Dec. 7, 2017
Good morning from Washington, where the House just passed a key gun bill. Ian Snively has details on what the legislation could mean for concealed carry permit holders. Tired of hearing soundbites from the left about how tax reform will lead to the end of the world as we know it? Tony Perkins has some facts liberals are overlooking, and Kelsey Harkness profiles a female small business owner who thinks tax reform will help her. Plus: Jim Phillips on Trump's decision to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel, and Jarrett Stepman and Fred Lucas talk impeachment in their latest "Right Side of History" episode. Seventy-six years ago today, Pearl Harbor was bombed.
"Each day, we learn more information that reflects the double standard that, unfortunately, seems to be pervasive at the FBI and at the Department of Justice," says Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.
Fifteen years ago, Mary Beth Hartman started a heavy highway construction business, Hunter-Chase & Associates.
In recent years, the refusal of many nations to acknowledge Jerusalem as Israel's capital has become an integral part of the international campaign to de-legitimize Israel.
“[This bill] is the worst bill in the history of the United States Congress,” claimed House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. She clarified later: “No, it is the end of the world … This is Armageddon.”
Thomas Hart Benton, a prominent 19th-century senator from Missouri, became an early champion of releasing public land to private ownership as quickly and expediently as possible.
"The truth is that concealed carry laws save lives,” says House Speaker Paul Ryan.
Fred Lucas and Jarrett Stepman talk about previous uses of impeachment in American history, its origin at the Constitutional Convention, and what the standard is for removing a president from office.
In 2014, Colorado Civil Rights Commissioner Diann Rice compared Jack Phillips’ actions to slavery and the Holocaust. Little did Rice know, Phillips’ father fought in World War II.
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