Roosevelt Institute's Mike Konczal and Economic Policy Innovation Center's Matthew Dickerson discuss the U.S. economy and Axios reporter Stef Kight discusses the details of the bipartisan immigration and border deal.
House GOP leaders speak about the legislative agenda, a new Senate bipartisan supplemental funding package and other news of the day with reporters on Capitol Hill.
House Homeland Security Committee Chair Mark Green (R-TN) and Ranking Member Bennie Thompson (D-MS) testified before the House Rules Committee as they debated H. Res. 863, the impeachment resolution of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his handling of the southern border. "The case is compelling. The evidence is indisputable. The moment is urgent. Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas must be impeached," said Rep. Green. "If House Republicans were serious about improving conditions at the border, they would negotiate border security legislation with the White House and the Senate," said Rep. Thompson. Topics included checks and balances, the constitutional standard for impeachment, and setting precedent. The committee voted along party lines (8-4) to pass the rule.
The House debated two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The articles include one for willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law, and the other for breach of public trust - for actions taken by Secretary Mayorkas at the U.S.-Mexico border.
"All indications are this bill won't even move forward...Why? A simple reason: Donald Trump," said President Biden as he discussed the bipartisan national security supplemental bill. He urged Congress to "show some spine" and pass the bill. "For much too long, as you all know, the immigration system has been broken, and it's long past time to fix it," he said as he described the bill, calling it the toughest ever set of reforms to secure the border. The bill's contents included resources for fentanyl detection machines, more immigration judges, and additional patrol officers.
"We are here today to authoritatively express that President Trump did not commit an insurrection," said Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as he, along with Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (NY) and other House Republicans, briefed reporters on the resolution. He continued to say, "It's not the job of the states--and especially not the job of some bureaucrats in Colorado--to make this assessment and interfere with the rights of voters to cast their vote for the candidate of their choice." This resolution came days before the Supreme Court was scheduled to hear an oral argument in a case concerning former President Trump's appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court's decision ruling him ineligible to be on the state's presidential election ballot. Rep. Gaetz shared that there were a total of 63 Republicans co-sponsoring the resolution, and he urged others to join.
"I absolutely believe it's headed in the right direction," said Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen when asked about the U.S. economic outlook before the House Financial Services Committee. The secretary appeared before the committee to testify on the Financial Stability Oversight Council's annual report. Several topics were addressed, including the need for a regulatory framework of stable coins and digital assets, financial sector vulnerabilities, implementation of new rules and banking regulations, and concerns over the use of artificial intelligence in the financial sector. Also touched on was the impact of the rise of property insurance rates in certain areas and the impact this has had on the commercial and residential real estate markets.
The House debated two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The articles include one for willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law, and the other for breach of public trust - for actions taken by Secretary Mayorkas at the U.S.-Mexico border.
