Later tonight, the House of Representatives is set to vote
on the Republican’s healthcare plane known as Trumpcare, which the nonpartisan
Congressional Budget Office said would cause 24 million Americans to lose their
health insurance within 10 years. The
bill has cause outrage across the country and has even split the ranks of the
GOP. Joining me today to talk all about
what a disaster the GOP’s Trumpcare bill is and the damage it would have on our
country is Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) who
represents California’s 13th Congressional District and serves on both the
Budget Committee and the Appropriations Committee, which oversees all federal
government spending.
There sure is a lot happening up on Capitol Hill, from the
expected vote on the Republican’s Trumpcare bill to the continuing fallout from
the Presidents claim that former President “Obama had my "wires
tapped" in Trump Tower just before the victory”. Joining me today to talk all about these
issues and so much more is Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) who represents Wisconsin’s 2nd Congressional District and
serves on the House Appropriations Committee.
All week, Judge Neil Gorsuch has been going through with his
confirmation hearing for the seat he was nominated to fill by President Trump,
and according to Dahlia Lithwick,
Legal Correspondent for Slate Gorsuch is in a tough spot because he is squeezed
between the ugliness of Republican obstruction of Merrick Garland and the
fragile tyranny of the man who named him.
Dahlia joins me on the show today to talk all about Judge Gorsuch and
his confirmation hearings.
In recent years the term gentrification gets thrown around
to describe the changes in urban neighborhoods across the country, but we don't
realize just how threatening the process is to very future of American cities
as vibrant, equitable spaces. In his new
book How To Kill A City: Gentrification, Inequality, and The Fight for The Neighborhood Peter Moskowitz explores the causes and
effects of Gentrification from the kitchen tables of hurting families who can
no longer afford their homes to the corporate boardrooms and political
backrooms where destructive housing policies are devised. Peter joins me on the
show today to talk all about the book and why the deceptively simple question
of who can and cannot afford to pay the rent goes to the heart of America's
crises of race and inequality.
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