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"Steel. I'm Linda kenyon in Washington. The embattled head of the Norfolk Southern rail company testified on Capitol Hill today, CBS roxana severer reports. Norfolk Southern CEO told senators his company is sorry for last month's toxic train derailment in east Palestinian Ohio, and pledged $20 million to the region and residents. That we're going to be there for as long as it takes to help east Palestinian thrive and recover. Back in east Palestinian Eric Whiting says he doesn't trust testing that shows no harmful levels of toxins. He still drinks only bottled water. So, in the ideal world, you'd want Norfolk Southern to buy you out. I would love to be bought out and I would love to walk away. Just before the CEO was addressing a Senate committee, another Norfolk Southern train derailed, this one in Alabama, company and local officials say there is no threat to the public. President Biden makes a pledge as he unveils his budget plan in Philadelphia. I guarantee you, I will protect social security and Medicare without any change. Guaranteed. With more in the budget here, CBS is Stacy Lin traveling with the president. It includes a series of new tax increases on corporations. He proposed raising and expanding attacks on the wealthiest Americans earning more than $400,000. It has significant investments in manufacturing, climate, education, paid leave, and healthcare. Republicans have called the plan on serious. The Senate's top Republican senator Mitch McConnell is hospitalized with a concussion. Senator John thune of South Dakota among those offering well wishes. Along with our colleagues, I look forward to his speedy return to the United States Senate. Senator McConnell who is 81 slipped and fell last night during a GOP event at a Washington D.C. hotel. The Centers for Disease Control is recommending we all get tested at least once in our lives for hepatitis. Reporter Sabrina Cupid has the story. The agency's doctor Carolyn wester says many have it, but don't know it. It's estimated that more than half of people with hepatitis B are unaware of their infection. So without treatment and monitoring, hepatitis B can lead to deadly health outcomes, including severe liver damage and liver cancer. She adds all adults age 19 to 59 should be vaccinated against hepatitis B Sabrina Cupid for CBS News Atlanta, a wave of Russian missiles hit targets across Ukraine overnight, at least 9 civilians were killed. This is really a continuation of Russia's attacks on cities far from the front line as well as critical infrastructure, including the power grid. It's an apparent attempt by Russia to demoralize Ukrainian civilians, which does not seem to be working at all. This is CBS News. Nobody should have to pay for one size fits all insurance coverage. Liberty mutual customizes your car and home insurance so you only pay for what you need. Liberty Mutual Insurance. 5 O three. On this Thursday, March 9th, 2023, sunny skies nice afternoon, 55 in D.C.. Good afternoon, I'm Sean Anderson. And I'm Nick Allan Ellie. Our top local story after more than a decade, the federal government seems to be close to selecting a new headquarters for the FBI, and just a day after Maryland leaders made their final pitch for the headquarters, leaders in Virginia did the same. Virginia senators Tim kaine and Mark Warner defended the current scoring system being used by GSA to select a site. In particular, the strong weight given to proximity to other federal facilities. That's irrelevant criteria. You can't take that away. I mean, Warner also called Maryland's claim that selecting Springfield would add a $1 billion to the price tag at a left field and have no basis in fact. Springfield area is one of the most diverse parts of this Commonwealth or this country. Though Maryland argues diversity is not the same as heck what he has laid out by the president's
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"senator john thune" Discussed on Northwest Newsradio
"From Fred Meyer and QC, and Kirkland branded products from Costco. The Dow lost 232 points to close at 32,656. NASDAQ fell 11 and the S&P 500 lost 12. This is rob Smith, but northwest news radio. Prosecutors present rebuttal witnesses and jurors take a field trip today in the Alex Murdoch trial. ABC's Derek Dennis reports. Fireworks on the stand is one of the prosecution's rebuttal witnesses, Ronnie Crosby, testified, denying he's angry at Alec Murdoch for stealing from the law firm where they were partners and friends for 25 years. Yes, I experienced a lot of anger. But you can't walk around with anger, you have to find a way to deal with it and move forward. And I have done that. Crosby saying he is no opinion over whether Murdoch killed his wife Maggie and St. Paul. I thought I knew who Alec was. I did not. The next development jurors taking a field trip to the scene of the murders, the Murdoch family property in rural South Carolina. Derek Dennis ABC News. Here are your political insights from ABC News. The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments about President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan. It was one of his campaign promises, but a group of Republican led states feel the administration's plan to cancel federal student loan debt for more than 40 million Americans is expensive, unfair, and an abuse of executive power. On the Senate floor, majority leader Chuck Schumer, speaking in support of the program, saying it isn't a handout. This isn't a handout to the wealthy, far from it. This is critical relief to working in middle class families. Meanwhile, South Dakota senator John thune is blasting President Biden's plan, saying it's encouraging more students to finance college by borrowing and that it does nothing to solve larger issues. The president's student loan giveaway will do nothing to address the root of the problem. And that is soaring college costs. In fact, it's likely to make things worse. I could chat you, ABC News, Washington. Northwest traffic
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"senator john thune" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Was put on the table back in September, a pay increase in all of one paid sick day. Let's assemble the panel. We've got a lot to cover with Rick Davis and Genie Chan xeno, Bloomberg politics contributors. We were talking about this, of course, yesterday Rick with senator John thune, his input on this, can you imagine a world in which both of these bills passes the Senate or does the first bill go, Nancy Pelosi takes credit for trying on the paid sick leave? Well, I do think we heard yesterday that there is a lot of interest in making sure that rail employees have appropriate sick leave. And this idea that they can't get any is a deal breaker to a deal. I think really inflamed both Republicans and Democrats. It wouldn't surprise me that this 7 day sick leave build a separate bill that was passed today could get some support within the Senate with both Republicans and Democrats. Enough to pass, though. Well, you need you need 51 on this one. I don't think you need 60. Assuming the bill to the floor. And I think that's a possibility. I mean, it's sort of a cautionary tale to corporations who stand hard on their ground when they are negotiating with unions. And then I was like, oh God, let's let Congress solve this problem. Whoops. And I realized a lot of this is unique or at least some of it unique to the rail industry, Jeannie, but is this the way to be conducting labor policy now? We're getting a pay raise from Congress? You know, it's not the way to be conducting policy, but you know how amazing would that be if they came out of this labor did with much more than they got going into it. You know, we shouldn't be making these decisions in Congress, but what a win for labor if they come out with this 7 days. I don't know that they will, but it would be quite a success story for them if they did. Let's go back to what we heard from senator Elizabeth Warren. I still like to see the parties come to an agreement. They're very close, the only thing that stands in the way is I understand it now, is about sick leave. And I think we should keep urging the parties in that direction. Is that pipe dream Rick at this point for lawmakers to be suggesting they go back to the table? Well, I think they're just sort of doing a shout out for the union negotiators who have been stiffed. So yeah, it'd be nice if negotiators saw the writing on the wall and said, well, let's split it and give you a three and a half days and call it a deal and tell Congress to go home, right? I mean, all of a sudden there may be some momentum behind that. But as we've heard entirely within the realm of possibility at this point, I mean, they see what's coming. If Rick Davis thinks this 7 days passes the Senate, why not go back to the table? Yeah, well, the problem is they've got to show progress in immediate term. Unfortunately, these negotiations have really long timetables to negotiate and get members to agree and you don't know if they're going to agree like this last time. So I can't imagine anybody's going to get in the way of this bulldozer going through Congress right now. I got to tell you, Jeannie, Marty Walsh, just never calls me like he used to. And I was a Boston boy. Where is the labor secretary? He hasn't been on TV. I haven't seen any op eds. Shouldn't he be dispatched to some bargaining table right now? Well, you know, I'm sure he's got you on his speed dial Joe. He's going to leave that right away. I think they are doing though, I would say a good job behind the scenes. You know, you haven't seen some of the big labor groups come out and speak ill of the administration and the work they've done. You know, you do see some unions frustrated that this didn't get done and then Biden's going to Congress. But by and large, I think they have been working behind the scenes pretty well. And I think Nancy Pelosi taking up these two bills is critically important because it is telling labor, you know, we understand the frustration and we agree that you need these days and you rightly should have them. But we also can't destroy the U.S. economy. We can't allow people to be right before Christmas increased inflation. All of those things. So it's tricky for Democrats, but I would give the Biden administration pretty good marks on this so far. Does it actually mean that he's busy that we're not seeing the labor secretary or same for transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg? I haven't seen either one talking about this. And I think it is a failure by this administration. That's not delivered. They stuck their heads into this and they couldn't solve it. And I don't care who you blame whether it's Buttigieg or Marty, but this is a flaw that last thing they want to do is give control to Congress to make administration policy on this. And where's the great defender of unions? President Biden has been talking about it every day since he was elected and he can't deliver on one of the most important labor disputes in his administration. That's incredible. As we learn from producer Matt labor secretary Marty Walsh and transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg will be meeting with Senate Democrats at lunch Thursday. To discuss the legislation, what's the point now, Jeannie? Well, and then he's going to come over and see you, Joe. I think it's a big round meet you there. That's right. It's critically important. I mean, they need to get this passed through and let's not forget we know that it was Buddha judge Walsh and vilsack, who went to the president and said there is no path to resolve this and let's not forget this has been going on for two years. It has been going on a long time. The unions wanted to mandatory expansion of paid leave, they got a bunch of things they wanted, they didn't get that. They do deserve it. But they simply couldn't get it through. And so they're going to go there and try to convince Democrats that we need to get this through now. The risks are too great if we don't and rightly so they are doing what they have to do behind the scenes. Is that a chance for the administration to take a little credit here? We swooped into the last minute, got the senators to vote yes, Rick. Well, this gets through, they're going to take credit no matter whether
Bloomberg Radio New York
"senator john thune" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Real deadline is sooner than that, because as the speaker mentioned, many of the people who many of the suppliers, if they believe their may well be a shutdown, will then not send their goods, chlorine, desperately needed perishable and cities and towns throughout America need that chlorine for their water supplies to keep them safe. So the real deadline is sooner and we're going to try to solve this as AP. The point here Genie is that this involves a lot more than your Amazon packages that you might be waiting for at the front step. Does this need to be dealt with this week no matter what? It really does. And I thought senator Schumer made a really important point there saying we can't afford to wait until the deadline and of course this likely passes the house pretty quickly the problem is Schumer's own Senate where one senator one or two can object enough to drag this out and again we are coming up in a very short deadline and he's right. You can't wait till the 8th of the night that's got to be done before and one or two senators, whether it's Sanders, Rubio, maybe John soon, although I don't suspect he would drag this out by objection. We could go into a strike and that would have devastating economic consequences. That's where the unforced errors are. Potentially going to happen and certainly something The White House is aware of. Let's get to the issue of government funding senator John thune a short time ago on Bloomberg, recognizing we've got the funding expiration on the 16th of December, so then what? Well, I do worry about, you know, when you do these sort of short term CR, short term CR short term CR. Eventually, something's got to give. There's got to be some final resolution to this. And I would hope that that wouldn't result in a government shutdown, which is why I think it's advantageous for everyone to try and work this out now. And hopefully there is a path forward to a funding solution that would go into the fiscal year next year. But the big question here, Rick, is do we do a short term CR or do they find an omnibus that maybe it's a long-term CR gets us through the year? What's the real outcome here? Look, what I've been hearing is they'll do a short term CR from the 16th of December sometime around the 23rd. The back will be up against the wall because I want to get out for Christmas holidays and that's usually good things happen. So my guess would be that they'd do an omnibus. They've been working hard on getting this omnibus done. I'm not sure they've actually come to final agreement on top line numbers that will then just flow down through this massive government budget. But once I do that, this should put this to rest. We'll have a lot more on this with our panel, Rick and Genie stay with us as we also turn to the issue
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"senator john thune" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Not likely to get very far unless of course Republicans managed to get both the Senate and the House. So what's the point then, Rick, if this doesn't have a path, why muddy the waters with this messaging or is this actually what Republican voters want to hear? You know, Republican voters like hearing this, especially pro life Republican voters, he was surrounded by women activists in this area, all of whom he's been working with for three decades on this issue. You mentioned it. He's done this bill repeatedly every other year for the last 20 years since he's been in the United States senator. I mean, this is not an unusual Lindsey Graham play. I mean, if anything, the only thing different this year is that he's gone exactly what you described from a 20 week ban to a 15 week ban based on what he's alluding to, which is a new new level of knowledge on science. But look, this is, you know, this is standard operating procedure for the vast majority of the Republican Party. So if you're Lindsey Graham and you want to continue to be seen as a major national player, you're going to actually talk about nationalizing an abortion ban and so a better question probably Rick would have been what is this how does this play with the Republican strategist in you? Is that the speech that you wanted to give today when you could have been harping on the CPI all morning? Yeah, no. You ought to be given this speech next year after the midterms, right? I mean, he's not running for reelection. This isn't a naked political grab on his part to win a reelection. This is just him trying to position himself as a player nationally. And the reality is, whatever level of insecurity he's got, you know, that he doesn't have to worry about that. He's a national player, whether he likes it or not. And there are days when he probably wishes he weren't. So yeah, this is off message. And if you're Mitch McConnell, you're scratching your head going, you know, look, Lindsey, I don't disagree with what you're trying to accomplish, but did you have to try to do it today? Just like we were talking about the Biden administration being a bit tone deaf on message today. So was Lindsey Graham? Yeah, we have found the nexus year White House press secretary karine Jean Pierre Jeannie says, in a statement that was put out on this Graham's Bill as, quote, wildly out of step with what Americans believe. It's sure difficult to quantify that. I know that Democrats think that this really is a winning issue going into November, but a lot of this is conjecture based on very few races since the row ruling, right? It is. I mean, you know, we don't know what the impact is going to be, but what we do know is there's a big difference sitting here today in September 2022 than there was 6 months ago. And that difference is the Dobbs decision. That has resonated whether impacts voting in the midterm we don't know. We know what happened in Kansas, we know what happened in New York 19. We know by reports there has been an increase in voter registration among women, so the potential is there for this to be an issue. And we know if we go and we talk to women, they are concerned about what this means for their ability to make decisions about their own healthcare. And that's the danger here. You know, Lindsey Graham may be living in 2002, but this is 2022. And the environment has changed on this issue, and he doesn't seem to have caught up, and that's by Republicans, are keeping an arm's distance from this today. You come at this from the other side, senator John thune Rick says there are a lot of Americans out there in favor of reasonable restrictions, this bill would counter Democrats messaging that Republicans want to ban all abortions. Is there some truth to that? Sure, there is. I mean, you know, Lindsay has created the safe harbor for people for a long time. He's going to put out what is deemed at least in this debate, a reasonable position
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"senator john thune" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"2008, but listen to how Joe Manchin reacted to this idea today to senator from West Virginia was asked about it by ABC News. Which politician up here is going to be voting to put that 18 cent tax back on a month before the November election. So we just dig the whole deeper and deeper and deeper. The timing is tough. Let's assemble the panel for more on all of this. Bloomberg politics contributors Genie Chan and Rick Davis with us for the hour. Jeannie, we need to hear your voice here as the Democrats are apparently as opposed to this as a lot of Republicans on Capitol Hill. What's the motivation here at The White House today? You know, I think the motivation is they're trying to show that they're using all the tools in their tool belt, even if they, you know, and I say tools in their tool, but they really don't have this one, but just to show that they are trying to do what they can to push through anything. I think the danger here is, number one, not just the fact Congress probably won't pass it, and it may not get passed on to consumers, but this focus the president has doesn't seem to be sustained on addressing the energy problem. This is one off policies like one hit wonders one day this one day that. And that's a problem for him politically. And I think many people particularly on the left are asking themselves, you know, essentially who is Joe Biden. He could have used the challenge in Ukraine and the challenge with prices to push for renewables. You know the old saying, don't let a good crisis go to waste. Why hasn't he pushed for something that people on the democratic side believe in? This is not it, and he's going to talk about it. It won't get through, and I fear politically it does him. You know, I don't think it doesn't much damage, but I don't think it doesn't much good either. Wouldn't bring down the price of gas now, though, Rick, which is what The White House needs. Yeah, they need a summer of driving that has some relief to the consumer. And the reality is, but between congressional recess is coming up and the inability to get something like this passed. I mean, there's just never going to see any kind of relief. So people are going to hit the road for their summer vacations, pack the kids and the dogs in the car, and they're going to pay full price at the pump. Reaction from Republicans today in the Senate, senator John thune. What the administration, of course, is coming
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"This is WTO P news Ten 52 now Election 2022 7 states held primaries and some high profile incumbents defeated their challengers yesterday They include South Dakota Republicans governor Kristi Noem and senator John thune as well as Iowa Republican senator chuck grassley Democratic California governor Gavin Newsom is expected to advance to the general election along with democratic senator Alex Padilla who was appointed to finish out vice president Kamala Harris's term Also in California the San Francisco district attorney was recalled critics say he was too progressive and lenient on crime and a billionaire real estate developer who changed political affiliation from Republican to Democrat just before declaring his candidacy faces congresswoman Karen Bass in a runoff for Los Angeles mayor Neither candidate earned more than 50% of the vote Treasury secretary Janet Yellen will be back on Capitol Hill to defend the Biden administration's fiscal policies while Americans continue to feel the pain of inflation Yellen told the Senate finance committee yesterday that while President Biden's nearly $2 trillion American rescue plan may have contributed to rise in inflation it wasn't the only cause as high inflation is being seen all around the world Yellen says the economy is entering a transition from historic recovery to striving for stable and steady growth Making this shift is a central piece of the president's plan to get inflation under control without sacrificing the economic gains we've made Yellen appears before the House weighs and means committee today D.C. is taking steps to keep infant formula affordable The council has unanimously passed emergency legislation to prohibit price gouging offenders would face a $5000 penalty for the first offense and a $10,000 fine for each subsequent violation The U.S. has been suffering a formula shortage over the last several weeks leaving people scrambling to find food for their young children The measure.
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"senator john thune" Discussed on WTOP
"Election 2022 and now on WTO P 7 states just held their primaries some of the high profile incumbents have defeated their challengers including South Dakota Republicans governor Kristi Noem and senator John thune as well as Iowa Republican senator chuck grassley Democratic California governor Gavin Newsom is expected to advance to the general election Along with democratic senator Alex Padilla who was appointed to finish out vice president Kamala Harris term And now a special update from the WTO traffic center A crash from the 3 o'clock hour is now an extended investigation in prince George's county the outer loop delays from forestville ex at 11 all the way to two 14 exit 15 All traffic is diverted at that point where the investigation any exits beyond here arena drive two O two and anything north of two 14 is accessible plan ahead more on the 8s married upon the WTO traffic All right Thank you Mary and 6 34 here at WTO We have developing news out of Germany this morning where someone drove a car into pedestrians in a popular Berlin shopping district killing at least one person and injuring 8 others police say that that man drove into people on a street corner before getting the car back on the road and then crashing into a shop window The driver was immediately detained and was being questioned As investigators tried to determine whether he deliberately drove into those pedestrians or whether was it an accident possibly caused by a medical emergency A crash in fairfax county left two teenage girls dead in another seriously injured Two other people are also in the hospital with less severe injuries police say just before noon yesterday a speeding white BMW collided with another car before ricocheting off the side of the road The BMW then struck three teens who were walking they were all oaked in high school students The driver.
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"senator john thune" Discussed on Rusted Culture Podcast
"So folks this is interesting. It looks like we're actually closer to getting this infrastructure. Bill passed than we have ever been before and this is one of the biggest pieces of legislation. I think that we've actually seen in a bipartisan way. In god knows how long take a look at this article. This is coming to us from business. Insider in its entitled inside senate republicans dismissal of trump as he tries to torpedo biden's infrastructure bill from the sidelines just came out today. And what they're saying about this. Bill is that over the past week. The senate has taken up biden's one trillion dollar infrastructure bill. It's cleared two major test votes already with some republican support. Lawmakers of approved seven amendments so far in the legislation could clear the upper chamber this weekend. They're gonna work this weekend. You've got to be kitten possibly even with senate minority leader. Mitch mcconnell's blessing. It's absolutely amazing. Folks that this is actually going to pass but donald trump is actually. He's he's not giving up on this for some reason so he's out there trying to torpedo this thing and the best he can do folks. The best he can do is say that you're going to hand the dams a big and beautiful win a big and beautiful win. I mean come on. You've got a better than that. Donald trump give us a reason why we shouldn't pass it. I mean you can drive around you know that. We need new bridges new roads. All of this stuff has got to get fixed. And this isn't everything that i'd like to see in a bill. One thing i'm not happy about is the fact that they're not going to take up the enforcement by the irs. To to just ensure that people pay their fair share namely the rich who had been getting away with murder. And i've gone on at length about how the staffing at the irs is actually at nineteen fifty some odd levels and they're not willing to beef up the amount of people at the irs the republicans to just ensure that people pay their fair share in a. We're not looking to raise taxes. Just get them to pay their fair share but that was taken out of the bill to me. That's a travesty. We've got to get you can't have a country that doesn't pay for itself on one hand. The republicans say we're not gonna pass because it's not paid for well. One way that you pay for it is to staff the irs. For god's sakes so the other thing that's amazing about this. Bill folks is the amount of senators republican senators that are actually coming together and pushing back on donald trump. Those two things. They're not just coming together in support of this bill through actually pushing back on. Donald trump wants senator bill cassidy of louisiana one of the gop negotiators pointed to trump's previous support for one and a half trillion dollar plan for infrastructure. Back when he was in in office of which only a fraction of that plan was paid for by the way so donald trump is pushing a plan that wasn't even paid for wasn't even fully financed so republicans negotiating this infrastructure. Deal with democrats. Say this deal. On the table. Now is fully financed. According to this article in business insider so take a look at what john cornyn said of texas. He mentioned that trump's hold on policy was rather loose and they quoted him as saying something. Like i think he still has some substantial influence among the republican base. I don't know how that translates into policy. He told insider. And then senator john thune. The article goes on to say this of south dakota the second ring senate. Republican serves as a barometer of where many rank and file republicans stand thune pushed back against donald trump in his recent criticisms. My god that's tectonic. He actually pushed back saying he believed each side's political interest have aligned recently. It's nothing short of amazing and he also went on to say this. I disagree with former president trump on that he told insider. You want to celebrate successes. No matter when they happen it just so happened. The stars aligned right now for both sides to come together on this. So there's this this realization that donald trump still has a handle on the base. But they seem to think that it's much it's much more of a handle on cultural issues. Then it is on things like this so going forward with donald trump. You can't be effective. If all you have is a grasp in the public's mind and your supporters minds on cultural issues you're going to have to have a grasp on economic issues which the senators are. clearly saying. is out of his purview. At the moment so folks. If that doesn't give we've talked about how trump's support is fading and it seems like it's sort of strong in one area but yet when it comes to stuff like this cultural issues very strong something like this very week and i don't know how he to be honest with you can be effective going forward with with that sort of dichotomy going on so the thing about this is you've got to actually read into what is going on. It's not good enough just to come out and say that you just don't like something that you're handing them a big win but democrats you've actually got to read it and say something substantive about what's going on and with the bill that's in hand and i just can't help but think folks that maybe donald trump doesn't have the time to actually put together some cohesive thoughts on this because you know what he's too busy pushing these frigging cards that he wants people to carry around. So trump's save america pack asking supporters in an e mail on wednesday to choose which card they like which card you like. I mean they didn't even spell on one of the cards official correctly looked at the one on the bottom left off the cal. What happened to official. I mean it's not even spelled right and they sent this out to everybody so what is going to happen. So they went. Donald trump wants you to carry this card. God knows how much he wants you to pay for it and you want you to pick one and by the way when you go to his website and say oh okay i'll pick one. Then he wants a hit you up for money your contribution fifty dollars hundred to fifty five thousand dollars. I mean you don't ask people for their advice and then say oh yeah give me fifty bucks for wipe fifty bucks for what and then. What is his cart gonna do for people i mean. Would you put this in your wallet just to show somebody who cares who cares. What's it gonna do for somebody i mean. Can they go to dunkin donuts and get a coffee and a donut or something. I mean at least the aarp car does that. Come on trump. Pick your game up till next time folks..
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GOP's Thune says Trump allies engaging in 'cancel culture'
"The Senate's number two Republican Senator John Thune, now defending his fellow Republicans who voted to convict former President Trump in the impeachment trial. Boone criticized activists and party leaders for engaging in what he calls cancel culture by rushing to censure Ji. GOP senators who found trump guilty of inciting an insurrection. Thune says there was a strong case made and his fellow senators should not be criticized for voting their conscience. Soon is facing reelection next year. In deeply conservative South Dakota, he voted not to convict the former
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"senator john thune" Discussed on WSB-AM
"Keiper in Chicago in laying out their case against former President Trump during his second impeachment trial, House managers show violent videos of rioters at the U. S. Capitol. Mr. Trump's lawyers argue that he did not incite the rioters during a speech at a rally before the siege. House manager Jonah Goose says the former president had been prime ng his supporters to fight certification of the presidential election in his unique role as commander in chief of our country. It is the one person that the mob was listening to and following orders from he had the power to stop it. And he didn't arguments continue at noon later today, Eastern time CBS is chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes says. Even some Republicans say the House managers are presenting a compelling case Senator John Thune, Republican from South Dakota, he told us I think the managers were very effective. They had a strong presentation. I think it's pretty compelling. He's a member of Republican leadership, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. I think that the House managers are making a very strong case, she said. About the words the president used How he used them when he used them to build the anger and the violence. We saw the capital doesn't mean they're gonna vote to convict. But if your House impeachment manager, this is what you want to hear, assuming that all Senate Democrats and independents vote to convict House managers have to come in 17 Republicans to join them. President Biden reportedly stresses with China rights concerns and a need for a free Indo Pacific region. I'm Tom Foti. President Biden has had his first phone call with Chinese President Ji Jin ping, with White House listing numerous topics covered, including the covert pandemic that started there and areas of major disagreement between the US and China. Among those U. S concerns about what the White House calls Beijing's course of an unfair economic practices, crackdown in Hong Kong and increasingly assertive actions in the region, including toward Taiwan. On Tom 40 CBS NEWS Washington New concerns over the Corona viruses, those highly contagious variants are now spreading rapidly nationwide. However, CBS is Carter Evans reports. The vaccine rollout is getting better. The U. S just hit a milestone 10% of the population has now received at least one shot and new mass vaccination sites are going up around the country. Including the home of the Mets in New York City,.
WTOP
"senator john thune" Discussed on WTOP
"In Chicago in laying out their case against former President Trump During his second impeachment trial. House managers show violent videos of rioters at the U. S. Capitol. Mr Trump's lawyers argue that he did not incite the rioters during a speech at a rally before the siege, House manager Jonah Goose says the former president had been prime ng his supporters to fight certification of the presidential election in his unique role. As commander in chief of our country and is the one person that the mob was listening to and following orders from he had the power to stop it. And he didn't arguments continue at noon later today, Eastern time CBS is chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes says. Even some Republicans say the House managers are presenting a compelling case Senator John Thune, Republican from South Dakota, he told us I think the managers were very effective. They had a strong presentation. I think it's pretty compelling. He's a member of Republican leadership. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. I think that the House managers are making a very strong case, she said. About the words. The president used how he used them when he used them to build the anger and the violence. We saw the capital doesn't mean they're gonna vote to convict. But if you're a house impeachment manager, this is what you want to hear. Assuming that all Senate Democrats and independents vote to convict House managers have to come in 17 Republicans to join them. President Biden reportedly stresses with China rights concerns and need for a free Indo Pacific region. I'm Tom Foti. President Biden has had his first phone call with Chinese President Ji Jin ping, with the White House listing numerous topics covered, including the covert pandemic that started there and areas of major disagreement between the U. S and China. Among those U. S concerns about what the White House calls Beijing's course of an unfair economic practices, crackdown in Hong Kong and increasingly assertive actions in the region, including toward Taiwan. Tom Foti, CBS NEWS Washington New concerns over the Corona viruses. Those highly contagious variants are now spreading rapidly nationwide. However, CBS is Carter Evans reports. The vaccine rollout is getting better. The U. S just hit a milestone 10% of the population has now received at least one shot and new mass vaccination sites are going up around the country, including the home of the Mets.
WBAP 820AM
"senator john thune" Discussed on WBAP 820AM
"If you have issues with the Iris, I should say as well. 16 hours. Democrats have over two days to rebut the Democrats case us. You know the Republicans? Well, Trump's lawyers will S o. They have two days 16 hours. They have a strong Strong presentation. And you know, it really has been, by the way. You know, the Castor, the president's lawyer. How horrible the job. He did. Yes, and we talked about this. Trump. Absolutely was furious and read this guy a new You know what He is furious and beyond angry over how the impeachment defense team performed, according to the daily wire, in a report. Two sources and that this is actually the pickings from Fox News, Kevin Corke. Two sources who spent time with the former president today. Described him as being quote, furious and beyond anger with impeachment defense team he was especially upset with Attorney Bruce Castor, obviously Rambling and opening argument. Ah, former president spending the day watching the trial from inside his private quarters at Mar a Lago. No golf very same plan tomorrow. Biden is apparently taking a pass opting to not way in. He doesn't have to. He had in his basement. The one why would he need to do anything? You know? And thanks to Ah Trump supporters. And Republicans in Georgia staying home and not voting for the wrath. And screwing us is just the full railroad over anything. But Senator John Thune, Republican from South Dakota, said they have a strong strong presentation put together in a way, I think makes a pretty compelling Democrats have done a good job of connecting the dots, he says. And they have a great offense they really do for once. Although it's because there's a lot of compelling video show that's just horrifying crews. Ted Cruz are senator, one of her two says the footage was horrific writers should be prosecuted. Democrats, though, had not connected the writers criminality to the former president. Mm..
WTOP 24 Hour News
Biden continues push for new coronavirus relief plan
"House and congressional Democrats are trying to ramp up efforts. Past the president's $1.9 trillion covert relief package and get his Cabinet nominees confirmed before the impeachment trial begins the week of February. 8th. The new Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, is working to advance the president's plans to deal with the pandemic, which include $1400 checks for many Americans and addressing a host of challenges related to the Corona virus vaccines, which remain in short supply. The pandemic doesn't particularly care. There's been a change in the administration. The needs of our country are still great, and the urgency to act is clearer than ever well. President Biden wants bipartisan support for his relief plan. Many Republicans say it's too costly and should be scaled down. South Dakota Senator John Thune is the number two Republican. That's a lot of money, and I think it makes sense for us as we go through this to take a really hard look at how we're spending every one of those dollars and ensuring That it is targeted. It is physical responsible. There's a clear sign the two parties air moving apart. Democrats are looking more and more like they will utilize a legislative procedure budget reconciliation that will allow them to bypass Republicans in the Senate and avoid the 60 vote threshold needed to get past a filibuster. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Schumer have both indicated that's on the table. I do think that we have more leverage getting cooperation on the other side. If they know we have an alternative budget. Reconciliation has been used by both parties to get around securing enough bipartisan votes, and it looks like it's about to happen again with covert relief legislation being written up in the coming week.
WTOP 24 Hour News
Biden's call for unity hits first big test in Congress
"Inciting violence against the government of the United States. We're gonna argue like hell. But I think we could do it in a way that we can get things done for the American people. President Biden presses ahead with an ambitious agenda and calls for unity and bipartisanship. Even as the Senate prepares for the second impeachment trial of former President Trump. I'm w T. O P S. Mitchell Miller and the White House and congressional Democrats are trying to ramp up efforts. Past the president's $1.9 trillion covert relief package and get his Cabinet nominees confirmed before the impeachment trial begins the week of February. 8th. The new Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, is working to advance the president's plans to deal with the pandemic, which include $1400 checks for many Americans and addressing a host of challenges related to the Corona virus vaccines, which remain in short supply. The pandemic doesn't particularly care. There's been a change in the administration. The needs of our country are still great. And the urgency to act is clearer than ever well. President Biden wants bipartisan support for his relief plan. Many Republicans say it's too costly and should be scaled down. South Dakota Senator John Thune is the number two Republican. That's a lot of money, and I think it makes sense for us as we go through this Take a really hard look at how we're spending every one of those dollars and ensuring that it is targeted. It is physical responsible. There's a clear sign the two parties air moving apart. Democrats are looking more and more like they will utilize the legislative procedure budget reconciliation that will allow them to bypass Republicans in the Senate and avoid the 60 vote threshold needed to get past a filibuster. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Schumer have both indicated that's on the table. I do think that we have more leverage getting cooperation on the other side. If they know we have an alternative budget. Reconciliation has been used by both parties to get around securing enough bipartisan votes, and it looks like it's about to happen again with covert relief legislation being written up in the coming week. I'm w T. O P S Mitchell Miller and this is the week on the hill.
KQED Radio
"senator john thune" Discussed on KQED Radio
"From NPR news. This is all things considered. I'm Ari Shapiro in Washington and I'm Elsa Chang in Los Angeles. Janet Yellen was sworn in as Treasury secretary Today She is the first woman to hold that title. Vice president Kamila Harris administered the oath. Congratulations, Madam Secretary. Actually, thank you, for all you do is have done for our country and will do as Treasury secretary. Yellen will be the administration's point person on economic policy. She's been urging lawmakers to quote, act big and support President Biden's $1.9 trillion economic relief package. Some Republicans in Congress are bulking at that inn what Democrats see as a rerun of the mistakes made during the last recession. NPR's Scott Horsley joins us now to talk more about all of this, say Scott. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. So Yellen has been a White House economist. She's led the Federal Reserve. What? What is her argument for pumping almost went to trillion more dollars a federal government money into the economy right now. Also, the economy has lost a little bit of steam. The U. S lost jobs in December for the first time in eight months. The pandemic continues to weigh on in person businesses like restaurants entertainment, So, Yellin says this is not the time for Congress to pull the plug on economic assistance. They're free direction. We risk a longer, more painful recession now and longer term scarring of the economy Later, she acknowledged in her confirmation hearing last week. Congress has done a lot already, and that's helped to pull the economy part way out of the deep hole we were in last spring. We're not completely out of the hole yet, and Democrats believe one of the reasons we had such a slow recovery after the last big recession was that Congress didn't spend freely enough. You know it kept the rescue package, then under a trillion dollars. And then cut off the relief too quickly and whether Republicans in Congress have to say about that argument. Republicans argue Congress just passed another $900 billion aid package a month ago. A lot of that money hasn't been spent yet. And South Dakota Senator John Thune has also been raising concerns about mounting government debt. Many of us have said for a long time that anything we do related, the krone virus needs to be targeted. It needs to be fiscally responsible. It needs to take into consideration the fact that every dollar that we spend is a borrowed dollar. That Democrats wonder. Where was that concern about the debt when the GOP was passing? It's big tax cut a few years ago, yelling for her part, agrees. Government can't run huge deficits forever. But she says the cost of borrowing money right now is really low. And that the best way to put the government's fiscal house in order is to spend what it takes to beat the pandemic and then make the kind of investments that will help to remote future growth. Well, we're nearly a year into the pandemic here in the U. S. How is Thea economy doing right now? International Monetary Fund actually put out a somewhat upbeat forecast this morning. It projects the U. S economy will grow more than 5% this year after last year's sharp contraction, that's better growth and the math was protecting just three months ago. And the optimism is based on successful vaccines and that additional relief that was passed last month. At the same time, forecasters warn. There's still a lot of uncertainty about how smoothly the vaccine rollout will go. And what could happen with these new Corona virus variants. Exactly. Okay, So what happens next in Congress? The Congress. The White House is reaching out to lawmakers looking to see if there's some wiggle room around the edges. Brian D's, the incoming director of the National Economic Council, told CNBC. The administration would like to work with Republicans, but Only up to a point. We're very open Tol people's input ideas. That's the process that's happening right now. But we do need to move with speed here, so we don't find ourselves a month or two or three. From now. In a place where the virus isn't getting under control. The economy is in a worse place, and we're all asking ourselves why we didn't act. Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer echoed that, saying he'd like to craft a bipartisan bill. But Democrats will act on their own if they have to, and we could see a step in that direction else as early as next week. That is NPR's Scott Horsley. Thank you, Scott. You're welcome. There are millions of people waiting eagerly, perhaps impatiently for the chance to be vaccinated. But among those who have already been offered the shot, one group stands out for taking a pass. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports, along with doctors and nurses, Another high priority group are those in long term care facilities. Many report more than 90% of their residents are being vaccinated, but it's a very different story with the workers at nursing homes and assisted living facilities. A recent survey of providers found nearly half saved so far on Lee 30 to 60% of their staff have received the first dose That was disappointing to actually, you know, sort of see that in black and white. That's Katie Smith Sloan, president of leading a judge, a trade group that represents thousands of non profit providers. Obviously, we hope that the numbers the percentages increase of staff who available fills of this vaccine. And my hope is this wait and see will turn into Wait. Do there are many reasons for hesitancy. Nancy Sapelo was a registered nurse and vice president at Bain Care Management, which operates long term care facilities in Massachusetts, she says so far about 40% of employees have opted for the vaccine..
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"senator john thune" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"All things considered. I'm Ari Shapiro in Washington and I'm Elsa Chang in Los Angeles. Janet Yellen was sworn in as Treasury secretary Today She is the first woman to hold that title. Vice president Kamila Harris administered the oath. Congratulations, Madam Secretary congratulate. Thank you. All you do is have done for our country and will do as Treasury secretary. Yellen will be the administration's point person on economic policy. She has been urging lawmakers to quote, Act big and support President Biden's $1.9 trillion economic relief package. Some Republicans in Congress are bulking at that inn what Democrats see as a rerun of the mistakes made during the last recession. NPR's Scott Horsley joins us now to talk more about all of this, say Scott. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. So Yellen has been a White House economist. She's led the Federal Reserve. What? What is her argument for pumping almost what two trillion more dollars a federal government money into the economy right now. Also, the economy has lost a little bit steam. The U. S lost jobs in December for the first time in eight months. The pandemic continues to weigh on in person businesses like restaurants entertainment, So, Yellin says this is not the time for Congress to pull the plug on economic assistance. They're for direction. We risk a longer, more painful recession now and longer term scarring of the economy Later, she acknowledged in her confirmation hearing last week. Congress has done a lot already, and that's helped to pull the economy part way out of the deep hole we were in last spring. We're not completely out of the hole yet, and Democrats believe one of the reasons we had such a slow recovery after the last big recession was that Congress didn't spend freely enough. You know it kept the rescue package, then under a trillion dollars. And then cut off the relief too quickly and what the Republicans in Congress have to say about that argument. Republicans argue Congress just passed another $900 billion aid package a month ago. A lot of that money hasn't been spent yet. And South Dakota Senator John Thune has also been raising concerns about mounting government debt. Many of us have said for a long time that anything we do related, the krone virus needs to be targeted. It needs to be fiscally responsible. It needs to take into consideration the fact that every dollar that we spend is a borrowed dollar. Now Democrats wonder where was that concern about the debt when the GOP was passing it's big tax cut a few years ago, yelling for her part, agrees. Government can't run huge deficits forever. But she says the cost of borrowing money right now is really low. And that the best way to put the government's fiscal house in order is to spend what it takes to beat the pandemic and then make the kind of investments that will help to remote future growth. Well, we're nearly a year into the pandemic here in the U. S. How is Thea economy doing right now? International Monetary Fund actually put out a somewhat upbeat forecast this morning. It projects the U. S economy will grow more than 5% this year after last year's sharp contraction, that's better growth and the math was protecting this three months ago. And the optimism is based on successful vaccines and that additional relief that was passed last month. At the same time, forecasters warn there's still a lot of uncertainty about how smoothly the vaccine rollout will go. And what could happen with these new Corona virus variants? Exactly. Okay, So what happens next in Congress? Well, the Congress the White House is reaching out to lawmakers looking to see if there's some wiggle room around the edges, Brian D's, the incoming director of the National Economic Council, told CNBC. Administration would like to work with Republicans, but on Lee up to a point we're very open Tol people's input ideas. That's the process that's happening right now. But we do need to move with speed here, so we don't find ourselves a month or two or three. From now. In a place where the virus isn't getting under control. The economy is in a worse place, and we're all asking ourselves why we didn't act. Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer echoed that, saying he'd like to craft a bipartisan bill. But Democrats will act on their own if they have to, and we could see a step in that direction Elsa as early as next week. That is NPR's Scott Horsley. Thank you, Scott. You're welcome. There are millions of people waiting eagerly, perhaps impatiently for the chance to be vaccinated. But among those who have already been offered the shot, one group stands out for taking a pass. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports, along with doctors and nurses, Another high priority group are those in long term care facilities. Many report more than 90% of their residents are being vaccinated. But it's a very different story with the workers that nursing homes and assisted living facilities. A reason to survey of providers found nearly half saved so far on Lee 30 to 60% of their staff have received the first dose That was disappointing to actually, you know, sort of see that in black and white, That's Katie Smith Sloan, president of leading a judge, a trade group that represents thousands of non profit providers. Obviously, we hope that the numbers the percentages increase of Staff who avail themselves of this vaccine. And my hope is this wait and see will turn into Wait. Indio. There are many reasons for hesitancy. Nancy Sapelo was a registered nurse and vice president at Bain Care Management, which operates long term care facilities and Massachusetts, she says So far about 40% of employees have opted for the vaccine..
KCRW
"senator john thune" Discussed on KCRW
"This is all things considered. I'm Ari Shapiro in Washington and I'm Elsa Chang in Los Angeles. Janet Yellen was sworn in as Treasury secretary Today She is the first woman to hold that title. Vice president Kamila Harris administered the oath. Congratulations, Madam Secretary Congratulate. Thank you for all you do is have done for our country and will do as Treasury secretary. Yellen will be the administration's point person on economic policy. She has been urging lawmakers to quote, Act big and support President Biden's $1.9 trillion economic relief package. Some Republicans in Congress are bulking at that inn what Democrats see as a rerun of the mistakes made during the last recession. NPR's Scott Horsley joins us now to talk more about all of this, say Scott. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Still yelling has been a White House economist She's led the Federal Reserve. What? What is her argument for pumping almost what two trillion more dollars a federal government money into the economy right now. Also, the economy has lost a little bit steam. The U. S lost jobs in December for the first time in eight months. The pandemic continues to weigh on in person businesses like restaurants entertainment, So, Yellin says this is not the time for Congress to pull the plug on economic assistance. Them for direction. We risk a longer, more painful recession now and longer term scarring of the economy later, she acknowledged during her confirmation hearing last week. Congress has done a lot already, and that's helped to pull the economy part way out of the deep hole we were in last spring. We're not completely out of the hole yet, and Democrats believe one of the reasons we had such a slow recovery after the last big recession was that Congress didn't spend freely enough. You know, it kept the rescue package then under a trillion dollars and then cut off the relief too quickly and whether Republicans in Congress have to say about that argument. Republicans argue Congress just passed another $900 billion aid package a month ago. A lot of that money hasn't been spent yet. And South Dakota Senator John Thune has also been raising concerns about mounting government debt. Many of us have said for a long time that anything we do related, the krone virus needs to be targeted. It needs to be fiscally responsible. It needs to take into consideration the fact that every dollar that we spend is a borrowed dollar. Now Democrats wonder where was that concern about the debt when the GOP was passing it's big tax cut a few years ago, yelling for her part, agrees. Government can't run huge deficits forever. But she says the cost of borrowing money right now is really low. And that the best way to put the government's fiscal house in order is to spend what it takes to beat the pandemic and then make the kind of investments that will help to remote future growth. Well, we're nearly a year into the pandemic here in the U. S. How is Thea economy doing right now? International Monetary Fund actually put out a somewhat upbeat forecast this morning. It projects the U. S economy will grow more than 5% this year after last year's sharp contraction, that's better growth and the math was protecting this three months ago. And the optimism is based on successful vaccines and that additional relief that was passed last month. At the same time, forecasters warn there's still a lot of uncertainty about how smoothly the vaccine rollout will go. And what could happen with these new Corona virus variants? Exactly. Okay, So what happens next in Congress? Well, the Congress the White House is reaching out to lawmakers looking to see if there's some wiggle room around the edges, Brian D's, the incoming director of the National Economic Council, told CNBC. Administration would like to work with Republicans, but on Lee up to a point we're very open Tol people's input ideas. That's the process that's happening right now. But we do need to move with speed here. So we don't find ourselves a month or two or three. From now. In a place where the virus is in getting under control. The economy is in a worse place, and we're all asking ourselves why we didn't act. Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer echoed that, saying he'd like to craft a bipartisan bill. But Democrats will act on their own if they have to, and we could see a step in that direction Elsa as early as next week. That is NPR's Scott Horsley. Thank you, Scott. You're welcome. There are millions of people waiting eagerly, perhaps impatiently for the chance to be vaccinated. But among those who have already been offered the shot, one group stands out for taking a pass. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports, along with doctors and nurses, Another high priority group are those in long term care facilities. Many report more than 90% of their residents are being vaccinated, but it's a very different story with the workers at nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Reason to survey of providers found nearly half saved so far on Lee 30 to 60% of their staff have received the first dose That was disappointing to actually, you know, sort of see that in black and white. That's Katie Smith Sloan, president of leading a judge, a trade group that represents thousands of non profit providers. Obviously, we hope that the numbers the percentages increase of staff who avail themselves of this vaccine. And my hope is this wait and see will turn into Wait. Do there are many reasons for hesitancy. Nancy Sapelo was a registered nurse and vice president at Bain Care Management, which operates long term care facilities in Massachusetts, she says so far about 40% of employees have opted for the vaccine..
KLIF 570 AM
"senator john thune" Discussed on KLIF 570 AM
"To keep fighting for more coronavirus relief money for millions of Americans. They wanted checks in the amount of $2000 not 600. So did President Trump. But Senate Republican leaders argued the money wasn't targeted enough to families in need. The cost of the cash act. We could do another round of assistance to help small businesses keep their employees on the payroll and still still have almost $200 billion left over Senator John Thune of South Dakota. Senate Republicans also rebuke the president with an override vote, passing the annual defense spending bill he opposed because it calls for name changes for military bases named for Confederate leaders. It also doesn't include a provision to strip liability protections for Twitter and Facebook dissatisfaction with the stimulus in San Francisco outside the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Photos on social Media show graffiti on a garage door reading canceled rent, and we want everything next to two, K crossed out a reference to the $2000 stimulus checks. Both President Trump and Democrats have insisted on without success. Fox says. Richard Jordan, police say a pig's head and fake blood were found on the sidewalk. Another attempt to overturn the presidential election Falls flat judge dismissing a lawsuit led by Republican Congressman Louie Gohmert, seeking to overturn the 2020 election. WalMart and other die hard Trump supporters sought to give Vice President Mike Pence power to overturn results of November's presidential election. Fox says Jackie Ibanez, the vice president, will preside over a joint session of Congress next week to certify the results of the electoral college. Earlier this week, he asked a judge to deny.
KDWN 720AM
"senator john thune" Discussed on KDWN 720AM
"Give it a go in the next Congress. I'm him who so Fox News Democrats are pledging to keep fighting for more coronavirus relief money from millions of Americans. They wanted checks in the amount of $2000 not 600. So did President Trump. But Senate Republican leaders argued the money wasn't targeted enough to families in need. The cost of the cash act. We could do another round of assistance to help small businesses keep their employees on the payroll. And still still have almost $200 billion left over Senator John Thune of South Dakota. Senate Republicans also rebuke the president with an override vote, passing the annual defense spending bill he opposed because it calls for name changes for military bases named for Confederate leaders. It also doesn't include a provision to strip liability protections for Twitter and Facebook. Dissatisfaction with the stimulus in San Francisco outside the home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Photos on social Media show graffiti on a garage door reading canceled rent, and we want everything next to two, K crossed out a reference to the $2000 stimulus checks. Both President Trump and Democrats have insisted on without success. Taxes. RICHARD Jordan Police say a pig's head and fake blood were found on the sidewalk. Another attempt to overturn the presidential election falls flat judge dismissing a lawsuit led by Republican Congressman Louie Gohmert, seeking to overturn the 2020 election, Gohmert and other die hard Trump supporters sought to give Vice President Mike Pence power to overturn results of November's presidential election. Fox says Jackie Bonnie is the vice president will preside over a joint session of Congress next week to certify the results of the Electoral College. Earlier this week, he asked a judge to deny.
NPR Politics Podcast
Trump threatens to not sign COVID-19 bill, wants bigger stimulus cheques
"Speaking of holiday cheer. After seven months of roiling congressional negotiations congress passed a landmark relief deal. Everybody got on the same page. The seem to be a problem that was solved and then last night. President trump sent a tweet. The bill they are now planning to send back to. My desk is much different than anticipated. It really is a disgrace so aiysha. This was not an explicit veto threat. But it kind of was and the president made this after the bill had already been passed. What exactly does he want here. Yes so the president is asking for explicitly asking for a bigger payments Stimulus payments for individuals two thousand dollars for individuals. Four thousand dollars for couples He also said he wanted The tax break that was brought back in this Bill to last for longer than what is in the bill. Right now This tax break is known as the three martini. Lunch tax break by critics of who say that it benefits you know executives more than it will benefit struggling restaurants but those are some of the things he also raise these concerns about other things being in the bill not seemingly acknowledging that this isn't just a covert relief package but this is a a spending bill. It's the the relief package is coupled with the spending bill that funds the entire government. Right right. I mean these. These are programs that the president asked for his own budget months ago and programs that he has signed previous annual spending bills mean things like money for the military more money for the military money for military. Pay raises an endeared. Your we talked about this a lot but it's worth just emphasizing one. More time as the president comes out and tries to blow this up. After the bill had passed after congress has left town he was absolutely totally disengaged from these negotiations for the last few months right. I mean really. That's been the president's mo during his entire first term. I mean he. He has not really engaged that much with congress. He left the negotiations on this cove. Relief bill as he had in previous covid relief packages to his treasury secretary steven mnuchin and republicans on the hill were given the assurances that the administration was signed onto this package. And and it's it's really worth pointing out that. The the party that the president is undercutting the most here is republicans because he comes out and says i want two thousand dollar relief checks for every american republicans had negotiated this down to six hundred dollars and it was interesting. You saw a house speaker. Nancy pelosi say right right after. This video came out great. Yeah let's do two thousand dollar relief checks. I'm all for it yes. A president trump is sort of acting a bit like a grinch for republicans right. He's still in there Christmas a deal at this point. It seems like he's very angry with republicans in general and not just about this issue but really about the overall him feeling like they're not backing in his reelection bid. Right now backing. You mean saying that we're going to overturn the results of an election that oven election. Yes of an election that that happened. It seems like he's angry at them so now he's calling out you know different. Republicans whether it's senator john thune. Who's a top republican in the senate You know calling out mitch mcconnell so i it seems like this was president trump. We don't know whether he will actually veto or not but saying look i'm still the president i can still. You know demand attention and i can gum up. The works abet teardrop. Do you have any sense how this could play out going forward. I mean given that now you have democrats running in the special election in georgia. You have the house speaker saying yet. We've been pushing for bigger payments. Let's do two thousand dollars like what. What are the options going forward. And and what are the deadlines that we need to think about. I mean i think what we're looking at is a couple of deadlines one is tomorrow. The house will come in and has what. It's called a pro forma session which is really just usually like housekeeping day over the holidays. But what they're going to do tomorrow is try to pass a bill calling the president's plan and say we would like consent to increase the stimulus check payments to two thousand dollars like the president said we would expect the a house republican to object
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Congress Closing in on Coronavirus Aid Bill
"Legislative language as rates of covid nineteen infections a soaring to new highs. Even as the united states starts. Vaccinations negotiators were looking for a way to shift the approach to hard hit state and local governments. Which has been a key. Democratic priority but opposed by republicans the measure to be attached to a spending bill that must pass by friday to avert a government shutdown is not expected to include new protections for companies from lawsuits related to the pandemic something high on the republican agenda. Senator john thune the senate's number. Two republican said the proposed direct payments to individuals would be around six to seven hundred dollars per person. The have been no stimulus. Checks issued to individuals since the initial twelve hundred dollar payment in april democratic president elect joe biden said the stimulus package was encouraging. But more aid would be needed. Commerce department data showed retail sales fell unexpectedly sharply november with consumer outlays on goods and services showing softness across the board. The federal reserve on wednesday promised to keep funneling cash into financial markets further into the future to fight the recession. Whilst big businesses have been given financial support during the pandemic individuals have had to rely on unemployment food banks and local charities to stay afloat with americans britons canadians rolling up their sleeves to receive corona virus vaccines the root out of the pandemic. Now seems clear to many in the west even if the rollouts will take many months but for poor countries the road will be far longer and rougher the ambitious initiative notice kovacs created to ensure the entire world has access to covid nineteen vaccines the secured. A fraction of the two billion doses. It hopes to buy over the next year and has yet to
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Biden flips Arizona as Dems tell Senate Republicans to 'move on' and accept reality
"Has now apparently flipped his fourth state from the GOP to the Democrats with Arizona now in the Blue column after being called last night. The presidential race has yet to be called in North Carolina and in Georgia, where the secretary of state has initiated a hand recount of the ballots, and that's scheduled to be finished by this coming Wednesday. Much of the action now moving to courtrooms and the streets as we hear from national correspondent Clayton level Michael. It's been nearly a week since Joe Biden was projected President elect President Trump's lawyers still alleging voter fraud but yet to present proof Several cases have been dismissed Biden moving forward by establishing his cabinet and speaking with world leaders, but the Trump administration hasn't granted Biden access to classified briefings. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer growing agitated by the day, Republicans should stop their shenanigans about an election that President Trump has already lost. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling out Republican leaders who side with Trump's refusal to concede there engaging, absurd circus. Right now, refusing to accept reality Republicans so shamefully pretending a proceeding without recognizing what our responsibility is. Well, many Republicans are reserved on the topic. Several have begun to bend a little Senator John Thune, now offering that he believes it's important from a national security standpoint. Other notable names with similar messages, but not conceding the election. Senator John Cornyn, Lindsey Graham and Chuck Grassley to name a few this while President Trump's supporters show no signs of losing hope. Rallies being held daily Protest ng Joe Biden as the projected winner cannot call the election on Lee. The voters of the United States they're living in the White House press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany said this week. She expects it to be quite large. Stop the steel rally slated all over the country this weekend. Lieutenant Colonel Allen West Organizing one of them in Texas. We got to stand with our president. Let him know that we got his back. Organizers expect big crowds. The 1st 10 minutes of the call A prayer with some singers afterwards use a patriotic songs to have probably have about 2 3000 people at this event and so Comes go to support our country. Foremost and President Trump the events, causing some local authorities to cringe, but not because of politics. Instead, the risk of crowds amid a growing number of covert 19 cases in the U. S. But it didn't stop Democrats from taking to the streets to celebrate last week and likely won't impact. Republicans plans to voice their frustration this weekend. I'm Clayton Nevel.
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Trump considering giving convention speech from White House
"With plans to hold the Republican convention in two battleground states foiled by coronavirus concerns president trump says he's considering giving his acceptance speech closer to home the president says he will probably deliver the speech from the White House it's easy and I think it's a beautiful setting telling fox and friends it's certainly one of the alternatives but it would be an unprecedented move using public property for partisan political purposes house speaker Nancy Pelosi tells MSNBC he can't do that and top Republican senators John Thune and John Cornyn both use the word problematic with Cornyn saying he'd need somebody to show him where it says the president could give the speech from the White House Sager mag ani Washington
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Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has tested positive for the novel coronavirus
"The first senator to test positive for coronavirus rand Paul he was on Capitol Hill last week and today tweeted that he did not have symptoms but was tested out of an abundance of caution senator John Thune mentioned Paul on the Senate floor today just one of their colleague senator rand Paul's tested positive for the coronavirus our thoughts and prayers are with him for a speedy recovery
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Conservatives put national security at risk to storm impeachment proceedings
"Two thousand conservative Republicans versus we get into a closed-door impeachment hearing just days after president trump called on GOP allies to get tough tonight a source tells CNN Mr Trump handed it's knowledge of the stunt which delayed testimony by the Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary Laura Cooper for hours as Republicans had demanded to be present outing house rules also president trump has now lifted sanctions imposed on Turkey over its military offensive against Kurds in northern Syria that's the quite testimony from his special envoy who told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Turkish-backed forces are likely behind war crimes against Kurds added and I'm quoting now we have a problem following the president's withdrawal of us we'll talk about the breaking news and much more with Congressman Adam kinzler the foreign affairs city and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by for let's go straight to Capitol Hill our senior congressional correspondent Maharajas on the scene for US monitor truly a remarkable scene today tell our viewers what how get after five hours of fighting this testimony now taking place in your defense official answering questions about why the president's Aid Ukraine was withheld but this after Republicans delayed proceedings for hours ones we're not part of the hearing demanding to be part storming into a closed door hearing democrats pushing back and he yelled at by some Republicans even calling in the Capitol police sergeant at arms all democrats are saying in the aftermath of all of this as a day believe there's an effort to distract from key revelation in yesterday's testimony that undercut a White House defense that there was no quid pro quo installing Ukrainian aid and then we're going to try to go in there and we're GonNa try to figure out what's going on I was Republicans a storm the closed door impeachment hearing after damning testimony revealed that president trump may have stalled vital military aid to Ukraine three in exchange for help with reelection prospects it is a sham and it's time for it to end what is happening here is not fair what does that shift trying to hide its but total political hit job on the president of the United States which roughly two dozen lawmakers taking part and refusing to leave some even flouting house rules by carrying electronics into the secure space as one Republican members screamed at House Intelligence Chairman Adams live Democratic Congressman Val demings responded shouting Republicans and asking if they were trying to teach their children that it's okay to lie steal and cheat wait so long as you don't get caught leaving the hearing room Republicans argued the process wasn't fair saying the GOP is being kept in the dark but Republican pins are involved the ones who sit on the committees can ask questions and attend the hearings few GOP members talk about the damning testimony from Bill Taylor the top US diplomat in Ukraine who testified that US Ambassador to the U. Ordinance Solomon told him that President trump held up US military aid to Ukraine until that country agreed to reopen an investigation into the Biden and the two thousand sixteen campaign visit the opening statement says if you were in a court of law would you rely just on the opening statement of an attorney Democrats called protests a stunt to distract from Taylor's testimony gets a extent it's GonNa all of this is going to be forgotten very soon because the real story is what did the president do and why and the harm that it's onto our national security our Republican colleagues evidently have freaked out because they have nothing substantive to say about that they're not denying it in any way they're just trying to avoid it and so instead they attack the committee process of Congress it's it's really a pathetic show on their part GOP leaders stuck to the the house lying insisting there was no quid pro quo based on a rough transcript the White House released a July phone call between trump and Ukrainian president Linski nowhere in that phone call is there a quid pro quo did the president ask just as America does every day to work on different cases now McCarthy also said a quid pro quo means essentially getting something physically or in exchange for something he said name me one thing that Ukraine digital at least honey he said nothing that's a new line of defense coming from Republicans but also today wolf a setback for the trump administration in court a federal judge ruled that the State Department has thirty days to turn over to a watchdog group American oversight records related to communications between Mike Pompeo the secretary of state and the president's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani so while Congress has tried to get those records the State Department has denied access to those records perhaps as washout group could get those records and we'll see how that affects impeachment going forward going on thank you very much let's bring in our White House correspondent Boris Sanchez Boris this chaos up on Capitol Hill comes just days after trump told Republicans they need to get tough and fight the impeachment inquiry what are you hearing over there that's right wolf president trump again calling on Republicans more aggressive in defending him he said so just moments ago at an event in Pittsburgh the president calling for unity in his party as he tries to defend his founding serious strategy even top officials contradict the president's description on what's happening on the ground there let's see if we can get in tonight as this was unfolding on Capitol Hill with Republican members interrupting testimony from the latest impeachment witness a source tells C. N. N. that not only was the stunt preplanned but president trump was given a heads up a source revealing that some of the Republican members who storm Laura Cooper's deposition appeared at the wall White House Tuesday night president trump also shooting a warning to Republicans who aren't standing by him through the fight quote the never trumper Republicans though on respirators with not many left or in certain ways worse and more dangerous for our country than the do nothing Democrats Watch offer them they are human scum there are the tweet coming on the heels of the number two Republican in the Senate lamenting testimony from the president's top diplomat in Ukraine Bill Taylor Senator John Thune telling reporters off camera quote the picture coming out of it based on the reporting that we've seen I would you say is not a good one behind closed doors the president's attorneys are scrambling sources say trump's legal team is recalibrating their impeached in strategy keeping the focus on the Democrats command of legal proceedings instead of trying to answer for the substance of trump's alleged actions on Ukraine the president is being denied due
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Trump teases nonexistent health care plan for 2020
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Cohen pleads guilty, says Trump had a role in Moscow Tower plan
"Hill. Lawmakers reacting to news regarding attorney Michael Cohen USA radio's Timberg with the story. President Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen pleads guilty to line to congress about a Russian real estate deal sought by thank candidate Trump in two thousand sixteen Republican Senator John thune of South Dakota reacts to the news on Fox News. So little early to be making any drawing any conclusions about any of this. I think there's a lot information that needs to be acquired before we can do that. But as the president pointed out, I mean, he thinks Michael Cohen is obviously trying to make deal and in his own self interest to do that. And I don't think at this point that there has been anything that any way changes the landscape so to speak for
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Trump abruptly cancels planned Putin meeting
"President Trump was supposed to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. But the discussion cancelled Republican Senator John thune reacts, I hope you use this opportunity unify international community against what the Russians are doing and make very clear that this flagrant violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and of international law won't be tolerated.
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The New House GOP Leadership Team Comes Into Focus
"It remains unclear. If Nancy Pelosi will be elected by fellow Democrats to be speaker of the house about seventeen Democrats say they want someone else for the top slot. Meanwhile, Republicans in the house elect California congressman Kevin McCarthy as their new leader, Louisiana, congressman Steve Scalise will be the house minority whip and Wyoming congresswoman Liz Cheney the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney. We'll be chair of the House Republican conference. USA radio's Wendy king now with additional details. The Californian defeated congressman Jim Jordan in a landslide victory McCarthy replaces current house speaker Paul Ryan as leader of the party in the lower chamber Ryan announced his retirement from congress at the end of his current term. Republicans will be the minority in the house for the first time since two thousand eleven as expected Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York will continue in their physicians for Republicans, South Dakota, Senator John thune was promoted to party
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McConnell, Schumer re-elected as Senate party leaders
"After the hour the house and Senate elect new leadership, but not without both sides staking their claim on familiar ground. Correspondent Linda Kenyon has the latest from Capitol Hill I want to thank all of my colleagues for the support. They have shown me the confidence. They've shown me. Senate majority leader Charles Schumer reelected by his caucus by acclamation grateful to his membership majority leader Mitch McConnell, also reelected by acclamation to serve in the same position in the new congress. But things will be a little different this time with the house in democratic control. We have divided government often in this country. We've had divided government more often than not since World War Two. So I'll be talking to speaker Pelosi and House Democrats about what we can do together. Senator John thune. It becomes the new Senate majority whip says he hopes Democrats will remain focused on getting some real work done. We hope that they will decide that they want to play a constructive role. Then put up a record of legislative accomplishment rather than spending. All their time launching investigations, minority leader Chuck Schumer says real accomplishment could come soon if congress passes a number of appropriations bills before current government funding runs out the Republicans are in charge. And if the government shuts down it's on their back Schumer says here's another way to avoid a government shutdown. We believe the President Trump stays out of the appropriations process. We can have a good bipartisan agreement in the government can move smoothly forward, but a dispute with majority leader Mitch McConnell over a Bill to protect special counsel, Robert Muller has already derailed that goal Republican. Jeff flake is the co-sponsor the justification given in April for not bringing it to a floor vote was nobody was being fired nothing to see here special counsel Muller was cut in any danger. That clearly is not the case. Now majority leader McConnell who sets the floor agenda blocked an effort to
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House Republicans Choose Rep. Kevin McCarthy as Minority Leader
"Republicans in the house elected congressman Kevin McCarthy as their new leader. While Senate leaders kept their posts for the new congress, the California defeated congressman Jim Jordan in a landslide victory McCarthy replaced. This current house speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as leader of the party in the lower chamber Ryan announced his retirement from congress at the end of his current term. Republicans will be the minority in the house for the first time since two thousand eleven. As expected. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York will continue in their positions. For Republicans, South Dakota. Senator John thune was promoted to party whip House Democrats will elect their nominee to serve as speaker and other top leadership positions when the officially take the majority later this month
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Trump tweet calling for end of Mueller probe 'not an order' –White house
"In order I'm, rich Denison Fox, News the White. House walking back President, Trump's tweet, about firing special counsel Robert Muller hours after, the president tweeted attorney general Jeff Sessions should stop this raid witch hunt right now before it continues. To stain our country any further White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders clarified. What the president meant we certainly think. It should be completed we'd like it to be completed. Sooner rather than later it's gone on for an. Extensive amount of time they've still come up with nothing in, regards to, the president South Dakota Republican Senator John thune taking, issue with the president saying the Muller investigation. Needs to move forward they ought to let them complete their work FOX's John decker. At the White House Turkey says it will retaliate against the US after, President Trump announced today sanctions against. Two Turkish foreign ministers the sanctions, imposed over, American pastor Andrew Brunson who's detained on espionage and terror related charges in Turkey Congress has approved a defense Bill which. Includes raises for, servicemembers measure, which already won, house approval strip. The provision about Chinese, telecom companies, e. t. e. that would have prevented sanctions, for being waived Nabil also does not allocate any money for space force new military branch President Trump. Has proposed x.'s Jared Halpern on Capitol Hill President Trump's trade war. Continues as he threatens to raise tariffs. Against Chinese goods from ten to twenty five percent there's. A growing belief I'm told even among dubs in. The president's team that China is a bad actor on trade, and needs, to be handled as such sources say with the, trade imbalances it is now China cannot fight. A tit for tat trade war for very long that it will quickly run out. Of bullets John Roberts Puerto Rico hurricane evacuees can stay in mainland hotels, until the end of August a. Federal judge today granted more time, for those, affected by last.
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North Korea handed over war remains with just 1 dog tag
"Twelve hundred check us out, on Facebook Twitter feeds of the listings. As soon as. They come up they're out on their service. To call. Have any questions we. Have, up to. Help you, up brother. Thank you. We'll see on Friday yes we will all right Richard Crowe. Joining us, we're gonna get together. Maker. Of kings coming up next page VH Honolulu Not an order just his. Opinion I'm Chris foster Fox News the White House. Says President Trump isn't obstructing anything by saying Robert Muller's election meddling investigations should be stops fresh from today's briefing there here's FOX's John, decker hours after the president tweeted attorney. General Jeff Sessions should stop this rigged witch, hunt right now. Before it continues to stain our country any further White House folks woman Sarah Sanders clarified. With the president meant we certainly think it should be completed we'd like it to be completed sooner, rather than later. It's gone. On for. An. Extensive amount of time. They've still, come up with nothing in, regards, to, the president at the a Republican Senator, John thune taking issue with. The president's saying the Muller investigation, needs to move forward they ought to. Let them complete. Their work Chris and John thanks the manager. Of a. Luxury menswear store in. New, York testifies. Former Trump, campaign manager. Paul Manafort. Spent more than nine hundred twenty nine thousand dollars on suits. Between twenty Ten, in two thousand fourteen and he was the only customer, to pay by, international wire transport, manafort's on trial. In Virginia for tank attacks. And Bank fraud charges, vice president Pence is in Hawaii for a ceremony marking the arrival of American military remains let's start to be. The remains of some fifty five US servicemembers killed and, lost in the Korean war on their way now to Hawaii they arrived last Friday from North Korea. To a US air base in. South Korea, since then there's been an. Initial examination of the remains an official. Today confirming he does believe they are American end from. The war to show what they're up against though. And doing the final forensic identifications in Hawaii there was only one dog tag included with the remains and officials are not even sure, that relates to what was turned over. FOX's Greg palkot driver having a medical emergency, hit another car. And people standing around in an auto auction in east Windsor Connecticut this morning six people. Are hospitalized including the driver.