Conscience not her fealty to trump. 60 out of that number. One vote was present. We have manu raju on capitol hill. An historic vote. There was a lot of talk. The feel of it was as you were reporting earlier that cheney might lose. She went behind the scenes for several weeks in the aftermath of the vote to impeach donald trump, talking to members trying to get them on their side explaining her vote. It appears to have paid off. She was listening to the concerns and did not back away from her vote. In fact today she said she does not regret voting to impeach donald trump. She made that clear to her conference but there were an outspoken contingent of members who came after her very aggressively through the course of this more than fourhour closed door meeting. At the end of the day the members decided it is more important to unite at this moment than engage themselves in a divisive leadership fight and the ouster of the highest ranking republican woman in leadership. Now, at the same t
There are significant Republican House members that are very angry Marjorie Taylorgreene is part of their party and is going to still represent constituents under the republican banner for sometime to come. Lets not forget we are only talking about the house tonight. There is a whole flock of Senate Republicans that are have come out and very strongly denounced her role, said she should be removed from committees and so far as to say she should not be part of the Republican Party. This is a divide that maybe tonight theyre showing somewhat of a unified force. But this is a lingering problem that is going to continue to exist as republicans try and forge their way through this process. A lot of it comes down to winning elections, right . It tends to be that you can win an election as a primary candidate when you run close to president donald trump. We are now starting to see a consistent pattern outside of those strong Republican House districts that are drawn in a way that have more Re
Im very excited to tell my daughter all about it. For those of you who have not followed, through the artimus, the American Government will send astronauts to the service of the moon, another man and woman to the moon, which is very exciting. Conduct new science, prepare for future trips to mars. Today only 12 humans have walked on the moon. That was half a century ago. The artimus provides the opportunity to add numbers to that, of course. Lunar exploration has brought the most recently detailed in fy21 omnibus spending bill, and certainly we support this effort and endeavor. Why dont we go to you first, darlene. Reporter thank you. Can you update us on the president s thinking on forgiving Student Loan Debt . There are groups who are pushing for the president to forgive all Student Loan Debt. Where does he stand on all that . Sure. The president has and continues to support cancelling 10,000 of federal Student Loan Debt per person as a response to the covid crisis. Hes calling on con
She cant ignore the literal elephant in the room, the gop. Thats because right now republicans face a reckoning. It centers on two key figures representing two directions for the party. Congresswoman Marjory Taylor greenes comments are putting her party on the spot. Today, lawmakers will have to go on the record over whether or not to strip her of her committee assignments. In the next hour, the white house or rather, the house will start proceedings to make that happen. When it comes to conference chair liz cheney, republicans were okay saying one thing about her publically after she voted to impeach former President Trump but in a closeddoor meeting last night, a majority voted to keep her in a position of leadership even after her break with the former president. More on that in moments. Right now, the white house is trying to keep the focus on Foreign Policy. That includes a trip to the State Department and President Bidens first major policy remarks since taking office. In 30 minu
Lets say theyre in scranton just for the sake of argument, one is working as a nurse, the other is a teacher making 120,000 a year should get a check. Thats in his plan. And the plan presented by republicans, they would not get a check. His view is that at this point in our country, when one in seven American Families dont have enough food to eat, with he need to make sure people get the relief they need and are not left behind. As was also part of our readout last night, there was discussion of technical followup with opportunities to discuss things like Small Business and covid relief. Im not suggesting reduction, im suggesting how to do it effectively and those technical discussions at a staff level will be part of whats ongoing over the next couple of days. But the president s bottom line is that this is the package, the risk here as he said many times is not going too big, it is going too small. That continues to be his belief and thats why he supports the efforts by senator schum