host: james wallner, any thoughts?uest: both of these comments highlight the importance of a place where the representatives of the american people adjudicate their concerns. congress should be ready to investigate any president, regardless of political party, whether they think that president is doing a good or bad job. that is the job of congress and i would expect the democrats wanting to investigate donald trump. they may want to for narrow partisan reasons or large reasons. james madison told us ambition must counteract ambition. it matters less why they are doing it than the fact that they are doing it, and i would fully expect republicans to want to do it if the situation were reversed. madison, physical disruptions of congress go back to 1812 and the burning of washington by the british. congress has plenty of experience and most recently, 9/11. guest: before that. if you look at the situation in philadelphia in devon t 93, there was a -- 1793, there was a yellow fever outbreak. the city of philadelphia had app

but on capitol hill, it's still business as usual the bill is passed james wallner with the r streetinstitute says technically congress can't pass legislation remotely the constitution requires that both bodies maintain decorum to do business if there's not a corn they technically have to adjourn that means members must be present in the chamber to cast a vote. unless they vote to change the rules the constitution gives the house and senate the authority to set the rules of proceeding, so technically they can do whatever they want to do i think it's time for us to turn it is ohio republican senator rob portman introduced a resolution on thursday to amend the standing rules of the senate to allow senators to vote remotely during a national crisis we have the ability to do it in a secure way. encrypted way in a way that would protect the infant on right to vote. >>portman says the cdc guidelines to stay home and practice, social distancing should apply to everyone including congress. >>but senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says there are other options we could lengthen the amount

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outbreak, senior wallner fellow james will be with us to discuss perations during the coronavirus pandemic. at h "washington journal" 7:00 eastern on thursday morning. watch the discussion. andrew coma rnors de santis describe how their states are responding to outbreak.avirus later, senators discuss the next economic r passing an aid bill to provide free testing and sick leave. n response to the coronavirus, new york governor andrew cuomo a mandatory was is statewide requirement that no business could have more than of their workforce report outside of their home. the so spoke about deployment of a navy medical ship that will anchor in new with the r to assist state's hospital capacity. gov. cuomo: good morning. i want to give you an overview of where we are today. we are going to do this in a little bit of hyperspeed, because the president is going to do a press conference soon, and i would like to give you a state overview before it. context is important. remember for everyone what we are trying to do on the overall management. the bottom line here is very simple. the number of coronavi

outbreak, senior wallner fellow james will be with us to discuss perations during the coronavirus pandemic. at h "washington journal" 7:00 eastern on thursday morning. watch the discussion. andrew coma rnors de santis describe how their states are responding to outbreak.avirus later, senators discuss the next economic r passing an aid bill to provide free testing and sick leave. n response to the coronavirus, new york governor andrew cuomo a mandatory was is statewide requirement that no business could have more than 50%