politicsnation. tonight s leads, not a moment to lose. right now it s five pm in washington. and house republicans have just released their spending plan to avert a government shutdown. moments ago. now, have less than a week to pass it and ultimately prevent a potential economic catastrophe for america. meantime it appears the table is nearly set for 2020 for democrats. out before, i m out exportation s, in tuesday s elections scoring a big win on abortion rights in ohio, taken control of the virginia legislature, winning a key governors race in the red state of kentucky. fresh off the victories for the soon to be first black house speaker and rhode island s first black congress person joins me shortly with their takes on where democrats stand ahead of 2024. as for republicans, they help their three primary debate with a significantly narrowed field. and they re a front runner donald trump remains embroiled and other matters, including a continuous fraud trial here in
Aspen for our Aspen Security Forum there. Here is ali for velshi ruhle. Hello everyone, i am ali velshi, it is wednesday, july 17th, stephanie is on assignment. House speaker is expected address last nights stunning vote. The first last night and again and this morning the president attacked the four women on twitter and calling them names and thanking them for his polling number. Demonizing not only immigrants but communities of color. There are no bottom of the barrel of this. To stifle those who wants to advance rights for all people of
the United States. Each of us bring our unique and authentic voice to this body. We govern in our own way. We are four women who have al n alignment of values. There is no insurgency here or for conspiracy. President trump is expected to continue his attack on these women in a rally. I want to talk a little bit more about the president and his comments. The house is going to vote today on a resolution to impeach President Trump as a measure thats bei
so we got to work. i agree, i am an optimist but it s because i really mean this. i have enormous faith in the ingenuity, in the integrity of the american people. i m not joking. i have enormous faith in them because i m convinced, we re the most unique country in the world. not because we re all so smart but because we re the only country that s organized based on an idea. we really mean it. we haven t lived up to them but we hold these truths to be self- evident. all men and women were created equal. basically, give everybody a shot , and i really have faith in the american people. i know we re divided. i know how mean it can get and i know there are extremes on both ends that make it more difficult than its been in a long long time but i m convinced, let the american people know that we re committed to enhancing their ability to make their way
the gender gap. excuse me. that wage gap, that disproportionately impacts women. we re also proud to pass this bill tomorrow on the anniversary of the seneca falls convention, which america declared that all men and women were created equal. we ll also continue on our promise to workers. today we ll honor our promise to the hardworking men and women of labor as we lift the kettle wax tax, protecting benefits that workers had negotiated and the lewis act, ensuring that millions of americans who receive retirement will receive the retirement and benefit securities they have earned. we re very pleased at the outcome of all of the back and forth on the census, proud of the testimony house counsel made
women a raise and help narrow the gender gap, the disproportionately impacts women. we are proud to pass this bill tomorrow. all men and women were created equal. we ll also continue doing our promises to workers. today we ll honor our promise to the hardworking men and women of the labor as we lift the cadillac tax protecting health benefits that workers have negotiated. and next week, the house will move to pass the vote and ensuring millions of americans who receive requirementirements receive the retirements of benefits and security they have earned. these are the outcome of the back and forth on the census. proud of the testimony the council makes for the supreme