Changes to the Supreme Court and federal judiciary. Later, Jessica Anderson from here to Jackson Anderson from Heritage Action for america talks about top issues in campaign 2020. Is the washington journal for september 9. Joe biden is expected to be in warren, michigan today to talk about jobs and the economy a day before President Trump is expected to visit the same state. The trend campaign announcing stops in reno and las vegas, nevada. Senateant the expected to take a test vote tomorrow on something that would authorize five hundred billion dollars of Coronavirus Relief, far smaller than democrats would like to see. When it comes to congressional spending, is that something you would like to see . Let us know. If you are unemployed, call 202 7488000. If you are a Small Business owner or employee, 202 7488001. All others, call us at 202 7488002. You can text us at 202 7488003 and post on twitter and facebook. Set up theto conversation is zach cohen with National Journal and it cove
Is different. It isnt connected to the conservative party. It is a direct pledge from me to my constituents in rossendale and dannen and to the british people that i will not vote to put taxes up. Its for keeps. It is a pledge that i will stick to as long as i am a member of parliament. Well, the Prime Minister, meanwhile, says hes slamming the brakes on the war on motorists. Rishi sunak has arrived in manchester ahead of the party conference, which gets under and hes under way tomorrow and hes expected address the issue expected to address the issue this week. He told sun this week. He told the sun harebrained schemes like low traffic neighbourhoods and 20mph zones are being forced on drivers. The department for transport says guidance will be reviewed to prevent their blanket use in england. Is it blanket use in england. Is it time to cut taxes . Meanwhile, time to cut taxes . Meanwhile, the government says todays train drivers strike is clearly political and planned to coincide with
Sees him or knows his whereabouts to contact them. Whereabouts to contact them. Dozens of conservative mps have signed a pledge to never again vote for an increase in overall taxes. Former Prime Minister liz taxes. Former Prime Minister liz truss and former Party Leader Sir Iain duncan smith are among those to have signed up , along those to have signed up, along with seven former cabinet ministers. The promise means they wont vote for the chancellors autumn statement if it contains us tax rises. Putting further pressure on rishi sunak ahead of the conservative party conference, jeremy hunts told the times he wants to stop the vicious circle of ever rising taxes, but has ruled out cuts in the short term. Former Party Chairman sir jake berry, who organised the pledge, says it holds the chancellor to his word. All too often we have seen these promises and pledges made by mps across the political divide that havent materialised. That is why this tax pledge is different. It isnt connected
Tax and we wont have a tax. That becomes free trade. Charles so what is more important going into the election . Profits for the elite or the economy. I was shocked. First of all, i love when President Trump has these open meetings so the world can watch. Hes not hostile. But he has the most of opposition from his own political party. He more or less put it out there. Cheaper imported steel from china or steel from america. Which do you want. Tam rrp america first, but not america alone. We and have jobs. Especially with his expansion on the ground and dealing with a free trade dynamic as well. He had Sherrod Brown and widen seeming they were more on the same page as President Trump than his fellow republicans. It was like being in a bizarre world. This is what he ran on. This is how he ran in places like my ohio and Sherrod Browns ohio. The people in the Buckeye State were drawn to President Trump because of his firm words on trade and china and steel dumping and currency manipulation
The us State Department. That wouldnt normally be headline news. But lets talk to Barbara Plett usher and she can explain, hi barbara, that this is an event of note. Yes, its the first briefing that the State Department has had in six weeks. We used to get them every single day. Even in between transition administrations, theres been a hiatus of a few days. The place was packed. As you can imagine, there were questions about why the State Department had been silent for so long. The Spokesman Mark Toner put it up to the administration finding its sea legs, he said. Presumably that means that the Secretary Of State was coming up to speed with the department and coming up to speed with the white house. Mr toner said he contacted white house regularly and was building relationships with his foreign counterparts etc, so he was busy. He didnt really address the glaring lack of public diplomacy. Even more so, there were a lot of questions about the State Department budget, because mr trump wa