The g20 with washington agreeing to not impose any new tariffs and will let American Companies sell hightech equipment to Chinese Telecom giant huawei, beijing would buy more American Farm products, President Trump commenting on his meeting with chinese president xi jinping yesterday. President xi and i had a fantastic meeting, great meeting, we get along and we also have a really, really Good Relationship and he wants to see something happen and so would i and i think theres a really good chance of that happening, we had a great meeting. Dagen joining me now Senior Research fellow dean chang, good to see you, dean, what the u. S. Is giving and the china is giving is to get trade negotiations going back on track, where do you see whats going from here . Frankly i dont think we will see much progress the markets are hoping for, the reality is that the core problem, that of chinese lack of respect in stealing of intellectual property hasnt changed, hasnt really been addressed yet and its
User benefits, if taxes become less of a proxy, transportation consumption due to more efficient cars and energy prices, then prioritize highway money for the most urgent needs and give more power to the states and cities which can use told them that fuel level use. Guest given the fact that there has not been much happening here in washington, a lot of states, 14 states in the last four years race on gas taxes. Almost all of those work and trolled by republicans. Utah raised 5 cents cents a gallon so they could fix up their roads, in the absence of any kind of major transportation bill, wyoming raise their own gas tax, all republican state. Is it easy . Of course not. Of course not. Its hard for politicians to raise the tax. The one think they know is that when they do that, the constituents they represent realize that potholes are going to be filled, roads are going to be fixed, bridges are going to be fixed, and people see their friends and neighbor doing the work. The money does no
We want to begin on the sunday morning with the question, should the u. S. Require mandatory voting . For democrats, the number to call is 202 7488000. For republicans, the number is 202 7488001. We also have a line for independents. 202 7458002. We welcome our listeners on cspan radio and around the world. You can send us a tweet at cspanwj. Or join us on facebook, facebook. Com cspan. In yemen rebels call supporters to arms. There will be a special meeting with the Un Security Council today in new york city. We want to get your opinion on mandatory voting. Should it be required. . Here is a story from the hill newspaper. This is part of a question in cleveland. Both, the president floating the idea of mandatory voting as a strategy in the short term to counter money and politics. In australia and other countries, there is mandatory voting. Remarks coming in response to the corrosive role of money and politics. The president says that his department of justice would defend voting righ
Consent the reading of the names not be necessary. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i ask consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i now prove move to proceed to legislative session. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed say noah. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes have it. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Reid i now move to proceed to executive session and calendar number 569. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All those in favor say aye. All opposed say nay. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. The clerk pamela l. Reeves of tennessee to be United States district judge for the Eastern District of tennessee. Mr. Reid there is a cloachtion at the desk cloture motion at the desk, mr. President. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk we the undersigned senators in accordance with th
Higher costs for Prescription Drugs, higher costs for preventative services, reduced benefits and a Medicare Program that would go bankrupt nearly ten years sooner. The Affordable Care act is working to help seniors with their expenses and keep the costs of health care down. We need to improve and build on the progress the law has made, not argue over tearing it down. Because this shouldnt be about politics. This should be about keeping the promise that we made to our seniors. Its about building on that promise, and i will continue to fight for them. Mr. President , i yield the floor. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from connecticut. Mr. Murphy thank you very much, mr. President. I appreciate my colleagues, senator warren, senator schumer and senator murray for joining us on the floor today. I think we will be joined by senator stabenow in a few moments. I appreciate them also being at an event we did yesterday in which we were kicking off the Affordable Car