mr. barton? and do you think he should re-sign? or face any reprimand? speaker ryan: i have spoken with him and will continue speaking with him. reporter: in the conference committee, how are the differences going to be worked out and any chance there will be a conference committee? and my question is, despite all of the things in your tax bill and what is emerging in the senate tax bill, the economy and the taxpayers. the polling on your bill, which you just finished, is not good. why do you think that is and how do you turn that around? speaker ryan: you know what turns that around, economic growth, jobs, bigger paychecks. a more confident economy. companies bringing jobs into america from overseas. sure you can see -- what people don't see a law passing and results and pundits arguing each -- arguing against each other, are going to be confused and misled in certain directions, but results just matter. we are in the results matter. i was shaking my head up and down. we are going to go to conference. this is an important piece of legislation. this is g

mr. barton. was he not phenomenal? [applause] mrs. pelosi: sister simone and the nuns on the bus taking their message across the country. and laura, thank you for being a persistent mom. it so clearr making what the consequences are of all of this. we will all have our chance to talk. we had two votes during this, members coming and going because of the votes. hear thead you could testimony. with all of that, we just say to our colleagues, those of you on the republican side, please, we pray that you do the right thing. thank you all very much. [applause] mr. barkin: thank you so much, everybody. >> c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news about issues that impact you. coming up on wednesday morning, your reaction to today's vote on the gop tax reform bill. join the conversation all morning with your phone calls, emails, facebook comments and tweets. watch c-span's "washington journal," 7:00 eastern on wednesday morning. join the discussion. sunday night on "afterword," astronaut scott kelly reminisces about space. inte

mr. barton: mr. speaker, i'm one of the few members that was here back in 1986 when we had the last major tax cut before this body. the president was ronald reagan. the speaker of the house was tip o'neill. they worked together on a bipartisan basis to cut taxes across the board. the result was the economic growth of the late 1980's and the early 1990's, up until the early 2000's when we had 9/11. it's one of the best votes i have ever taken as a member of this body. well, now we're here on another major tax bill. the problem this time around is that there's no bipartisanship. why is that, mr. speaker? it's not because the republicans don't want to be bipartisan. it's because the democratic leadership this time around has just said no. this tax -- this tax bill is a good bill. the distinguished gentleman from vermont that just spoke is correct in that it's not revenue neutral. but mr. speaker, revenues are at an all-time high. we're going to raise more money this year than we ever raised before at th

mr. barton. >> thank you. i want to give ranking member torcha a-plus for the line of the day so far, his sooner comment. >> that was very good. >> excellent. at the very beginning of the obama administration, there had been a supreme court case, madd versus epa, that said the clean air act amends didn't specifically say that the co2 was or was not a pollutant there are might be found be a pollutant. as soon as president obama came into offers he asked the epa for a findings document. this findings document was rushed through very quickly within about, i want to say, 60 days, and sprinkles sprinkles said that -- surprise, surprise this, found that co2 was a lieutenant tenant. a career an nist at the pennsylvania took kings and wrote a scathing report that ripped it apart. that analyst was discouraged from bringing his report forward and ultimately forced to retire. are you aware of that finding document and if so, do you have any plans to revisit it? >> will, i am aware of the mass very epa. there whereas work

mr. michael r. barton, david a. wong, dana denise faulkner, mr. j.b. rumbug, and mr. james semiera. on behalf of supervisor yee and in addition to supervisor tang and mr. della cruz, and for donna lindh murphy and motion made on behalf of the entire board of supervisors for the 43rd mayor of san francisco, honorable mayor edwin lee. >> councillor breed: thank you, colleagues this brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, any further business before us today? >> clerk: that concludes our business. >> councillor breed: colleagues, we're adjourned. happy holidays. and we'll see you next year. - working for the city and county of san francisco will immerse you in a vibrant and dynamic city that's on the forefront of economic growth, the arts, and social change. our city has always been on the edge of progress and innovation. after all, we're at the meeting of land and sea. - our city is famous for its iconic scenery, historic designs, and world-class style. it's the birthplace of blue jeans, and where "the rock" holds court over the largest natural harbor on the west coast. - our

mr. michael r. barton, david a. wong, dana denise faulkner, mr. j.b. rumbug, and mr. james semiera. on behalf of supervisor yee and in addition to supervisor tang and mr. della cruz, and for donna lindh murphy and motion made on behalf of the entire board of supervisors for the 43rd mayor of san francisco, honorable mayor edwin lee. >> councillor breed: thank you, colleagues this brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, any further business before us today? >> clerk: that concludes our business. >> councillor breed: colleagues, we're adjourned. happy holidays. and we'll see you next year. >> thank you, good afternoon, everyone, this meeting will come to order, welcome to the december 11th, 2017 special meeting of the rules committee. my name is supervisor chair of the committee and to my left is rule committee members norman ye e our clerk today is john carole. and i'd like to thank jesse larson and nona mallconian for staff north meeting. do you have any announcements. >> silence cellphones and electronic devices and copys of documented should be submitted to the clerk and

mr. michael r. barton, david a. wong, dana denise faulkner, mr. j.b. rumbug, and mr. james semiera. on behalf of supervisor yee and in addition to supervisor tang and mr. della cruz, and for donna lindh murphy and motion made on behalf of the entire board of supervisors for the 43rd mayor of san francisco, honorable mayor edwin lee. >> councillor breed: thank you, colleagues this brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, any further business before us today? >> clerk: that concludes our business. >> councillor breed: colleagues, we're adjourned. happy holidays. and we'll see you next year. >> good morning, everybody. thank you all for being here on this mournful day. as i'm sure you all know, our may mayor, mayor edwin m. lee passed awau early this morning at zuckerberg san francisco general. he was 65 years old. i want to thank dr. susan orlick who is here with us today and the dedicated professional who is cared for the mayor last night. our thoughts and prayers are with mayor lee's wife anita and his daughters tanya and brianna at this time. when he passed, mayor lee was s

mr. michael r. barton, david a. wong, dana denise faulkner, mr. j.b. rumbug, and mr. james semiera. on behalf of supervisor yee and in addition to supervisor tang and mr. della cruz, and for donna lindh murphy and motion made on behalf of the entire board of supervisors for the 43rd mayor of san francisco, honorable mayor edwin lee. >> councillor breed: thank you, colleagues this brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, any further business before us today? >> clerk: that concludes our business. >> councillor breed: colleagues, we're adjourned. happy holidays. and we'll see you next year. >> 7 and a half million renovation is part of the clean and safe neighbor's park fund which was on the ballot four years ago and look at how that public investment has transformed our neighborhood. >> the playground is unique in that it serves a number of age groups, unlike many of the other properties, it serves small children with the children's play grounds and clubhouses that has basketball courts, it has an outdoor soccer field and so there were a lot of people that came to the table t

mr. michael r. barton, david a. wong, dana denise faulkner, mr. j.b. rumbug, and mr. james semiera. on behalf of supervisor yee and in addition to supervisor tang and mr. della cruz, and for donna lindh murphy and motion made on behalf of the entire board of supervisors for the 43rd mayor of san francisco, honorable mayor edwin lee. >> councillor breed: thank you, colleagues this brings us to the end of our agenda. madam clerk, any further business before us today? >> clerk: that concludes our business. >> councillor breed: colleagues, we're adjourned. happy holidays. and we'll see you next year. welcome back the san francisco board of supervisors and thank you to everyone for their patience as we get -- got clarity on exactly what we need to do as it relates to making certain amendments. i would like to acknowledge that we are -- have been rejoined by supervisor cohen. with that, supervisor tang, you have proposed amendments? >> supervisor tang: yes, thank you. and i do want to call up the project sponsors, because i'm open to amending the hour conditions that i have originally pro

a short time ago i spoke with our political correspondent tom barton who explained mr rees—mogg's objectionsthat back in september, in her florence speech, theresa may talked about britain negotiating a transition period of two years. in this document is the european union's view of what that transition period looks like and in essence what it is is that britain remains subject to eu law even if that changes to what are known as the four pillars of the eu, which includes free movement. the prime minister has consistently said that she is in favour of an implementation, which means that we are leaving march 2019 and the consequences of leaving are implemented. but we cannot be a colony of the eu for two years from 2019—21, accepting new laws that are made without any say—so of the british people, parliament or government. that is not leaving the european union, that is being a vassal state of the european union and i would be very surprised if that were government policy. it seems that across—the—board that you has been taking that some sort of transition period, which gives continuity to bus

a short time ago, i spoke with our political correspondent, tom barton, who explained mr rees—mogg'spean council after that summit that theresa may attended earlier in the week. now, i'm sure you will remember back in september at a speech in florence, theresa may committed the government to trying to get a transition deal for about two years and essentially, what this does is lay out what the eu thinks that transition period involves. in essence, what they are saying is that the uk will have to continue to accept eu laws, but also to accept any changes or new laws which were introduced during that period. on top of that, they'll have to carry on with things like free movement and carry on accepting thejudgments of the european courts ofjustice. but it's that detail around having to accept changes to laws which is really getting jacob rees—mogg worried. the prime minister's consistently said that she is in favour of an implementation which means we leave in march 2019 and that the consequences of leaving are implemented. but we cannot be a colony of the european union for two years f

mr. conyers plans to do. >> meanwhile republican congressman joe barton has announced he won't seek reelection after a nuan allegation. and they've begun investigations if to allegations over senator al franken. the hush fund elimination act seeks to ends the use of taxpayer dollars for harassment cases. thank you so much for taking the time to be here. it's nice to see you off the softball field and in the stud ye. so first of all this -- the bill that you have sponsored, walk us through it a little bit. i think there were lot of people surprised to learn if you were an aid who worked in a congressional office and felt harassed and you complained and there was a settlement that the taxpayers would pay for that. >> frankly, members of congress were surprised. not all of that for sexual harassment cases but we don't know exactly how much has been paid out for sexual harassment cases because it's all bun din in secret. what this gets at is congressional accountability and slush fund elimination act. it's a perfect name are it. we're saying not one cent should the taxpayers be responsible to paying out for se

the comments come as mr green repeated his insistence that he didn't view pornographic material. with me now is our political correspondent tom barton real issue? in the way there is a dispute about what the real issue is. the police officers who have made these allegations, there is a dispute between them and damian green about whether or not there was pornography on that computer which was seized from his parliamentary office in a police raid in 2008. damian green has consistently denied it. those two police officers say it was there. neal lewis, a former met detective, claimed he had no doubt whatsoever it was damian green's computer that had that information on it. meanwhile, conservative mps have been rallying around damian green. their argument is that the material which these officers were talking about which was acquired as pa rt talking about which was acquired as part of a police operation was not about that please operation. tim lawton and damian collins making that point. also this morning a former officer in the greater metropolitan police made a similar allegation saying even retired officers should not be releasing ma

mr. conyers plans to do. >>> meanwhile, joe barton has announced he won't seek reelection involving a scandalcommittee announced it's officially begun an allegation against senator al franken. my next guest is on co-sponsor of the congressional accountability and hush fund eliminationability and seeks to end the use of taxpayer dollars to harassment cases. let's bring in cheri bustos. good to see you off the softball field and in the studio. first of all, the bill you sponsored, walk us through it alternates bit. i think there were a lot of people surprised to learn if you were an aide who worked in a congressional office and felt harassed and the complained and there was a settlement, the taxpayers would cover the bill for that. >> frankly members of congress were surprised about it. we don't exactly how much has been paid out, because it's all been done in secret. so what this gets at is exactly what the name says. congressional accountability, and slush fund eliminations act. it's a perfect name for it. we're saying not one cent should the taxpayers be responsible for for paying out to sex

mr green has repeated his insistence that he didn't view the material. our political correspondent, tom bartonsroom. good morning. there are reports on the front pages that the cabinet is split over this. what exactly has dominic grieve taken issue with? this all dates back to those further allegations that were made yesterday bya allegations that were made yesterday by a second met police officer around allegations that pornography was found on damian green's parliamentary computer, after a raid in 2008. mp5 parliamentary computer, after a raid in 2008. mps have been rallying around him. david davis has warned downing street not to sack him over these claims, while the former attorney general dominic grieve has been questioning the conduct of those officers involved. they choose to put material that an ordinary citizen would be prohibited from acquiring under data protection rules into the public domain on their ownjudgement. rules into the public domain on their own judgement. there is rules into the public domain on their ownjudgement. there is a way of dealing with that. if you think somet

barton talking to me earlier. us republicans are celebrating after the senate passed a sweeping tax reform bill which is seen as the first big legislative achievement of donald trump's presidency. in a tweet, mrcribed the move as the biggest tax cut in history. but a senior democrat senator, chuck schumer, said the changes would "stuff even more money into the pockets of the wealthy while raising taxes on the middle class." my my republican friends will ultimately pay consequences for this bill in 2018 and beyond. republican party will never again be the party of tax cuts for middle class people. with the passage of this tax bill today will be the first day of the new republican party, one that raises taxes on the middle class, abandoning its principles for its political paymasters. chuck schumer who is the leader of the minority group in the us senate, the democrats. senate, the democrats. meanwhile, president trump has once again insisted there was "absolutely no collusion" between his campaign and russia. his comments came as us media reported that his son—in—law, jared kushner, has been implicated in the investigation. 0ur washington correspondent, laura bicker reports. michael flynn, a r