Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified on the U.S. economy and monetary policy before the House Budget Committee. Other topics discussed included trade policy, income inequality, the debt and deficit and community outreach.
Democratic Senators Chris Murphy, Patty Murray and Richard Blumenthal called on Senate lawmakers to agree to House-passed gun background check legislation. Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith objected.
The House Intelligence Committee holds an open hearing as part of the on-going impeachment inquiry. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch is slated to testify.
The House Intelligence Committee holds an open hearing as part of the on-going impeachment inquiry. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch is slated to testify.
C-SPAN follows 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Michael Bennet (CO) as he files his official candidacy paperwork at the New Hampshire State House and then travels to meet with Granite State voters.
Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) spoke about national security and geopolitical challenges at the Hudson Institute. In a seated conversation with Walter Russell Mead from the Wall Street Journal, several topics were discussed, including the United States' approach in the Indo-Pacific region, U.S.-Saudi Arabia relations, the growing emergence of China, and the upcoming U.S. visit of President Erdogan of Turkey.
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that President Trump's rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was "arbitrary and capricious" and violated federal law. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the majority opinion for the court. The justices heard oral argument in November 2019. The program, which started under President Obama, protected the children of undocumented immigrants from deportation. In September 2017, President Trump announced that he would phase out the program. Lawsuits across the nation soon followed.
Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Richard Burr (R-NC) and Vice Chair Mark Warner (D-VA) sat down for a conversation on bipartisanship and policy making at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The senators spoke candidly about the state of politics, the impact social media plays in political discourse, the importance in building trust with the other side thru open communication and the ability to find common ground. The two also spoke about the impeachment inquiry.
President Trump delivered remarks on transparency in health care pricing. He announced his intent to sign an executive order that requires hospitals and insurance companies to disclose pricing for health care services so patients are given an opportunity to shop around for the best prices. The president also took questions on the impeachment proceedings from the press.
Attorney General William Barr spoke at the Federalist Society's national lawyers convention in Washington, DC. He discussed the history and intent of the Constitution and that Congress does not have absolute oversight over the Executive Branch. The attorney general also said that the left is "waging a scorched earth, no holds barred resistance" and that they are "undermining the rule of law."
Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) held a town hall meeting with constituents in Darien, Connecticut. Topics discussed included the impeachment inquiry, health care access and affordability and climate change. This town hall meeting took place prior to the start of the public impeachment hearings.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Minority Whip Steve Scalise spoke about next week's schedule & the upcoming weeks. The two leaders also discussed spending bills, and other House business.
Deval Patrick, the former Democratic governor of Massachusetts from 2007-15, announced his candidacy to be the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee via a video recorded in Boston. In his announcement, Mr. Patrick recounted his life growing up on Chicago's South Side and eventually becoming the Massachusetts governor. His announcement was released hours before he traveled to New Hampshire to file the official paperwork needed to be on New Hampshire's 2020 primary ballot.
Deval Patrick, the former Democratic governor of Massachusetts from 2007-15, filed the paperwork needed to be a 2020 presidential candidate on New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation primary ballot. He was greeted by the New Hampshire Secretary of State, who explained some of the history behind the process, and then Mr. Patrick signed his paperwork and submitted the necessary $1,000 filing fee.
The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that President Trump's rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was "arbitrary and capricious" and violated federal law. Chief Justice John Roberts delivered the majority opinion for the court. The justices heard oral argument in November 2019. The program, which started under President Obama, protected the children of undocumented immigrants from deportation. In September 2017, President Trump announced that he would phase out the program. Lawsuits across the nation soon followed.
Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Richard Burr (R-NC) and Vice Chair Mark Warner (D-VA) sat down for a conversation on bipartisanship and policy making at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The senators spoke candidly about the state of politics, the impact social media plays in political discourse, the importance in building trust with the other side thru open communication and the ability to find common ground. The two also spoke about the impeachment inquiry.
President Trump delivered remarks on transparency in health care pricing. He announced his intent to sign an executive order that requires hospitals and insurance companies to disclose pricing for health care services so patients are given an opportunity to shop around for the best prices. The president also took questions on the impeachment proceedings from the press.
Attorney General William Barr spoke at the Federalist Society's national lawyers convention in Washington, DC. He discussed the history and intent of the Constitution and that Congress does not have absolute oversight over the Executive Branch. The attorney general also said that the left is "waging a scorched earth, no holds barred resistance" and that they are "undermining the rule of law."
Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) held a town hall meeting with constituents in Darien, Connecticut. Topics discussed included the impeachment inquiry, health care access and affordability and climate change. This town hall meeting took place prior to the start of the public impeachment hearings.
