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story says labeling a probe of the president as a impeachment inquiry is seen as giving the house more power as it conducts investigation. a 2019 report by the congressional research association said a investigation could help congress in several ways including by improving the likelihood a court would authorize access to grand jury material and improving the likelihood of overcoming assertions such as executive privilege. that's the sum of the setup from yesterday's announcement with more and you can see it on our website at c-span and our app at c-span now but here's a portion from the house speaker yesterday. [video plays] >> these are allegations of abuse of power, obstruction and corruption. and further investigation by the house of representatives. that's why today i am directing our house committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. this logical next step will give our committees the full power to

gather all the facts and answers for the american public. it's exactly what we want to know. the answers. i believe the president would want to answer these allegations as well. it will be led by chairman james comer along with chairman jim jordan for the judiciary committee and chairman jason smith on ways and means.

i would expect them to have full transparency. we're committed to getting the answers for the american public, nothing more, nothing less. we will go wherever the evidence takes us. host: that's a portion from the announcement yesterday launching this inquiry, impeachment inquiry by house republicans against the president's son and looking at the president himself. again, if you support this effort, 202-748-8000 and if you oppose it, 202-748-8001. "the washington post" reports that mr. mccarthy's calculation on how to launch a impeachment inquiry changed after his leadership team surveyed a change over the past week and recognized there would not be enough votes to open an inquiry on the house floor according to republican lawmakers and aides familiar with conversations like others who spoke on condition of anonymity who spoke private

deliberations and people going on to say unilateral rally launching a inquiry showed vulnerable incumbents especially those districts who voted for president biden put on record for impeachment this early in the process and though some republicans and aides warn far right lawmakers could demand a impeachment vote for political purposes. that's some of the background heading into yesterday's decision by the house speaker to launch this impeachment inquiry, some of you supporting this and opposing this. melinda says she supports iand it's a good thing and we've had too much little of that from president biden. from bonnie off facebook, saying i would support it if it went to a vote if they thought there was enough evidence the vote would have passed. and then cory lynn from facebook saying, support, no one is above the law.

caller: kevin mccarthy is a joke. this guy, so far appears there's no evidenc that biden has done anything wrong to be impeached. if he has, then he should be impeached. but so far, as far as i can see they haven't found anything. but mccarthy, those people like that, marjorie taylor greene and that other one there, i can't remember his name from yesterday that dressed him down. they've got him right by the

throat and he conceded so much of his powers away just to get that position. he wanted that position so bad. it took 15 votes for him to get in there. he's powerless and they know it and have him right where he wants it. he knows it and running scared and doesn't dare to do anything what they tell him or else they're going to can him and think it's a total joke. host: duke from maine. also on our opposed line from philadelphia we'll hear from horace, go ahead. horace in philadelphia, good morning. one more time for horace. and then we'll go to sheila, cherylton georgia on our opposed line. sheila from georgia, go ahead, you're on. caller: i agree with the last caller. this is just ridiculous. and he's right about mccarthy. they've got him so hamstrung it

just isn't funny. hannah: why do you oppose it specifically? caller: why? host: uh-huh. caller: because there's nothing there. yes, hunter biden, well, it's a bad screwup. but that is joe's son. once kids become 17, 18 years old, you can't control them anymore. so i just don't see that there's anything there at all. host: sheila on our opposed line. axios on their website takes a look at how we got to this point, tying them to words that the president spoke in 2020 while campaigning, or was during the second presidential debate,

they write mr. biden was asked whether his son made money from abroad including china. quote, my son has not made money in terms of this thing in what you're talking about china, and goes on to report, in federal court biden acknowledged he was paid several hundreds of thousands with business firms in 2017 and 2018 and led "the washington post" fact checker to give joe biden's original claim four pinocchios and in 2017, biden now vice president talked to burisma where he was a board member reported he emailed hunter in 2015 saying thank you for inviting me to d.c. giving me an opportunity to meet your father and spend time together. it goes on from there with the president's words and how it leads to where we are at this point. you can make your thoughts known off the phone line and facebook and x, sect us 202-748-8003.

if you support it, 202-748-8000 and if you op toes it, 202-748-8002. let's hear from timothy in illinois on our support line. timothy, go ahead. caller: yes, i'm calling to support the impeachment for the most incompetent president. host: timothy on the support line and now ethan in las vegas. caller: i just want to say i support the impeachment. host: why is that? he's dropped. again, you can continue calling on and giving your thoughts whether you support the impeachment or oppose it, 202-748-8000 and if you oppose it, 202-748-8001.

let's hear from chuck schumer on the senate side after the announcement from the house on the impeachment inquiry. [video play play "plays of theweek" [video plays] senator schumer: the americans want us to do something to make their life better and not go on these witch-hunts. you can only accomplish keeping the government open in a bipartisan way. i have sympathy with speaker mccarthy. he's in a difficult position. sometimes you've got to tell these people way off the deepened who have no interest in helping the american people who want to pursue their own witch-hunts that they can't go forward with it. i'm disappointed and think it's absurd but not going to let it stop us in the senate from keeping the government open and working in a bipartisan way. host: chuck schumer commenting on the launch of this inquiry.

susan on our oppose line. good morning. you're next. caller: good morning. i'm very much against the whole idea of this impeachment thing because the evidence inclined biden in any way but more towards his son, on hunter. the one thing that would bring biden down, in my opinion, is it he could prove he's in cahoots with one of the countries he's done business with might bring him down but they don't want to do that. they can't do that because it just doesn't exist. host: you don't think an inquiry would prove that definitively, what you just said? caller: no, i really don't. they have to have concrete evidence to prove it. and i don't think it exists, i really don't. perhaps for the son but not the president himself.

it's an incredible waste of time. host: let's hear from rick in florida on our support line. hello. caller: if nothing to hide, it's fine. and they should clear it up and say there's nothing to look at and move on. host: from carol in new jersey. carol on our oppose line. go ahead. caller: yes, good morning. i do oppose this because of the fact that it is based on what his son did there. we have many people in this country that have children living in our homes and they don't know what they're doing. look at these young people who have these guns and kill. they know nothing about them. and in addition to that, we have a president, if you ask the ex-president or a major company

to hire him, he would not qualify. and i don't feel as though we should have him as the leader, and i do oppose this. thank you. host: carol from new jersey on this impeachment launched yesterday by house republicans. tip calling if you want to give your comment, 202-748-8000 if you support this impeachment inquiry and if you oppose it, 202-748-8001 and post on x and facebook and text us, too. if you're on the line, stay on it and you can continue calling in and we'll take those calls momentarily. this event taking place yesterday comes also on top of activities in the house in an attempt to keep the government funded after the end of september. in an effort to keep you updated on what's going on with that, we invited aiden quigley of c.u. roll call who serves as the

budget reporter. thanks for your time this morning. guest: thanks very much for having me. host: at this point are we still on the path of a possible lack of funding for the government? guest: i think so and i do thinking that yesterday's announcement from speaker mccarthy does complicate the next 2 1/2 weeks when it comes to government spending. the government needs to pass a stopgap spending bill by the end of the month to avoid a partial government shutdown and right now it's looking more questionable than ever, especially with yesterday's news. 7 because any end game or resolution discussions would need bipartisan support in the house. it appears because there are some house republicans who dot want to vote for my government spending measures at all and they really, you know, it's

going to be complicated and democrats won't feel obliged to help speaker mccarthy, i think, after yesterday's dish. host: when you talk about the continuing resolution, explain what it means and what it means to the whole funding process. guest: last december, congress passed, right before the new congress took over, congress passed an omnibus which lasts until the end of september and at that time the fiscal 2023 spending rolls out and time for fiscal 2024 spending to get passed and that's because that is the turn of the fiscal year is the end of this month so when that happens, congress needs to step in and pass appropriations. ideally that would be the full year appropriations but year nowhere close to an agreement on those so needs to be a stopgap measure. host: what are the discussions taking place in the background

on this, who is leading those discussions? guest: we're seeing two very different paths here from the house and the senate. in the senate we'll have a bipartisanship appropriations that thought there was a big procedural vote yesterday for the first package of appropriation bills in the senate, huge bipartisan support and they're working together and are working in the debt limit negotiations this summer. the senate is moving forward with bipartisan bills. on the house side, you're looking at a more partisan process and that is somewhat normal that the house will go on a more partisan route at this point but they're really running into some issues when it comes to passing appropriation bills on the floor of the house. you have some house conservatives who want significant more cuts to the bills that are appropriated already that are already underneath the cap and moderates who are concerned about some policy provisions the

conservatives put in those bills in the house and will be interesting the next few weeks. we're still at the point both chambers are working on their individual appropriations process and continuing resolution negotiations have not quite started. at least at the high level of what we expect to see in the next two weeks but at this point they're still kind of working on their own processes. very important vote today in the house potentially. they're trying to pass their defense appropriations bill but it does appear there's opposition from some conservatives that could take down the rule vote for that bill. so we'll have to wait and see what happens today but will be a busy day on the hill. host: if i understand opposition from the bill from the president himself. guests: democrats are very much against this bill largely because of the culture war provisions the house republicans put in during the appropriations process. thisthere are some polit

this bill mostly because of the cultural implications the conservatives added. address a wide variety of issues that democrats cannot get on board with. you will not see any democratic votes on this. host: in the days ahead what are the things to look out host: in the days ahead, what should we look out for for current breaks in the impasse? he eye on negotiations. we will see the senate move forward in the house may be stalling out. may be stalling out. the next two weeks is when we get into the negotiations between the house and senate and keeping the government open. there is a lot of work going behind-the-scenes to avoid a shut down but this year, it looks questionable. host: mr. quigley reports on

budget and appropriations issues. his work is on roll call.com. thank you for this update. host: you heard i guess talk about the complication of the impeachment inquiry and belies the budget that needs to be passed. we pose the question, do you support the impeachment inquiry. ? if he supported (202) 748-8000, if you oppose (202) 748-8001. caller: i oppose it, it's a waste of time and money. we need to keep going on. we need social security and relief from inflation. host: when you say is so waste

of time and money what you mean? caller: there is no smoke, no fire. when trump went through this they said beware of what you do because this could come back on you. host:when let's hear from sarahn the support line. caller: i am calling to say is supported. i think the mainstream media has had a lot of evidence with joe biden. there are text messages from his son that he is directly connected to his business dealings. his family members have millions of dollars. we need this inquiry. it is inevitable that

biden's problems. -- host: what do you think they will find? guest: i read the prosecutor that was over at burisma was fired and they discovered the guy was not as corrupt. there are things that the mainstream med if people could see the good side coming out of mainstream media, they definitely would say they need this inquiry. host: sarah from georgia. "the washington post" highlights the fact about an about-face of the decision made yesterday. mr. mccarthy cited former house

speaker nancy pelosi establishing precedent after she launched a impeachment inquiry without holding a vote in 2019 on president trump the day after pelosi wanted that impeachment inquiry, mr. mccarthy, minority leader at the time drafted a resolution condemning pelosi for her actions and we'll take you to 2019 after that decision was made by then speaker nancy pelosi launching that inquiry against president trump and here's what mr. mccarthy had to say at the time. mr. mccarthy: ms. pelosi happens to be the speaker of the house but does not speak for america and can't decide unilaterally what happens here. they have been investigating this president before he even got elected. they have voted three times on impeachment on this floor. twice they voted before one word, the muller report came back. our job here