So its been two months and even waiting around for the republicans to offer a counterproposal. Thats expected today but it hasnt been without a lot of work, without a lot of disagreement. What you read most recently was over the weekend a lastditch negotiations with Steven Mnuchin, the treasury secretary, mark meadows, white house chief of staff. They are up on capitol hill saturday inside a meeting with gop staff and is been disagreements both between the white house and the Senate Republicans and within the Senate Republican conference itself. Theres a couple different camps. You have some moderate kind of centrist republicans who are facing tough reelections and they wanted to put their foot on the gas and get this money out the door. Then theres conservative camp that says wait a minute, deficits are through the roof, weve already offered 3 trillion. Its unprecedented and we cant just throw trillions out the door. I will saddle future generations with the debt. Thats the hurdle tha
I can think of few more meaningful than this Great Partnership with the National Association of women judges, a fellow institution dedicated to this crucial ideal of nonpartisan justice. And for me the takeaway from this superbly illuminating discussion is that you have a role too play in this conversation. It makes a difference whether in communities and across the nations there are conversations about the importance of Judicial Independence. It can make the difference between fair and principled judicial system and one in which threats to Judicial Independence reign. I hope youll go out and remember this great message, spread the word, and please join me in thanking these three distinguished judges for their service to this country. The house this week debates a resolution authorizing a lawsuit against president obama. We are joined from capitol hill by mike lillis of the hill whos reporting on this debate. Why does Speaker Boehner want to sue the president . This plays into the repu
I either take this commitment at face value or someone is playing a different game here and i hope thats not the fact. Coming up on cspan 3 a discussion on Judicial Independence and politics. Then former nba Kareem Jabbar talks about racism in sports. And president obamas ambassador to russia faces a confirmation hearing. American artifacts on American History tv. This weekend our visit to the National Security archives at George Washington university reveals declassified documents about the gulf of tonkin in vietnam. American artifacts, sunday at 6 00 and 10 00 p. M. Eastern and watch more American History tv next week while congress is in recess American History tv will be in primetime monday through friday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern featuring watergate. Now women judges talk about some of the challenges of maintaining Judicial Independence when being subjected to partisan election campaigns. Speakers include a judge involved in the 2000 bush v gore decision and an yoi judge who lost her
Over the last 70 years, japanese and americans have built this incredible partnership. I think this really symbolizes how far we have come and the power that comes from building that kind of trust which is not just an icon nick moment of leader visits but really what kind of other things it makes possible to benefit theeopl of both countries. Reporter as you can imagine it is not going to be just the United States and japan watching this historic event today. It will be the world. Peter . Tammy, what can we expect this afternoon . The president will meet with the Prime Minister for a little bit. They will deliver remarks as well. Whats on the plate for these two men today . Reporter well, they will start with a bilateral meeting and move on to a wreath ceremony, putting wreaths down at the u. S. S. Arizona memorial. Finally they will give remarks to the media. They have also invited survivors to attend that. So it will be a full day. A day that will have particular meaning for the peop