on infrastructure and raise taxes. whose ideology is going to win out on something like this? i think this pick can be a disaster or brilliant. rick mulvaney even voted against the republican budgets in the house because didn t cut spending enough. now, he is going to be at war immediately with donald trump s proposal, like you said, to cut taxes steeply and increase all the infrastructure spending or help bring a lot of republicans from the house towards the sort of view point on fiscal spending. he could help, in other words, sell a lot of these votes to members of the house who otherwise would have been skeptical. so, one of the things you point out in your reporting that is really important is that a lot of the decisions made at some of these levels don t need presidential eproval. they wouldn t necessarily go up to the president. not just about differing ideologies but then the president makes the call. it is about the president
ebate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes each, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. cclintock, for five minutes. mr. mcclintock: thank you, madam speaker. just a week after the president extoled the benign virtues of big government and told university students to ignore those who warn of its dangers, americans woke up to headlines that this government has been targeting groups and individuals that it doesn t like for intimidation and harassment. i appreciate the president s sudden interest in getting to the bottom of this, but i must remind the house that more than a year ago i and other members rose on this floor to warn of these tactics directed at tea party groups by the i.r.s. at the time the administration responded by saying this
it s amazing. no one is coming to take your gun. no one is coming to take your gun. it s amazing. it s amazing. when you look at the fact that we are talking about a simple thing like background checks. people are dying every day. a baby killed in in pennsylvania. in brunswick, georgia. we are arguing about background checks is almost ununbelievable. surreal. background checks have 90% of support among the american people last check. senator bob casey of pennsylvania will join us on the set coming up and leigh gallagher and representative rick mulvaney will weigh in. our good friend michael hainey will have a preview of the gq magazine. bill karins, what is up? schoolhouse are cancelled around baltimore and washington, d.c. a lot of delays.
pretty good number. so i think it s going to be a very, very close race. running against a sitting county councilman so it s going to be a close race. i don t think the race is in play, despite the fact the democrat is fairly high profile, a district mitt romney won by 20 points. where do you think you re going to place in your fantasy baseball league? fantasy baseball first, brackets last, once you put georgetown in the national championship i m ready for baseball season to start. barnicle, two questions. shopping malls, fantasy baseball. whoa, whoa. this morning. outlet malls. excuse me. yeah. outlet malls. and you say gaffaney is where it s at. no question. the mall in gaffaney. congressman mulvaney, good to have you here, taking on a wide range of questions. still ahead, michael hainey joins us for the style bible. we ll see if barnicle s white socks with dress pants made the cut. you re watching morning joe
0 chairlift. skiing is about the chairlift! right. it is not about going down the mountain. the mountain is a means to the end. alex just told me in the control room that lucy and george s initial experience on the ski slopes were much like mine when i come here. i cry every time i come here before i go. but you don t have the other crying because you have to leave. let s get to the news, reverend al sharpton, unless you d like to share a skiing story from the weekend. i don t have many skiing stories. i was trying to think of one but i really don t. i might have picketed in a ski lodge once. with, that let s get into the news. in the white mountains. right. the country s ongoing debate over gun safety. harry reid will bring the senate s proposal to the floor and include votes on assault weapons and high capacity magazines. yesterday, new york city mayor mike bloomberg optimistic about the vote during an appearance on meet the press. we are going to have a vote, f