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"democratic committee" Discussed on Northwest Newsradio
"42° at two O 6. Senator Bernie Sanders is raising the stakes in his effort to hold Starbucks accountable for alleged union busting, northwest news radios Cathy O'Shea explains. Sanders of Vermont independent and chairman of the Senate health education labor and pensions committee said the committee will vote on March 8th on whether to subpoena Starbucks interim CEO Howard Schultz to provide testimony about ongoing unionization efforts at the company in a written statement Sanders says he was scheduling the vote because the company hasn't responded to several requests to meet and provide documents to the committee. If the vote passes, Schultz would be required to testify march 15th. Cathy O'Shea, northwest news radio. Government accountability advocates are frustrated that two bills to rein in the powers of the state executive branch did not receive hearings this legislative session. The measures come in the wake of governor Jay inslee's executive powers concerning the COVID pandemic, which lasted just shy of a thousand days. Democratic representative Emily Randolph sponsored a 2022 bill aimed at giving lawmakers more oversight. I have heard loud and clear from my community and many of your constituents as well that we need to do some work to ensure that our balance of power is the right one as we enter any future emergency. This session, the Senate government and elections committee refused to hold a public hearing on a similar bill to give the legislative bodies some power in case of state emergencies. Jason mercier with the conservative Washington policy center says inslee's office overstepped authority. And if he's putting restrictions on citizens or businesses, those have no time limit and they don't require any type of legislative approval. We did reach out to the democratic committee head senator Sam hunt. We were told that he was not available. Dozens of homeless people in Seattle got something Tuesday that most of us take for granted. A document proving who they are, you know, your ID. Michelle Esteban reports from a new pop up service center right next to a troubled encampment in the Chinatown international district. What do you want
Bloomberg Radio New York
"democratic committee" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"On this vote, there are 9 eyes and zero nose. And with that vote, history was made. The January 6th committee recommended that Donald Trump be prosecuted for his role in the assault on the U.S. capitol. The first time a former president has been the subject of a criminal referral by Congress. He lost the 2020 election and knew it. But he chose to try to stay in office through a multi part scheme to overturn the results and block the transfer of power. Democratic chair Benny Thompson led the committee through 18 months of investigation into the insurrection that included interviewing more than a thousand people, gathering more than a million documents and issuing more than a hundred subpoenas. Democratic committee member Jamie Raskin urged the Justice Department to consider prosecuting Trump for four offenses, obstructing Congress's certification of the 2020 election results, conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to submit fake slates of electors, and inciting an insurrection. Mister chairman, we understand the gravity of each and every referral we are making today. Just as we understand the magnitude of the crime against democracy that we describe in our report, but we have gone where the facts and the law lead us and inescapably they lead us here. The question now is whether this unprecedented referral will lead to an unprecedented prosecution of a former president. Joining me to discuss the referrals impact is former federal prosecutor elie honig of loewenstein Sandler. Ellie, this referral is symbolic, it doesn't require the Justice Department to do anything, and in fact special counsel Jack Smith is already leading an investigation into Trump. But does the public nature of the referral and the information that it comes with put any pressure on the Justice Department to come up with indictments against Trump? So first of all, yes, this is symbolic. But that doesn't mean it's meaningless. Things that the solid can have a serious impact doesn't increase political pressure public pressure on DoJ. Sure, the more voices, especially authoritative voices like Congress that you have calling on prosecutors to bring charges, the more public pressure. But I don't think that pressure is going to influence DoJ. It's not supposed to influence DoJ and every attorney general going back to the start of the republic. We'll say we are not influenced by public pressure, but I think with Merrick Garland, one thing that I think is very strong on is not being subject to political pressure. But here's what I think is going to make a big difference, June. And that's the actual evidence itself. It doesn't so much matter what the label is or whether it's packaged as a referral or not. But I guarantee you DoJ and federal prosecutors are going to go through that report that comes out of the committee were by work because there's going to be evidence in there that DoJ does not have. There could be evidence in there that's different or inconsistent respects with evidence that DoJ has. And by the way, Donald Trump's lawyers will do the exact same thing that they're going to look for weaknesses are going to look for holes. So I'm not so concerned from a prosecutor with the referral itself. I probably just roll my eyes at that angle. Okay, thanks for the referral Congress. But I'm very interested in the actual evidence of the substance. But does it hurt prosecutors to have all that evidence out there with the public, potential witnesses? And as you mentioned, Trump's people, going through it. Yes, and it cuts both ways. On the one hand, if your DoJ, you're grateful. Wow, all this new evidence, almost certainly some that DoJ didn't already know, and we know that the committee got to certain key witnesses before DoJ Cassidy Hutchinson being one example passive Bologna being another example, the text from Mark Meadows, the committee got those before DoJ had them as far as we know. On the other hand, as a prosecutor, you never want other people interviewing and questioning your key witnesses. You never want there to be a massive body of previous statements that witness can be attacked question cross examined on. And that's what's really unusual here, because in any criminal case, the prosecution has to turn over and the defense lawyer has an obligation to scrutinize any prior statements of the witnesses. Well, here there are reams and reams of volumes of that material that we're going to see fully when it all comes out in the next few days. And all of that is fair game for defense lawyers to pick apart. So this is part of the reason there's a cost to the fact that DoJ has been largely lagging behind Congress. Now there's going to be all this information out there, some of which may be used to undermine its case, which is outside of DoJ's control. Isn't citing an insurrection the toughest of the charges to prove? Insurrection, of course, is the most difficult to prove the others are obstruction of Congress or conspiracy to obstruct Congress conspiracy to defraud the United States. Those focus on the pressure campaign on Mike Pence, those focus on the efforts have fake electors installed. The insurrection charge, though, is much more dramatic and you'd have to prove an intent to essentially overthrow the government. That's going to be much more difficult. DoJ has charged over 900 people connected to January 6th. They've not charged a single person with insurrection. They have charged a few with seditious conspiracy, which is similar, but not identical So I think the committee threw in insurrection mostly as a symbolic measure. I don't think there's any realistic chance that DoJ charges Donald Trump with insurrection. But I think the committee was trying to make a larger point there. Trump is known for not putting things in writing, not emails, not texts, and also I understand there's no evidence that he had contact with the insurrectionists, so is it going to be hard to prove intent? Absolutely, that is going to be the crux of any case against Donald Trump. It's often the crux of any criminal case is intent. People sometimes think about the whodunit, who robbed the bank or who committed the murder, but most cases turn on intend, what was the person's state of mind and can you show that specific criminal intent that you need in a case like this and you're right, Trump is particularly elusive because he does not text these are not emails. So there's not going to be some smoking gun document that he created. There's not been a person really close to him on the inner circle who has flipped and cooperated in a way that prosecutors have wanted to fully credit and trust and go with. There's no known wire cap or audio tape of him. So it's very difficult to ascertain his intent. Now, the committee was making the argument that well, if you look at all of his conduct and his public statements, you can see his intent, but that's difficult. That's never an easy road for prosecutors. And I think that's going to be the biggest obstacle to charging. Even though attorney general Merrick Garland has said over and over that no one is above the law and they'll go wherever the evidence takes them. But in deciding whether to indict a former president, are they going to consider that would be a first in our nation's history that Trump is going to be running against the current president in 2024 and a significant part of the country still believes in him and that the election was stolen. Is that all
Bloomberg Radio New York
"democratic committee" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Chairman, on this vote, there are 9 eyes and zero nose. And with that vote, history was made. The January 6th committee recommended that Donald Trump be prosecuted for his role in the assault on the U.S. capitol. The first time a former president has been the subject of a criminal referral by Congress. He lost the 2020 election and knew it. But he chose to try to stay in office through a multi part scheme to overturn the results and block the transfer of power. Democratic chair Benny Thompson led the committee through 18 months of investigation into the insurrection that included interviewing more than a thousand people, gathering more than a million documents and issuing more than a hundred subpoenas. Democratic committee member Jamie Raskin urged the Justice Department to consider prosecuting Trump for four offenses, obstructing Congress's certification of the 2020 election results, conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to submit fake slates of electors, and inciting an insurrection. Mister chairman, we understand the gravity of each and every referral we are making today. Just as we understand the magnitude of the crime against democracy that we describe in our report, but we have gone where the facts and the law lead us and inescapably they lead us here. The question now is whether this unprecedented referral will lead to an unprecedented prosecution of a former president. Joining me to discuss the referrals impact is former federal prosecutor elie honig of loewenstein Sandler. Ellie, this referral is symbolic, it doesn't require the Justice Department to do anything. And in fact, special counsel Jack Smith is already leading an investigation into Trump. But does the public nature of the referral and the information that it comes with put any pressure on the Justice Department to come up with indictments against Trump? So first of all, yes, this is symbolic. But that doesn't mean it's meaningless. Things that the solid can have a serious impact does it increase political pressure public pressure on DoJ? Sure, the more voices, especially authoritative voices like Congress that you have calling on prosecutors to bring charges, the more public pressure. But I don't think that pressure is going to influence DoJ. It's not supposed to influence DoJ and every attorney general going back to the start of the republic will say we are not influenced by public pressure, but I think with Merrick Garland, one thing that I think he's very strong on is not being subject to political pressure. But here's what I think is going to make a big difference, June. And that's the actual evidence itself. It doesn't so much matter what the label is or whether it's packaged as a referral or not. But I guarantee you DoJ and federal prosecutors are going to go through that report that comes out of the committee word by word because there's going to be evidence in there that DoJ does not have. There could be evidence in there that different or inconsistent respects with evidence that DoJ has. And by the way, Donald Trump's lawyers will do the exact same thing that they're going to look for weaknesses are going to look for whole. So I'm not so concerned from a prosecutor with the referral itself. I probably just roll my eyes at that angle. Okay, thanks for the referral Congress. But I'm very interested in the actual evidence of the substance. But does it hurt prosecutors to have all that evidence out there with the public, potential witnesses? And as you mentioned, Trump's people, going through it. Yes, and it cuts both ways. On the one hand, if your DoJ, you're grateful. Wow, all this new evidence, almost certainly some that DoJ didn't already know. And we know that the committee got to a certain key witnesses before DoJ, Kathy Hutchinson being one example pass it Bologna being another example, the text from Mark Meadows, the committee got those before DoJ had them as far as we know. On the other hand, as a prosecutor, you never want other people interviewing and questioning your key witnesses. You never want there to be a massive body of previous statements that witness can be attacked question cross examined on. And that's what's really unusual here, because in any criminal case, the prosecution has to turn over and the defense lawyer has an obligation to scrutinize any prior statements of the witnesses. Well, here there are reams and reams of volumes of that material that we're going to see fully when it all comes out in the next few days. And all of that is fair game for defense lawyers to pick apart. So this is part of the reason there's a cost to the fact that DoJ has been largely lagging behind Congress. Now there's going to be all this information out there, some of which may be used to undermine its case, which is outside of DoJ's control. Is inciting an insurrection, the toughest of the charges to prove. Insurrection, of course, is the most difficult to prove the others are obstruction of Congress or conspiracy to obstruct Congress conspiracy to defraud the United States. Those focus on the pressure campaign on Mike Pence, those focused on the efforts have fake electors installed. The insurrection charge, though, is much more dramatic and you'd have to prove an intent to essentially overthrow the government. That's going to be much more difficult. DoJ has charged over 900 people connected to January 6th. They've not charged a single person with insurrection. They have charge a few with seditious conspiracy, which is similar, but
WTOP
"democratic committee" Discussed on WTOP
"In Trump faced criminal charges. Democratic committee member Adam Schiff tells CNN, he believes the charges of insurrection and conspiracy as well as obstruction of a federal proceeding may be just as someone who in multiple ways tried to pressure state officials to find votes that didn't exist. This is someone who tried to interfere with the joint session, even inciting a mob to attack the capitol. If that's not criminal, then I don't know what it is. The migrant situation in Texas and elsewhere on the southern border prompts local and federal government to actually state Republican governors are hoping the Supreme Court will step in and keep an effect the Trump era rule that leaves some migrants in Mexico while their asylum applications are being considered here. As of now, that rule goes away midweek. They are terribly concerned about what this will mean for immigration influx into their states. And therefore, Arizona is leading the charge. Legal analyst Laurie Levinson of Loyola law. Tom for CBS News in Washington. Argentina beats France to win the 2022 World Cup after the teams were tied three three in regulation and overtime it went to penalties. Argentina won the shootout four two, CBS sports Ben Jacobs. There are three three draw following extra time, Argentina winning the shootout Messi leading his side to victory. North Korea's latest missile test draws added concern in South Korea, reporter Alex Jensen from Seoul. South Korea's military's condemned North Korea's two medium range ballistic missile launches as a significant provocation and what's worrying analysts is that the north appears to be developing more solid fuel missile capabilities, meaning weapons that could be readied for launch faster and be equipped with heavier warheads. Forecasters say there will be life threatening cold for most of the country this week, national weather service meteorologist Mark schnauzer is in the plane that could be as much as 40° below average and then by the time it gets east, we're still looking at as much maybe 20 to 30° below average in spots. With only a week until Christmas, it's crunch time. People are out holiday shopping, but there's a theme CBS's Stacey lynch. I'm spending less, definitely than prior years. That's because inflation is the Grinch this year. People are buying a little bit less expensive things than last year. Miranda ever sold rose manages a shoe store in San Francisco. But traffic is similar. But because everything is so super expensive
The Doug Collins Podcast
Strategist Kevin Walling on Building Relationships in Washington
"This, better than anyone, Doug, when you first got elected, what do you have to do the next week, start calling people for money? Start, you know, going to the incentive structure is such that you have to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars every other month or something like that. And you got to give it back to the party on the Republican side, the Republican committees, the democratic committees on my side. And you don't get into the weeds of actually governing. And building relationships. And I credit you for actually building not just relationships within the Republican caucus, but folks like cinema, and you do have relationships with a lot of folks go to Washington. They don't build relationships at all. They're not even with their neighbors in the canon, you know, Russell or whatever building you're in. And, you know, I was a big believer. I love folks like tip O'Neill on my side and stuff like that. Really relationship folks. And I think when the House and Senate calendar changed in the 90s where everybody, you know, the incentive structure was to get home as quickly as possible vote and get home. So you could go to your in person events and stuff like that. And that's important that relationship. But when all the kids of members of Congress left, the D.C. schools, Maryland schools, Virginia schools, and that they went home back to their home districts. You weren't seeing each other on the weekends. You weren't traveling together. I'm a huge proponent and believer in code L's, right? Bipartisan code deals across the world, right? Where we're united front where the water ends. And you can build those relationships. And some of it's perfunctory, but some of it is, you know, I think Hillary Clinton and John McCain actually developed a semblance of a relationship on a lot of those codes because they were both focused on the armed services committee on the Senate side.
WTOP
"democratic committee" Discussed on WTOP
"WTO P news. 1123 Maryland's governor could be called to testify in a federal court case. The explanation from WTO's Kate Ryan. Federal court documents show that governor Larry Hogan is on the witness list in the case against his former aide Roy McGrath. The case is based on fraud and embezzlement charges against McGrath, who led the Maryland environmental service before he was named as Hogan's chief of staff. McGrath got a severance agreement of more than $233,000 when he left the environmental service and had insisted that governor Hogan okayed the arrangement. McGrath is accused of falsifying documents to boost his claim, governor Hogan has been adamant he did not know about or approved the deal. The news that Hogan's on the witness list in the case was first reported by the daily record, Kate Ryan, WTO P news. And governor Hogan spokesperson Michael Ricci tells WTO in an email that Hogan's office has been actively assisting with the ongoing federal investigation and is confident that the justice system will uphold the public trust. The election to replace a Northern Virginia lawmaker is coming together. It follows the resignation of longtime democratic delegate Mark keem last month. King represented the 35th district which includes Tyson's Vienna done lowering in oakton and this coming Saturday, the fairfax county democratic committee there will welcome voters who will choose their nominee to replace king. Candidates include fairfax county school board member Carl frisch and nonprofit leader Holly siebold, the winner goes on to face a Republican candidate who has not been named yet. Steve knots, chair of the county's Republican committee, says they're early in the process. We just posted the application forms of it may be a few days to a week before we get our list together. Niko and Ellie WTO news. Virginia Republican governor Glenn youngkin is facing criticism from Democrats tonight, his political ad maker recently got a 6 figure state contract to produce a state tourism ad featuring the governor. Richmond based pool house made the winning bid for the project and got a $268,000 contract to produce the governor's welcome project ad. The Richmond ties dispatch reports the ad was designed for distribution and display in airports and in tourism welcome centers. It shows popular tourist destinations around the state and includes a welcome and some narration by junkin. The Virginia tourism corporation reached out may 5th to three advertising companies offering them a chance to bid on the project, pool house responded with a bid the same day, a second firm did not respond a third said it could not meet the scope of work. Democratic Party of Virginia chairwoman Susan swecker calls it a scheme to use taxpayer dollars for what is basically a presidential campaign video. She says it raises ethical and possible criminal questions and she's urging an investigation. It's 1125
WTOP
"democratic committee" Discussed on WTOP
"Their nominee this weekend as they work to replace keem. It'll be on Saturday hosted by the fairfax county democratic committee with voters choosing from candidates Carl frisch, a fairfax county school board member, and Holly siebold, a nonprofit leader. This is in the 35th district, which includes Tyson's Vienna Dunn loring and oakton, Republicans plan to select their nominee on November 5th. We're having the people in the 35th district come out and cast their vote for our candidate at that point. Steve Knotts chair of the county's Republican committee says they don't have a list of candidates yet, but they will soon. Nick eying LA doubled news. The widening of the capitol beltway in McLean could impact cell service in the region unless V dot and the service providers can figure out where to move a cell tower that's in the way. Fairfax now reports that the tower is right next to I four 95 at the old dominion dry bridge, which is being replaced as part of the I four and I 95 northern extension. V dot has known the tower, it needed to be moved for it well over a year now, but AT&T and TiVo mobile can't agree with V dot on a new location. That tower will be taken out of service in November, which the carriers say may cause intermittent wireless service disruptions in that area. Each day, they save lives and property in our area. Dozens of first responders are in Florida, helping out after the devastation of hurricane Ian. Maryland task force one is the urban search and rescue team headed by Montgomery county fire and rescue. They've been in Florida since Saturday searching for victims. You know, sometimes it's not just about delaying and breaching and breaking and sharing. Sometimes it's managing and treating the human part of this. Battalion chief chase fabrizio heads the task force. When you have somebody that has lost everything and gets initial worry off their shoulders. So at least they don't have to worry about food water or shelter as they begin to focus on what comes next in the recovery process. Neil Logan stain WTO news. Coming up after traffic and weather. Non citizens living in D.C. are closer to winning the right to vote in local elections. It's one O 7. You see
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"democratic committee" Discussed on WTOP
"Offer customized financial planning for you, not just your assets. Learn more by calling 8 8 8 5 9 8 39 66. One O three on WTO, on day Wednesday, the 5th of October. Clouds in 54° as we try to get near 60. Good afternoon, I'm more clueless. And I'm Gigi Barnett, the top local stories we're following this hour and Marilyn governor Larry Hogan is on the list of witnesses in the federal fraud case against his former chief of staff. Roy McGrath, who served briefly as Maryland governor Larry Hogan's chief of staff, faces 8 federal counts, including wire fraud and embezzlement and court documents show that governor Hogan is on the witness list. The question to the jurors with the fact that the governor is a witness affect their ability to be fair and impartial. The charges stem from McGrath's exit from the Maryland environmental service, he got a severance package of more than $233,000, and he insisted that Hogan had okayed the arrangement. Hogan strenuously denied knowing of the deal and said he did not sign off on it, a daily record reports McGrath's defense wants to introduce recorded phone conversations in the case, graphs trial gets underway October 24th, Kate Ryan. WTO news. Governor Hogan spokesperson Michael Ricci says that in a statement to WTO that Hogan's office has been actively assisting on the ongoing investigations and that they are confident that the justice system will uphold a public trust. Campaign 2022 now were following some developing political news out of Northern Virginia. After a long time, democratic delegate marquin resigned last month and election to replace him is coming together. Democrats will be selecting their nominee this weekend as they work to replace keem. It'll be on Saturday hosted by the fairfax county democratic committee with voters choosing from candidates Carl frisch, a fairfax county school board
Bloomberg Radio New York
"democratic committee" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"And tributes to the late Queen Elizabeth pouring in for a look at that, and some of the other events around the globe here's Bloomberg's Denise Pellegrini, Denise. Thank you, Juliet and September 19th. That'll be a week from Monday, and that's the day the state funeral at Westminster will take place at Westminster Abbey, the UK will have a national holiday for this in financial markets will be closed. UK prime minister Liz truss making a statement outside 10 Downing Street about the death of Queen Elizabeth II. With the passing of the second elizabethan age, we usher in a new era in the magnificent history of our great country, exactly as her majesty would have wished. By saying the words, God save the king. And speaking of the king, we are expecting a formal declaration of him becoming king tomorrow, although he is officially king already, and we also are expecting a speech sometime tomorrow possibly tomorrow night. In Canada, prime minister Justin Trudeau, remembering the queen. As her 12th Canadian prime minister, I'm having trouble believing that my last sit down with her was my last. And in the U.S. President Biden addressing a reception for the national democratic committee just a few minutes ago at national harbor, Maryland saying he had just stopped by the British embassy to sign a condolence book for the queen. The opportunity to meet her before she passed and she was an incredibly gracious and decent woman. The thoughts and prayers of the American people are with the people of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth and their grief. And on the Senate floor majority leader Chuck Schumer calling the late Queen Elizabeth a pivotal figure on the world stage. I daresay we will never see a leader quite lying her for as long as we live. And minority leader Mitch McConnell says her leadership ability for more than 70 years as we've been talking about help the UK and the world thrive. She presided over a period of historic strengthening of the alliance between our nations that has changed the course of world history for the better. And we even heard on the topic from treasury secretary Janet Yellen at the start of her speech in Michigan, plugging the Biden administration's economic plans. I just heard the sad
WCPT 820
"democratic committee" Discussed on WCPT 820
"Agriculture commissioner Nikki fried, who hopes to become Florida's first female governor for desantis, reelection in November could be the launching pad for a presidential run in 2024. In New York, two powerful democratic committee chairs, Carolyn maloney and Jerry Nadler find themselves competing for the same House seat after redistricting. Hyundai and Kia are telling owners of late model palisades and Telluride to park them outdoors and away from buildings The problem is a series of fires involving wiring, the recall involves 2020 through 2022 model palisades and tellurides, the companies say they're still working on a final repair. Former president Trump wants a neutral special master appointed after the FBI card at a way those documents from his Florida estate his lawyers say in a court filing the documents were presumptively covered by executive privilege. This is AP news. President zelensky raised the Ukrainian flag at a flag day observance. The AP's Karen Chammas has this. Ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky attended a ceremony at the country's national history museum. He approached the microphone as he addressed the honor God standing before him. Chloride to Ukraine, he told them. They replied glory to heroes. However, instead of stressing worry for the days to come, the president expressed defiance. The blue and yellow flag of Ukraine will again fly where it rightfully should be in all temporarily occupied cities and villages of Ukraine. Days earlier zelensky warned that Russia may try to do something that he said would be particularly nasty and cruel, the United States reinforced those concerns when its embassy in Kyiv issued a security alert suggesting Russia intends to target civilian and government infrastructure in the coming days. I'm Karen Chammas and I'm Rita foley, AP news. This is a 20 a.m. WCT willow springs and streaming worldwide 20 dot com. We are Chicago's progressive chalk, where facts matter. Now UWC PTA 20 Chicago traffic update. And liberty fell signals are flashing red at 45 at Motorola Parkway, expect congestion. Inbound Kennedy, it's plenty congested with delays starting at canfield. It takes one hour and three minutes to get from O'Hare to downtown Chicago. 31 minutes from montrose is 27 of the express app on 40 veterans downtown of the airport. It got 8 installations started Pratt 31 minutes like Coke de montrose. The eyes and I was a mess. An hour and 22 minutes, three 90 to downtown, an hour and 7 minutes from wolf without any crashes. Stevenson, an hour and 5 minutes from veterans memorial could disavow Lake shore drive, the Ryan 22 minutes died. He fitted downtown. He spot Adams tall where it stopped, and go roselle to golf with a rack of the two right lanes. That's traffic
AP News Radio
DeSantis rival to emerge from high-stakes Florida primary
"I Mike Gracia reporting a democratic rival to governor Ron DeSantis will emerge from a high stakes Florida primary Florida Democrats go to the polls today to decide who will challenge Republican governor Ron DeSantis in the November general election The choice will be between Charlie Crist the 66 year old U.S. representative a former Republican who once served as the sunshine state's governor and 44 year old agriculture commissioner Nikki fried who hopes to become Florida's first female governor for desantis reelection in November could be the launching pad for a presidential run in 2024 In New York two powerful democratic committee chairs Carolyn maloney and Jerry Nadler find themselves competing for the same House seat after redistricting I'm Mike Gracia
Bloomberg Radio New York
"democratic committee" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"What's going on in New York and around the world, Michael. Thank you very much, Nathan, a former state Supreme Court Justice and a former democratic power broker from western New York. We're sentenced to prison for their roles in a bribery scheme, which authorities say influenced judicial decisions and official appointments. GE Steven pigeon, the ex chairman of the Erie county democratic committee, received a one year sentence, former justice John McCallum received all year and four months. Heavy rains have caused flash flooding and mudslides as storms pound parts of eastern Kentucky. Kentucky governor Andy beshear says that at least 8 people have died from flooding in the state. We have activated our National Guard in fact, I just signed a state of emergency that will unlock the resources needed and also tell the people of eastern Kentucky that we are going to be there for them. Governor beshear also says about 20,000 people are without power. New York City mayor Eric Adams met with the newly confirmed director of the ATF Steve dentel back in the statement Adam says the ATF will be a partner in ending the flow of illegal guns to New York City. We want ATF to double the number of ages here in New York City. And we need Congress to support the ATF with the resources to make that happen. Mayor Adams also called for revoking the license of the nation's largest supplier of ghost guns. Vice president Kamala Harris was in Brooklyn yesterday to speak about the Biden administration's investments in underserved
77WABC Radio
"democratic committee" Discussed on 77WABC Radio
"With us today is Keith Wright He is chairman of the Manhattan democratic committee and I like to know from Keith as what the heck is going on in orbiting Good morning Keith How are you doing today I'm doing well Thank you for having me on the show I think all New Yorkers want to hear what's going on in Albany are they going to be able to come back to work and ride the subways because some of them are scared after what happened to that lady from Deloitte intrusion and other guy from Goldman Sachs Keith me and you know each other a long time New York was the greatest city in the world Are we going to be able to do it again Well you know John I still think New York is the greatest city in the world Certainly when you have a city of 8 million people there are a lot of problems Crime has been front and center The mayor is trying to grab the bull by the boys as best as he can But let's face facts You can legislate until the cows come home John However what it comes down to is what people do in a society I understand that people are scared Hell's Belle sometimes I was scared too You know as a senior citizen you know I'm looking over my shoulder all the time and I take the subway each and every day However the legislature does the best that they can do But you can't legislate certain certain behavior And I like what the mayor is doing by putting a police officer on each and every train which is an old Dave dinkins That's what Dave dinkins did As soon as he came into office and I don't know why or how we got away from that but listen the subways in the transportation is the lifeblood of this city If people can't feel safe in terms of going to and from work or going to and from school then our city shuts down So we've had some horrible incidents and hopefully the crime statistics especially in our subways and what the mayor is doing will tell a good story I guess fear is driving the bus right now The person that murdered the other day in 19 strikes against someone begins but with violent crimes At what point do we put him away You know it sounds like this person needs some mental illness therapy and such I don't know the case that you're talking about but I do realize that this has been going on since the beginning of time And our judicial system has been hampered tremendously by the COVID situation And judges have to look at this on a case by case basis that certainly bail has been used as a punitive measure for many many years And it should not have been When I was in the legislature it done as you well know I was in the legislature for 24 years We always wanted judges to have more discretion But there were some judges that just especially in terms of bail bail was being used as a punitive measure for many many years So I guess the legislator tried to correct some of those wrongs And by giving the judges some more leeway and such and I think judges have a little bit we wanted to make sure judges had more discretion in terms of drug offenses in particular So I think hopefully some judges will have more discretion right now and they'll look at each case on a case by case basis He's right we got a minute left Anything else we want to tell will in the office Well I just want all new to know that and I know everybody gets aware and gets enlightened when we're talking about national elections but please it's really the folks on the local level on the state level of government It has the most impact upon your life So please go out and vote the democratic primary Republican primary June 28th please make sure to get out there and vote don't say you forgot or that you didn't forgot to walk your dog but get out there and vote and the more you're enlightened about your elected officials the federal government will be in a better hour society in our city will be Well Pete's right Thank you have a nice weekend And if you're on 5th ad you don't forget to take care of the Greeks the Greeks I'm watching up with ivy for weeks and depending Yeah so it's a fun fun party Okay I'll have some Musa for you Okay take care All right good thanks John Thank you All right With us today is governor David Patterson One common sense Democrat Governor Patterson where do you want to begin So let's start upstate the legislature has finished its session governor hochul and the rest of the legislators that can go on and lead their lives in her case running a primary later in the month and there was a debate between her two primary opponents Tom swazi the county executive the congressman from NASA county used to be the county executive and jumani Williams a public advocate has kind of far left viewpoints a real gentleman when you sit down and talk to him But I got from that debate that they're not putting too much pressure on hoku And so I think that she may get over 50% of the primary vote I think she'll beat them both by over 20 points That's a big number That's a big number Then we go to the general election which I saw as being very close at some points but I think with the democratic registration being two to one over Republicans that issue of bail reform crime they're going to whoever wins that primary I presume it to be Lee zeldin is going to have to hammer away about it Because the issues of gun safety and the issues of choice are big issues for democratic voters so I think hochul has pretty much cleared her way to getting elected to her own term as governor starting in 2023 New Yorkers in general are afraid they're afraid to go to subways they're afraid to go into buses and they're afraid to walk the streets at night That's going to come down to.
Bloomberg Radio New York
"democratic committee" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Nancy happy Friday Carol Will Russia continues to pound targets on various cities in Ukraine announcing it hit Kyiv late yesterday while the head of the United Nations was visiting Russian military officials say they used long-range high precision missiles in that attack The House committee looking into the January 6th capitol riot will be holding 8 hearings in June Scott Carr has the details Democratic committee member from Maryland Jamie Raskin says 8 is a lot of hearings but that they'll be needed to try and make sense of what's become a complex set of events and timeline regarding the January 2021 riot Raskin reportedly says democratic chairman Benny Thompson will try to break up several issues connected to the attack on the capitol into separate chapters within each hearing CNN reports by the end of today three House Republicans will be contacted by the committee about potential appearances House minority leader Kevin McCarthy Ohio representative Jim Jordan and Scott Perry of Pennsylvania The first of the 8 hearings is expected June 9th in Washington Scott Carr Bloomberg radio California's attorney general says the country's largest oil and gas companies are guilty of a half century of deception Rob bata is opening an investigation into whether the companies have been pushing plastics and the ability to recycle them in order to perpetuate their use The truth is the vast majority of plastic can not be recycled The truth is the recycling rate has never surpassed 9% Attorney general rob bahta ExxonMobil says it rejects his allegations Global news 24 hours a day on air and on Bloomberg quicktake powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts and more than a 120 countries I'm Nancy Lyons With the cost of living going up across the country you deserve a solution that offers some change BJ's Wholesale Club members can save an extra 50 cents per gallon at BJ's gas when they spend $100 in club or.
WTOP
"democratic committee" Discussed on WTOP
"Here are the top stories we're following today on WTO P day three of confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee catani Brown Jackson But before it really began the democratic committee chairman sparred with Republicans over their line of questioning yesterday Today senators continued asking Jackson about her sentencing record especially senator Lindsey Graham who had been questioning her sentencing of those convicted on child pornography possession Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine has performed well in the youngest children the drug maker says if regulators approve a lower two dose shot for children under the age of 5 it could mean a chance to start vaccinating the youngest American children by summer And President Biden is on the way to Europe now for meetings on the war in Ukraine expected to announce some new sanctions against Russia during talks with NATO and European allies Meantime Russia continues pummeling Ukrainian cities Stay with WTO for more on these top stories in the minutes ahead In other news the botched break in of the Watergate took place 50 years ago this June hard to believe and a new exhibit on Watergate opens Friday at the national portrait gallery It offers a piercing look at those involved in the scandal through photos paintings sculpture and more from the time Pieces include just really nice watercolor and ink drawing of Nixon with various other characters from the scandal all pointing at each other and there are tied up in cape recording tape National portrait gallery acting senior historian Kate Clark Lemay says the exhibition which runs through September brings attention to A lot of these ethical debates that were happening at the time that are still relevant to this day So in that sense the artist is really timeless John Aaron WTO P news Stay with us coming up in money news The Dow is now down more than 400 points keeping past due medical bills off credit reports I'm Jeff global One 48 We have traffic.
WABE 90.1 FM
"democratic committee" Discussed on WABE 90.1 FM
"We're proposing new arms control measures New transparency measures New strategic stability measures These measures apply to all parties NATO and Russia alike But Biden also says the U.S. will be ready for any situation Russia denies the plans to invade its neighbor despite military exercises and troop build ups on the border Senate Republicans blocked a committee vote today on President Biden's nominees for the Federal Reserve board and pierce got hoarsely reports the move comes as the fed is under growing pressure to address the highest inflation and four years Republican senators boycotted a meeting of the Senate banking committee preventing a vote on 5 of the president's fed nominees Democratic committee chairman sherrod Brown accused the GOP lawmakers of delaying tactics Instead of showing up to work to do their jobs Republicans have walked out on the American people Republicans say they want more information from one of the nominees Sarah bloom Raskin about her work with a Colorado FinTech company Raskin had already drawn opposition from some GOP committee members for arguing that financial regulators should use their authority to address the risk posed by climate change It's got worse than NBR news Washington Wall Street hire by the closing bell the Dow up 422 points that's up 1.2% the NASDAQ gained 348 points that's up two and a half percent The S&P 500 up one and a half percent gaining 69 points You're listening to NPR news From wrap E News in Atlanta good afternoon I'm Jim bur it's 5 32 Atlanta based Norfolk Southern has begun replacing the diesel powered cranes used at its rail facilities with ones that operate mostly on electricity As a male Moffat reports the cranes are used.
Mark Levin
Peter Schweizer Knows Media Could Investigate Biden's International Business Dealings
"That the news media could do is we said what information is out there that we know is 100% accurate, So the Secret Service has released Hunter Biden's travel records. The U. S Senate Committee released Treasury Department, Um, reports on financial transactions going to Hunter Biden. So we went through the emails and said, Do they actually correspond when the Secret Service says that Hunter Biden was in Dubai on a given date? Do the emails actually correlate to that, and they absolutely do the same thing as if there's a wire transfer. You find an email from the Chinese businessman saying we wired you the money. Um, So it all lines up completely with the body of information we have, and includes other emails from other Hunter Biden business partners, So there is just no question that these emails are accurate. Clear and 100% genuine. And yet there's been zero interest from the news media other than as you mentioned the Daily Mail and the New York Post. Actually going through these and they are a gold mine of information, um, that there's going to be much more reporting on down the road. You are. You are a Doberman on this. It's crucially important. You and your team keep it up, and I am convinced Joe Biden is corrupt right up to his eyeballs. And it's very interesting how the Democratic Committee in the House keeps going after ex President Trump And his tax returns under the emoluments clause, which is so funny, it's not even funny. And here we have. Joe Biden is sitting president the United States who was selling out to our enemies whose son is hob knobbing and traveling all over the world whose son is a disgusting piece of you know what, in my humble opinion? And he's even
C-SPAN Radio
"democratic committee" Discussed on C-SPAN Radio
"Senate floor early Friday morning following an all night session. There was one more step needed today with the budget resolution and, of course, But your illusion includes those key reconciliation instructions, the process that cannot be filibustered later on and one step today for it to be available to use for the crown virus Aid bill. The House passed the Senate version. Republican Congressman Michael Burgess, remember the Rules committee on the House floor, spoke out against this. Even though we are once again considering a rule for the budget resolution, we will not actually debate and passed because this rule deeds the resolution has passed. I think it is important for members to recognize this is your only vote on adding nearly $2 trillion to the deficit. If this was the way we were going to achieve the passage of a buzz Budget resolution. Why didn't we take more time to negotiate a better product for the American people? Instead, we spent hours on what has amounted to procedural votes. The House has had little to say the resolution outlining the reconciliation instructions by simply deeming the Senate version in this rule, as I mentioned on Tuesday budget reconciliation is a fast track tool used to implement policy changes in the law requiring only 51 votes of the Senate to pass. Senator Sanders has state of the budget. Reconciliation does not have to be a partisan process. I actually agree with that. But that is exactly what this resolution sets up. Democrats control the House and the Senate and the White House so we don't need to work with the Republicans on a resolution to benefit Americans. Democrats previously promised $2000 stimulus checks billions for state local governments. Expansion of Medicaid pension bailouts added unemployment benefits implement. Jason Green New deal a path to citizenship for illegal aliens lowering Medicaid age eligibility, providing universal basic income, increasing the minimum wage and canceling student loan death. But as we have seen in previous relief packages, many stimulus checks went to individuals who had actually kept their jobs or had no decrease of their pay. These checks could have been set to those most indeed, those who lost their jobs or struggling to find work. In addition, Mason Local governments are in the red due to mismanagement of their budgets. This actually occurred before the pandemic began. And now taxpayers were being Kate asked to bail them out for that physical bits management that actually was decades in the making. While Americans should be able to compete for a livable wage, raising the minimum wage to $50 an hour really does put some people at a disadvantage. Fast food workers are now at the same page. The same level as paramedics, though the training for those two jobs is clearly different Congressman Michael Burgess, a Republican on the House floor, today's vote was successful 219 to 209. Along party lines, with just one exception. Democrat Jared Golden of the state of Maine voting No. So now the budget resolution has passed the House and the Senate in the same form. Now the committee work begins. Two dozen committees in the House and Senate will be fashioning parts of a current virus aid bill, sending those parts to the budget committees needs chamber, then vote on the final version said to get to the House and Senate floor for debate and votes. Several of the Democratic Committee chairman That'll be involved in the House side joined the House Democratic leadership today at the White House for a meeting with President Biden. After they spoke in the White House driveway, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. I'm here with Jared Committee have a direct input onto the O abide with the rescue plan that will be on the floor to death. As we leave here, we'll go back to the capital. Has Mr Boyer I just seen with leader will take us to the floor with package of distinguished chair of the Budget Committee of enormous will lead up to this. Debate this afternoon early this afternoon so that we will have established the budget flat. On Monday, he will begin working on the specifics of the Bills, hosting a two week period of time with sent something over to the Senate. And this will be done long before you did. Because the expression going sometimes that this leading with president was his usual values. Phase knowledge is form. And strategic thinking this presentation. It was a joy to hear his commitment to meeting the needs of the American people Open as we all want to bipartisanship. But nonetheless, it's it's getting results assume that we have in the best possible way We have the reconciliation bill. We will later today to have it an option. We would help with Christy bipartisan, and that was part of the thrust devices with President House Speaker Nancy.
WTMJ 620
"democratic committee" Discussed on WTMJ 620
"Here's wtmj is Jeff Wagner. OK, we'll carry this over one more segment. So Kelly, Jeff Thomas, hang on the line. We'll get to some of the text as well. Up. Somebody said When we were growing up, we didn't have a snow blower. You know, that was kind of a luxury. They were more expensive. We couldn't afford one. It just Lot of people have snow blowers. Now you could get a little cheapie. Now Some snow falls are really gonna be come compatible with a little cheapie, but still they're more commonplace. Didn't have that back in the day and so psychologically, you remember those days as being worse, even if they were exactly the same or close to it. I don't know. What is your Gut instinct. What does your gut tell you when you compare winters now Two winters. When you're a small child, you know it's interesting. I grew up in Iowa. So when we when it would snow, it would snow and wind and you wouldn't be able to see the road and it still happens today. I think it's the same. I think you're right. I think it's the tools that we have her a little bit better. Maybe I moved to the city, so there's more help there. It's easier to get help. If you need someone to do it for you Pay them. Um yeah, I think it's the same when you're kidding snow until everything's big When you're little, you don't Yeah, that is a great That's a bumper sticker. That's a T shirt. Everything's big. When your little Yeah, That is actually very profound. Yes, I'm going to ponder that while you give us the headlines. Thank you. Scott. Teenager wanted in connection to the fatal Fox Valley Mall shooting has been arrested reports a 17 year old Desmond Ellis was found in Des Moines, Iowa, and arrested he's wanted in when it first degree intentional homicide and first degree recklessly endangering safety authorities. Say he fatally shot a 19 year old from Nina and wounded another person inside the Fox River. Mom President Joe Biden is meeting with the House Democratic Committee chairs who aimed to put his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package on the fast track to becoming law. Final House passage on the resolution today will serve as a starting gun for the House and Senate and legendary sounding music actor Christopher Plummer has died. He passed away this morning at his home in Connecticut. He was 91 years old time now for a WTMJ drinking associates Market update. The Dow is up right now about 103 points to 1 31,059. NASDAQ is up about 80 points to 8 13,056 S and P 500 up. 18 points to 38 90 wtmj paella. W com Time saver traffic..
C-SPAN Radio
"democratic committee" Discussed on C-SPAN Radio
"Months My month has fallen further behind on the rent or the mortgage who has had the power or the heat or the water. Shut off for every American who was had to choose which meal they were going to skip that day. This rescue package will send direct assistance in the form of a check. And, of course, its rescue package will support the production and distribution of the vaccine. That is the key to ending the crisis. The past administration in terms of distribution in terms of working with the states. To get these vaccines out has been so derelict. It's been one of the greatest failures of any presidency. The new by An administration is focused on getting the vacuum making more vaccines getting them out quickly, getting them out fairly doing it effectively and efficiently. We have to help get that done. So I, alongside the Democratic Committee chairs responsible for drafting this legislation will be meeting with President Biden at the White House today. In a few hours from now, our caucus is eager to discuss next steps and we are united, you know. Our resolve to deliver on a rescue plan that provides the American people the relief they so desperately need. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on the floor of the Senate Wednesday morning. The Senate later today, we'll be working on its own proposal of the covert relief package. That same package, the issue will be taken up on the House floor. 1 P.m. eastern time. Lifehouse. Coverage on C Span. The Senate always on C Span two, and we'll bring you coverage of the House debate three hours of debate beginning at 1 P.m. eastern on their covert 19 relief package, But earlier on Wednesday on Washington Journal, we spoke with a reporter. And he gave us an update on other things happening in the house today. One of the headlines from today's papers, House GOP fractured over Green and Cheney. That's Marjorie Taylor Greene, the congressman from Georgia and Liz Cheney. The conference chair of House Republicans for more on this internal conference battle Inside Thehyperfix Republican caucus will turn to Billy House of Bloomberg News congressional correspondent Early house. Good morning to you Bring viewers up to speed on why Marjorie Taylor Greene and Liz Cheney are going to be the focus of Ah Conference meeting today among House Republicans. Well, the Marjorie Taylor Green issue hits on her past statements, inflammatory remarks conspiracy theories that Democrats have finally said, Hey, we need to remove her from her committee, at least the Education Committee and we've got a resolution that will go Poor House Rules committee today to do that. Uh uh, that is angering. Obviously her but some not all of the house Republicans who say we're gonna start doing that. You're gonna do that, with When you're in the majority, we could start doing that with some of your members. When we take the majority. Other Republicans they're saying while we really don't want to stand on the house floor and defend Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Cheney thing is another aspect also tied to Trump. Perhaps In that some of her own members are very angry that she voted to impeach Trump. And also some of her earlier run ins with him s O that Z another aspect that they're dealing with two issues that kind of got a dovetail in some ways, but not in others. So what could happen today? What do we know about this conference meeting and the meetings that have happened already this week between the rest of House leadership. On by these two members. Well at three o'clock as they said the rules committee will decide whether or not to advance the Marjorie Taylor Greene removal from Commit Education Committee. Language to the floor for a possible vote this week. Some Republicans are going to show up with the amendment that strips her name out of that and puts Alon Omar, Democrat Ellen Omar's name in there. Some of her remarks suggesting that there's some kind of equivalency and then at four o'clock an hour after that meeting that House Republicans will gather in a Conference call, and they are all over the place and what to do about Marjorie Green, Taylor Greene, and then if they have to squeeze in there, still contentious internal divide over what to do whether keep number three. Republican Cheney in that post that could be one of the less quiet private conversations will ever cover. And why is seven minority leader Mitch McConnell stepping in here and making comments about his House Republican colleagues? Well, some would say he's taking a principled stand against conduct Looney Tunes. Is he there loony conspiracy theories from another things from his party and and that it seems to be a prevailing view. Others say that he's worried about the future of the GOP and the ability to raise money that it needs to. Well take back. Chambers. So for a guy who's tried to cover all of this, where you gonna be today? Be its capital, obviously, and I make the rules Committee meeting. But before that, it will be talking to these fractured Republicans asking. Is this really how they want to be viewed on What it all means for Kevin McCarthy zone leadership than that of the conference. Bloomberg Com is where you can read Billy Houses work and with perhaps the greatest Twitter Twitter handle on Capitol Hill at House in session is where you can follow him. Billy outs always appreciate it. Thank you. But and the House of Representatives.
Politics and Public Policy Today
Will Census 2020 count be accurate? Congress questions the readiness of the Census Bureau
"The strong economy and low unemployment rate factors in the census count with some parts of the country lagging in the once every ten your account of course the numbers of that congressional redistricting and federal dollars to states and cities and hearing on Capitol Hill the house oversight committee with questions to census bureau director dot doctor Stephen dealing him in New York Democrat Carolyn Maloney the committee chair and doctor telling him about this new report from G. A. R. we just heard is very troubling and just like the witnesses that we heard from all I guess it was last month this new report seems to be sending flashing red lights are warning that the census bureau simply is not ready for what's about to happen this important challenge before us now in this new reported in the testimony we just heard Jerry they they warn of an adequate recruitment and hiring missed target dates insufficient progress working with community partners a significant cyber security challenges and I could say the list goes on and on and on I want to give you a chance to respond I know GAO gave us gave you and gave us the report hello a week ago so why is the census bureau so far behind in so many aspects of the preparations across the board Mr telling him doctor Dillingham madam chairwoman it's a very good question and let me say that on the point of view of the census bureau we are not behind and let me show you some charts we provided members with charts today as to where we are the first chart we have is the recruiting chart now the recruiting chart as pointed out by G. A. always based on self response rates we have three scenarios here now the what the figures being cited which we did ourselves very ambitious goals the worst case scenario if our self response rate drops to fifty five percent which no one expects but if it did we would need we would want to point seven million people recruited from which we would hire about a half million people that is the worst case scenario the next scenario is the sixty point five percent and that's probably the more reasoned scenario in which case we would hire three hundred twenty thousand people now as of this morning we have two point three million completed applicants two and a half million they have started their applications and it's increasing about twenty thousand a day we will meet we will meet the worst scenario goal by the first week of March and then we're gonna surpass it there is no doubt we would lie we currently have a valid for applicants for every position we want five applicants we actually would like more so we're going to have those applicants in so recruiting I that's the first thing I'll address the head of the census bureau today's house oversight committee and questions from New York democratic committee chair Carolyn
Marketplace Tech with Molly Wood
Iowa caucus debacle verdict: Sometimes, there shouldn't be an app for that
"Here's what we know about what happened earlier this week. In the Iowa Presidential Caucus the Iowa Democratic Party hired a very new company that built an APP that clearly had not been tested well enough before it was deployed in the real world. Nevada had planned to use the APP but says it won't won't use it in its caucus later this month but long-term this is a huge problem for trust when it comes to technology elections and it raises the question. What parts of the voting process do need tech innovation? And what parts. Don't I asked Charles Stuart this question. He's a professor of political science at Mit and a member of the CAL. ALL TECH MIT voting technology project. The best use of technology in elections is to do the things that human beings are bad at doing. Human human beings are very bad at doing tedious. Things on the most tedious of those things in elections is counting the balance. The best use of tech starts with with a really well designed system that uses computers appropriately to record and tabulate votes but then has paper systems that human beings can verify vote make sure that the computer recorded their vote properly and that you can go back to the paper to verify the count if you have to in a recount entre because you're doing an audit who like how big a market is therefore what you have described and for election tech overall. Well there's a a market for voting systems and there are a like to say two and a half companies that produce these systems meaning. There's two large companies knees and then there's a number of smaller companies but it's a very small market and people in elections have been hoping to expand that market either by the making it easier for new companies to enter or to find ways to take Off The shelf. Parts and to create voting systems. uh-huh let's talk about the competition piece because it sounds like some big tech companies have actually been in this market but then gotten out right right. The best and most famous story is that. IBM was actually responsible for the proliferation of punched card. Our technology in the nineteen sixties in eternal report from IBM concluded that one day inevitably something would go wrong and big blue would be the last red in the face and so the decision was made to sell that part of the business. They were lucky they were not the company that was blamed for her hanging Chad in Florida. In two thousand these systems are in the spotlight and we know that there will be mistakes. It looks like those mistakes are really bad for business. It shifts that the provision of technology from the really big providers to know smaller and smaller providers. How big a deal is the education part of it then when it comes to even you know the Democratic Committee choosing a vendor we have to sort of like accept the possibility not that the people involved here are just not that tech savvy maybe at every level and so what is there? Is there a solution for that. I would bet on another scenario. which is is that people are tech savvy enough to think about the typical tech applications that you might develop and they think Well Oh you know can't be. How hard can it be to create an APP? That takes some numbers that you type in over here and push them over to a A data server server over there and technologically. It's not necessarily a big problem. The there are other issues though Having to do with you know the scrutiny is that the system is is facing and the consequences for getting things wrong and the ability to the software and to try to break it and to know basically make sure that it's bulletproof I've seen a number of instances Where people have just radically underestimated the complexity of building election system of any sort Thinking that it you know it can't be any harder or more complex than other things that they built and they're often wrong. What is when something like this happens? Then you know it sounds like on the one hand you're arguing during their we. There is a need for better standards and communication possibly more competition. But what is the cost of an event like this to voters. Trust in new technology I mean the the cost has to be pretty high because I mean first of all you. It's incumbent upon people running elections or caucuses to run them in a way. That's now it looks like it's it's it's free and fair you know most people bowl who are not involved in this business Don't recognize how chaotic really can be and say really had to do your due diligence to make sure that it looks it's like People know what they're doing and whenever it looks like people don't know what they're doing then is not going to be good. My expectation is so as we move onto other states. I'm hoping that Iowa will fade and people's memories and this hit to democracy no won't be as tragic Jacob. Some people are worrying. It will be child. Stewart is a professor of political science at
Washington Today
Trump invokes executive privilege over entire Mueller report
"And we begin at the White House where the president today asserting executive privilege over special counsel, Robert Muller's full report on Russia's interference in the twenty sixteen election, all of this intensifying clash with congress over its investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia. The move came just before the House Judiciary committee late this afternoon. Voting to hold of the attorney general Bill bar in contempt of congress for failing to turn over Muller's unredacted report and underlying materials, which the panel head subpoenaed. We are covering all of this. And we start with the House Judiciary committee hearing, and it's chairman Jerry Nadler of New York. Today, we consider report recommending that the house of representatives hold attorney general William bar in contempt of congress for defying valid subpoena issued by this committee. This is not a step. We take lightly. It is the combination of nearly three months of requests discussions and to go. She aviation's with the department of Justice for the complete unredacted report by special counsel mother into Russian interference in the two thousand sixteen election along with the underlying evidence. I appreciate the fact that the department responded to the offer we made to them last week and met with us yesterday in the last minute effort to reach an accommodation. We heard the department out responded to them in good faith. And after always said and done we unfortunately were still unable to reach agreement, and we proceeded with our markup today is I've said before we remain ready and willing to consider any reasonable offer made by the department even. After today's vote. But if a letter I received late last night from the department is any indication I am concerned that the department is heading in the wrong direction. In response to our latest good faith over the department of Brunton announced that if we move forward today, it would ask President Trump to invoke what it refers to protective assertion of executive privilege on all of them subject. Are subpoenaed just minutes ago took that dramatic step. Size misapplying the doctrine of executive privilege since the White House waved these privileges long ago and the department seemed open to sharing these materials with us. Just yesterday. This decision represents a clear esscalation the Trump administration's blanket defiance of congress constitutionally mandated duties. I hope that the department will think better this last minute outburst and return to negotiations as Coequal branch of government. We must have access to the materials that we need to feel our constitutional responsibilities in a manner consistent with past precedent. This is information we are legally entitled to receive. We are constitutionally obligated to review. And I would remind the members that the mullahs report is no ordinary run in the middle document details significant is conduct involving the president, including his campaigns willingness and eagerness to accept help from a hostile foreign government numerous misstatements if not outright lies concerning these act those acts and eleven separate incidents of struck the behavior by the president that more than seven hundred former prosecutors have told us warrant criminal indictment. If congress is not entitled with full unredacted Muller report, one must wonder what document we would be entitled to exhausted negotiations with the department of Justice have unfortunately left us back where we begin with unprecedented obstruction by the ministration that has now announces intention to block all the Thames congressional oversight of the executive branch. It is our constitutional duty to respond. Let me be clear if we request we are requesting entirely. Within our legal rights receive, and is no different from what is been provided to congress on numerous occasions going back nearly century. But we do not need to go back and forth to find a precedent. As recently as the last congress under Republican control, the department produce more than eight hundred eighty thousand pages of sensitive investigative interiors pretending to its investigation of Hillary Clinton as well as balloonists other material relating to the rush investigation and other ongoing investigations that production included highly classified material notes. FBI interviews internal text messages law enforcement memoranda. With respect to grand jury information in past cases involving Gatien's of presidential misconduct or misconduct by other high-ranking. Public officials the department of Justice as a matter, of course, the permission of a court through at least relevant information to congress if not to the public notably. This include several cases that were not impeachment inquiries, including the investigation into former agriculture secretary, Mike Espy and the Iran country investigations as well as other investigations that were not governed by the independent counsel law. But no matter the fact that the law and history clearly support the release the congress of this kind of information the Trump administration has taken obstruction of congress to new heights. Unfortunately, the attorney general has been all too willing to support the president in this endeavor. I would also like to respond to the concerns often raised by my good friend. The ranking member. Yes, how can the committee hold the attorney general in contempt for merely complying with the laws on the books, and how can we hold him in contempt when I have refused an offer to allow me to see certain redacted portions of the report, the answer's simple. I we issued a valid subpoena for the full report. And all of the underlying evidence department is come nowhere close to satisfying obligations under that subpoena. Those comments by the chair of the House Judiciary committee, Jerry Nadler of New York, again, the final vote along party line vote twenty four to sixteen and at the conclusion of the hearing chairman Nadler telling reporters, the US what he calls facing a constitutional crisis over the mullahs report from the Wall Street Journal there is this quote, the dispute centers around the unredacted version of the mullahs report and the underlying evidence some of which the Justice department says by law cannot provide because in. In part. It involves grand jury testimony that is secret Democrats subpoena the material last month saying it was necessary for congress to independently examined the material and the basis for Mr. molars findings. The journal goes on to write quote at the Trump administration's abroad, refusal to cooperate with any oversight request from democratic committees elevating tensions between the two branches to levels unseen since events of the magnitude of President Bill Clinton's impeachment, the Iran contra arms scandal during the Reagan White House and Watergate a move that invokes executive privilege is all but certain to provoke a constitutional challenge in the courts more details at wsJcom more from today's hearing Doug Collins is the ranking member of the House Judiciary committee. Mr this. The folks watching this log continues last week ours you and the fellow members of Jewish Democrats to respect the history of this committee business accordingly. We still have across southern border still. Feeling property here. We are wasting another bible week legislating calendar against the majority's war against the administration. Today, we are meeting to consider a resolution to hold attorney general Bill bar in contempt of congress. So let's take just a few moments and go through this. What is the justification for holding attorney general bar in contempt of congress for apps failed to abide by the special counsel regulation? No, he went above and beyond what the regulations far by transmitting the full report to congress with limited. Reductions could it be that the attorney general failed to accommodate the chairman's demands for information. No, he offered to let the chairman involve other democrat leaders review, the less redacted at the department of Justice, including a ninety nine point nine percent unredacted volume own strokes in an odd move for anyone demanding access to information. The chairman and the other elected Democrats giving access declined to view that report. Attorney general also volunteered to testify before this committee about the reports conclusions his role in sharing the report. And as we all witness, the democratic gangs force the attorney general to forego the schedule hearing last week on Monday just farm an offer to meet to discuss accommodations yesterday. They made a reasonable offer to avert this. And once again, they were rebuffed and the chairman the client, perhaps the end, the Democrats believe that there has been an unreasonable delay in the Justice farmers response to they're saying, no, that's not true. Either. In the chairman is moving to this contempt resolution at lightning speed. It has been less than twenty days since the chairman now subpoenaed documents from the Justice department when the oversight committee held Eric attorney general Eric Holder and content more than two hundred fifty days had passed between the subpoena and the committees vote to hold him in contempt more than four hundred and fifty days passed between the committee's initial request to the Justice department and the committee's contempt vote, dude Isra Democrats are moving more than ten times. Faster than oversight did with holder. They have moved from request to contempt vote in only forty three days. And yet the Justice department is still at the negotiating table waiting for the Democrats to arrive in good faith, while this rush without any valid legislative or administrative reason, we can only assume the Democrats that are led by the chairman have resolved to sully the Bill bars. Good name and reputation to accomplish to go. First Democrats are angry the special counsel report and did not produce the material or collusion's. They expected to pave their path teaching the president feel compelled remind everyone the report found offers to do so no one from the Trump campaign knowingly conspired with the Russian government, and you can't help. But notice the phrase Russian collusion has vanished from the democratic talking points and left a void in the narrative. The special counsel did not make a prosecutor determination structure in which was his job attorney general and a deputy attorney general did so according to their mandates law enforcement officials while giving no credence to the office of legal counsel. Opinion regarding that a sitting president as a result, they're angry their anger nations chief law enforcement officer and his dad had yelled acidy decide the didn't support charges for obstruction investigation into something. The president. Second Democrats are afraid of what your general will fund when he completes his own going review of abuses, the Justice, including how the Russian investigation began. Multiple news reports have suggested those conclusions could be explosive good in careers and could even lead to criminal prosecution rather than face that the Democrats resolve to neutralize Bill bar by attacking him in the office in his in his career. This is the first what a cynical mean-spirited counterproductive irresponsible staff. It is. Meanwhile, our economy urging unemployment amongst already groups historic low a recent Washington Post poll shows cratering support for impeachment, but Democrats have no plans, no purpose, and no viable legislative agenda beyond attacking visit ministration the house is more than four months into a democratic majority. How many bills passed by this committee have been signed into law chairman poor? You see reason I asked if you recognize the craving and insincere politics. It seemed to be yielding, no. No dividends for the American people. We've talked multiple occasions improved at last week's pharmaceutical market that I stand ready to work with you to promote solutions. I will not though become a bystander as we say, the attorney general, and this committee our democracy deserves better. Those comments from Republican Doug Collins of Georgia, the ranking member on the House Judiciary committee and on Twitter. The president wrote the following, quote, everyone wants to know who needs to be accountable because it took up to two years of our lives talking about the Russia involvement at proved no collusion and people want to trace it back to see how all of this happened treasonous hoax that the president at real Donald Trump. And at the White House press secretary Sarah Sanders was asked about the president's use of executive privilege. Caroline, chairman Naylor says at the White House already waived executive privilege. He said the moment they reveal documents Muller, they waive the privilege that's black letter law. So how is the White House still claiming turning Adler would be a little? A bit more on the law. I'm not actually like understand better than he does. The attorney general is protecting information. Grand jury information confidential information had he cannot release the fact that the chairman knows that and continues to ignore it is absolutely absurd. What's not forget. This is the same guy who was to frayed to ask the attorney general questions himself if he can't do his job, and he can't understand basic rule of law and uphold it then he shouldn't be in
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