Investigation. All persons having business before the Honorable United States Court of appeals for the District Of Columbia circuit. Draw near and give their attention so the court is now sitting. Be seated, please. Case number 195331 committee on the judiciary of the United States house of representatives versus Donald F Mcgahn 2nd appellate. Good morning, your honor. May it please the court. The House Judiciary Committee seeks to assert an implied cause of action to enforce the subpoena to compel mr. Mcgahn to testify regarding his duties as white House Counsel over the objection of the president of the United States. This interbridge dispute over institutional prerogatives bears no resemblance to be controversies under article 3 and moreover, while congress has purported to authorize senate commutes to enforce certain subpoenas against nonfederal officials, congress itself has expressly carved out the authority of the senate to enforce subpoenas against federal executive officials a
Washington journal continues. Host welcome back to washington journal. Our guest is jordan tama, hes a professor at the school of International Service at american university. Welcome to the program. Guest thanks for having me on. Host we dont have a House Speaker right now. Can you talk about the National Security implications of what that means . Guest its a terrible time to not have a speaker from a National Security standpoint. Israel is at war with hamas. Ukraine is at war with russia. Both those countries have major needs. President biden is asking for congress to approve a major aid package for ukraine and israel. That package cant be approved if the house doesnt have a speaker. If that package isnt approved, it would send a bad signal to americas allies and partners overseas about the extent to which they can rely on the United States. Countries like ukraine and israel rely on americas support. And if that support isnt forthcoming, even when the president has made major speeche
And informal powers when it comes to u. S. Foreign policy. Start with the formal. What are their duties and responsibilities . Guest congress has some very important formal powers under the constitution. The most important is the power of the purse. The president simply cant spend money on programs whether its defense, foreign aid, diplomacy, unless Congress Appropriates the money for that. We are seeing that right now with aid for ukraine and israel. President biden simply cannot provide new aid for ukraine and israel unless congress provides that money through appropriations legislation. And substantive legislation that shapes the content of u. S. Foreign policy. Congress in recent years has passed many laws placing sanctions on a variety of countries including russia, china, iran, north korea. Right now members of congress are considering imposing new sanctions on iran because of irans support for hamas. This is also a very important power of congress. I expect if the house gets a s
Host good morning. It is friday, october 20. The president addressed the nation last night the oval office, arguing that u. S. Security interest require supporting israel and ukraine. He is asking congress for more funding for military support for those countries, and in the house, presented of jim jordan said he would temporarily suspend his bid to become speaker but then reversed course and says he will make a third run. The house gavels and at 10 00 a. M. Today, and we will keep you updated. We are taking your calls on either or both of those topics. Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. You can post to social media, we are at facebook. Com cspan and x and instagram at cspanwj. Welcome to todays washington journal. List start with the Oval Office Address last night. Heres a portion where President Biden makes the case that we should send funding to israel in ukraine. [end video clip] [video clip] President Biden tragedy inflicted on the people
[background noises] [background noises] [inaudible conversations] the command oversight and accountability will come to order. I want to welcome everyone here this morning. Without objection the chair may declare a racist at any time. Without objection chairman of the ways and Means Committee mr, representative matt gaetz of florida representative eric swallow of california our weight onto the committee for the quest questioning the witnesses at todays committee hearing. Todays hearing opening segments will be open to 10 minutes for the chair in 10 minutes for the Ranking Member. The chair notes points of order pertaining to the engaging of personalities against the president will not be in order for the duration of todays hearing. Given this is a hearing regarding this committees impeachment inquiry, members must be allowed to speak frankly. The chair that recognizes himself for an Opening Statement. The committee on oversight we are hear from witnesses who previously provided informa