Things happen. At this hour, the Freedom Caucus meeting with President Trump at the white house. Also, earlier today, the house debated the sameday rule for consideration of the legislation. Well show that to you in just a bit. And were expecting to hear more from House Speaker paul ryan later this afternoon scheduled for 3 30 eastern. We will keep you posted on that. As you just saw, were opening up our phone lines to hear from you for the next 10 to 15 minutes, your thoughts on whats ahead for the republican plan and what you may have seen there in the comments of former president obama in 2010. 2027488920 for democrats. Republicans use 2027488921. And for all others, 2027488922. Tweet cspan. Shane, the chief White House Correspondent for politico tweeting about that a halfhour ago or so saying that the white house sending a full squad to the crucial house Freedom Caucus. 11 30. Trump, pence. The budget director mick mulvaney. Lets hear from minnetonka, minnesota. First up, john on o
Least on the fence about this legislation . Mr. Walker i think mark has to speak for himself and i guess for the Freedom Caucus. The r. S. C. We went through heavy negotiations last thursday evening. We were able to get across block grant options and able to tax some of the tax credits so were excited about the changes that have been made. We believe the bill is good enough and we believe we can get to a yes vote tonight. Pedro as far as the members of the study committee, what are they doing to gain support . Are they reaching out to other members of the Freedom Caucus . Those that are on the fence . Mr. Walker gary palmer who is on our steering committee, hes a yes as well. When we talk about a Freedom Caucus as a block, we have some who have committed to being a yes on this particular bill. Pedro what about the concerns that still linger about this plan, particularly as we heard some talk about a potential rise in premium, similar aspects of the Affordable Care act that weve seen pu
Good afternoon. Im tori campbell. Air travelers around the country are bracing what has been a pretty painful day after a fire at a major air Traffic Control center near chicago. Authorities say the fire was intentionally set around 5 45 this morning by a contract employee at the faa. But they stress the incident has no ties to terrorism. The man who set the fire was found in the basement of the control center with a self inflicted wound. Hes currently being treated at the hospital. We found a male suffering from selfinflicted wounds. We evacuated 15, 30 people from the building. We extinguished the fire. The faa facility is in aurora, about 40 miles from chicago. The closure affect the many flights because the center controls planes not just flying in and out of chicago but also longdistant routes. You can see that big empty area around chicago. And thats causing thousands of flight delays nationwide. Just a short time ago a few flights were allowed in and out of chicago but it will b
Of the law. It is just getting underway. I want to give a special thanks for braving the elements and trouble uncertainties to get here. If you decided that staying home was the better part of your valor andd you are watching from cspan, welcome to you too. Every new congress in recent years, the Kaiser Foundation and the alliance have sponsored a series of briefings on a number of the most Important Health policy topics that are at the sy center of debate in congress. After todays briefing on the Affordable Care act, we will be conducting three more of these primers next month not next friday, but the two fridays following that, and on wednesday april 1, on medicaid, medicare, and healthcare costs respectively. Mark your calendars. We will see you back here. As for todays program, one might ask, why there is a need for a primer on outlaws a few weeks of being five years old, and has been in the spotlight virtually every day since it was signed into law. Well, there are two fairly larg
Its well, thats what qualified means, justice alito. It means that, you know, if youre not qualified, youre unqualified. And so, i mean, thats what it means. And so youre just reading the word qualified out of the statute if you read it that way. Qualified is used in the in the lay sense of the term, its not a technical term here. Well, i think well, given the way its defined, its defined as a person who resides in the state. It excludes people out of state. It does that because the statute was quite clear that you werent going to be allowed to shop for insurance policies across state lines because that would infringe on traditional state prerogatives regulating insurance. And it and with respect to prisoners, it doesnt make any sense to say that prisoners should be able to get insurance. Mr. Carvin says, yes, it does because they get out of prison. Well, theres a specific statutory provision that says when you face a changedlife circumstance, such as getting out of prison, you can sig