Congress to help struggling americans. Yesterday with members of his private new jersey guolf club looking on, the president signed a series of executive actions he claims will provide aid to millions of americans in need but the reality is, the documents signed in big black marker cant provide anywhere near the help that a bill from congress could. One action set a weekly federal unemployment benefit of 400, 200 less than before and states have to contribute 25 for americans to qualify. Another action suggests federal agencies quote consider some eviction protections. The catch is the tax doesnt prohibit any evictions. A third action defers the payroll tax for workers that earn less than 100,000 a year, the catch is the government could simply choose to collect that money at a later date. And all of this is to say nothing of the looming constitutional questions. Republican senator ban sass said the pen and phone therapy is unconstitutional slop and quote President Trump does not have
Bipartisan group tasked with coming up with a long term deal. If not trump says another shutdown is quote certainly an option. That is comforting not in the least. The president also not closing the door on declaring a National Emergency on taking an action to get the border wall that he wants. Is there support for that . A new cnn poll shows the president s Approval Rating took a real hit during the shutdown standing at 38 . Abby phillips is at the white house for us. What are you hearing from the white house today about all of this . Good morning. The white house seems to be leaning into the idea that President Trump is very much still thinking about using his executive authority to build the wall. In fact, just days after deciding to reopen the government with no wall funding as part of that deal, President Trump seems to be talking a lot about his powers to do this without Congress Even yesterday his acting chief of staff spoke on the sunday shows and insisted that President Trump
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