Washington Today (1-16-24): Congress returns with four days to prevent a partial gov't shutdown

The Senate returns to session after the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday to work on another short-term government funding extension to prevent a partial government shutdown at the end of the week. The House is back, as well, taking up relatively non-controversial bills, but no roll call votes today due to snowstorms across the country making travel difficult. The federal government was closed today because of the snow in the DC area. House and Senate tax-writing committee chairs unveil an $80 billion, bipartisan bill that will expand the child tax credit and restore business tax breaks. We will talk with Toby Burns, economics reporter with The Hill about what is in the bill and its chance of becoming law. (10) In the race for the Republican presidential nomination Asa Hutchinson drops out after a sixth place finish in the Iowa caucuses Monday. Donald Trump, who finished first, goes to New York City to attend his defamation trial from E. Jean Carroll, Ron DeSantis, who was second in Iowa, heads to South Carolina, and Nikki Haley, who was third, goes to New Hampshire. The White House says President Joe Biden will meet with the Democratic and Republican leader of the House and Senate at the White House on Wednesday to discuss his national security spending proposal, which includes aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, as Senate negotiators continue talking about U.S. border security, which Republicans wants to include in the package. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) forces a vote on the Senate floor that could suspend all aid to Israel. He is protesting Israel's war in Gaza. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan talks about U.S. efforts to stop or slow down attacks from Houthi militants in Yemen on ships in the Red Sea. U.S. Supreme Court hears a case over whether a rancher in Texas, who says a state road project has caused his land to be susceptible to severe flooding, can sue the state under the U.S. Constitution's Fifth Amendment requirement that property takings received just compensation. Download the FREE C-SPAN Now App. https://www.c-span.org/c-spanNow/ Discover the C-SPAN Video Library at https://www.c-span.org/quickguide/ Explore C-SPAN's Free Educational Resources at https://www.c-span.org/classroom/ C-SPAN: Created by Cable in 1979. Offered as a public service. Support C-SPAN by Donating Today: https://donorbox.org/support-c-span?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Video_Description&utm_campaign=Donations&utm_content=Donate Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/CSPAN Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CSPAN Twitter: https://twitter.com/cspan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cspan/ Subscribe: C-SPAN Podcasts: https://www.c-span.org/podcasts/ Newsletters: https://www.c-span.org/connect/ Visit the C-SPAN Shop: https://c-spanshop.org/ #cspan