Branch, is trying to ram that through congress and can get away with it. And not a single representative stands up and said, i have to file a bill of impeachment. He is overstepping his authority under the constitution and violating his oath of office. It is an outrage. Thats what this comes down to. Thats all i have to say. Thank you. All right. Comment from Jonathan Easley at the hill. Trump mobbed by reporters at the value voters summit. Says it was time for boehner to step down. S says he didnt fight for conservative principles. It was made by senator marco rubio at that summit. Heres what it looked like. Well see how things progress. Just a few minutes ago Speaker Boehner announced he will be resigning. [ applause ]. And with all due respect to the people that serve in government, it is important at this moment with respect to him and the service he has provided to our country. Its not about him or anybody else. Im not here today to bash anyone. But the time has come to turn the p
Partisan issue. Plenty of democrats understand that the president s action has made it significantly harder for us to get off on the right foot in the new year on a number of issues that we already agree on, by and large. The junior senator from north dakota said the immigration order quote could poison any hope of compromise or bipartisanship in the new senate before its even started. Well, i agree with the sentiment. I hope shes wrong and i hope we can prove that wrong by saying that were not going to give up and were not going to let what the president does determine what we do. We have to do our job and we have to function and then were going to have to work with the president hopefully to try to move the country forward in a number of these areas. So i hope we can find a way to stop the president from acting on his own and to recommit ourselves to the rule of law and the particularl particularly the constitution and get about the job of addressing our countrys biggest challenges.
Quorum call is quorum call quorum call quorum call quorum call the presiding officer tropical storm. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent that we now proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to h. R. 2366. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk h. R. 2366, an act to require the secretary of the treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of world war i. The presiding officer is there objection to proceeding to the measure . Without objection. Mr. Reid thank you, mr. President. I ask consent the bill be read a third time and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table and that any statements relating to this bill appear at the appropriate place in the record. The presiding officer wit
Republican lawmakers to raise taxes on the rich while helping to boost middleclass americans. Loopholes lead to inequality by allowing the top 1 to avoid paying taxes on their accumulated wealth. We can use that money doubt more families pay for childcare and send her kids to college. Joining us to discuss the speech, congressman Keith Ellison of the house progressive caucus, longtime consumer advocate and former president ial candidate ralph nader, phylllis bennis of the institute for policy studies, Pulitzer Prize winnng tax analyst David Cay Johnston, and lisa graves of the center for media democracy. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has delivered his sixth state of the Union Address, outlining his domestic and Foreign Policy agenda for his final two years in office. On the Foreign Policy front, obama defended his decision to begin normalizing relations with cuba, called for congress
Time for many. But tonight, we turn the page. In his state of the Union Address, president obama declares the shadow of crisis has passed while calling on republican lawmakers to raise taxes on the rich while helping to boost middleclass americans. Loopholes lead to inequality by allowing the top 1 to avoid paying taxes on their accumulated wealth. We can use that money doubt more families pay for childcare and send her kids to college. Joining us to discuss the speech, congressman Keith Ellison of the house progressive caucus, longtime consumer advocate and former president ial candidate ralph nader, phylllis bennis of the institute for policy studies, Pulitzer Prize winnng tax analyst David Cay Johnston, and lisa graves of the center for media democracy. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has delivered his sixth state of the Union Address, outlining his domestic and Foreign Policy agend