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The door to the Oval Office is always open. Hell be deeply engaged in the negotiations over the coming days. Meantime, Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Marty walsh went to pittsburgh to promote the extended Child Tax Credit included in the Covid19 Relief Package passed earlier this year. The Vice President talking about the importance of the monthly payments set to begin on july 15th. We want to make sure that we are actually helping families, right . And that means taking some of the pressure off of those monthly if not daily responsibilities. Were also following another big decision from the Supreme Court. The justices ruled that ncaa broke Antitrust Laws when it blocked some education related aid for student athletes. Such as, you know, money for Post Graduate Scholarships Tutoring and paid internships. Well have more later in the hour. Of but were going to begin this hour with the very latest from if washington, d. C. Joining us now, Nbc News White House correspond
Election officials of both Political Parties and replacing them with political cronies. They are masquerading as election measures but will have the opposite effect. Instead of the integrity maintained by the secretaries of state and local Election Officials who proved incorruptible in 2020 despite Donald Trumps threats and pleas to find enough votes to overturn the 2020 election results, the Gop Power Grab got the power of those very officials and replaced them with political types who might have heeded the calls had they been in place. From Brandnew Reporting in The New York Times the Maneuvers Risk eroding some of the core checks that stood against former President Trump as he sought to subvert the 2020 election results. Had these bills been in place during the aftermath of the election, Democrats Say, they would have significantly added to the Turmoil Trump and his allies wrought by trying to overturn the outcome. They worry proponents of Trumps Conspiracy theories will soon have m
Also tonight, nearly five months after the deadly Capitol Riot and insurrection led by a pro trump mob, republican house leaders are now openly opposing a bipartisan commission to investigate the riot. Tonight on the eve of the House Vote to create the 9 11 style commission, the leadership sent members of their party a letter telling them to vote no. The main objection cited was, quote, the legislation establishes a commission to only investigate the attack on the u. S. Capital on January 6th. An easy answer here would seem to be, well yes, it was the only violent insurrection at the capitol that we know of in the modern era. House Minority Leader Kevin Mccarthy set the stage for this earlier today when he came out with his own statement against the commission, noting its scope was too narrow and should include other acts of political violence. Earlier tonight, he defended his position during an appearance on fox news. You remember good friday, an officer was killed. We dont need to in
Ahead. Also tonight, nearly five Months Taf deadly capitol riot, republican house leaders are now openly opposing a bipartisan commission to investigate the riot. Tonight on the eve of the House Vote to create the 9 11style commission, the leadership sent members of their party telling them to vote no. The main objection cited was an easy answer would be, well, yes, it was the only violent riot at the capitol that we know of in the modern era. House Minority Leader Kevin Mccarthy set the stage when he came out with his open statement against the commission, noting its scope was too narrow and should include other acts of political violence. Earlier tonight he defended his position during an appearance on fox news. Remember on good friday, an officer was killed at the capitol. We dont need to investigate that. What about all the riots that have led up throughout the summer, that the unrest from blm, antifa and others, no, you cant investigate that. This is driven solely by politics and