any president in any in history, grow the economy over 10 years and going to continue to put forward spending reductions. about $2.7 trillion over a decade. the budget includes a vast welfare overhaul requiring americans 18-65 to work 20 hours to be eligible for benefits and aid and much more on all this coming up later. the budget for the special counsel s russia probe is covered through september according to reuters. robert mueller s nearly 2-year investigation will continue to be financed by the treasury department. there was speculation the investigation is almost over and will be delivered to the attorney general soon. we keep hearing that. mueller s office reported spending $9 million during the last fiscal year. but he has more money to continue. about this? i am not for impeachment, nancy pelosi says she s against trying to throw donald trump out of office.
and the most wi-fi hotspots. call or click to take advantage of a limited time offer. xfinity mobile. harris: this was a hot topic in the commercial break. president trump made a big policy announcement last night in cedar rapids, iowa. he told reporters that immigrants coming to the united states should be ready to support themselves on day one. that s why i believe the time has come for new immigration rules, which say that those seeking admission into our country must be able to support themselves financially and should not use welfare for a period of at least five years. we ll be putting legislation to that effect very shortly. harris: the legislation would presumably build on president clinton s 1996 welfare
first the attorney delgeneral delays an execution so she can campaign for cash. well, former congressman clay shaw has died after a battle with lung cancer. the florida republican is credited with crafting the 1996 welfare overhaul. shaw was 74 years old. there will be no congressional picnic at the white house this year. officials have canceled the get-together citing congress busy schedule. okay. well, the event was postponed for its original july date because of the president s busy schedule and that s your morning s dish of scrambled politics. isn t that what you hear, everyone is separate and now they ll cancel the one event where they ll all be together? it s a scheduling conflict. maybe they don t want to eat hot dogs and hamburgers together. in colorado parts of boulder county are being flooded. the denver post reports at least
called reconciliation, which is playing with 12 people on the field if it were a football game, you re going to have a hard time convincing democrats or republicans to do the hard things because you poison the well, there will be a price to be paid to jam a bill through that the american people don t like using a sleazy process. wow. okay. what senator graham calls a sleazy process has been used by democrats and, yes, republicans in the past. what is reconciliation? it is a measure to pass contentious budget legislation while avoiding a filibuster threat. and it allows for a 51-vote majority in the senate. reconciliation was used in 1989 to pass some medicare overhaul for physician payments. in 1996, it was used to pass the welfare overhaul. and it was used to enact the bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003. you know, among all the lobbyists and lawyers for and against health care reform, one advocate really does stand out.
filibuster threat. that clears it up nicely, doesn t it? so let me break it down. instead of getting 60 votes to pass in a senate, they need a majority. just a maneuver to get 51 votes instead of 60. this was used to pass a medicare overall for physician payments, and in 1996, welfare overhaul and then in 2001 and 2008 bush tax cuts were passed. one little boy has been on capitol hill waging a battle his mom started but could not finish because she died. the fifth grader s message is it s not a privilege but a right. i am here because my mom was a health care activist just like i am today, and she was