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did had the votes, we would be on the floor within half an hour. so far that has not happened. there were two significant gop defections this week. a long, us conservative conservative. and fred upton, one of the key voices who was pushing obamacare repeal over the last several years. both have said they could not support the bill because of what they said it would gut protection for people with pre-existing conditions. those were a 1, 2 punch for gop leadership this week. it looks as though the vote is heading in the wrong direction from what the gop leaders would like. as we speak, we are looking at the headline at the hill.com saying there are 22 no votes. issue thatto be an is concerning a number of members. it is specifically members who are from a more moderate district. elong is a conservative, though. that was surprising and unexpected. essentially, this stems from an amendment or deal that was struck between the tuesday group chairman, tom mcarthur of new ....
be sure to watch washington journal live at 7 a.m. eastern on wednesday morning. join the discussion. president trump made a comment about the $1.1 trillion spending bill deal to fund the government at a rose arden ceremony earlier today. here s a look. in our new budget, it has been a very hot week for the budget because, as you know, we have to go through a long and rigorous process, but we have ended years of painful cuts to our military and just achieved a $21 billion increase in dispense defense spending [applause] . we didn t do any touting like the democrats did, by the way. not only did we achieve this massive and badly needed increase in defense, we did so without having to put in place an equal increase in nondefense spending breaking the so-called, parody rule, that was breaking our budget and degrading our military. that is not happening anymore. that i can tell you with surety. [applause] you re going to have the money we need, and equipment we need. th ....
discussion about a shutdown again. why would we have a shutdown in september? if the appropriations process is still not working by september, that is a bad thing for the country. one of the things that we like as members of the government is that the proper functioning of the appropriations process is critical to the constitutional function of the government. the house and senate are supposed to use the power of the purse. when they don t do appropriations bills, our constituent s voices are not heard. we hope that comes back as part of the process. we are pleased with the deal today. thank you very much. thank you for letting me have a shout out to my wife. can we identify the location of that wall exactly? sean! sean. really? no one leave. [chatter] they are not coming back? [chatter] announcer: c-span s washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. this morning, republican congressman chris stewart of utah discusses te ....
and then wrongly imprisoned. florida lawmakers have just apologized for this grave injustice. we will speak with the pulitzer prize winning writer gilbert king. he wrote devil in the grove: thurgood marshall, the groveland boys, and the dawn of a new america. then to a modern day case of racial injustice in the florida legal system. we will speak to marissa alexander here in florida. she was jailed for three years after firing a warning shot into a wall near her abusive husband. think of the people who are in my situation whose case might not have made the news, who don t have the support, and how difficult it is to come up with the money for probation or to find a job or anything like that . amy: this was around the time that george zimmerman was acquitted of killing trayvon martin. and here in tampa, florida we , will speak to a syrian refugee who just graduated from saint leo university near tampa. he gave the graduation address. .> so we went out to the street w ....
bay. one man is dead after an overnight police shooting. the issue started late last night at a home on mount frazier drive. officers recieved a call about a family disturbance. a father and son were arguing with each other.. police say when they got to the home. the 28-year-old son came out of the garage and charged at one of the officer s with kitchen knives in both hands. that s when one of the officer s fired his gun. (gerry hernandez/neighbor- the guy got shot down the street. all i heard were three gunshots. when we came out they put the yellow cones on it. i think there were 8 to 10 cones down the street) (reporter- did you know the man?)(gerry hernandez/neighb or-no)(grant) the man was rushed to the hospital and into surgery where he later died. police say the man has a history of drug use, mental illness and prior criminal threats. the officer involved in the shooting. is a 15 year veteran and has been placed on paid administrative leave. the investigation is o ....