Billion for the next two years. It funds the government through march 23 and includes money for disaster relief, a fouryear extension of the Childs Health insurance program. It does not include a das fix daca fix or border security. It is set to expire march 5. This agreement led to the shutdown last month. Mitch mcconnell thomas to allow debate on docker daca if it remains open. The Democratic Leaders say republicans are not making the same promise. We would like that response to a bipartisan bill. The house passed a bill on tuesday and is expected to have changes. They will attach the latest package as an amendment. The question is can the Senate Commence the house to support the plan and can they agree by midnight tomorrow. Lauren blanchard in washington. Massachusetts congressman posted this on twitter. We cannot accept the indifference and indignity the republican colleagues continue to showed to dreamers. Thank you nancy pelosi for showing us all what it means to be a true Public
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The center for American Progress looked at the levels of progress states have made since 2016 to protect their systems from foreign interference. This runs one hour 25 minutes. Good afternoon everyone. I am president of the center for American Progress and i am thrilled to have you all here for one of the most important discussions we are going to have this year which is on voting integrity. On which we all rely for democracy. The topic of todays address is about the trust we have in our Voting System which is central and fundamental to everything we rely on for government. Our system of free and Fair Elections is under assault from hostile nations. I know that sounds extreme but it is true. Statementspelling from leaders on both sides of the aisle that russia attempted to interfere with our 2016 elections, President Trump continues to dismiss such evidence as fake news. This disturbing reality underscores that now more than ever before protecting americas Election Security is a matter
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Your thoughts on the president s Foreign Policy. What is your confidence level . Democrats 202 7488000 republicans, 202 7488001, an independents, 202 7488002. Join the conversation on twitter cspanwj, or go to facebook. Com cspan. The phone lines are open. We will get your thoughts in a minute, but many foreignpolicy headlines in the papers with running from iran to iraq, afghanistan. We begin with the fight against isis and iraq. Here is the headline in the Washington Times this morning. Take a look at what defense secretary Ashton Carter had to say up on capitol hill when he testified before the senate. [video clip] sec. Carter we have an obligation to support those fighters, and we will have to decide under what conditions in what way we will make that tactical decision when we introduce them, but i think the main thing is that we increase that number from what is now a very small number, and im not surprised that it is running on television, into a much larger number. I think we ca