do i have the courage? is it worth the sacrifice? america has been worth it every single time. harris: desantis is likely to be one of the most well-known in the pack outside of donald trump. trump s lead among gop candidates is widening since march. some top republicans including former presidential candidates say the governor has his work cut out for him. what s happening to desantis, he is beginning to shrink from being 1 of 2 and 1 of many. is there an opportunity to grow in the polls? absolutely. at this point president trump is way ahead so it is a daunting task for any of these other candidates. i think desantis has to run his own race. he has a crowded field. he has to show he is the alternative to donald trump. but he has an uphill climb. harris: jason chaffetz, former utah congressman in focus now. jason, now there are seven by tonight with desantis. yeah, look. donald trump is clearly out in front. it feels like he is lapping people at this point bu
The history of americament only two other times have we brought in 20% of the gdp. 1944 and 2000. i will not put a clean debt ceiling on the floor. why? because we ve spent more than we ve ever spent before and have the highest debt we ve ever had before. i don t think it s right. let me finish the question. then i said to the president but everything else is on the table. for 97 days he wouldn t talk to me. so we passed a bill. we re not getting everything in our bill. i am negotiating with the president. we passed a bill that raised the debt ceiling. if i did what you are saying we wouldn t be talking. i m sitting and sending our negotiation team down with theirs. their team is highly respected on both sides of the aisle. they know this house and senate well and i know together maybe you discounted me, too. i didn t win speaker on the first vote. it took 15 rounds. you know what i think we re
angelo program. it names a string of lawmakers from both party, democrats and republicans who benefited from this vip treatment. kent conrad. former democratic senator chris dodd. republican house armed services committee chairman buck mckeon. all three deny any wrongdoing. the report also says the former ceo of fannie mae, officials at freddie mac and a secretary of housing and urban development were also in this friends of angelo program. so were congressional staffers from both parties that played a role in legislation that affected countrywide. these vips got, as i said, favorable mortgage rates and points. one, adolfous towns, was a chairman of the house oversight committee, the very same committee investigating countrywide. he also denies any wrongdoing. according to the house report, documents and testimony obtained documents and testimony obtained by the committee show the vip loan program was a tool used by country wide to build good will with lawmakers and other ind
program giving a lot of people on capitol hill this preferential treatment. it was called the friends of angelo program now, the report today names a string of lawmakers and regulators from both parties, democrats and republicans, who benefited from this vip treatment. senate budget committee chairman, for instance, democrat kent conrad. former democratic senator chris dodd. republican house armed services committee chairman buck mckeon. all three deny any wrongdoing. the former ceo of fannie mae, officials at freddie mac and a secretary of housing and urban development were also in this friends of angelo program. so were congressional staffers from both parties that played a role in legislation that affected countrywide. these vips got favorable mortgage rates and points. one was a chairman of the house oversight committee, the very same committee investigating countrywide. he also denies any wrongdoing. according to the house report, documents and testimony obtained by the
it was called the friends of angelo program now, the report today names a string of lawmakers and regulators from both parties, democrats and republicans, who benefited from this vip treatment. senate budget committee chairman, for instance, democrat kent conrad. former democratic senator chris dodd. republican house armed services committee chairman buck mckeon. all three deny any wrongdoing. the former ceo of fannie mae, officials at freddie mac and a secretary of housing and urban development were also in this friends of angelo program. so were congressional staffers from both parties that played a role in legislation that affected countrywide. these vips got favorable mortgage rates and points. one was a chairman of the house oversight committee, the very same committee investigating countrywide. he also denies any wrongdoing. according to the house report, documents and testimony obtained by the committee show the vip loan program was a tool used by country wide to build