Yellen Calls Biden Effective, RNC Abortion Stance, Ukraine’s NATO Status | July 9

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the president’s cabinet has not discussed using the 25th amendment to remove Joe Biden from office. The Republican National Convention has adopted former President Donald Trump’s GOP platform, including language on abortion. The House is set to vote this week on legislation to compel voters to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote. Biden administration officials say this week's NATO summit will be a "bridge" to eventual NATO membership for Ukraine. Relevant Links: https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/07/08/draft-2024-rnc-platform-dumbs-down-gop-abortion-stance-protections-unborn-babies/ https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/07/08/heritage-action-scores-save-act-as-key-vote/ Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues con Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Treasury Secretary Yellen claims Biden is mentally fit to remain in office.
0:07.0	I'm Elizabeth Mitchell and this is the Daily Signal top news for Tuesday, July.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the
0:29.4	President's Cabinet has not discussed using the 25th Amendment to remove Joe Biden from office.
0:36.5	Representative Mike Lawler, a Republican from New York, asked Yellen during a House Financial
0:42.1	Services Committee hearing if she had noticed mental
0:45.3	or cognitive decline in any of her meetings with Biden.
0:49.6	She said President Biden has been extremely effective in meetings.
0:54.4	Here's a clip of her testimony from Fox News.
0:57.4	The president is extremely effective in the meetings that I've been in with him.
1:05.1	That includes many international meetings
1:07.9	that are multi-hour, like his meetings
1:11.3	with President She, I've met with him, with other leaders.
1:18.0	Yellen declined to answer Lawler's question about the last time she met with the president, saying that information is private.
1:26.0	Yellen said no when Lawler asked if the cabinet had discussed invoking the 25th Amendment.
1:33.0	The 25th Amendment says the Vice President would replace a President if he or she died in office or resigned.
1:40.0	Or if members of the President's cabinet declared the president unable to fulfill the duties of office.
1:46.0	If the cabinet were to decide to evoke the amendment, it would be the first time in U.S. history.
1:52.0	At least 10 Democrats have said either first time in US history.
1:52.7	At least 10 Democrats have said either publicly or privately
1:56.2	that Biden should drop out of the race.
1:58.9	NPR Inspector News reported that they include
2:02.2	representatives Joe Morel, Adam Smith, Mark Ticano, and
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