Groups that dont disclose their donors and take up to 250 million into the scheme, according to the washington post. Weird enough that people feel the need to run tv ads for judicial nominees, but when theyre taking a check for 17 million, two checks for 17 million if an anonymous donors or maybe two anonymous donors, yeah, if you think thats weird its because it is. That shoofnts happen that shouldnt happen anywhere around a court. And if theres one thing that we are entitled to there have been a lot of highminded speeches about the judiciary and its independence and all of that. The most important standard that a court must meet is that it is not a pantomime court. A pantomime court in which the rituals of adjudication get acted out. People come to the bench wearing their robes, hear the arguments, render decisions, read the briefs, buff at the end of the but at the end of the day, the decision is cooked by big special interest influence that insinuated its way into the court by cont
And 15 minutes. All persons having business before the court of appeals issued by the columbia circuit are to give their attention for the court is now sitting. God save the United States. Case number 195331. Committee on the house of representatives. Versus donald mcgann. [indiscernible] good morning. Good morning. May it please the court. The House Judiciary Committee seeks to serve an implied cause of action to enforce the subpoena to compel mr. Mcgahn to testify regarding his duties as white House Counsel over the objection of the president of the United States. Regarding his duties as white House Counsel over the objection of the president of the United States. Dispute over institutional prerogative bears no resemblance to the cases are controversies that could be heard under article three. Moreover, while congress has purported to authorize senate in fact, for that reason. Is there a more fundamental question now . The article three question . Article three standing and federal m
Appropriations Committee Debate on the 2021 Defense Department spending bill. After considering additional amendments, the bill passed by a vote of 3022. The memberpose does from california rise . Member from california . You. Ank i have an amendment. Will read the amendment. I ask unanimous consent to waive the reading. Without objection. Thank you, madam chair. Amendment is straightforward. It would stop the president from starting a war with iran. Has language the house has already adopted. This would not prohibit the president from using the authority he already has to respond to any attack on the United States or our allies. Makes it clear that the president of the United States cannot go to war without express authorization from congress. Chair, we know the administration has taken steps to escalate tension with iran justify an unconstitutional, unauthorized war. First, despite the fact that the remainder of our European Partners stated they would remain committed to the treaty ,
Compete with. Lucius. And staying silent for now mollys opposition agrees to stop protests calling for the president to step down. An Intelligence Report has found the British Government actively avoided looking into evidence of russian interference in u. K. Politics it says the government failed to make action even after evidence emerge of moscow trying to influence the 2014 Scottish Independence referendum the authors say its hard to prove the kremlin meddled in the. Referendum but the u. K. Was still to recognize the threat and the report warns russias cyber capability pauses what it calls and immediate threat to Britains National security while the u. K. Government insists its not being complacent when it comes to the flow of illegal russian money into the country but members of parliament the Parliamentary Committee didnt agree. What we do know about russian influence in the u. K. Is that is the new normal successive governments of welcome russian oligarchs and their money with ou
The house select cubs subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis resistant to hear from former Federal Reserve chairs about economic inequity during the pandemic. Live coverage here on cspan2. George w. Bush in 2006 and oversaw the Federal Reserve is response to the Global Financial crisis. Before his tenure as fed chicken dr. Bernanke served as the chair of president council, bush is council of economic advisers. Dr. Yellen served as vice chair of the Federal Reserve until 2010, 2013 before being appointed chair. In 2014 of our president barack obama. Dr. Yellen also previously served in the white house as chair of the council of economic advisers. This is the first time that either dr. Bernanke or dr. Yellen has testified before Congress Since stepping down from the Federal Reserve. These extraordinary times require congress to seek out advice from experts with extraordinary experiences. As Congress Works to end this economic crisis and enable a strong recovery, we are fortunate to benef