Very important issues that need to be highlighted. I would note the constituent is a friend, i have long thought highly of your commitment to public engagement, your volunteer efforts to make a difference in our political discourse, and i wanted to ask you as a citizen who engaged in the political process, how did it make you feel to be targeted by the government for persecution . It takes your breath away when you dont know quite where true north is, and it begs the bigger question, what is this country and where am i raising my children, where is their safe harbor . This panel and questions are critical. We have to understand what we have just come through. I hope we want to head in a decidedly different direction. President nixon attempted to use the irs to target his political enemies. He did not succeed, but he was roundly decried in a bipartisan manner. In this instance, the attempt sadly bore fruit. It has been well over a year since the news broke. Do you feel in the over a yea
In this case this is money that these families are earning and i am looking forward to a vibrant debate. I am glad the conservative movement has space for this kind of vibrant debate. I am a huge supporter of what everything reagan did. I also think we need to recognize the 21st century has some difficult in some significant differences in the era in which he governed. Globalization israel real and we need to stay globally repetitive and recognize in the 21st century, families face challenges that were not there in the 20th. It would be difficult to do that in the 21st century because of what those jobs paid. Eventually my father would have had to become an electrician or welder. My mother would have to become a dental hygienist or paralegal in order to live comfortable lifestyles. A great time. The last time the Miami Dolphins were in the super bowl was in the 1980s. One of the things conservatives have been about is common sense and reform and this is a commonsense reform about the r
A complicated tax season for you. Sen sasse thank you mr. Chairman and thank you mr. Commissioner for being here. Are you familiar with a piece in the Washington Post yesterday about the 100 to 400 fpl level for the aca. He is summarizing a yale journal of regulation piece about who qualifies for the tax credit will stop it is my understanding that is 100 to 400 of the federal poverty line. It looks to me that you have put forth a rule that disregards the 100 income level. I am curious if that is true. Mr. Koskinen i am not aware of that. I would be delighted to get your information. I am not aware that we have done anything that ignored the statutory framework. Sen sasse we will follow up with a letter. The particular concerns i have a related to the broad application of irs discretion. Obviously in the regulatory rulemaking process but also in particular cases. Many of our constituents, when i travel in nebraska, have genuine fear of the irs because there is an inadequate understandi
And the hearing on the First Responders. Its only a matter of hours before we know why firefighters failed to help a dying man who was just steps away from their station. News4 will be at a hearing regarding the questions of the breakdown of communication between d. C. Emergency responders. Tommy wells is leading the oversight hearing which starts at 2 00. The focus, the five firefighters who failed to help 77yearold medrick mills who died from a heart attack outside of their station. In addition to hearing from mills son, the mom of a man who died in a similar situation four years ago will also testify today. Stay with news4 and nbcwashington. Com for the very latest developments to come out of this hearing. Barbara . Thank you, angie. Another controversy surrounding ambulance response times may also come up at that meeting. Its a story you saw first on news4 at 11 00. Sources tell us a fire truck had to take a toddler to a hospital because an ambulance wasnt nearby. The toddler was h
North you have a glaze there, report of a glaze on a lot of things out there 30 degrees. Get low 30s this morning. By lunch time mid to upper 30s, our Winter Weather advisory goes until 10 00 a. M. And this afternoon well certainly get out of this. We are going to get out of it quickly in southern areas as well. Last couple of hours, snow and sleet at the onset. Now sleet and freezing rain, depending on where you are in most areas. Wet snow mixing in north and east of us. Plain old cold rain mixing in with some of the sleet as well. You can see north of town all the pink is a mix of freezing rain and sleet. Take it easy this morning. Not an ice storm but enough. Andrews 32. Look at the low 30s in the northern shanendoah valley. Lets go to Monika Samtani and see how this nasty weather is affecting the morning commute. Reporter howard was tweeting all of this out yesterday afternoon and luckily, a lot of you got an Early Morning start because of his warning. Brunswick lines 870 and 880 a