RealClearPolitics Podcast

Trump’s Budget Advances In The House

Episode Summary

Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan and Carl Cannon discuss today’s news that the budget bill moved out of the House Ways and Means Committee on a party line vote, and the grand jury indictment of Judge Hannah Duggan on two charges of obstruction of justice that carry a maximum penalty of six years in prison and a $350,000 fine. They also talk about the reaction to the new book “Original Sin” by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson and a new article by New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger. Plus, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s statement that three Democratic representatives committed felonies while visiting an ICE facility in Newark last Friday. Also, Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson are deemed eligible for induction in the Baseball Hall of Fame. And finally, Tom Bevan talks to RCP White House correspondent Phil Wegmann about the latest news concerning President Trump’s trip to the Middle East.