How would you sum it up . Caller guest the Democratic Party has lost Rural America and time we get it back. This is our attempt to say there is plenty democratic policies good for Rural America and listening the Democratic Party needs to do. Host was that clear cut the last election or before . Guest the trend has been continuing since 2008, president obama did well in 2008 and less well in 2012 and 2016 was a disaster and you can see the trend. It is important that people understand you cannot win National Elections and you cannot win back the senate if youre not speaking to Rural Americans. Host what is the message to Rural America you think has to be delivered . Guest getting out there and having the right message and part of it is all about health care. Almost every gas station where i am from has a donation box for someone who is sick or got into an accident. Candidates, we are the party of health care. That is the message, one of the many messages. You see what donald trump is do
Pelosi and Chuck Schumer held a briefing on the health care law. They were joined by other democratic lawmakers on the steps of the capital, to talk about the potential impact of the texas challenge to the law. This is just over 15 minutes. Look. [greetings] [laughter] ok. I want to thank our Speaker Nancy Pelosi and those from the house. We are gathered because this is a critical day for the future of health care in america. Today, new orleans, republican attorneys general supported by President Trump and his department of justice, will argue in court that millions of americans should lose their health care, and all of the protections included in the aca. The stakes cannot be higher. Imagine your parent or your child has cancer. A deadly form. There is a treatment available, but the Insurance Company says no, you cannot have that treatment. Or we are cutting you off. What is donald trump, what are our republican friends telling that family . That you cannot get health care, and we hav
15 million in eight years. In fact we plant less now than we did in the 80s. Hello and welcome. Im katty kay in washington and Christian Fraser is in london. In the last few minutes the Federal Reserve has done something it has not done in more than a decade cut Interest Rates. Its only a quarter of a point but whys it cutting rates at all . Normally a central bank would only lower Interest Rates when an economy is faltering, not something you could say about the us economy right now. Fed officials describe it as an insurance cut, to keep the us economy on track. But the critics suggest the normally independent central bank is caving in to political pressure from the white house. The president has been very critical of the fed chairjerome powell, and has been demanding this cut since the fed put up the rates last december. Id like to see a large cut and id like to see immediately the quantitative tightening stopped. We expect the chair of the Federal Reserve to speak in the next 30 min
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House budget committee, discusses federal spending and efforts to avoid another government shutdown. And at 9 30, emily martin of the National Womens law discusses efforts to close the gender pay gap. Host political reporting that House Speaker nancy pelosi will meet with Steven Mnuchin to discuss finding ways to avoid budget cuts and raise the debt limit as congress possibly faces another federal shutdown later this year if these issues are not resolved. This is the washington journal for july 10. Part of his political many credit him for the rise of and airdparty system recent poll showed many respondents say the current twoparty system is broken. That is what we want to get your sense of in our first hour of the washington journal. When it comes to the twoparty system, do you think it is broken . Call us and tell us why. If you consider yourself a political independent, 2027488000 is the number to call and everyone else can call at 2027488001. You can post your thoughts on twitter a