very good monday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill. this morning lawmakers back on capitol hill facing growing pressure after the deadly beating of tyre nichols by memphis police ignites renewed calls for federal police reform. nichols family attorney benjamin crump telling cnn tyre s tragic death should force congress to act. shame on us if we don t use his tragic death to finally get the george floyd justice in policing act passed. so will things change this time around? the congressional black caucus is calling for a meeting with president biden this week to push for negotiations on police reform. remember there was a push, bipartisan push in the wake of george floyd it didn t make it through two years ago following that death, those discussions broke down in the senate, congress failed to pass the federal reforms. now the president of tennessee s naacp chapter is pleading with congress to try again. we come to call to action for congress. by faili
Israel, Hamas trade blame over deadly hospital blast in Gaza, Biden summit in Jordan canceled
foxbangor.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from foxbangor.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
about the debt ceiling is certainly expected to be one of the central focuses. now, both men have said that they don t want to see the nation default on their debt, but for the time being they disagree on how exactly to do that. house speaker kevin mccarthy has been very eager to try to push president biden to the negotiating table and republicans have been insistent that if they aring going to raise the debt ceiling they also want to see some spending cuts. but president biden and the white house have said that this is a non-negotiable, that this is an obligation that congress must fulfill. i want to read you a statement from a white house spokesperson who tonight said, the president will ask speaker mccarthy if he intends to meet his constitutional obligation to prevent a national default as every other house and senate leader in u.s. history has done. and as leaders mcconnell, schumer and jeffries have pledged to do. he will underscore the economic security of all americans canno
debt ceiling will be raised but president biden and the white house have insisted that there will be no negotiations over this and that congress must fulfill their obligation to raise the debt ceiling, a spokesperson for the white house saying in a statement, quote, the president will ask speaker mccarthy if he intends to meet his constitutional obligation to prevent a national default as every other house and senate leader in u.s. history has done and as leaders mcconnell, schumer and jefferies have pledged to do. the president, they add, will under score that the economic security of all americans cannot be held hostage to force unpopular cuts on working families. treasury secretary janet yellen said they are using extraordinary measures until this moment and that the nation s debt limit must be raised by early june so certainly this could have huge ripple effects for the u.s. economy if the nation were to default on their debt. the president this week is planning to push some of his