budget committee. and congressman robert garcia of the oversight committee are here to discuss. courtroom campaign. donald trump is set to appear at two high stakes hearings this week. melissa murray comes by to discuss the possible legal and political implications with the iowa caucuses just eight days away. and hollywood s golden moment. chris witherspoon joining me with his predictions on who the big winners could be at tonight s golden globes. i m jonathan capehart and this is the sunday show. this week, congress, the least productive in decades, finally comes back in session after a holiday break. and man, they have an overflowing to do list with a bleakest prospects of getting any of it doesn t let alone on time. one of the republican-controlled house returns tuesday, it will only have eight working days before the first government shutdown deadline of january 19th. and another for working days for the second deadline on february 2nd. but there appears to
on it as early as it is tuesday, this tuesday, to give members 72 hours to read through the bill. we are witnessing in realtime the first big test for the speaker, you will recall, he was elected just two weeks ago after right-wing republicans forced out kevin mccarthy. mccarthy s ousting the embodiment of a divided gop. , speaker johnson has to get them all on the same page. but the party is still showing signs of major dysfunction. this, week house republicans, they canceled votes on the two party unding bills, a step backwards for the speaker. republican congressman tory nelson telles texas put a like this, quote, i don t think the lord jesus and could manage this group. and with, that let s bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent julie circuit. julie, walk us through some of the key takeaways from speaker johnson s two tiered plan? well the big thing to know about this bill, just first and foremost, is that it is by all accounts a clean continuing resolution. meani
well, you know, the reality is this current house speaker has the same sort of political challenges what that the last republican house speaker had, and that is a badly divided house republican conference. it is remarkable how much infighting and bad blood there is, house republican on house republican. the biggest challenge really hasn t been who the negotiators are in the room. the challenge is that mike johnson is constantly looking over his shoulder and afraid of being taken out the same way the previous republican speaker was, which of course was historic, the first and only house speaker to ever lose a motion to vacate. right, and the motion to vacate can now be put forward by just one member. congressman brandon boyle, ranking member of the house budget committee, thank you as always for coming to the sunday show. thank you. time is running out for
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Republican-controlled house returns tuesday, it will only have eight working days before the first government shutdown deadline of january 19th. and another for working days for the second deadline on february 2nd. but there appears to be a glimmer of hope. according to punchbowl news, congressional negotiators say they are close to securing a top line member for the current fiscal year. if that happens, they will have cleared a huge hurdle to avoiding a shutdown. still, complicating manners and another arena is republican assistance for additional funding for ukraine and israel be tied to tougher immigration laws here in the states. and as if that were not enough, all of this is happening as house republicans pursue a baseless impeachment inquiry against president biden and look to hold his son hunter in contempt. joining me now, pennsylvania congressman brandon boyle, ranking member on the house budget committee and a member