In for alicia menendez. American voices will be back tomorrow. Welcome back to a Special Edition of velshi. We begin this hour with dysfunction in the house of representatives. The federal government will shut down one week from tonight, if House Republicans cannot figure out a path forward to perform their basic constitutionally assigned duties. This chaos and disorder is 100 avoidable in congress if they just do their job. Shut down now seems all but certain if speaker Kevin Mccarthy cannot find convince a faction of farright republicans to sign off on a deal from the government. Today on capitol hill, members of the Roads Committee discussed the path forward for Appropriation Bills that mccarthy plans to put on the house floor on tuesday. Speaker mccarthy is not relying on hope to somehow pull a rabbit out of a head for a solution. I always believe, when you get to the final deadlines, thats when the real crunch. Comes on believing in Human Behavior furthest that have been holding o
Shut down one week from tonight, if House Republicans cannot figure out a path forward to perform their basic constitutionally assigned duties. This chaos and disorder is 100 avoidable in congress if they just do their job. Shut down now seems all but certain if speaker Kevin Mccarthy cannot find convince a faction of farright republicans to sign off on a deal from the government. Today on capitol hill, members of the Roads Committee discussed the path forward for Appropriation Bills that mccarthy plans to put on the house floor on tuesday. Speaker mccarthy is not relying on hope to somehow pull a rabbit out of a head for a solution. I always believe, when you get to the final deadlines, thats when the real crunch. Comes on believing in Human Behavior furthest that have been holding out, no one that crunch time is coming. Even if they say, why didnt all this happen sooner . They are the ones that held it up. Maybe theyll see the pressure and do something differently. Hes relying on Hum
Washington journal starts now. Host good morning and welcome to washington journal. With a possible Government Shutdown looming, americans are wondering once again about the state of our government. Senators and representatives are trying to find some way to Work Together to come up with a budget with a small group of hardliners holding up the process. The Supreme Court seems to have a new public controversy every week. And the upcoming president ial election may mean change coming out of the white house. With all of this, our question for you this morning is about your level of satisfaction with washington. What is your current level of satisfaction with u. S. Politics . We are opening up our regular lines. That means, democrats, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. Republicans, your number is 202 7488001. Independents, you can call 202 7488002. Keep in mind, you can always text us at 202 7488003. And we are always reading on social media, on facebook at facebook. Com cspan, on x
In for alicia menendez. American voices will be back tomorrow. Welcome back to a Special Edition of velshi. We begin this hour with dysfunction in the house of representatives. The federal government will shut down one week from tonight, if House Republicans cannot figure out a path forward to perform their basic constitutionally assigned duties. This chaos and disorder is 100 avoidable in congress if they just do their job. Shut down now seems all but certain if speaker Kevin Mccarthy cannot find convince a faction of farright republicans to sign off on a deal from the government. Today on capitol hill, members of the Roads Committee discussed the path forward for Appropriation Bills that mccarthy plans to put on the house floor on tuesday. Speaker mccarthy is not relying on hope to somehow pull a rabbit out of a head for a solution. I always believe, when you get to the final deadlines, thats when the real crunch. Comes on believing in Human Behavior furthest that have been holding o
Its of expansion also says the Unemployment Rate is down to 4. 1 , down for two straight months the holding at a 17year low. What is the reason for some of these positive figures . Guest we have been in a long stretch of economic expansion to we have been growing fairly consistently in this country since the middle of 2009, so we are starting to see that they all for more and more americans. Businesses are seeing demands for their products and services, and they need workers to meet those demands. Are there any surprises in this report so far . Is the economy over performing . Guest i think it is performing pretty close to its peak capacity, which is what a lot of people are reporting. The other is the wages figure. We are not seeing the pickup in wages that we have seen when the Unemployment Rate has been near 4 . Host what does this say about the outlook . Ahe can we expect to come ad . Can we expect to see this continual uptick . The jobs far as market, i would expect to see a bit o