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President trump meets with congressional leadership to discuss immigration legislation. House democratic and Republican Leaders discuss immigration policy. Mr. Hoyer, thanks so much for joining us today. Verye in the middle of a important, fastmoving story on these bipartisan negotiations that are underway on the status of the dreamers. Can you tell us where you see point . Alks are at this we heard on friday afternoon that a group of senators had reached some sort of tentative deal but it is unclear whether this is something the house, the senate and the white house can all except, what is your understanding of where we are . I hope the senate has reached some agreement. I know that senator durbin and senator graham have been working very hard, along with a number of their colleagues on trying to reach an agreement to protect the dreamers. Once i see it, we will review it and hopefully it achieves that objective in a way that can be supported by us in the house. We will see. House als
Radio app. Newsmakers is pleased to welcome the number two democrat who is joining us from capitol hill. Mr. Hoyer, thanks so much for joining us today. Rep. Hoyer i hope i have lots of answers but its good to be with you. Reporters our two reporters cover mr. Bowyer and congress. You will start with you, mike. Mike thanks much for joining us today. It is a busy day. We are in the middle of a very important, fastmoving story on these bipartisan negotiations that are underway on the status of the dreamers. Can you tell us where you see these talks are at this point . We heard on friday afternoon that a group of senators had reached some sort of tentative deal but it is unclear whether this is something the house, the senate and the white house can all except. What is your understanding of where we are . Rep. Hoyer i hope the senate has reached some agreement. I dont know what is in the agreement. I know that senator durbin and senator graham have been working very hard, along with a num
Alltime high. The storms dropped more than 50 inches of rain on the houston area. At least 39 people are dead. More than 30,000 will in shelters across the state of texas. Harvey also making its presence known at the pump. Gasoline prices spike as one quarter of all Refining Capacity is still shut down. President trump making his case for tax reform calling it a once in a generation opportunity. The president reiterating his call to slash the Corporate Tax rate from 35 to 15 . Provide tax relief to the middle class and bring back overseas corporate profits. Good to see both of you. Dom, we are waiting for specific details on this. Steve mnuchin promising details in the coming weeks. But thats 5050 now that it gets done. Dagen in addition to raising the debt ceiling, keeping the government open, putting a budget in place and getting tax reform. They are going to have to deal with fixing the Flood Insurance program. They had a lot on their plate. They havent gone the much done so far. Th
Alltime high. The storms dropped more than 50 inches of rain on the houston area. At least 39 people are dead. More than 30,000 will in shelters across the state of texas. Harvey also making its presence known at the pump. Gasoline prices spike as one quarter of all Refining Capacity is still shut down. President trump making his case for tax reform calling it a once in a generation opportunity. The president reiterating his call to slash the Corporate Tax rate from 35 to 15 . Provide tax relief to the middle class and bring back overseas corporate profits. Good to see both of you. Dom, we are waiting for specific details on this. Steve mnuchin promising details in the coming weeks. But thats 5050 now that it gets done. Dagen in addition to raising the debt ceiling, keeping the government open, putting a budget in place and getting tax reform. They are going to have to deal with fixing the Flood Insurance program. They had a lot on their plate. They havent gone the much done so far. Th