debate in the impeachment trial of president donald trump. join the conversation with your phone calls, emails, facebook comments, and tweets. washington journal is host: this is the washington journal for january 22. the senate convenes at 1:00 this afternoon for the third day of the impeachment hearing of president trump. 2. can watch that at c-span also listen on the radio app. we will take your calls on yesterday s proceeding, which you can find at c-span.org, which not only dealt with the establishment of rules, cases brought forward for and against, the calling of witnesses, and other documents related to the impeachment charge. here is how you can give your thoughts. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. and 202-748-8002 for independents. if you want to post on social media, you can do so @cspanwj. and our facebook page, if you want to text your thoughts, do so at 202-748-8003. joining us throughout the morning to give information on what took
Sarah Huckabee Sanders grilled on power strug bell who is running the Consumer Protection bureau. How the white house and the interim director Mick Mulvaney are responding now. Plus shocking, humbling, embarrassing. Senator al franken responding to allegations of sexual harrassment speaking to the press this afternoon, looking to learn from his mistakes. David yeah, right. Melissa to put this all behind him, but can he . Well ask karl rove. As this scandal looms large, it is makeorbreak time for the senate, back to work on capitol hill this hour, facing a blistering schedule to push through highstakes agenda items by end of the year. Chief among them, by the way, tax reform. That is very serious. We are hearing key holdouts could be coming around. Where things stand right now. David . David what is full responsibility . I take full responsibility . Melissa yeah. What does that mean when nothing happens, after you say it . Melissa yeah. David at any rate, stocks sliding after hitting ne
The economy. They are worried thanks cuts will add to the deficit its not the taxes. Its the spending. Their genius plan forestalled revenue is including a dumb back stop that reraises taxes if the been gentleman mins dont start flooding into the irs. Instead of relying on more money to fund your spernlgd addiction, cut spending. Dont get me started on the statist Susan Collins who is about as republican as chelsea clinton. Shes worried that cutting the mandate to force people to buy health insurance. And she is complaining the Corporate Tax rate is too low while the top individual rate isnt high enough. These people dont belong to the same party. But this twoparty cartel tribalism causes people who are actually communists to stand at the same trough. If there is no hope on tax there is no hope for anything. The federal stewards prove how useless and overwrought their charge is. And proved repeated government failure is more than enough reason to pare it down once and for all. Im kenne
The economy. They are worried thanks cuts will add to the deficit its not the taxes. Its the spending. Their genius plan forestalled revenue is including a dumb back stop that reraises taxes if the been gentleman mins dont start flooding into the irs. Instead of relying on more money to fund your spernlgd addiction, cut spending. Dont get me started on the statist Susan Collins who is about as republican as chelsea clinton. Shes worried that cutting the mandate to force people to buy health insurance. And she is complaining the Corporate Tax rate is too low while the top individual rate isnt high enough. These people dont belong to the same party. But this twoparty cartel tribalism causes people who are actually communists to stand at the same trough. If there is no hope on tax there is no hope for anything. The federal stewards prove how useless and overwrought their charge is. And proved repeated government failure is more than enough reason to pare it down once and for all. Im kenne
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