I am proud to say it led to the first bipartisan package in decades. It took time and a willingness to acknowledge that no party has a monopoly on good ideas. M proud of what we are what we created together. Although we were already holding these hearings in our committee, we require that others hold them also so that all members have a chance to be heard in front of congress. Hopefully, more good ideas have the chance to see a light of day. I couldnt ask for a better partner than our Ranking Member, tom cole. We come from different parties, but we share the same dedication to this institution. What this is really all about, a wellfunctioning house allows us to tackle the issues that can make a positive difference in peoples lives and that is why we already for prep congress and the first place. Before i turn to our ranking on the job to for the house of new parliament parliamentian. Mr. Jason smith. Mr. Cole and i have said a lot about him to his predecessor. And he and his predecesso
In the balance now hes asking the Supreme Court to intervene in unfounded claims of voter fraud. And nationwide Trump Supporters clash with pro biden groups. Its 800. 00 g. M. T. Thats 1 pm in the eastern United States and 3 days since election day but we still cant say who is going to be the next president things are heating up every hour joe biden whitens his lead over donald trump in several states that sum up this vapidly changing scenario heres what you need to know that are just a few battleground states still being counted joe biden is now ahead in georgia nevada and in pennsylvania biden is projected to have won 264. To Royal College votes donald trump has 214 the number to hit is 270 any single women for biden could effectively end the race but officials in georgia say they expect a recount there is also know that a new batch of ballots in a state weve already projected arizona they increase bidens margin but this is one of the states the trunk campaign is trying to contest wi
That is correct, mr. Chairman. We got to find something we can join here. There may be good reasons, im just trying to i want a global fund to be created like we have done for aids and malaria and other things to deal with plastics that we can control. I want us to look at the World Bank Program and see if we can make some contributions there. We are going to leave the hearing open to friday at 2 00 p. M. For additional questions. I just want to thank you both. I look forward to working with you on this. We are going to provide you more resources. Tell us what you think it is best utilized. Thank you. Mr. Chairman, thank you very much and thank you for the attention. Thank you. The meeting is adjourned. Thank you. Thank you so much. Today, the conclusion of a q a interview about the relationship between the media and u. S. President s. Todays program talks about president s from Franklin Roosevelt to donald trump. With joe biden as president elect, go to cspan for live coverage of the
For us on the committee to do something radical, to listen more than we talk. For us to heare from our colleagues on both sides of the aisle about their ideas for the next rules package. Regardless of who controls Congress Next year, i think we can all agree running this house with integrity means listening to all members so that is what we will be doing today. We took a collaborative approach with the rules package for this congress and im proud to say the first bipartisan package in decades. It took time to acknowledge no party has the monopoly on good ideas. Of what weve created together, the consensus calendar to expedite consideration of ideas with bipartisan support, the Diversity Office to get the calls falls of Congress Looking like the real world, and the Modernization Committee to advance good ideas from both sides to get this place functioning better. Although we were hearing these in committee, we required other committees hold them so all members have the chance to be hear
Next by are joined katie keith with georgetown university, the center on Health Insurance reform. She is also an adjunct professor of law at the law school at georgetown. Thank you for joining us. Katie thank you for having me. Host here to talk about the latest Supreme Court and the most significant Supreme Court on the Affordable Care act. Give us the shorthand version of legally, how we arrived at this point. Katie to understand this case, we have to go back in time a little bit to 2012 and then 2017. If folks remember back to 2012, that was the first time the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care act. Chief Justice John Roberts held that the individual mandate could not be sustained under the commerce clause, but it could be sustained as a tax. It walks, talks, cracked like attacks. Quacks like a tax. Fastforward to 2017, republicans controlled both chambers of congress. Timespent much of their trying to repeal as much of the Affordable Care act as possible. It led to multiple h