee at any time. Full Committee Hearing is convened regarding the administrations attack on the a. C. A. I now recognize myself for five openingto give an statement. Because on today the trump2019, administration filed a letter with the United States court of appeals for the fifth circuit reversing its own previous position in the texas vs. United states in asserting for the first time would not defend any the Affordable Care act in court. The Trump Administrations the entireevails and a. C. A. Is struck down, there electric catastrophic
Booktv continues now on cspan2, television for serious readers. [inaudible conversations] good evening and welcome to politics and prose. Finance jack bennett. Welcome. Before we begin, just a few notes. First we ask you to silence your cell phones. You dont want to be the person whose phone rings in the middle of the talk but we do want you to be heard in recording. Lastly after the talk please help us including the space by folding up your chairs and link them against the nearest wall. The signing will begin just afterward with a line stretching towards the front of the store books are available for purchase. Todays guest is professor Ganesh Sitaraman who teaches law at vanderbilt law school. Professor sitaraman worked as an advisor to Elizabeth Warren for the 21st century run and served as a genetic counselor in the senate. Additionally, he is a senior fellow at the center for american progress. Professor sitaraman is a to talk less news book, the public option how to expand freedom
Without getting technical, the shift in Interest Rates has raised the risk of recession. Bad news for investors. The dow is going to be down 370 points. That means we are down about 1,000 points from the middle of last week. The s p 500 down maybe 45, 1. 5 , and the nasdaq, thats on track for its longest losing streak in three years, down bigtime across the board. Look at this. Talk about a flight to safety. Money pouring into u. S. Treasury bonds and yields are tumbling. The tenyear, the benchmark Interest Rate, now yields just 1. 78 . If theres any Silver Lining here, its the likelihood of even lower Mortgage Rates in the immediate future. The price of gold, that is a sixyear high. That is also part of the flight to safety. Bitcoin, bitcoin, money is flowing in there, too. Its back to 11,800 per coin, up more than 20 in the last week. Heres what we have to start the new week. A currency war, a prolonged trade fight probably, a stock market selloff bigtime and a universal flight to so
And louisiana congressman whip Steve Scalise on the new immigration rules coming out of the white house and Energy Secretary rick perry. The president promoting turning natural gas into plastics, you dont want to miss any of those fine gentlemen. Lets take a look at the market, futures pointing to low e open this morning, 86point loss on dow futures, losses across the board after bruising week last week and bruising start of the week with dow shedding 390 points, Goldman Sachs issuing warning on trade, does not believe u. S. And china will reach deal before 2020 election, treasury yields tumbling in yesterdays selloff amid global worries, trade fears, you take a look, 1. 3 , i said this yesterday, 1. 3 is the record low on 10year treasury, we are not far away, jon, your reaction with what really started last month in terms of a trade war and now currency war . Jon worried that we could be heading toward a recession, i was looking for confidence calls yesterday and youre starting to see