That critics claim. Dan henninger and kim strassel. Mary, we will get to the politics which are corn here, but first just as a decision was it the right one . I think it was and i think there were three major problems with this agreement. The first is in a costbenefit analysis, the numbers just dont add up. President , president obama committed to certain regulations that would cost the economy a lot and i think President Trump is right. But the payoff very was small in its progression and not enough to make the cost worthwhile and there was also a huge Money Transfer of 3 billion that was supposed to go to a United Nations green fund and we know that we would never see that money again. Paul right, dan, the argument, though, for saying in, there was a lot of pressure, the Business Community, a lot of businesses really wanted him to stay in because they begun to think that this is good politics for them marketing. Marketing. Paul thats right. The argument that scott pruitt of the epa m
Followed up with the announcement of an executive order imposing sanctions on Individuals Companies and banks doing business with pyongyang. And with were that chinas bank has as their hesitations is not dealing with north korea. We have a former United States ambassador to the un and fox news contributor, welcome back ambassador. Got to be with you. Since those remarks, kim jongun has not said maybe we will send a missile with a Hydrogen Bomb over the pacific. Right. I think it shows that he is trying to demonstrate he is not intimidated by everything going on. This would be atmospheric testing more than 35 years. I think the environmental consequences would be enormous. The steps that have been taken as you mentioned, the executive order i think is potentially quite significant. Although the words china and russia dont appear in it. Those are the two targets of that. To make a very specific who is dealing with north korea. He was aiding them. Was go back to the Hydrogen Bomb because
And provide substantial relief to the middleclass. Joining the panel, wall street journal columnist and Deputy Editor dan hettinger, columnist and manhattan senior fellow jason riley and columnist, mary, 51, 52 votes, not always sure they were going to get them, what turned the tide in the end . Using a seasonal metaphor, you heard of the christmas tree, there were four or five senators who were holding out and i think Mitch Mcconnell very masterfully addressed concerns of each of them by giving them small presence to put under the tree or on the tree so you have Susan Collins, who gets her 10,000 property deduction, property Tax Deduction, medical expense deduction increase, ron johnson really wanted something better. Paul senator from wisconsin. For small businesses. And a quite generous deduction for businesses. Each of those things were enough to bring 51 senators on board. Leland paul not pretty, lets be honest. Buying of votes with policy. Why did this succeed where the effort on
And provide substantial relief to the middleclass. Joining the panel, wall street journal columnist and Deputy Editor dan hettinger, columnist and manhattan senior fellow jason riley and columnist, mary, 51, 52 votes, not always sure they were going to get them, what turned the tide in the end . Using a seasonal metaphor, you heard of the christmas tree, there were four or five senators who were holding out and i think Mitch Mcconnell very masterfully addressed concerns of each of them by giving them small presence to put under the tree or on the tree so you have Susan Collins, who gets her 10,000 property deduction, property Tax Deduction, medical expense deduction increase, ron johnson really wanted something better. Paul senator from wisconsin. For small businesses. And a quite generous deduction for businesses. Each of those things were enough to bring 51 senators on board. Leland paul not pretty, lets be honest. Buying of votes with policy. Why did this succeed where the effort on
Since the senate couldnt pass a fourweek resolution to fund the government, they are trying is set for threeweek resolution. Republicans are betting that among the ranks of their democratic colleagues, there is enough support for the six years worth of funding for the chip program. They could get some democratic votes in the house, and the senate if leader pelosi and schumer free them up to go. I spoke to greg walden, the republican from Washington State. He says if the democrats freed up they would vote but their leadership has been constrained. Nancy pelosi meanwhile, has signed off on this threeweek long continuing resolution only if if daca is attached. It is in right now. Paul we will go to the republican leaders. Okay. The shutdown of the government is completely unnecessary. Last night, the Senate Democrats chose not to join us in funding the government in providing support to our military and reauthorizing chip. They made the choice to shut the government down. To deny our troo