to vacate the chair. let me alert the country. a motion to vacate might not pass at first. but it might before the 15th vote. and if democrats bail out mccarthy, as they may do, then i will lead the resistance to this uni party and the biden-mccarthy-jeffries government that they are attempting to build. i know that washington isn't a town where people are known for keeping their word. well, speaker mccarthy, i'm here >> house lawmakers are back on the thirst day. lawmakers are expected to work on bills imposing sanctions on iran over human rights' abuses. any votes on suspensions are expected to happen at 6:30 p.m. watch live coverage of the house when they return here on

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whip has been several weeks working the phones to engage where redlines lie with lawmakers. leadership will convince members that keeping the government open is good for the party and will help achieve their goals, adding that complicating leadership's desire to pass appropriation bills is a threat from the house freedom caucus. members of the hard right group have demand cuts to all 12 appropriation bills ignoring an agreement on spending levels that speaker mccarthy and president biden reached earlier this year in a deal to raise the debt limit. that's from the washington post regarding a potential shutdown. when it comes to that impeachment inquiry, reporting as of this morning that speaker kevin mccarthy plans to help sell house republicans in a closed meeting this week the launching impeachment inquiry is a logical next step in the probes of the president and his

son. the house leadership scheduled a close house session so that members could get an update on the investigations led by the house judiciary committee chair and jamie comber. mccarthy plans to say that they have uncovered enough information that necessitates the house formalize the impeachment inquiry in order to obtain bank records. this is a huge step but remains to be seen whether the republicans who vote to authorize the impeachment inquiry, several moderate republicans including don bacon have been skeptical of the need for impeachment inquiry. those of the two things running together when it comes to funding of the government and potential impeachment inquiry. here's how you can let us know. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. 202-748-8002 for independence.

if you want to text us your thoughts on either of these things. 202-748-8003 is how you do that. feel three of -- feel free to post and follow the show on instagram. one of those commenting on the potential shutdown and his division on it. bob good gave a interview on the topic. >> who ran on the policies the convictions we ran on. so we should do that and it takes them to choose not to shut the government down. we should not fear a government shutdown or cave preemptively in fear of that and past democrat bills that keep democrat policies in place and democrat spending levels in place just so they get passed through the senate and will avoid being criticized for the government

being shut down. >> representative bob goodlatte interview the took place, when it comes to the senate. republican perspective on the potential impeachment inquiry it was senate republicans, some of them saying her house gop doesn't appear to have enough evidence to pursue those proceedings against president biden. among them is john cornyn, or publican of texas he said this on the hill in interview. it really comes to how we prioritize the time. i don't know anyone who believes chuck schumer will take it up and actually have a trial and convicted sitting president said senator cornyn. noted that house republicans could investigate without launching a formal impeachment inquiry because they control the local chamber. they got the chairman of the various committees, they can do that without a formal inquiry.

members of the house don't care what i think but it's unlikely in the senate. that's from one of the members of the senate, john cornyn of texas when it comes to impeachment. chuck schumer on the floor yesterday talking about the potential shutdown and his message to republicans. here's a portion of that. [video clip] >> this week the appropriations process continues in the senate. tomorrow we will take the first procedural vote on the package of three appropriation bills. military construction, veterans affairs, agriculture and earlier this year democrats and republicans reach an agreement on next year spending levels as part of our work to avoid default. these bills honor that agreement. reaching bipartisan consensus on these bills was not easy and it took plenty of compromise, lots

of negotiations and understanding that neither side would get everything they wanted. each bill received unanimous support in these committees from republicans and democrats. so thanks to the leadership, we are moving forward. this is what functional legislative body looks like. disagreements do not paralyze the process. now as we process these appropriation bills, congress must also avoid a point was government shutdown later this month. i cannot stress enough that bumbling into a shutdown right now would not only be entirely unnecessary, it would cause immense harm to the american people. it could undermine so much progress we've made to lower costs and restore to tens of millions of jobs are in the worst days of covid. it would also derail congress working on so many different things like the group cost of insulin, prescription drugs,

fellow americans hurt by natural disasters and so much more. all of this would be undermined by a government shutdown. >> those are members of congress commenting on the idea of a shutdown. what's your take on it. 202-748-8000 for democrats. republicans 202-748-8001. you can comment on the potential shutdown or the potential that impeachment inquiry by the house into president biden. some of the responding on the facebook page saying wire republicans always threatening to shut down the government. the impeachment is an utter waste of time. saying you have to have priorities. it looks at a perfect time to cut the budget in order to get the debt under control. doreen saying congress do your job. joe biden has failed this country and so many ways. the entire afghanistan debacle itself is enough to impeach the man.

allies handing -- impeach the man and put him in jail. this is brian from facebook saying a shutdown. i dare you adding the president biden will not be impeached. they sold themselves to a con man who was impeached. america will outlast the foolishness. you can call us if you wish as well. the number will be on the screen. this is alex, your message to congress on a potential shutdown or impeachment inquiry. good morning, go ahead. >> this is about the inquiry. they are doing and inquiry to get information released of what they want and the democrats are denying them that. that's why they're doing the inquiry. now if the democrats didn't have nothing to hide, why don't they

just give them the information and another thing is they talk about the impeachment, they impeach trump two times knowing they didn't have the senate and they turn around saying they won't have the senate votes to impeach biden. if that ain't corruption, what is? >> that's alex on our republican line. potential shutdown as well as the central impeachment inquiry. carol is next from texas honor line for independence. good morning. >> thanks for taking my call and thank you for c-span. i think if the republicans want to shut down the government go ahead. this is going to be perfect leading into the upcoming election to show the american people that the republican party when they will be in control if

you elect them in 2024 they don't know how to govern. they can govern, they don't know what they're doing, they lurch around from one thing to another. i thought some of their members this week were saying they want the states to begin to secede from the union and their message is completely in tact with all of that. they want to shutdown the government, to secede from the union. go ahead. if you want to secede from the union, get. you don't have to be an american anymore. we can go down to the border and there are tens of thousands of people that are dying just to have the chance you have as an american citizen and we get to watch these people and say we don't want to fund the government, we don't want to pay our soldiers. we have a senate that doesn't even want to promote soldiers who have earned their promotions. >> that's carol in texas.

punch bowl reporting to the funding issues that the house and senate face, the report house republican leaders are skeptical. they can even get the defense bill to the floor at this point. a mccarthy skeptic on the rules committee told us monday night he believes what would allow for a debate on the defense bill is bound to fail possibly in the rules committee. norman is one of three conservatives mccarthy appointed to the panel this year. that is punch bowl's take on the funding front as well as the impeachment front, the potential impeachment inquiry front. republican line, this is andrew. you are on, go ahead. caller: i'm a republican from new york and i have a real problem with the republicans now. i don't even understand how we are dealing with this.

i'm a postal worker, and election official. i've taken -- it's quite obvious what they've done. how we are sitting here talking about impeaching joe biden. and i'm a republican. i voted for donald trump once. how in the world we are sitting here with half of the government vic -- very close to treason. they also -- it's really disturbing how i go to the v.a. all the time and how military people are backing donald trump. these people have all taken that oath and a lot of us carry top secret information. the way that they just live. i've never seen anything like this in my life. host: what's the case you will make against launching and impeachment inquiry?

what would you tell republicans? caller: it's quite obvious they are only doing this because they went after donald trump. there are some of the criminals in our government. but donald trump has lost his mind. gotten to the point of treason and we are going to go tit for tat with a man who committed treason. i'm for right and wrong, it doesn't matter what letter you carry. host: michigan, independent line. you can talk about the potential impeachment inquiry or the government funding situation. hello. caller: on the impeachment inquiry i'm an independent so i don't like any of these democrats or republicans. i think they are crooks. when people say independent could go either way for democrats or republicans, i do

not consider myself that. i go away from those two parties. i think biden is a crook. we wouldn't have the ukraine war without what biden did in 2014 with all that money and the coup and all of that. host: what's your message to congress on either one of these things. caller: for the funding is shut it down because you're wasting our money on the military instead of the health and welfare of our people. shut it down. don't care. host: let's hear from thomas in providence, rhode island. republican line. caller: good morning. it's a privilege to be able to get through. i'm a disabled vietnam veteran and i follow the washington journal quite regularly and from the standpoint of the clash

between republicans and democrats, i am a republican and i see that we are running and have been running a one sided type program against the republicans and also that we have a justice system that is supposed to be equal justice under the law but in fact it is not. i repeat it is not. host: are you commenting on the impeachment side of this inquiry and what would you want to tell congress? caller: as far as the impeachment, i would say that congress should in fact follow through and impeach president

biden and i believe this way he will come out of his -- host: why do you think the inquiry should be launched in the first race. caller: i think the inquiry should be run because he has -- he's virtually done whatever he wants to do, the american people are suffering, our border, our southern border is a total joke with the roughly 10 million illegals that have been allowed to come into our country. we have absolutely no symbol of control down there and it doesn't look like it will get

any better. host: thomas there in rhode island. there are some of those opinions when it comes to the idea of where congress is. they are on funding the government with that deadline insight or the potential of an impeachment inquiry being opened against the biden administration. you can continue to call on either of those fronts. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. independents 202-748-8002. you can text us those thoughts at 202-748-8003. here on the line you can stay on if you want and continue calling. every day we will update you on where the government is when it comes to the funding issue and potential of the shutdown and joining us to give us the latest is anthony of politico who serves their congressional reporter. thanks for joining us. guest: thanks for having me. host: let's start with the

number of days congress has to come to some type of decision over the government shuts down. guest: we are running out of time, the house comes back for the first time in more than a month today for their first vote and we are barreling down the path to shuts down. both chambers have not begun in earnest on how to get out of this. the consensus for a short-term patches most likely that we've got 11 or 12 legislative days left. host: as far as what's been going on in the background and coming up with at least a framework or plan republicans can support what's been going on that front? guest: i think that's what we will look for today, we are expecting the house freedom caucus to have a press conference laying out how they see the landscape shaping up. as you were alluding to there's

a meeting on the rules committee this afternoon. they are trying to stick up one bill is part of a spending package. that might be a harbinger of where things stand in the house in terms of moving appropriations packages. there's been an effort. speaker mccarthy voiced support for trying to move a continuing resolution. it buys them selves more time to negotiate a framework. so far we've not seen yet by in from the rank-and-file that that approach will be successful. time is running short. host: talking about the house freedom caucus, what are they looking for to agree to some type of funding deal? guest: they are frustrated of the deal between speaker mccarthy and president biden for the debt ceiling. they would like spending levels with that deal to come down. those were negotiated. it will be a nonstarter for the senate and president biden. so it kind of remains unclear

what exactly they could want that speaker mccarthy can possibly give them given the fact that we do have a democratic held senate. president biden is in the white house. so i think in terms of the outlook here about what we are given i'm not really sure what it looks like. i suppose we will see those demands laid out in clearer terms today but certainly speaker mccarthy will have a tough hand in terms of trying to placate both the far right portion of his caucus as well as moderates. and then of course having to get the senate and white house to sign off. host: is the speaker reaching out to members of the house freedom caucus? guest: i think the house will come back together for the first time after more than a month. we will expect to see a lot of those conversations in person. even to the extent those

conversations happen remotely when they are out of washington certainly getting back together has a way of bringing those emotions to the forefront. obviously time is short but i think this conversation will have to happen quickly. i think that's why we will be so anxious to see the freedom caucus rules committee, there's a lot of potential headaches for speaker mccarthy to the extent people are able to avoid -- voice those concerns up front i think will be helpful in determining what the outlook looks like from the house perspective. host: you've brought up the house but how are senate republicans looking at activity or lack of activity in the house when it comes to these efforts. guest: it's sort of a split screen with the senate. they will be taking a procedural vote today on their first packet

with three of these bills. it's as if they are proceeding more or less under regular order and that something the senate has taken great pains to highlight in contrast to the house and they are trying to pass these appropriation measures. that will run up against the buzz saw of the fact they will need to merge these together to get something that will hit the president's desk. if you were to look right now you could not -- it could not be a starker contrast to the house and they are proceeding as though how things normally go every year. host: we've been talking to our audience of this idea asking to comment on the spending or impeachment issues. could that potential inquiry complicate efforts when it comes to funding? guest: i think it remains an open question. how exactly that impeachment potential inquiry plays in terms

of the spending process remains an open question. whether or not that gets you some votes on the right. maybe it loses you some moderates, obviously close to 20 house republicans think president biden won in 2020 and it's uncertain how an impeachment inquiry would support such an inquiry or certainly how that would play. i'm not sure we can get -- the extent to which the analysis is one to one getting you a vote i'm not so sure. but we will have to see and certainly that may be something speaker mccarthy is looking to rally the votes to get people behind some sort of approach to keep the government open. host: you and your colleagues have launched something called insight congress live. what is that? guest: we want to keep you apprised of every moment that matters on capitol hill every day. it's going to be fresh, it will

be a lot of quick analysis and hopefully giving you the stuff you need to know to understand what's going on on capitol hill. a ton of things are going on right now. we are hoping to break it all down and keep you apprised of what you need to know. host: part of our efforts to let you know what's going on. anthony helping us out with politico. you can find his reporting at politico.com. thanks for your time. again you can comment on the funding issue side of it, on the potential impeachment inquiry. 202-748-8000 free democrats -- for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. 202-748-8002 independents. mark in oklahoma city, independent line thanks for waiting, go ahead. guest: good morning, -- caller: good morning, how are you? host: i'm fine, thanks for

asking. caller: i just worked a double i'm kind of tired. host: what do you think about either this idea of where congress is on funding or this impeachment inquiry? caller: they need to stop all of this funding. where is all of this money going? host: ok. james is next in new mexico. democrats line. caller: hello. i would like to say i think that we need more money for especially our ships because china has more ships and also i think on the impeachment, i think donald trump needs to be impeached, he's committed crimes. he has no business being in the white house.

he is a disgrace to this country. host: he was impeached twice while he was in office but why not open an impeachment inquiry against joe biden? caller: well first off, they are going after his son and his son is not president. i did not vote for joe biden's son. if they can find something not the son, but the president did wrong, then it is fair. i've got to be evenhanded about this. but so far i haven't seen anything that the president has done. i've seen what his son has done but that doesn't mean the president did anything wrong. so i think that until they can find something concrete that they can actually say the

president did this or that. then they can look into it. but as far as i'm concerned, republicans have just gone bananas, just knots. they've just gone bonkers. host: from new york giving us his thoughts this morning. the white house launching its own counteroffensive against house republicans over funding issues. spectrum news reporting that saying they are taking aim at house republicans as budget earmarks run counter to the agreement struck between joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy. the strategy comes with only weeks to go before the september 30 deadline for a shutdown and a member of the office of management and budget director released tuesday that the administration hammered house republicans accusing them saying they held every other party to the agreement including senate republicans and democrats in both chambers. president biden are honoring.

13 house republicans wrote -- they wrote our ignoring the agreement and passing extreme partisan appropriations bills that break the public promise to the key investment of the american people. and other outlets. independent line, go ahead. caller: i would like to rename the freedom caucus, let's start referring to the freedom caucus instead of freedom, just dumb. we will shorten it up.

nothing is going to get done until the government shuts down. until things get really dirty and it will be all thanks to them. as far as the impeachment. most of the freedom caucus should be impeached under the 14th amendment, section three because many of them have aided and abetted these people, including marjorie taylor greene who goes to the prisons. that caucus, people need to vote out of the freedom caucus if they are in your district. they are screwing this country up and they do it for fund raising and for political reasons. they've just got off a six week time off vacation and they will get nothing done. host: jodi in kentucky, republican line. good morning. caller: i think biden should be

impeached. i don't think he never should've been in in the first place. he's ruining america. host: don't make those allegations like that. we will keep it there and move on to charles in tennessee. democrats line. hello. caller: appreciate you taking my call. the big story is this budget. call your senators and representatives and tell them not to cut social security. since her republicans took over, social security is down and every right that a woman has will be gone. it's dangerous time to be for women and elderly people. social security. host: why do you think social security is on the table. caller: it's always on the table with republicans.

it was before. there's no doubt about it. they proposed it too many times. even donald trump said it would be an easy thing to do. host: several senate republicans including the minority leader have pushed back on that. caller: i understand but what happens when they take it all over. they did push back on it. i'm thankful but it will be on the table. make no mistake about it. women and people on social security call your representatives and senators and tell them to leave this alone. who do they think is paying these people, they say they can't afford to pay it. we are paying when we go over there with the insurance. host: charles there in

tennessee. either on this potential shutdown of the government over funding or potential impeachment inquiry what's your message to congress. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8001 for republicans. 202-748-8002 for independents. text us if you wish at 202-748-8003. social media available. you can follow the show on instagram. mike on her independent line in missouri. hello. caller: good morning. my thought on the impeachment would be they are just fishing looking for something, they haven't been able to tie hunter biden's garbage to joe so they want to try. my thoughts on the shutdown is they've already cost the country in our credit rating with what they played a couple months ago

and now they are going to cost our country again just playing games. i'd like to see them go ahead and lock hunter biden up and get that over with that they don't have the evidence obviously or they would have done so already. they've just become the party of lying. one thing i want to say is while you are in congress instead of complaining about the southern border and instead of chasing joe biden around and his son, right some legislation on the border. instead of complaining, do something but they won't do that because they are basic party and broken down. host: making those comments, he brought up the impeachment inquiry. one of the legislators talking about that on a radio show. republican matt talking about

impeachment and aiming towards the current house speaker kevin mccarthy p here's a portion of that interview. [video clip] >> i've spoken to so many americans, they are disillusioned with house republicans. they think we have not put up a substantial battle to defeat the worst elements of this biden administration. i worked very hard in january to develop a toolkit for us to be able to reorient the house of representatives in a productive and positive way. i don't believe we've used those tools as effectively as we should have and when we get back to washington in the coming weeks we have got to seize the initiative. forcing votes on impeachment and if kevin mccarthy stands in our way he may not have the job long so let's hope he works with us, not against us that we've got plans in the event he is not as productive. host: representative mann from last week talking about the

impeachment inquiry. you can also comment on the central shutdown over funding. some of you posting on our facebook. saying this will usher in a democratic house and presidency. keep up the good work you really have the pulse of american workers figured out. this is sherry saying close the door this way democrats can't do any more damage. you can still post at c-span wj if you wish. republican line from california, this is rory. caller: good morning. as for money if we can shut down , the democrats will have some real problems in new york and everywhere else. there won't be any money to pay for the immigrants. so when they don't get paid they will go hungry and start rioting and then people will defend themselves. as for biden, why bother with

impeachment, go for the 25th amendment. put them before a board of doctors and they will declare him incompetent. if harris gets there we can start impeaching her also. after that we will get a republican in the white house after she is gone. host: jim in california, independent line. caller: thank you. my message to congress is they should begin to look for a new speaker. speaker mccarthy's congressional district and probably one of the biggest critics of kevin mccarthy's former congressman bill thomas. he was the last congressman hear from baker's bill who got us a return on our investment for federal dollars. the idea of impeaching the president biden without any real

evidence or any crimes or misdemeanors seems like a waste of time. most importantly people need to recognize that kevin mccarthy is not up to the challenge. and no one knows that better than the guy who used to hold the position before him, so we have some really troubled times ahead of us getting the budget through. again, my deepest apologies for inflicting kevin mccarthy upon the nation. this stain that my community carries because of his poor actions. host: jimbo in california. the los angeles times column with a piece taking a look at potential impeachment inquiry against president biden over actions of his son hunter biden. she writes this the house republicans