way for decades and we cannot have it anymore. it is probably the greatest economy we have ever had. it is happening even more so. we have to stop it. thank you, everybody. have a good day. inc. you. you can watch continuing coverage here on the c-span etworks.

ellen nilsson joins us to talk about the agenda. stuff that deals with partisan gerrymandering and trying to end that. there's some pretty significant campaign finance reform. so there is a lot in this bill. it's over 500 pages long. there's a lot. >> and what's your take on why they wanted to start with this hr-1 even amed it, though it's not one of the first things they've been working on. >> i've been covering this bill for a while.

on the campaign trail i think that a lot o these freshmen candidates especially the democrats that flipped more conservative districts, we're seeing that campaigning on anti-corruption is a hugely popular issue. we in the midterms in 2018. rather than messaging on this, house democrats wanted to get serious. representative john vervain has been working on the issues for a while. he is at the head of a democracy reform task force and does not accept corporate pack money. this is an issue that is dear o him. he has been consulting with a number of his democratic colleagues for a while. he massive package is an

amalgamation of a bunch of bills that people have been working on. democrats wanted to show they are really serious about training to do bold anticorruption and pro-democracy reform. this is something they want to get done in the house. >> what are republicans saying about the legislation? are they making arguments gainst it? it is a tough one to argue against. ella nilsen: politically, it is tough to argue against. right now, it is thought this has a better chance in the democratic-controlled house. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell has already said of hr one, it will not go anywhere. it is unlikely to even be brought to the floor even though there is a senate companion bill being drafted right now. democrats are looking at mcconnell's message saying, if that is your message that you are against anticorruption and pro-democracy reform, that is reat for us. it is also worth pointing out,

besides the hr one package, others are talking about breaking out individual pieces of it into smaller bills decade could get more bipartisan support. stephanie: besides trying to end the shutdown, they are also working on a separate resolution to deal with a lawsuit over the health care law. what is going on? ella nilsen: house democrats both in their package and this afternoon, they filed a motion to intervene in texas versus the u.s.. this is the conservative state lawsuit against the aca that would strip key parts of the aca like the individual mandate. house democrats are taking a position saying the u.s. justice department would be the one to step in and fight conservative cds but the trump administration has sided with the conservative 80's and house democrats are saying if trump's

department of justice will not do anything, we are going to intervene. stephanie: mention a couple of the top priorities for these new house democrats. where are they going to head in the coming years? ella nilsen: there is a lot they have on their plates. in the coming weeks, hr one -- nancy pelosi also announced the creation of a committee to tackle climate change. expect committee hearings on climate change and the environment. we will see if there is tangible legislation that comes out of that. one of the things that was mentioned today, there's going to be a universal background check introduced next week for something that deals with gun control. a wide range of things democrats are looking at

tackling early. stephanie: we will also follow you. we can find you on twitter at ella_nilsen. thank you for your time. >> over 100 new members joined the house and senate for the 116th congress. five from states with only one or two congressional districts. north dakota voters elected kelly armstrong. he chaired the north dakota republican party before his run for office and held a seat in the state senate. he is an attorney and executive and gas exploration business. betsy johnson joins from south dakota. he served as chief of staff to the outgoing governor. mr. johnson joined the south dakota-based telecommunications firm and its point solutions.

i republican was elected to idaho's first district after serving a decade in the senate. he works in the commercial real estate and had a career as a marketing executive at an electronics company. jared golden is the first member elected to congress by frank choice or instant runoff oting in which voters rank their candidates by preference taking into account if no candidate wins a majority. mr. golden has held a seat in the state house for four years. he served tours in iraq and afghanistan as a marine before working for maine's republican senator on a committee staff in washington, d.c. former congressman ed returns to congress representing hawaii's first district. he previously represented the second district from 2002-2007. he was a member of the state legislator and served as the house majority leader.

he is an attorney and cousin of aol cofounder. new congress, new leaders. atch it all on c-span. month night on the communicators, we'll discuss the race between u.s. and china to develop artificial intelligence. >> i think the u.s. companies, e best of them tepid to be phd driven. aiming for a.i. to be a break through and looking for applications. the best of the chinese companies are those looking for ways to make money. and build a great product. reach the greatest number of people. save a lot of costs or increase the margin or by increasing the clear first quarter si in productivity with a.i. and

robotics versus having humans do routine tasks. i think the china approach is practical. it is focused on immediate usage and modernizeation. i think those approaches are more business driven. announcer: watch the communicators monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. joininf adesnik,o is david head of research at the foundation for defense of democracies. with us this morning to talk about the trump administration's foreign policy. withll start overseas national security advisor john bolton telling israel that the president feels that the withdrawal of u.s. troops from israel ticket condition of defeating -- israe'