means you are free. you are free to pursue your dreams, your passion and also to speak your own mind and live your life. i also think it means responsibility, meaning you are responsible to contribute to our society. e passionate passed

out of the senate, and it supported -- it was supported by the white house and publican leaders on the house i, but three conservatives, including senator massey,

dreamers bill. i believe it is hr-6. hashis is a bill that attracted some bipartisan support in the past. it will pass because democrats now have control of the house. they may get a smattering of republican support. there are no republican cosponsors of the bill. but we know this will not pass the senate, unless there is some type of big deal, like a wall for dreamers, which has been discussed but rejected by the white house. we will not see this bill go through. but it will pass the house, and it will be something that democrats want to talk about. certainly, modern -- moderate democrats, who feel like the investigations are shadowing their agenda, and certainly the investigations, very important investigations, are getting most of the headlines. host: we know congress typically goes on break in august. aside from what you listed now,

what are other big things that need to be considered and passed by congress before that? guest: there has been talk about a $2 trillion transportation bill. that, in all likelihood, will not happen. priority is getting congress to approve the new nafta, the usmca. however, that looks shaky. there have been some negotiations going on between the white house and speaker pelosi, because that is where the action has to start, the house. if it passes the house, it will probably pass the senate. i talked to some members who safely want to get this deal done, first, democrats say we need to change some labor and environmental provisions on it. the administration has been semi-open on that, but has to pass by the august recess. if it does not, it probably will not pass because of 2020 politics. the other thing that has to pass as a budget deal.

otherwise, we are looking at another shut down september 30 or october 1. to raise social spending. a lot of republicans want to raise military spending. but you could blow a huge hole in the deficit. conservatives are concerned about the potential of adding hundreds of billions and, if you count it a certain way, trillions of dollars to the deficit, if you get rid of sequestration. but the leaders know they have the debt ceiling care that could get wrapped up. that has to be lifted. they have been talking for a while. that is the big one. everything else is kind of it might pass, but it probably will not without the budget passing, you're looking at another shut down. host: bob cusack to talk about what happens this week in washington. he is the editor of "the hill." republican, (202) 748-8001. democrat, (202) 748-8000.

independents, (202) 748-8002. when it comes to the new nafta, how complicated is that when it comes to the tariffs? guest: it complicated, no doubt. the president has obviously been frustrated with what is going on at the border, frustrated he has not been able to get full funding for his wall, so now he has but these tariffs, which may or may not go into effect, but that is a threat, and mexican diplomats are talking to the administration next week. they want to get a deal done. but we have been trying to get a deal with china for months on end, well over a year. it has not been done. the fact that the tariffs have ratifyated the deal to the new nafta. website,you go to the they have a store talking about the house judiciary committee,

chaired by jerry nadler, pivotal week when it comes to president, it says. what does have to be considered? guest: that press conference last week was not really a press conference. it was a statement that robert mueller gave. bill barr was in alaska at the time. congress was out. i think mueller picked that time when congress was out. now the ramification is will the house judiciary committee subpoena robert mueller? they are still talking. there is a good chance that he will testify. but as the chairman has said, he wants to testify privately and possibly with a transcript release. robert mueller in his press conference basically said i do not wanted testify, but his aides and the people around him have left room for negotiation. i think it will happen, one way or the other. but it is unclear how it will happen. i think this is where nancy pelosi and sherman naylor -- decide, nadler have to

if push comes to shove, will be subpoena him? as he said last week, he will not go the on the report. host: he was rather emphatic about that point. guest: very emphatic. a big,ople say this is public report. there are a lot of unanswered questions about bill barr's handling of it, communication between mueller and barr, and he should testify, just like mueller subpoenas people and testifies -- questions people, mueller should be subpoenaed. he knows he can be subpoenaed. i do not think he wants to be subpoenaed. but they have been trying to negotiate a deal for him to testify. it is remarkable he has not testified yet. very nadler that he -- jerry nadler said he threw out a date of may 15. the committee has to decide what will we do now? democrats have to make a

decision on impeachment at some point, whether to start an inquiry or not. host: tell people what this list is. guest: these are the members who say we should start a formal impeachment inquiry. remember, we do not go straight to impeachment. there wasclinton -- an impeachment process in the 1990's. 30 some odd democrats voted to look into impeachment. only a handful voted for impeachment. this one will be more partisan, other than justin amash, all democrats. nancy pelosi has been pushing back, saying that would play into what trump wants, we should not impeach him, we should discontinue our in -- we should just continue our investigations. but it is a good point -- would an impeachment inquiry actually passed the house? we have 50.

you need 218. you will not get much help from the republican side. probably just one vote. you will have most of your caucus on. and the moderates in trump districts do not want to vote on an impeachment inquiry. nancy pelosi has three choices -- you and impeachment inquiry, not do anything and say we will do oversight, or censure. that is something they pushed for with bill clinton. that could be a viable option. but as we were talking before, robert mueller is the first step. they have to get testimony from him first before they make any final determination. they cannot put the cart before the horse. host: we have some calls lined up. first, jeff in nebraska, republican line. caller: i am not sure why the republicans are not putting pressure on nancy pelosi,

usmca, 60% of the farmers are in that deal with canada, the dairy farmers in wisconsin, michigan, ohio, and a lot of the other farmers are in that deal. i am not sure why they are not putting pressure on her to get that done, because the smaller portion of the farmers are in the china deal. so why are they not putting pressure on her to get this done? guest: it is a good question. trade has changed in both parties. we saw that in the 2016 election, whether it be bernie sanders or donald trump. on trade deals, you can count on more republicans voting for it then democrats fear they happen putting a lot of russia because republicans are divided.

you cannot want -- count on more republicans voting for then democrats. not beenen -- have putting a lot of pressure because her publicans are divided. this is the only thing major that is elective that could pass before the august recess that is the, sweeping legislation. the china deal does not need to be ratified. the new nafta does have to be, by congress. host: carl next from west virginia, republican line. caller: good morning. now that joe biden is running for president, i was wondering if the media will dig into the dealings of some -- some of the dealings of his son, hunter. the story i heard, joe biden took him to china on air force

two, and he came back with a pledge for $1 billion into the company he was associated with. and also the deal in ukraine, his son was on the board or something of an energy company over there, and the prosecutor was digging into it. and there are recordings of him -- i've seen on tv -- that he went over to ukraine and said if you do not fire this prosecutor digging into my son's business, you will not get any money for your defense. host: thanks. guest: we have written about that on thehill.com. it is an issue with biden's son aving ties and being part of ukrainian company while biden was vice president. the vice president's people said when he said he will not get this loan, he was doing official

obama administration business. however, that was also the position of the entire obama administration. the question is was he doing any favors for his son? the former vice president has that he was not, but that will be something, because government ethics watchdogs have said there was an appearance that if your son is doing business here, and you are doing business in the country, it can look bad, and that is why it attract headlines. we will hear a lot about that story. host: beginning of headlines, another piece from "the hill" about joe biden. and those democrats in congress lining up, or maybe not, to give support to him. guest: it is interesting. president obama is not going to endorse if he was never going to endorse in this race. joe biden ethnically made that story go away by saying i asked him not to endorse. i am sure joe biden would love to get the endorsement of president obama, but obama will let this play out. now the question is senators.

do senators who served with joe biden back him? this is not like hillary clinton in 2016, where 95% of democrats in congress were supporting her and if you were supporting o'malley and certainly bernie sanders got some support. now the question is now that he is a front runner, do you get on his train or do you hold off? most democrats are holding off on their endorsements. i think they want to see how the debates go. it is very early in the process. donald trump did not get into the race until june of 2015. now that is four years later. he was just getting into the race. so these debates are starting earlier than ever. i think a lot of democrats feel like let's see how the process plays. if you get on joe biden's endorsement train and he ends up winning, he will remember that. republicans in congress are excited to line up

after or are starting to after -- guest: it will be different compared to other presidents seeking a second term. on thetrump has a grip republican party. there will be pressure for democrats, for republicans -- susan collins, will she support president trump? some of the more moderates, it will be difficult. the good news for president trump is the economy is doing well, but a lot of the challengers who would take him on in a primary are not challenging him. john kasich basically saying no. larry hogan, governor of maryland, over the weekend saying no. william weld is running against him, however he is such a big underdog that i think you look republicans,f 10 roughly, support the president. that primary could actually help

the president. host: from bayside, new york, frank. you are on with our guest, bob cusack. caller: my question and, is first of all why? why start the impeachment when you know it is going to go dead in the senate? there is no chance. and why should you put the country through this whole process when you know it is not going to go nowhere? it is all politics. it is not right and wrong. it is not whether he did it or did not do it. it is all politics. there is no room for truth anymore in politics. guest: that is what speaker pelosi is thinking. she saw that when bill clinton was helped by impeachment in the 1990's. some democrats say we should not think about politics. history will judge us. according to them, this president should be impeached.

we talked to republicans in the senate -- they said they will bury it right away, if it comes to them. the caller is right. there is no way the republican senate will vote to convict president trump. be senatedlines would acquits trump, just like it was senate acquits clinton. that ended up helping him. i think that is -- if you do a censure, the sensor does not go to the senate. host: remind people what that is. guest: it depends how you draft it, but you can draft a censure resolution saying something like the house is admonishing the z,esident for doing x, y, and as outlined in the mueller report, then vote on that. republicans in the clinton era said that is unconstitutional. said it is not in the constitution so it is not unconstitutional. certainly the left ones

impeachment and with think that is too weak a measure. but with a vote against censure, probably not. but that is a political khaki elation that, if democrats do an impeachment inquiry -- and impeachment is very serious. there have been three presidents censured, but not in the modern era. it would be a big deal but not as big as impeachment. once you start the impeachment inquiry, which starts the formal investigation, it would be very to saylt for democratss we will not impeach him. that is why nancy pelosi does not want to start that process. host: as to the why, the onority whip talked a little where they are in impeachment. [video clip] itwe believe that, if we do efficiently and effectively, it will be one that the public will understand and support. if the public ever feels that we are being political with this, we will have done a tremendous

harm to the country, to the constitution, and to the people that we are sworn to serve. >> but it sounds like you think the president will be impeached, or at least proceedings will begin in the house at some point, just not right now? >> yes, that is exactly what i feel. i that we have already done it. we have all of these committees doing their work. we are having hearings. have already won two court cases. and there are other cases still to be determined. so why should we get out in front of this process? why not we just continue to go along? right now, we are winning this issue, why should we go out and make the steps and -- make missteps and cause us to lose a court decision that will make people saying why didn't you take your time? host: he talked about the public sentiment. that has to be with them if they're going down this road. guest: correct.

it is not with them now. that is why congressman clyburn was saying he does expect impeachment inquiries to start point but also says we have already started by doing investigations. speaker pelosi would not phrase it like congressman clyburn date, but i do think that nancyent is something pelosi watches. she is hearing from her moderate members. they want to talk about problem solving. i have talked to a lot of members in the swing districts on both sides of the aisle saying when i go home, i do not hear about robert mueller or russia, i hear about health care, jobs, real issues, agenda issues. they do not want to vote on something that would impeach or admonish the president. so she is -- those are the majority makers. she is trying to protect them. but there is timing -- as we get

closer to the election, they will say let's just have the election. but we are a long way from the election. i think democrats in congress, at some point, or going to have to move on from a whether it is deciding whether to censure or impeachment. want to talk about the agenda. that is how they won the house. they won 40 seats. that was a big election win. in thecans did well senate, expanding their majority but a couple, but democrats and nancy pelosi know that history is not on their side if they move forward with impeachments. it is incredibly risky. and mr. clyburn also use the word "missteps" as far as how they proceed several times. guest: republicans made a lot of missteps in the 1990's. it basically led to the demise

of speaker gingrich back then. in retrospect, looking at the articles back then, republicans said, after they lost the election, five seats they expected to win during the midterm elections, democrats ended up picking up five seats, they said maybe we should have talked more about the agenda. nancy pelosi was in the house at that time. that is what she was saying, let's talk about the agenda. but the pressure on the left and the pressure from the 2020 presidential candidates, many of whom say it is time to start impeachment, that is a real thing, and it is what nancy pelosi is dealing with every day. host: this is bob cusack of "the hill." tell people what it is about. guest: we are a nonpartisan political website. we started in 1994. i've been with "the hill" since 2003, covering health care. became managing editor a year later.

editor in chief now. we are the referee. much like c-span, we do not take sides. we do not do editorials pay we just want to say who is up and who was down. we do not care who is up and who is down. we do a lot of state allah ticks as well. because state and federal politics are kind of and mashed. whether it is the state level or the federal level, it is all intertwined. of ther a lot presidential candidates. my colleague was covering the 2020 democrats when they were having their conference in california. host: in maryland, immigrants line, rivah. caller: hi, how are -- host: in maryland, democrats line, rivah. caller: hi, how are you? will you also cover conflict of interest with jared kushner and

ivanka and voting machines involved with ivanka overseas, all of that? guest: i am not sure about the issue with the voting machines, but certainly conflict of interest and those type of things, father time. we have written about that. and certainly with candidates ere are for congress, th potential conflict of interest. you mentioned the biting controversy is certainly getting more headlines. i am interested to see will any of the democrats raise that in the debates with biden? i thin kit's 50-50. at the same time, i think they will go after him more on policy stuff. his vote for the iraq war, his long record on trade, which bernie sanders, who has kind of stalled -- he is certainly a

front runner, but joe biden has done better than i expected. i thought it would be a little more tight right now, and right now, he is kind of pulling away. but again, we have not started the debates. joe biden will be taking arrows in the back at the end of this month and later in the fall. host: i know it is early, but even after this first round of debates, do you ask spec a winnowing of the field of 24? guest: you may see a couple drop off, just because the iowa caucus is not until february. you have to have money to have a staff until then. with the exception of bill clinton in 1982, if you do not win iowa or new hampshire, you do not win the nomination. that is what history says. but i do think it will be very difficult. if you do not have a stand out, viral moment, and you are able to raise money off of that, i think you may see, this summer, a couple of them go by the wayside. i think most will try to at

least get to iowa and see how they do. then you will see a big winnowing of the field. host: republican line, michael in san diego. good morning. caller: thank you for taking my call. i would like to make a couple and that a challenge, if i may. everybody knows the senate will never convict him, but congress still has to do their job. if what he does does not deserve impeachment, what does? i do not see how anybody with any common sense could realize he would be vindicated, because they know the senate would convict him. now for the challenge. i challenge him to an iq test. i am retired commercial truck driver. he is a stable genius. call.nny, give me a let's set up the test. thank you very much.

guest: this is a historical decision of whether house democrats decide to impeach. it is a serious process. it will have major ramifications. i've talked to some republicans who say, and all likelihood -- again, sometimes conventional wisdom is wrong -- in 2020, the white house as a jump ball. republicans are favored to retain the senate. even though the math is not as friendly as last time, they do have a slight advantage. but the house is heavily favored to remain democrat. however, republicans we have talked to said if they do impeachment, that is so risky that that could really change the dynamics tremendously. then they say we got a shot to after one term. nancy pelosi, who has said she will stay until the end of this term as a speaker, maybe go another two years -- i would expect another two years if they

hold the majority -- she wants to go out on top. host: listen to the tone of senator kennedy from louisiana about impeachment yesterday. we will show it to you in a -- now. [video clip] mythe next step -- democratic friends have got to make a decision on impeachment. i think impeachment will be a sisyphean task. it will be tough going in the senate. impeachment poles write up there with skim milk among the american people. my advice to my democratic friends is, if you want to do it, go hard or go home. you know, if you want to do it, go to amazon, online, buy spine, and do it. but go hard or go home. if you are not going to do it, let us get back to work. host: almost taunting them to do

it. guest: yes. but senator kennedy, certainly one of the better quotes in hallways and on television, he has a point. they have to make a decision at some point. i would have thought that robert mueller would have already testified, and you would have had to make decision after that. that has not happened yet. that has to come first. but before the august recess -- and some democrats are on record saying this -- the decision has to be made. house democrats are going to have to get behind closed doors and decide, ok, what are we going to do? nancy pelosi could say if you have the votes, maybe we can do it. but you do not have the votes. i imagine some democrats will say let's have the boat anyway, and if it fails, it fails. i do not think speaker pelosi will go for that. as kind of a family -- and these groups are families, whether they are republican or democrat decide they will have to

what to do. republicans tend to have a simple answer. to say, listen, no collusion. no obstruction of justice is more controversial, because robert mueller did not exonerate the president. but he concluded no collusion. so as i've been saying, it is time to move on -- as they have been saying, it is time to move on. host: from kentucky, bob. caller: thank you for taking my call. every other word comes out of there mouth, especially from the democrats side, is impeachment. the i do not understand is democrats. i used to be a hardshell democrat at one time. but you would think some of them democrats would have some red, white, and blue blood running through their veins. i consider trump a patriot. why they have not tried them t

traitors, democrats with their sanctuary cities knowing well that they are breaking the law, if that is not treason, i do not know what treason is. i hope some of those democrats will get some backbone. thank you. guest: this is the divide in the democratic party. i am interested to see how joe biden deals with it, how he deals with free college tuition, how he deals with medicare for all, which was not the position of the obama administration, and other wishlists on the left. certainly socialism is something more democrats are talking about. bernie sanders calls himself a democratic-socialist. republicans one to seize on that. republicans are basically rooting for elizabeth warren or bernie sanders to win. then they would go full on with the socialism argument. we have seen some more moderate

over theial candidates weekend saying basically socialism is not the way to go and getting booed by liberal activist -- how does joe biden deal with that when a lot of the left does not like his policies? they say they are too small of an idea. that is where elizabeth warren and bernie sanders are starting to go after the former vice president, saying we need big, incrementalnot steps. that will be the divide in the democratic party going into 2020. host: other progressives getting any type of voice in the democratic leadership in the house? guest: the leaders in the house -- they know the majority was made by moderates, by defeating republicans who held clinton district's. they wiped basically 90% of them out. also going into trumped territory and having moderates win in those districts.

they are trying to protect those majority makers more than ocasio-cortez. speaker pelosi basically said a cup of water could win her district if a cup of water was a democrat. she is more interested in protecting the middle. at the same time, she also has, speaker pelosi, the credentials of being a progressive. gets pushed on climate change, she can say i've been working on that for decades. she is literally said i want to save the planet. but you have to do would a certain way. this year has been one of the biggest tests of speaker pelosi's career. we will see how she handles this rock is caucus of hers, couscially best -- this rau caucus of hers, especially the

democrats. host: mark in chicago, go ahead. caller: this is john. i do not know who mark is. host: well, you are on. go ahead. caller: i want to say anyone still for trump at this stage of the game is either a moron or is just as dirty as he is. he is a rich, spoiled bully who has not accomplished anything in his entire life except losing millions and billions of dollars. said toe what putin him, that we do not know exactly what he said, he said you destroyed america, i will give it to you. that is why he is giving these tariffs that we will have to pay for. it will give our economy too place what we will not -- such a place that we will not be able to survive it. host: what is the campaign banking on as far as a second

term? guest: the economy. without a doubt, that is their strongest card. that is something republicans in congress want the president to talk about a lot. talk about the economy. not so much immigration. but the president likes talking about immigration, thinking one of the big reasons he won was immigration. but they are confident about -- every 40 years, the question for presidential candidates -- every four years, the question for presidential candidates seeking a second term is are you sean where than you were four years ago? and we asked democratic candidates, should trump get any credit for the economy? by and large, they were saying this is president obama's economy. politically, i think that is a tough sell. that is where the economy has to be front and center for the president's reelection. if the economy takes a downturn because of these tariffs or

trade deals going by the wayside, he will certainly become the underdog. but with the economy there -- and of course, it depends on who his opponent is. president trump is a very good campaigner. that is part of the reason why he won in 2016 and got over 300 electoral votes. midterms -- in the usually midterms, that is not that much public interest. there was a lot in 2018 p that is because a president trump. the interest in running 20 will be off the charts. host: from our independent line, ames, iowa is next. heather, hello. caller: hello? host: you are on. i would like to say the economy has nothing to do with the president. i am pretty sure both parties know that. host: why do you make that conclusion? because taking the

benefits of people and the large payout, it will not last in a --iety host: i guess the public perception of the economy will have a lot to do -- democrats, and some said that president obama needed to talk up more about the benefits of the economy. joe biden said that democrats should talk more about how the economy was doing well. but president trump is very good at talking up the economy. there is a decent point to be made, that presidents do not have that much of a role in the economy. a there are a lot of people who say that is wrong part -- that is wrong, but it is like the quarterback on the football

team. if you win, you take the credit, if you lose, you take the blame. that is what happens with presidents and the economy. host: bob cusack, the president now in britain to meet with the queen and other people. as far as the trip itself, what is the goal of the administration? guest: looking at the schedule, there is a lot of pageantry. a state dinner, a lot of photo ops. i do not think it is a lot of business here. it is trying to relationship build here there has certainly been tension between the white house and europe. and certainly with brexit being number one. i think this is more of a relationship builder, where the president is going there -- they will obviously be protests. it is not an especially long trip. but it is not really hashing out policies. it is more relationship building, a relationship that is a bit frayed. host: from mike in new jersey, democrat line. caller: good morning.

thank you for taking my call. my question is -- it came to me listening to the people calling. is it possible that the speaker of the house may be putting off the whole impeachment idea until it is closer to the election? making the president maybe twist in the wind a little bit, allow the courts to go through and see how far they get with that and then, near the election, allow it, where it will be in the headlines, and anything that the democrats have in the impeachment proceedings would be brought out during the election cycle? guest: that is an interesting point. i do think that speaker pelosi, wants to move on from impeachment. not necessarily investigations. as far as investigations and oversight of the white house. i think that will continue. congress has that responsibility, to do oversight paid but i do not think they want to be talking about

impeachment or investigations. certainly the moderate members who are in tough reelections, they do not want to be talking about impeachment. they do not want to vote with impeachment. the one to deal with trade, perhaps, immigration deals, if you can get 1 -- those kind of issues people are talking about back home. it is striking how many democrats say that their constituents are not talking about this. there is some fatigue. polling shows there is fatigue with the mueller probe. we all expected to have a clean verdict, is he guilty or not guilty? we really did not get that clean verdict. we got somewhere in between. certainly more favorable to the republicans and the white house. but one fact democrats are still thinking about impeachment -- 49 ,emocrats, plus one republican are saying let's open impeachment proceedings. host: there are still a report from the justice department,

taking outlook -- taking a look at issues before the election. when do we expect to see that report? guest: michael horowitz is the one who came forward with the james comey investigation, finding fault with how he handled the 2016 investigation. we have been hearing that any day now. i think it will come out this month. but certainly there is no deadline. respected. very it is difficult to criticize him, because he has the obamaing administration, investigating republican administrations -- he has dissed it out on both sides. both -- dished it out on sides. host: from illinois, republican line. caller: i am reading an article about how many people wells

fargo rip off -- ripped off. i am surprised they put this in the letter to the editor. wells fargo is still a nightmare to the people that they ripped off. elizabeth warren wrote a bill called the consumers protection act. i may be a little off on that, but that is what opened wells fargo up. warren buffett had $10 million into wells fargo. he had his own audit people in there. the federal reserve was in charge of the audit of wells fargo. and they missed it. the only people that, it was the consumers protection act, written by elizabeth warren. even talk wants to about that. it is not over. host: rfp route -- all right. we will leave it at that. elizabeth warren is

certainly talking about financial institutions like wells fargo. democrats are talking about whether to break up big banks, break up amazon, facebook. wells fargo has certainly had a number of controversies and has been hauled up to capitol hill, as others have been. but wells fargo has gotten a lot of negative press. that is why democrats, like elizabeth warren -- who i think is good at seizing on news. she makes we on a regular basis, whether it is a new bill -- i believe she is the first at the presidential candidates to call for trump's impeachment. she seizes on what is news of the day and as her own wrinkle to it. certainly, she has a lot. she says i have a plan for that -- that is her motto. i think every democrat needs -- just like donald trump had a slogan -- anyone running for president to have a slogan. host: of all of the issues we have talked about, what else should people watch for? guest: it is remarkable that we

are in june of 2019, and we have roughly 15 months to 18 months until november 2020, and both the house and senate are really in the mode of 2020. in june of 2020, i would expect that. that is why i think the next couple months are important for anything to get done, whether it is on trade, on immigration, even if it is a small bill on transportation. the house is expected to move forward with a transportation plan, but that is something i do not expect a be picked up by the senate. minimum wage is something house democrats have struggled to pass. but that will also not pass the senate. all the big agenda items are kind of waiting until after the 2020 election. you have not seen house democrats move forward with trying to repeal resident -- trump's tax cut bill.

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