Governrnment moves to impose direct rule over catalonia following the regions independencece referendum. M. The speaker of the Catalan Parliament has called spains move to seize political control of the region a de facto coup detat. Mr. President , this is not a bad budget deal, it is an horrific budget bill an extremely cruel bill and the most unfair budget ever presented in the modern history of our country. Amy that was senator sanders. As the Senate Narrowly Passes a budget bill that clears the path for anan historic tax reform, wewell l look at how President Trumpps proposed tax overhrhal would shower billions of dollars in tax cuts upon the wealthiest americans, including President Trumps family and members of his administration. We will speak with james h henry of thehe Tax Justice Network and pulitzer prizewinning journalist David Cay Johnston, whose latetest piece is headlind nine reasonsns trump tax plan will hurt you. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now ,
Governmement moves to impose direct rule over catalonia following the regions independence r referendum. The speaker of the Catalan Parliament has called spains move to seize political control of the region a de facto coup detat. Mr. President , this is not a bad budget deal, it is an horrific budget bill an extremely cruel bill and the most unfair budget ever presented i in the modern histoy of our country. Amy that was senator sanders. As the Senate Narrowly Passes a budget bill that clears the path for an h historic tax reform, well looook at how President Trumps proposed tax overhauaul would shower billions of dollars in tax cuts upon the wealthiest americans, including President Trumps family and members of his administration. We will speak with james henenry of the t Tax Justice Network and pulitzer prizewinning journalist David Cay Johnston, whose latestst piece is headlind nine reasons trump tax plan will hurt you. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democr
Debate limited to 10 30 eastern today and now to live coverage of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, the foundation of true wisdom, you extend your powerful dominion over the universe. Stand by our lawmakers and protect them with your might. Lord, refresh them with your wisdom, as you prepare them not only for time but eternity. Lord, we praise you for ethi ethically congruent lawmakers who in their innermost beings are true and honest. Give us more senators who are true to duty as the needle to the pole. Give us more legislators who are not afraid to call sin by its right name. Lord, provide us with more patriots who will stand for right, regardless of the consequences. We pray in your sovereign name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of ame
Nondefense spending increases. Both are happening now. I suspect by the time they wrap up, this package will move very quickly because when we are talking about spending increases and tax cuts, the American People are still very concerned about the deficit and debt and they are not really getting an in washington. What you think outlines to the budget are . What dont you like that is been proposed or put out by kevin brady in the allen of the tax plan . Vague it has been very when it comes to provisions that will help pay for some of the marginal rate reductions on the corporate side and also on the personal side. I also dont like the idea of keeping the highest individual rate or potentially adding a new one. I like the previous attempt at simplifying and coming down to three great only. Rates only. The health care exclusion should be capped and is not distributed differently so that individuals have more control over the health plans and not just employers. These are difficult politi
The house this past week. It is a 4 trillion budget. Romina, what should we know about this budget. For a pretty big increase in defense spending and fore are no requirements budget cuts. More is a potential for spending once Congress Works through the budget. They are are we talking about another bipartisan budget deal that will lift budget caps that have prevented the increases in defense that the president has asked for. Host by law, that has to happen. Stan, we are seeing your peace online and the headline says that the gop has murdered in the federal budget and now wants us to round up the usual suspects. What are you writing about your . The republican crow on house and senate and white house, they have misused and abused and not use the budget process the way it is written in law. The best example of this is that the budget that the house adopted has no relationship to correct fiscal policy. There was no attempt to look at what the economy will do over the next year and whether