Yesterday, marco rubio hit back on Hillary Clinton on abortion, saying that she supports abortion even if an unborn child can feel pain. We look forward to exposing this view in the months to come. And scott walker avoided a question about trump into an answer about hillary. All of this clinton bashing and the audition to be the best at doing it actually got onto trumps radar at the debate. Mr. Trump if Hillary Clinton is the candidate, which i doubt, that would be a dream come true. How is Hillary Clinton going to lecture me about living paycheck to paycheck . Hillary clinton lies about benghazi, she lies about emails. She is still defending planned parenthood. And she still the front runner. Mark very little attention seemse of trump, but it that voters would like the best Hillary Clinton attacker to be their nominee. So far in those examples, who is doing the best . John undoubtedly, Carly Fiorina has been the strongest, most acerbic, most serrated edged attacker of Hillary Clinton.
Washington. You see the callers and the recent segments, you hear that frustration, that theyre really getting nothing accomplished. But at the same time when you look at lobbying money being spent, that money is actually on the increase. So some people might say, that doesnt seem to make a lot of senior why are they spend smuggle nothing is getting done. Its theres this expectation whenever you have a president and a come of the same party, at the beginning of a new president s term, that things would get done. So you look at these expenditures the First Six Months of 2017 and theyre on the increase and approaching the level that approaching record levels that we last saw at the beginning of the obama administration, when president obama came in, had a solidly democratic congress. A lot of these companies, industries, are spending a lot of money just trying to advance their agendas. Youre not seeing a lot of major legislation yet out of this congress, but its not because lobbyists are
The Affordable Care act, the posture over at the white house, and in congress. Senator murphy is the one who said the president is setting the Healthcare System on fire. Well hear from him. For your calls, republicans call 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. We have set up a special fourth line this morning for folks who are enrolled in the affordable re act, your number is 2027488003. And if want by phone, weigh in on social media. Cspanwj is our twitter handle, and also on facebook. Here is one writeup on the healthcare story. Its in the Washington Post today. A. C. A. State tied to budget discussions. The democrats accuse President Trump of trying to sabotage the nations Healthcare System through his decision to halt payments to insurers meant to shore up the system, while republicans countered on sunday that trump is just pushing for a hard bargain. Trumps decision announced friday after months of criticizing the payments as an Insurance Industry bailout wi
Well take a look at some of todays posh washington todays washington journal. The topic is lobbing spending lobbying spending during the trump presidency. You write that there has been no major legislation on both sides of the house. Lobbying spending has spiked. The record the record Shows Congress has been unusually busy being lobbied by groups and businesses. Tell us more. Frustration that they are getting nothing accomplished. Frustration they are getting nothing accomplished. Money being spent is on the increased is on the increase. Expectation, whenever you have a president and a congress in the same party at at the beginning of a new president ial term, or is this expectation things would get done. 2017,rst six months of they are approaching the level, record levels, we saw at the beginning of the obama administration. President obama had a solidly democratic congress. These industries are spending a lot of money. Agendasnd advance their. Youre not seeing major deflation out of
And despite people snickering yesterday, talking about dealing with extremism an. We have world news report contributor ashley pratte. They agree on the terrorism and extremism thing. They do not agree on the means to pay for it, contributing members in Good Standing to nato. Only five of the 28 nations are, which is something that the something the president was bee bemoaning yesterday. Where do you see the conservative agreement going, if only five of the 28 member nations are paying in good stead . I think that is a significant issue. Im glad President Trump addressed that yesterday. Member countries have to maintain their fair share. Protecting countries all over the world from extremism and terrorism, what weve seen in the sad tragedy happening out of manchester. In that point, it should be a joint effort. The u. S. Should not take on the burden with five other countries taking on it. As the precedent of the United States of america and good first step, hopefully trying to remedy