mark pocan. i really appreciated it. will have to do some research on their veterans because they block benefits for veterans at every turn. you can go back to the pack act. jon stewart, thanks for his help with that. jon stewart did another interview about the discretionary spending that republicans are proposing in their bill. if you are a veteran, you may want to look at what party you are on. host: axios reporting that was democrats on tuesday offering a cut solution that expelled george santos on congress. the move triggers a vote within the next few days that put republicans into the difficult position of whether to protect a politically toxic college or break with gop leadership. darcy of california introduced a resolution and did so with the sport of -- garcia of california introduced the resolution and so with the support of the rats. george santos was indicted by the justice department last week on account of wire fraud, and lying to congress and more. he pled not guilty to the charges. kevin mccarthy yesterday

joining me now is congressman mark pocan of wisconsin.essive caucus. congressman, your reaction to this news that biden and mccarthy will meet tomorrow. how hopeful are you that they will bridge this divide and come to some sort of agreement in time to stave off this economic catastrophe? >> well, thanks for having me on, charles. i know that it will continue talking, but the end of the day, the deal that should happen is, we do whatever american family does. we pay your bills. so that you don't lose your home and ruin your credit. and then you go about figuring out the budget like you are supposed to. i serve on the appropriations committee. that is the process we are supposed to be doing right now. the problem the republicans are having is that the bill that they passed that was their so-called negotiation had 22% cuts for all non-defense discretionary spending. that is a veterans benefits, that is education, health care, things like meals on wheels. and it is such a crazy budget that they can actually put it on paper, so they put a few

over raising the debt ceiling and the progressive agenda with wisconsin democratic congressman mark pocan. and cyber security and emerging threats policy director brandon pugh on the senate judiciary subcommittee on artificial intelligence. watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern wednesday morning on c-span or on c-span now, our free mobile app. join the discussion with your phone call, facebook comment, text messages and tweets. final e of the washington times. durham ends the trump probe. jeff murdoch has the byline. he has been covering this since the beginning and joins us on zoom. good morning. >> good morning. host: take us through the findings from this report yesterday. guest: the topline findings are that the fbi really -- russia. that they rushed ahead without following proper protocols and guidelines to verify whether or not information coming in was accurate and worthy of opening a probe. host: what did john durham recommend for the fbi to do here? guest: not a lot. it is interesting. for a report as scathing as this is, he did not recommend a lot of wholesale change.