Host President Trump sat down with nancy pelosi and chuck and struck a deal. Gop leaders in the room and his to sury secretary wanted raise the governments borrowing power for 18 months. But the president agreed with democrats and they will fund the government until december along billion in funding for Hurricane Harvey victims. The headlines on the deal this morning. Washington times trump okays request to borrow and spend. Times trump bypasses gop to strike a deal on the debt. Wall street journal, trump irking the n debt gop. Thoughts on t your the deal struck with democrats for three months to fund the overnment, raise the debt ceiling, and provide funding for victims. E harvey lets begin with the north nt who went to dakota yesterday to push tax reform and said this about his meeting with democratic leaders. Prior to leaving the white house, i had a great bipartisan meeting with democrat and leaders in congress. Im committed to working with deliver for our wonderful, wonderful citi
In to start legislative work today. You can continue watching this and both of last weeks Senate Health Care Committee hearings on the individual Health Insurance market on our website cspan. Org. Live coverage of the u. S. House. Prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conro y. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving god we give you thanks for giving us another day. As members of the peoples house return to washington, delayed by the storms that have blown through the southeast, we ask your blessing upon them. That they might be all the more focused in their work and as modeled by so Many Americans in their efforts these past days in helping their neighbors prepare to Work Together to address our nations most pressing needs. Continue to bless those who are recovering from hurricane destruction and those fighting still the storms of wildfire that plague our western states. Blanket those who fight to overcome these Natural Disasters with your spirit of strength and endurance and pres
To discuss the reason why some individuals have seen their plans canceled by providers as the law has gone into effect. Its become a hot topic on capitol hill among some talking heads but said the right stay away from the politics and discuss the mechanics at play here. Why are some people receiving cancellation notices . Guest these are people who buy their own coverage because they dont get it through their jobs. These are folks folks who arent Small Business owners. They are selfemployed. An increasing number of contract workers by their own. Many farmers by their own so there is an estimate of 5 of americans who buy their own coverage. That is who this affects and many of them are getting these notices. We dont know exactly how many but many people are getting these notices saying their current policy will be discontinued by the end of the year and they need to enroll in a new policy. That is because many of these policies dont meet the requirements of the Affordable Care act. Host
Controversial decision that they were going to actually swear themselves in and get to work doing Congress Things a little early, before the new president was sworn in. They said they wanted to hit the ground faster than usual and start working earlier than usual. And thats because they had a very specific todo list. They wanted to have the delivery of an Important Campaign promise wrapped up and with a bow on it sitting on the new president s desk for him to sign as soon as he was sworn in. For him to sign on Inauguration Day as he was trying out the new chair and the new desk in the oval office for the first time. It was his Campaign Promise. It was also a Campaign Promise for every republican member of congress. There was not a single elected republican dissident from their partys plan to kill obamacare, to kill the Affordable Care act, as their First Priority once they took control in washington. So they had this whole elaborate plan for the brand new congress. They would convene e