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organizations from endorsing political candidates, a 1950s era law named for lyndon johnson. but that would require an act of congress. today s executive order only signals to the irs that it should not aggressively enforce the law. even though mr. trump in his remarks went further. this executive order directs the irs not to unfairly target churches and religious organizations for political speech. reporter: religious nonprofits also wanted exemptions from obamacare provisions mandating insurance coverage for contraceptives, an issue a group of catholic nones took all the way to the supreme court. and we know all too well the attacks against the little sisters of the poor. reporter: today s order just instructs government agencies to consider crafting new regulations. a number of prominent religious leaders celebrated alongside the president today, but others were left disappointed. greg baylor is senior counsel with alliance defending freedom. we hope the pr ....
the cbs overnight news will be right back. [female narrator] even if you re not planning on getting pregnant now, you should know that foods rich in folic acid like white bread and leafy greens before you even know you re pregnant. it is raining in the east from florida to up state new york. this follows a cysystem that brd bloods to nine states in the deep south. rivers rose to record levels in missouri, illinois, oklahoma and arkansas where residents are assessing the damage. michelle miller is there. reporter: in walnut ridge, arkansas greg gill used a motor boat instead of a tractor to sail every his rice, corn, soybeans and peanut plants. more than 5,000 acres of crops have drowned in up to 16 feet of water. this is definitely not normal. you know, they say it was a 100-year flood but it is the fourth in my lifetime kim chaff fin are mopping up the last of 19 inches of floodwater that drenched their furniture store up the road in pocahontas. how big a s ....
are grateful to have you here to discuss your thoughts on this matters. i ve stayed my view the presidential leadership will be a key component to any successful tax reform effort. just last week i quoted president obama in a speech on the senate floor in 2012. he said things like our current corporate tax system is outdated, unfair, and inefficient.he never g the problem was that president obama never got around to meeting out on tax reform. i expect more from president trump and tax reform, that expectation comes in large part because of knowing him annoyed the way he approaches things.o i have to say also because he and secretary mnuchin have been talking about it so much. but more than that they engage a in congress on these issues. ise i believe your nomination is another way this president has further demonstrated histment commitment of confirming the commitment of the job killing tax code. your tax expert and will play crucial part of this in denver. before i fin ....
c-span3. dr. kirk newman on his book hearing children. the a surgeon s story on the front lines of pediatric medicine. the conversations i hear are cutting things like medicaid and cutting the nih and doing all these things when we re on the cusp of such terrific discoveries and when you think about half of the people that are on medicaid, half, of the beneficiaries are children, so whose going to get hurt. why do we want to do that? we re not doing that to the elderly on medicare, why would we want to do that? we should double down and put more into our children. watch the entire program saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern. also on book tv on c-span2, david good hart on his book the road to some wrrks the pop lift revoelt and you see this in the contempt that people in my e-mail chain after brexit. you had left wing professors why did we give these people the vote without some kind of iq test. for more go to book tv.org. the senate finance committee held a hearin ....
consider the nomination of mr. david cotter to serve as assistant secretary of treasury for tax policy. mr. cotter, welcome to the finance committee. we appreciate your willingness to appear before us today. we also appreciate your willingness to serve in this capacity. and i m sure that the significance of this position at this crucial time is not lost on you. it s not lost on any member of this committee. tax reform has been a major focus of our committee for some time now and we are grateful to have you here to discuss your thoughts on these matters. on a number of occasions, i stated my view that presidential leadership will be a key component to any successful tax reform effort. just the last week i quoted president obama in a speech on the senate familiar back in 2012. he said things like, quote, our current corporate tax system is outdated, unfair and inefficient, unquote. the problem was that president obama never really got around to truly leading out on tax re ....