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CSPAN Mike Lillis July 13, 2024

Joining us. Lillis joins us. What does congress have to make sure these provisions do not expire . A tough issue for congress. They tried to get it done in december and could not reach deals. They still havent reached any deals. It is crunch time. Everybody is getting a little anxious as to what this deal may or may not be. Strangee of those fights. It puts strange alliances together. You have liberal supporters of Civil Liberties siding with libertarians. They want reforms to restrict the fbi power of surveillance on u. S. Citizens. More moderates, institutionalists, Mitch Mcconnell is one of those. Barr is general william one of those. They like to leave the powers intact. Extend the role as it is. To make any tweaks internally. Attorneyternally general was talking to lawmakers. Is his position the administrations position . We authorize those provisions . Those reauthorize those provisions . Trump said, i want reform. If he is at odds with his attorney, what is the final product going to look like . This goes back to the molar muellergation investigation. Carter page. Tapped whether or not he can sign something that does not provide some of these new restrictions is really the wild in this debate. Like trump is the wildcard and a lot of these. Writingticle you are about, the war powers, it passed purpose ofhat is the the resolution . The house is expected to take it out but how is it expected to fare . Promised this will come to the floor and it will pass. The house had passed a version of this in january. Passed very easily. Wasdifference being this because of a procedural maneuver the house did. That one would not have gone to the president s desk. This would go. It has come back to the house. It is expected to pass easily. There will be a handful of republicans who support it. Desk ando to trumps he will veto it and read it is largely symbolic. A response to the january 3 drone strike against the top iranian general in baghdad. Congress was up in arms, members of both parties were up in arms the administration had not come to congress beforehand and given them a warning. They are trying to flex muscles and say the constitution says the Congress Shall declare war. The resolution is reminding president of that, even though it is going to his desk and they will veto it. They do not have the votes in either chamber. One bill he did sign was that a . 3 billion emergency spending measure to address the coronavirus outbreak. What else can we expect. I think you are going to hear a ton of things. This last week was monopolized by coronavirus. About the latest developments. How widespread is it. When are the test kits going to go out . Who is going to pay for it . Everybody is kind of scrambling to see how this evolves and how serious it is. Until those questions are going answered, there will be a lot of activity. Passed verylion was quickly this week. Supported by members of both chambers. Pelosis already saying, this is the first step. The cases will be given more quantitative analysis. We will have to come back and get more funding depending on the severity of the crisis. You are seeing all the economic news. That is just going to heighten the scramble up there in congress. Host mike liles, thank you so much. Me. thank you for having announcer to follow the federal response to the coronavirus outbreak, go cspan. Org the coronavirus. Can find all of our coverage including hearings come briefings and the latest events anytime at cspan coronavirus. Ron klain was the Ebola Response coordinator during the obama administration. He joined policy express for a discussion on the u. S. Response to the coronavirus at the center for American Progress in washington, d. C. Good morning everyone. Tanden. Is neera i am pleased to welcome you to the center for American Progress. I am so glad you could join us for this critically important conversation. The death toll from the coronavirus and now exceeds 3200 people, with more than 200 cases confirmed inside the united states. As Health Officials warn that the virus will ultimately become widespread in the unit

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