let me be the first to tell you that there is finally a new speaker of the house, and the 118 congress has officially been convened. it took four days, and 15 tries, but in the early hours of this morning, the california congressman, kevin mccarthy, was finally elected the new speaker, putting him third in line for the presidency of the united states. it was a tough road getting there, especially last night, when tensions between republican members themselves, almost reached a breaking point. from the house reconvened at 10 pm last night, republicans appeared hopeful that they had votes to elect mccarthy on the 14th ballot, but when that seem headed for baylor, mccarthy s allied huddled around the florida congressman, matt gates, to get him to vote for mccarthy. instead, gates voted present, which is not good enough to win mccarthy in speakership. after the roll call, mccarthy himself approached gates, the two exchanged words amid a group of other lawmakers. mccarthy was the
ukrainian people and they should continue to have our support for as long as it takes. fix, continue to have our support for as long as it takes. long as it takes. a few weeks ago, the world cringed long as it takes. a few weeks ago, the world cringed at long as it takes. a few weeks ago, the world cringed at the long as it takes. a few weeks ago, the world cringed at the prime - the world cringed at the prime minister s fawning welcome for elon musk and this time, they are fleeing his platform on the latest vile outburst. what exactly is the prime minister thinking he might learn from an unelected super rich individual who had taken over a once successful organisation and plunged it into a death spiral? mr successful organisation and plunged it into a death spiral? it into a death spiral? mr speaker, it s a striking. it into a death spiral? mr speaker, it s a striking. from it into a death spiral? mr speaker, it s a striking. from the - it s a striking. from the
bernie sanders plan to pay for it. college for all is paid for by the tax on wall street speculation act of 2023 which puts a tax of.5% on stock trades. republicans introduced their own plan to help students avoid taking out loans they can t can t pay for giving students a breakdown how long it would take to pay off the loan. how much monthly payments are and how much they would make from the degree they were paying for and prevent loans from being given to people who wouldn t earn more with the degree than without it. the gop says democrat s free college plan is the same old same old. you will never know how expensive something is until you make it free. at some point you have to laugh. your answer to this problem is the tax corporation and that problem is tax corporations. come on, let s have a serious response. we feel like ours are serious responses. democrats free college plan does come with a hefty price
evident back in 2006. a year of sleaze and corruption in congress, from 2005 to 2006, just ahead of the midterm elections, for republican congressman resigned on ethics scandals and criminal indictments. democrats portrayed the republican party as enmeshed in a culture of corruption. yet congressman joe cunningham, who resigned and she doesn t five after accepted more than $2 million in bribes and bribery, male frat, wire fraud, and tax of. asian congressman mark foley was accused of sending teenage boys sexually explicit ten messages. he denied the allegations at the time, but was never charged criminally. tom delay to violating campaign finance laws, and money laundering. delay was also connected to lobbyist abramoff pleaded guilty to
safety for the officers if they surrender. the border guards fired back. shots killed five people. these are pro-russian fighter who attacked this government check point outside donetsk. this is the border position here and those are the flags of ukraine, and this last one this ukrainian army taking position in the tanks around the checkpoint, back in moscow, defense official says the russian military is conducting a show of force of its own this week involving high precision missiles. they did not say whether the crisis in ukraine is affecting the war games. we d all cut down on soda if the government imposes a calorie tax. that s according to the reporting of the new york times, citing a new study that breaks down just how much we would have to pay. this study finds that folks could consumer nearly 10% fewer calories in drinks if they had to pay a tax of .04 per of a