Motion to impeach the irs commissioner. What should congress be focusing on . Emocrats, 202 7488000 republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488003. You can also reach us on social media, on twitter and on facebook. There is a lot on the plate of lawmakers who are in session only until the end of the month. They will be out for all of october. One issue pointed out in the Washington Post deals with a bill to allow 9 11 victims families to sue saudi arabia. The house will vote on the bill to allow the families of victims of the september 11 attacks to sue saudi arabia over its alleged support of terrorism. The measure, which is likely to pass just in time for the 15th anniversary of the attacks, will be sent to the president s desk. The white house has resisted it over fears it could harm the relationship with saudi arabia jeopardizingcedent american officials overseas. Congress only has a couple of weeks to deal with this and other measures. We are asking you what we think you think they should focus on. We have been since first. Good morning. Caller how are you doing . Host im good. Caller what would you like to see lawmakers focus on . Caller the war in syria. Host what would you like to see them address . Caller i would like to see it ended. Host ok. One of the other issues facing lawmakers is funding the zika virus. That is having an impact not only on congress agenda, but also congressional races, as pointed out in the san antonio current. One congressional race illustrates how even Something Like funding Disease Control and prevention can get twisted beyond recognition once it hits the congress. The challenger to republican congressman will heard has been hammering his opponent on zika funding ever since congress failed to pass it before leaving for their vacation this summer. One of the ways the congressional agenda is affecting congressional house races and a little bit more about how house races are going, lets take a look at House Speaker paul ryan and his efforts to help congressional republicans. Im doing a thing with todd young pretty soon. , as speaker of the house, is to help insure we preserve the House Majority. Hoping preserve the House Majority helps our ticket up and down. It helps nominees all the way around. Making sure republicans are running strong will be good for all republicans. Host we are talking to our viewers about what they would like to see congress focus on. From marion,ler north carolina. What would you like to see lawmakers prioritize . Caller um. Im here. Im sorry. First of all, i would like to eliminate the job corps program. [indiscernible] the participants are committing violence. The congress are spending too much on. Host ok, are there any other issues that you think should be pressing in the minds of lawmakers . , they should concentrate on making it harder for the people who are ,ommitting crimes on children making it tougher for them materials. Phile from we have a call nampa, idaho on the republican line. Rick, what would you like to see the government focus on . Caller i have a real simple idea that congress should focus on. Write this down. Ifcalled order code you go to page 30 and 31, it will show you how much money weve spent on foreign aid. The grand total is 1. 7 trillion. Have0 states of the union contributed 550 million. Host what exactly would you like to see change about that . Caller suspended all the way. , hemonths ago, mr. Orourke said we came up short 3 billion on the veterans administration. We should redirect the funds from overseas to the veterans administration. Mr. Leahy came up 1 billion short in transportation needs. Redirect funds from transportation im overseas to transportation. ,o make a long story short china contributes to foreign aid worldwide, they have been practicing what our president has been preaching. We need to preserve our future. We have funding issues, education needs, we need to look at the last few pages of that report. 3031. 66 years of involvement. Willisp next, we have from atlanta on the democratic line. What should members of congress focus on . Caller how are you doing . All right. It just amazes me how all these right wing racist people calling in always talking about what the president is not doing. If they really knew what the work of the government was supposed to be host what do you think the government should be doing . Caller im getting to that. My thing is that i think congress should be working with the president. They should stop opposing what the president is trying to pass. He has been the best president we have ever had to try to help someone. They just dont like that because of the color of his skin. I really think that the congress should be trying to work along with the president. They dont want to see him do reiding because harry called it one time, they tried to make him a one term president. People dont understand what is they call in saying that the president is not doing his job. Over in syria, doing the thing with those guys, isis and all that. Host ok, what is one issue that the president has been trying to pass that has not gone through congress that is gun control. Lets take a look at what democratic House Speaker nancy pelosi said about the potential a gunse who staged control sit in may face penalties. [video clip] ido dont think they should do it at all. If they do, we would welcome that. Going to do something for now to punish and then try to change the rules for the next congress. Any congress can change the rules for the next congress is the next congress. I think they are just feeding the beast with that kind of conversation. But if they want to come in and say that we are going to punish you for having a demonstration about gun violence prevention led by an allamerican icon, john lewis, bring it on. Pelosihat was nancy talking about the prospect of punishment for lawmakers who staged that sit in. We have tom calling in from sarasota, florida on the democratic line. What do you think congress should be focusing on . Caller they should focus on passing the mosquito the zika virus. , they areo understand going to say, are you republican . You think the mosquitoes are going to ask, are you democrat . Mosquitoes are going to bite you whether you are black or white, republican. We need to pass this law. Host you are calling from florida. I imagine you are concerned about the virus spreading. Go ahead. Caller yes, exactly. It is all around the world. People travel. Airplanes. Here. Start it is like a cancer. You think it is going to stay in florida . You think the mosquitoes are going to say, i cannot passed to georgia, i cannot go to texas . Mosquitoes are going to fly everywhere around the world. Host speaking of the zika virus politicocording to the senate is nearing the zika virus funding breakthrough. Senate leaders may be nearing a truce in the ideological battle over planned parenthood that has crippled Congress Response to the zika virus. Senior senators and aids say the main impediment to a 1. 1 billion bill to combat the virus , a fight over which Health Centers in puerto rico can use zika funding, is likely to be dropped from the debate. Up next, we have derek calling in from oak park, illinois. What do you think congress should focus on . Caller good morning. And thene, Congress Obama administration should be focusing on the gun violence in chicago. Oak park is right next to chicago. Them, theyma and have been ignoring the problem. He has not done a good job. He has not led on the issue. They dont even track the guns. Restricting them is just a ploy. They are lazy. Host let me ask you this. What specific restrictions would you like to see congress impose . Would you like to see more background checks . What would you like to see congress do . , i did not say a gun ban. I said, track the guns. They are not doing the common sense things when it comes to the gun violence. If they get the guns were politically attain them, they are to be able to find out where they purchased them from. Criminals are not that smart. Holder, they had an operation. Im wondering if they really dont want to know where the guns are. They had it in mexico, when they were sending them guns down there. , hisy, i think obama concern is definitely not with the black community or congress does not care about the black community. We had 13 killings just monday, on labor day. Issuesne of the other facing congress is the push by some conservative republicans in the house to bring impeachment proceedings against the irs commissioner. In the Washington Post it talks about those plans. Republican leaders are seeking to delay the vote on this measure. House Republican Leaders are hoping for a dramafree september that involves voting on pieces of their Campaign Season policy agenda and averting a government shutdown. Some gop members are pushing for action on the issue. A special motion was filed in july that would force a floor vote on the impeachment, but some lawmakers are taking to delays. That is one of the many items facing congress in these weeks before they break again in october before the election. Victor is calling in from slower to honor independent line. What would you Like Congress to focus on . Caller i would like to see Congress Pass a bill to extend medicare for everyone. We are spending 18 of gdp on health care, where every other developed country has a singlepayer system not tied to employment that covers all of their citizens. I would also Like Congress, the republican members of congress, Mitch Mcconnell and paul ryan, to stop playing president and support the proposals of donald trump. They are in complete opposition to donald trump on trade, on , onal security, on medicare outsourcing of jobs, and on the cost of nato and other military matters. Those two are playing president. They are not the president. They have not been elected president. They should back the republican nominees proposals or just be quiet. They dont support him at all and they want their they are usurping the power of the president of the United States by coming up with a run proposals. They have not been elected by the majority of the American People. Ift do you worry that donald trump is elected, if he is in the white house, that that will continue . Or do you think they will be more incentivized to Work Together . Caller they wont work with anyone. They want the power. They are usurping the power of the president. Look at what they have done to barack obama. They have totally obstructed everything. We dont even have Nine Supreme Court justices because of Mitch Mcconnell. Calling inve owen from victoria, texas on a republican line. Caller i think congress ought to be focused on the 1. 7 billion cash money that was sent over to the terrorist group in iran. I watched it last night on cspan and i almost throwed up. Have aout here dont job. The zika virus. Kids going hungry, schools in disarray, no police to police the areas. From aboutn in cash 30something countries on a. Lane going over to terrorists who killed our humans. Host what do you think congress should do now . Caller i think they ought to trees,gate it until the the cherry trees start losing their leaves. This is ridiculous. No money for the zika virus, no money for the poor people in this country, yet they can pack a cargo plane with 1. 7 billion in cash. I wish somebody out there would wake up and start telling washington that they better start thinking about the people of this damn country instead of these terrorists. Edwardext, we have calling in from delaware on our independent line. Good morning. Caller good morning. Host what do you think should be Congress Main focus before they break again . Caller i was actually focused on the first issue brought up. 9 11 victims want to sue the terrorists . Host why do you think that should be the top priority . Caller i think it opens up a bridge for the American People to really address syria. Some of the footage leaked out of syria, people dont agree with. Not attacking their religion, but some of their religious factions, we dont really agree with. This gives us the ability to address that as the people. As the government. The government does have the relationship with syria and they dont want to set up and i understand that. The American People do have a voice against what is happening over there. I think this would be a good start for that. At least, opening conversations regarding that. Host up next, joe is calling in from north carolina. Our democratic line. Good morning. Caller good morning. How are you . Host im good. Caller i think that congress should get rid of the lobbyists. That is what they should do. They should get rid of the people bribing them for decades. That is what the problem is in this country. You have corporations bribing our government. We dont have a government anymore. We have a corporate dictatorship. Thank you. Kevin is calling in from los angeles. Good Early Morning to you. Caller good morning. Host what would you Like Congress to focus on . Caller i think it is a tough question for congress to only focus on one thing. I think tax reform. I would like to see them talk about the minimum wage. I would like to see them take care about the military veterans. I would like to see them do something about the cost of higher education. I do believe in our right to bear arms and i believe in exactly what that says, however, but for assault weapons, they might want to consider that. It is a controversial issue. Infrastructure, as well. Roads and bridges. We need to take care of our home. Host coming up, we have two members of congress to talk about what is on lawmakers plates. First up, tom reed, a republican from new york, a congressman. He is a donald trump supporter and he will be talking about his support for the candidate, as well as issues facing the candidate country. Democratill have Gregory Meeks, who supports Hillary Clinton. Stay with us. This weekend, book tv bring to 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. 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E is a donald trump supporter he is here to talk to us about that, as well as congress agenda. Thank you for joining me. Guest thank you so much for having me on. Host at first, the House Republicans are going to conference later this morning to talk about the strategy related to funding the government beyond september 30. What do you expect . Guest we will have a good family conversation. That is why i so appreciate speaker ryan. Paul wants to have these conversations. Im very confident we will be able to come up with a resolution that gets us through september 30. We will see where it goes. Host the hill talks a little bit about the move to Fund Congress and says that House Speaker ryan faces new pressures from house conservatives, a year after the Freedom Caucus that pressured john boehner to resign. Members of the conservative group have been threatening paul ryan. Members are furious about that the new speaker did not do more to help the representative from kansas in his failed primary bid this summer. To back pressuring ryan a vote to impeach the irs commissioner. What do you think about the Freedom Caucus and the threats, as the hill called it . Guest i do appreciate each member and each members right to express themselves. They were elected by their voice to washington dc in the manner they so choose. Im always hopeful and im always trying to be part of the toort in the conference bring people together. This is not about threatening or putting down a marker and you lock yourself in and never say what you will never do, so to speak. Early once i learned during my tenure in washington. With the Freedom Caucus, they have their opinions, but we can get through this and we will. Host we are talking to congressman tom reed of new york, a republican from new york. Democrats can call 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. Your questions and comments for the congressman. You supported donald trump early on. Have your views changed since march, when you first supported him . Guest no, when we look at the president ial cycle and the president ial election, this is a binary choice. We have to choose. Knowing what hillary is, what ,er agenda is, the status quo establishment type of mindset that she is going to bring to the table, i look at donald trump as an opportunity, as an agent of change, a disruptor, someone who is going to do something in washington. When i came here in 2010, i can to change the culture of washington dc and i think donald trump gives us the best chance to do that. Host lets take a look at what donald trump said recently. [video cl