this is a good bill. if we don't this, we are not fulfill one key aspect of our duties to our constituents. also the legislative process itself i think is incredibly important. these are times when we have a deeply divided nation and congress. that is precisely the moment when legislative authority is so important. it is how we come together and solve problems. i will tell you senator inhofe and i disagree on a lot. we also do not have a lot in common. but we have come together -- i yield myself an additional minute. we have come together on this bill because we recognize the importance of that process. you have to learn how to work with people you disagree with in order for civil society to function. that's what we have done. now, sadly, this is the only conference report that we will vote on this session. i think it might be the only one we voted on in the last two years. i could be wrong about that. but if not, it's one of the precious few. though shows you how far we drifting away from exercising our

this is a good bill. if we don't this, we are not fulfill one key aspect of our duties to our constituents. also the legislative process itself i think is incredibly important. these are times when we have a deeply divided nation and congress. that is precisely the moment when legislative authority is so important. it is how we come together and solve problems. i will tell you senator inhofe and i disagree on a lot. we also do not have a lot in common. but we have come together -- i yield myself an additional minute. we have come together on this bill because we recognize the importance of that process. you have to learn how to work with people you disagree with in order for civil society to function. that's what we have done. now, sadly, this is the only conference report that we will vote on this session. i think it might be the only one we voted on in the last two years. i could be wrong about that. but if not, it's one of the precious few. though shows you how far we drifting away from exercising our

his bill had next to nothing in it, and he is saying that this bill is close to his bill. thank god it is not. thank god it is not. pelosi: what he did say, which is amusing, is it falls in the ballpark of what senate republicans have been proposing since the summer, i guess it was , falls in the ballpark. what ballpark is that? let me just say to the extent we can work in a bipartisan way, we are happy to do so. and as the leader said, this is a big bill, second only to the cares at, changing it from a corporate, trickle down bill to a people bubble up bill, because they still got their $150 billion for the wealthiest people in the america, but as we go forward on all of this, to avoid what they tried to do with rightsbility, the civil act, americans with disabilities act, fair labor practices act, osha, you name it. they were trying to prevent people from having any safety in the courts in many categories that had nothing to do with the coronavirus. oh, and i asked one of the republican senators, why do you have the americans with disabilities act on your agenda to preve

hi, bill. >> bill: hi, dana. a cool guy. >> dana: pretty cool. >> bill: nice to see you, dana. see you at 5:00. big news, big hour. i'm bill hemmer. could be a second vaccine available. food and drug administration documents show that moderna's vaccine is safe and 94% effective. this has covid deaths top 300,000 yesterday. we begin the hour with dr. stephen hahn. he's been working 24/7 back to last year. so many doubted whether or not we would have an effective vaccine in this calendar year. soon we'll have two in the year 2020. dr. hahn, welcome and thank you for joining me today. exclusively on our broadcast. operation warp speed is a beast. you'd agree on that. >> i would agree with that. this is an impressive effort. really just amazing biomedical research, government, private industries, partnership. all hands on deck approach to get to this point. >> bill: okay. moderna is next. when will they get the green light, doctor? >> so we issued today our preliminary assessment of the data. scientists went line by line. we have a vaccine committee meeting thursday where we will h

on sunday evening the president signed the bipartisan bill with the covid-19 relief bill, there were complaints about the size of the bill while the entire tfederal budget was included in that bill as well as the covid-19 relief undertaking and many other bills such as the resources open act, a lot are major pieces administration combined in one bill that went way beyond 5000 pages. >> importantly the present delete and sign the bill and created needless uncertainty in america practically on the unemployed and others suffering from the public health and economic crisis. this agreement provide much-needed support for many of them and they have some delay in receiving their checks because the president. indecision. enhance unemployment benefits and the extension of the unappointed program of the cares act from march 14 will bring real relief to millions of families 325 billion, possibly the largest single item in the covid relief bill went to provide our nation's ailing alsmall businesses another chane of survival, the paycheck protection program in the initial cares act and it was ren

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six feet. >> bill: merry christmas, bill. >> thanks. >> bill: talk soon.stocks today. see if we get the covid relief. i mentioned earlier, rob portman said at daybreak yesterday they should have a deal saturday. we'll see if that's the case. here's neil. see you tomorrow. >> bill: all right. thank you, bill. in philadelphia, they're digging out and washington, digging in. at issue the covid-19 relief that you alluded to. we're getting close. what we don't know, the final details and increasing optimism that we will in fact have something for both parties to celebrate. i don't mean to be a tease, but that was good enough for a hat trick at the corner of wall and broad. the dow, the s&p 500, the nasdaq, all inching into the record books yet again today on optimism not only about another vaccine on the way, but again, as i said, the covid-19 relief on the way may be as well. welcome.

there is no other game in town besides the house bill. the only way, the only way to get to the american people the 2000-dollar checks they deserve and need is to pass the house bill and pass it now. the house has recessed for the year. any modification or addition to the house bill cannot become law before the end of this congress. it's a way to kill the bill, make no mistake about it. either the senate takes up and passesse the house bill or struggling american families will not get 2000-dollar checks during the worst economic crisis in 75 years. over the past few days the idea of increasing direct payments to the american people has united folks from all points of the political spectrum and isolate the senator from vermont for the good job he has done in bringing this forward it the american people's attention.on overwhelming bipartisan majority in the house supports the 2000-dollar checks and democrats strongly support these 2000-dollarur checks and are allied president trump this morning tweeted, $2000 asap. for once democrats agree

what does the final language in the bill say? >> we don't know for sure, we have not seen the final language out. they just finished the conference yesterday and they always like to delay it and make our lives miserable. it looks like, based on reporting we've seen, it's most likely a situation where the army is given a three-year period to study the issue, come up with alternate names, and then the army would have the final say, because these are large army bases, the final say in what the names may actually look like. that's different from some language that democrats in the house have pushed, not to rename at all. the other issue is in theory, joe biden could make an executive order to rename it anyway. we are they pushing the confederate-based names, we know trump is against it, why not just kick it to the biden administration. i think this is a sense of wanting to put his foot down in both chambers, both parties' ways to say it is time to change the names. we're going to do it by alternate ways. >> and the deputy senior corr

happy monday, bill. >> bill: important story there. good to have you back. see you at 5:00. >> thank you. >> bill: so here we go. brand new week, brand new hours. i'm bill hemmer. at this hour, restaurants are taking their fight and their message to the u.s. capitol. this is a live look. protesters laying down dinner plates to represent the two million restaurant workers out of a job. they're also pushing for relief as new lock down orders take aim at the industry. small business owners say something has to give. >> i'm losing everything. it's being taken away from me. they set up a movie company next to my outdoor patio, which is over here. and people wonder why i'm protesting and why i have had enough. >> bill: so that's angela, a restaurant owner whose plea went viral over the weekend. i'll talk to her in a few minutes. meantime, william la jeunesse leads our hour. he's in los angeles as millions of californians start the week under new restrictions. what is happening, william? >> those restrictions took place at midnight last night. they will last throug

into the ndaa, the defense bill. . she's an example of why we need congress.ans in they bring that expertise into legislation. is smart and above all kind. corni more ss can certainly use like her. she will make our country a safer place. with that, mr. speaker. i yield my time. tempore: r pro pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postpone further roceedings today on motions to suspend the rules on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the house will resume postponed on questions at a later time. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? move that the i house suspend the rules and pass the bill s. 906. the speaker pro tempore: the title of report the the bill. the clerk: senate 906, an act to the management of driftnet fishing. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the mr. eman from california, huffman, and the gentleman from california, mr. mcclintock, each minutes.rol 20 the chair now recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. huffman. r. huffman: thank you, mr. speake

thanks, martha. >> thanks, bill. >> bill: from london, the u.k. is authorizing the use of pfizer's covid vaccine ahead of the u.s. why is that? the cdc updating the quarantine guidelines in some cases cutting the number in half. we'll talk live with the agency's director, dr. robert redfield in a moment. later, claims of covid hypocrisy in california. what we're learning about the san francisco's mayor's dinner and now her response to that. attention veterans with va loans. record low mortgage rates have just dropped to new all time lows. veterans can refinance their loans with no income verification, no appraisal, and no out of pocket costs. one call to newday usa can save you $3,000 every year. you could start saving, beginning with your next mortgage payment. refi now at these historic low rates. ♪ oh, oh, (announcer)®! ♪ once-weekly ozempic® is helping r#úqúe3a n1?[÷@(npqq?xhs>" many people with type 2 diabetes like emily lower their blood sugar. a majority of adults who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. here's your a1c.

this bill does more than that. this bill -- this bill -- it's not enough to legalize marijuana. they want taxpayers to pay for it. this bill sets up a grant program. this is the marijuana business infrastructure bill. sets up an office o in the department of justice. -- office in the department of justice. special office in the department of justice for the marijuana industry, grant dollars, taxpayer dollars. i didn't have anyone tell me you know what i hope the democrats -- first big bill, i hope it's to give my tax dollars to the marijuana industry. that's exactly what's happened here. this shouldn't surprise us. think about what the democrats did earlier this week. their first big hearing, their first hearing since the election in the judiciary committee was wednesday. the crime subcommittee. that was a hearing about letting criminals out of prison early because of the covid issue. letting criminals out early in an environment where violent crime is increasing. we know this summer aggravated assaults up 14%, homicides up 53%. democrat mayors and city councils around the count

bill hemmer, over to you. >> bill: powerful story. thanks, dana. catch you at 5:00. good afternoon, everyone. big hour right now. i'm bill hemmer. tracking two breaking stories. we could get the vote on the vaccine any time now. more on that this hour. four battleground states responding moments ago to a lawsuit trying to overturn the election results. could the supreme court issue an order today and what is the president saying? john roberts leads our hour from the north lawn there. good afternoon. >> bill, good afternoon to you. the four states that are named in this case that was brought by the texas attorney general were supposed to have their reresponses filed with the supreme court by this hour. it's possible that we don't know what that possibility is that we may hear from the supreme court by the end of the day. how it expects to proceed, whether they will take up the case or not. now, texas and 18 other states are petitioning the supreme court to throw out the results of the election in pennsylvania, georgia, michigan and wisconsin. the attorney attorney gen

his bill had next to nothing in it, and he is saying that this bill is close to his bill. thank god it is not. thank god it is not. pelosi: what he did say, which is amusing, is it falls in the ballpark of what senate republicans have been proposing since the summer, i guess it was , falls in the ballpark. what ballpark is that? let me just say to the extent we can work in a bipartisan way, we are happy to do so. and as thede

bills. said, we reached a bipartisan agreement. we sent the bill the president trump to sign, and only then, after we agreed on a figure that we thought was too low for direct payments for families and children, but that the republicans would not take a higher figure, only debt -- only then did the president indicate that $600 was not enough. mnuchinter of fact, mr. had indicated that the lower figure might have been appropriate. believe it or not, democrats agree with the president. at least to the extent that we need to sign this bill now. certainly not enough for individuals who have been struggling these past seven months, and it is not enough to provide the boost that our economy needs. president trump, as i sat on the floor, on behalf of the speaker, and myself, i asked for unanimous consensus to pass a bill that would have responded to the president's request. did not have the agreement of the minority leader , again i offered three people who could stop unanimous consent by anyone of

many other bills such as the waters resource bill act. they are major pieces of legislation combined in one bill way beyond 5000 pages. unfortunately, the president delayed in signing the bill created need this uncertainty americans particularly among the unemployed and others suffering in this economic crisis. disagreement provides much-needed support for many of them and they will have some delay in receiving their checks because of the president in decisions. enhanced unemployment benefits of $300 a week an extension of the unemployment program in the cares act through march 14 will bring real relief to millions of families. 325 billion, possibly the largest single item in the covid relief bill went to provide our nations ailing small businesses, another chance of survival, paycheck protection program working in the initial cares act renewed in this undertaking. an extension of federal eviction moratorium january 2021, coupled with $25 billion in emergency rental assistance, literally means people are not evicted right after christmas.

bill to not become law. with that, i yield back, or reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. johnson: mr. speaker, may i inquire as to how many speakers the minority -- has one more speaker? i'll reserve the balance. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia reserves. the gentleman from north dakota, mr. armstrong, is recognized. mr. armstrong: mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to my good friend, congressman barr. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes, mr. barr. mr. barr: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a letter from the judicial conference of the united states. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. barr: thank you, mr. speaker. and, mr. speaker, let me first just ac -- acknowledge the well-intentioned goals of this legislation and my colleagues from georgia, in a bipartisan way, working together. and i applaud their efforts to attempt to m

decided to veto the bill, one of his rarer vetoes. he prefers we continue to honor the confederate leaders who committed treasonous atrocities in order to preserve slavery. i don't think that is reflective of the united states of today or its values, but that's his position. and when he was called out for this racist inclination, he changed the reasoning for his veto. he claims the bill didn't do enough to fight china or that we should include a measure to address liability issues for tech companies. never mind that tech company liability matters have nothing to do with the national defense authorization act. he just doesn't like that there is criticism coming down for some of the misstatements and lies and disinformation he has been spreading on social media. the president also fails to recognize that this defense authorization bill, in fact, does get tough on china, creates a new pacific deterrence initiative that puts america back in the seat of leadership in that region where we need to be. the trump administration could have star

this is not like highway bills or farm bills or defense spending bills where we have an idea about what is needed for individual programs. there was no precedent for this pandemic. is no clear way to gauge how olong the crisis would go on what would be needed to sustain our response. after the cares act passed new made the most sense to hit the pause button and see what works well, what didn't and where more helppr was needed. as i said, they're certain programs like the paycheck u protection program that almost immediately dried up. if i am not mistaken in two weeks roughly three under $50 billion was obligated on the paycheck protection program. that is why we added more funding in april, another $320 billion. we extended the program in july and reinvested in the paycheck protection program again and the omnibus. as iey said there are other places for the money went unspent. but unfortunately the most recent bill we repurpose 100 millions of dollars in unspent funds targeted to her the need was greatest where it was needed the most. tens of millionsll of workers and their families die

there is an interim spending bill in play right now. 70 spending bill. the congress wanted to fund the government through next september on this bill, there's a big omnibus package that is attached to this bill. of the president does not sign this bill, or he does in fact veto it, but he does not find it by the 28th of december, then we have a government shutdown. tammy? >> tammy: well, chad, thank you for that background. it is always exciting, isn't it? now, we are continuing to learn more and more about the so-called stimulus package that passed congress last night, because as the president explained, it appears to have everything in it, except real, direct aid for struggling american families. the 5500 page, $2.3 trillion omnibus package includes things like establishing carico new branches of the system only smithsonian museum, greeting national standards for the horse racing industry, and makig illegal streaming a felony. and there is more like $10 million for "gender programs" in pakistan. hundreds of millions in other foreign aid, and even a stat

bill? >> bill: hillary, thank you.ton, delaware. >> look, this whole thing is a terrible situation. this should have never been allowed to happen. you know, it's an embarrassment to our country, all over the world they're talking about it. yeah, i would consider a special prosecutor. because you know, this is not a counsel that sounds so nice. i went through three years of a special counsel prosecutor. i call prosecutor. it's a much more accurate term. >> that from sunday morning futures with maria here on fox. bill barr has given john durham the powers of a special counsel. in fact, it happened act two weeks prior to the election. that order allows him to keep investigating the russian probe origins. bill barr is at the white house as we speak. we'll bring in karl rove. what do you make on the move on behalf of the a.g. about 35 minutes ago? >> we can guarantee the durham investigation will continue unless and until joe biden's administration decides that they want a kerfuffle by firing him. he's not a republican, not

bill? >> bill: two questions. are they doing this every day and is this the first sense of push-back that you've gotten from that crew? >> this is something that they've been doing once a week on fridays the last few fridays. this is certainly the most direct push back that we've seen in a chat function that has about -- it's a combination of biden staff and reporters, about 100 people on there. it's not like it's a private e-mail, this is airing grievances -- >> bill: very interesting. can you predict what the coverage could be like come january? how much access will you have? >> as long as covid is a concern, seems like this is what we'll be getting. there were questions food about what the west wing is going to look like, whether or not staffers are going to have to get the covid vaccine in order to work in the west wing and proximity to the senior officials. but they do not have any information as of yet as to what that might look like. >> bill: wait till they call on you. thanks, peter doocy watching the pres

so three things about this bill. one, more relief than any bill but the cares bill. good shot in the arm to the economy. two, lots of help for people in many different ways which we have outlined. many different ways, which we have outlined, which, by the way, none of which were in macconnell's bill. unemployment insurance mcconnell's, zero. snap, zero. rental assistance, zero. transportation, zero. sba grants, zero. covid research, nih, zero. broadband, zero. his bill had next to nothing in it, and he is saying that this bill is close to his bill. thank god it is not. thank god it is not. pelosi: what he did say, which is amusing, is it falls in the ballpark of what senate republicans have been proposing since the summer, i guess it was , falls in the ballpark. what ballpark is that? let me just say to the extent we can work in a bipartisan way, we are happy to do so. and as the leader said, this is a big bill, second only to the cares at, changing it from a corporate, trickle down bill to a people bubble up bill, because they still got their $150 billion for the we

this bill and it. wouldn't allow this deal has been on the table since july. up riends chose to hold it for whatever reason, be it political or in hope of getting they er deal, and prolonged the suffering of the american people. i regret that. today.re here we worked together. we got all the appropriations bills done. i'm proud of that. got a good relief package here. i'm proud of that. some taken care of important issues. i see my friend, the chairman means, that and with surprise medical billing. we'll build on that and see what e need to do in the next congress. for one side to point fingers at the other here just simply in my view not appropriate. that, madam chair, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma reserves the balance of his time. is gentlewoman from florida recognized. ms. shalala: madam speaker, i the two minutes to gentleman from massachusetts, the distinguished chair of the on ways and means, mr. neal. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman

this bill before us today this bill prohibits companies to be traded on national security exchange if they had three noninspection years. during these noninspection years, each company would be required to disclose the percentage of the shares owned by governmental entities and the entities that have a controlling financial interest and any official of the communist party is a member of the company's board and any ownership. as the title of this legislation suggests, the holding foreign companies accountable act and companies based in china from taking advantage of our deep and liquid markets. this situation is unfair and dangerous for investors. for that reason, the act should be read to apply to companies that the auditor that signs the report is loathed in a jurisdiction that does not permit inspection access. six months ago, the president released a member rapid dumb of protecting united states' investors. the memo directed the president's working group to provide recommendations to address the issues with china. three months ago, the president's working group released that report

bill, and this bill now, are approaching $1 trillion that we are putting out for p.p.p. if that is what is needed an spent effectively, that's a worthy expendage. almost $1 trillion. will over $750,000. this bill alone over $300 billion. so we have p.p.p. now, in order for the private sector to function, in order for us to live our lives, we need to have the public sector, public transportation, public schools, public health. the list goes on. . it's about people, people who are doing the jobs. again, risking their lives to they lose their life and maybe lose their job. have lost their lives. many more have, of course, lost their jobs. approaching $1ly p.p.p., small he business, which i support all way, and $150 billion or and localon for state government. sectornables the private to function. which enables us to crush the virus. enables us to meet the people. billion, $160 billion from well over $1 billion. want to give n't money to blue states where the coronavirus is. in red states, too. knows no o border, it party, this vicious virus. but somehow other republicans sa

that the bill be considered red a third time and the senate vote on passage of the bill without intervening action or debate. further, that if passed, the motion to reconsider the considered made and laid upon the table. >> is there objection to the request for modification? sen. mcconnell: i object. >> objection is heard. sen. sanders: i object. >> objection is heard. sen. durbin: it is an unusual sighting of a senator in the capital between christmas and new year's. this is one time we really try to reserve for our personal and family response abilities. our family, like others, look forward to the christmas season. it is one time of year we desperately try to find ways to come together. of course, covid-19 intervened and made that more

and this bill reflects that. process of a he lengthy effort involving members f both chambers, both parties that have come together and put together an incredibly strong piece of legislation. it passed so overwhelmingly just a couple weeks ago. and nothing has changed. has changed. the bill is exactly the same and every little bit as important. now, the president has the right o veto it, but i think we as members of the legislative body have to look at the reason that. was it because of something in the bill? ook, a piece of legislation comes through all the time and we occasionally miss something. the president finds out. my gosh. didn't know that. that's not what happened here. i really want members to understand the president vetoed something that isn't in the bill. and was never going to be in the bill. something totally unrelated to national security. and something that we were not to do in any event. there is lit lally -- literally to veto this bill for the reasons that the president did, and certainly no r

house,elosi, democrats, they passed bills, the voting rights act, bailout money, etc., 300-plus bills back in the spring. it is still sitting on mitch mcconnell's desk. host: i'm getting one last call here. bismarck, north ko

bill. the clerk: h.r. 7105, an act to provide flexibility for the secretary of veterans affairs in caring for homeless veterans during a covered public health emergency to direct the secretary of veterans affairs to carry out a retraining assistance program for unemployed veterans, and for other purposes. senate amendment. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. takano, and the gentleman from tennessee, mr. roe, each will control 20 minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. takano: -- mr. takano. mr. takano: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and and to heir remarks insert extraneous material on h.r. 7105, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. takano: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california, mr. takano, is recognized. mr. takano: mr. speaker, i rise in support o

reporter: think for covid relief bill does it need to write up the funding bill? what should we expect, when it is to come out, when it is a come to for russian? >> first or looking hard to finish of the omnibus bill as senator blunt pointed out. obviously given the challenges of moving things across the senate floor speedily, that would be a vehicle to add on whatever coronavirus relief bill we know will get a presidential signature. and obviously as discussed earlier, it will have to have democratic votes to get to the house. think will all likely come in one package. reporter: talked about the electoral progress integrity the election. why have you not spoken out? and they've said the elections been rigged and stolen from him. as i said repeatedly we have this government for the next three weeks for sure. what i am focusing on in trying to accomplish as much as we can during this three week period, which requires dealing with the government we have right now the future will take care of itself i was said repeatedly we will go to these processes electoral colleg

i'm bill hemmer. homeland security wrapping up a heated hearing on the so-called election irregularities two days after the electoral college certified the victory for joe biden. the chair says there's legitimate questions about the way the election was carried out. the committee's top democrat argued the goal of today's hearing is to help president trump cling to power. they went back and forth a few times. they touched on several issues. here's part of how that went. >> the fact the last two presidential elections have not been accepted as legitimate by large percentages of the american public is a serious problem that threatens our republic. >> i'm concerned that today's hearing will do more harm than good by confusing a few anecdotes about human error with the insidious claims the president has aired. >> i have to point out, the purveyors of russian disinformation, hillary clinton's campaign, the dnc, the steele dossier, the ranking member peters accusing senator grassley and i of disseminating ru

let alone heating bills, food bills, wi-fi bills for students earning from home and all of the other expenses which are piling up for these families. some of by republican colleagues have said providing $2000 would be too expensive. well, here are some other costs they seem to have forgotten. our proposal to increase stimulus checks to $2000 is fine the overall cost of the stimulus bill would go from $900 billion to $1.36 trillion. yes that is $464 billion increase over what we were currently projecting for this bill. but it is only a fraction of the defense bill that this chamber stands t ready to approve again this week. my republicanol colleagues, hate to say this, but my republican colleagues seem more interested in funding defense than in funding the defenseless. not as what this debate is all about. what do we do to help these defenseless families? in this moment of national crisis, we are able to afford spitting three quarters of a trillion b dollars on defense budget pendant that supposed to help our country. but it's nothing to inoculate public health emergency in a century.

bill? >> bill: jeff paul hanging in there. this is matt schlepp, chris hahn, former aid to chuck schumer. hello, gentlemen. good day to all of you. matt, you were in nevada yesterday. can you win that case? you just heard that gentleman say breathtaking relief requires breathtaking evidence. >> yeah. that's what the legal team and the other team on the ground in nevada, really a great team, volunteers and lawyers, that's what they came up with. bill, i've been in politics my entire adult life. when i hit the ground, i never thought i would see this level of provable illegal ballots in the count. please understand, everybody needs to understand this, the judge has spreadsheets with real names and real addresses of people, over 40,000 people that voted in two states. over 20,000 people that voted without being a legal resident of nevada. with people that voted who are green card holders, every category that you can imagine, the judge has in his hands. look, i assume he's a fair-minded judge. i sat through the proceedings. you ca

the president is asking for a clean bill. chris, you know when a clean bill is.bring themselves to have a clean bill. and not pork it up with things. >> rick: brad, look, if the president wanted a clean bill, the president should have worked towards a clean bill. the president has been sitting in his oval office sulking since the election. he's not done one thing for the american people. hold on. if he wanted a bill before the election, he should have worked on mitch mcconnell before the election. he said he wanted the $2,000 payments which were more than the democrats proposed in their bill in may. he should have got that done before the election. it's the -- i don't understand why he's fighting so hard to keep the job. he doesn't do the work. it's amazing to me. brad, you saw a president work. you know how hard your former boss worked. this president did not work the phones, he did not work the congress. now he's complaining because he's saying they didn't read the bill. the bill is his budget. he complaining about his own budget that he didn't read, wasn't bri

it won't even cover a month of rent, let alone heating bills, food bills, wifi bills for students learning from home and all the other expenses which are piling up for these families. now some of my republican completion are saying that providing $2 -- now some of my republican colleagues are saying that providing $2,000 would be too expensive. here are some other costs they may have forgotten. if our proposal is signed, the overall cost of the stimulus bill would go from $900 billion to $1.36 trillion. yes, that is $464 billion increase over what we were currently projecting for this bill. but it is only a fraction of the $740 billion defense bill that this chamber stands ready to approve again this week. my republican colleagues -- and i hate to say this, but my republican colleagues seem more interested in funding defense than in funding the defenseless. and that's what this debate is all about. what do we do to help these defenseless families? in this moment of national crisis, we are able to afford spending three-quarters of a trillion dollars on a bloated defense budget, spending tha

i'm bill hemmer. numerous reports at the white house is cranking up the pressure on the fda with the vaccine. the fda chief pushing back on that. the suggestion is that the white house chief of staff mark meadows ordered dr. hahn to authorize the vaccine today or resign. whatever the case, we know this, as of this hour, the first doses may start as early as monday. this week, however, we mark the milestone in america, the daily number of deaths earlier this week hit more than 3,000 in one day. health and human services secretary alex azar kicks off our hour. welcome back. a good afternoon to you. >> good to be with you, bill. thanks for having me. >> i saw a couple of interviews. the shots go in the arms monday or tuesday. i think that's fantastic news. what is wrong with yesterday? >> well, we have to get the fda approval done. today is a historic day for the american people. at 7:00 a.m. today, the fda announced they had communicated to pfizer that we will be approving their emergency use authorizat

putt andy biggs and what he thinks they should do with that bill. >> well, this is the worst bill andypifies the swamp because it is terrible from a process and a sub submit point of view. i've written a letter with a good number of my colleagues where we have delivered the letter asking the president to veto the bill. >> dana: senator, "the new york post" as it often does capture some of the thinking about the bill calling it a big stocking stiffer with a lot of xing for the special interest but not for us as they put it. we don't have regular budget order, these bills have been out there for a long time. people could read them if they wanted to. but this is what happens, all jammed into the very end and the democrats on the republicans all vote for it and complain about it. do you think that the president is going to veto the bill? >> the problem is they are all one, it was merged with the covid bill, frankly if it were the omnibus spending bill and the package of annual appropriation, if that was a prestanding bill, i would've voted no. but i felt that the covid portion was so impo

the final bill. it is bipartisan legislation. it would have prevented unexpected tax bills and tax complications for medical professionals who travel to other states to help during the pandemic, and for americans who work from home to help slow the virus' spread. it's unfortunate that opposition from a handful of states with aggressive taxation policies like the senate democrat leader's home state of new york has so far prevented legislation like mine from getting through congress. but, mr. president, i will continue to fight for tax relief for remote and mobile workers. mr. president, it has been a difficult year for our country. there are way too many virus infections, way too many hospitalizations, way too many people who have lost loved ones from this dreaded virus. it's affected people in so many ways, their health, their confidence, their economic standing and status, their mental health, there are just so many, so many effects of this, mr. president, and this winter is likely to be very challe

that's a separate bill. you want to talk about election security, there are a lot of issues out there. i'm concerned about voter suppression, people waiting online five hours to cast a vote, i'm concerned about voter intimidation . senator mcconnell has different llpoints of view. put together a commission. bring that bill to the floor but everybody on the senate when you combine all three elements, this is a poison pill designed to kill that legislation. so after everything is said and done, all of this comes down to one simple fact. will senator mcconnell the republican leader of the u.s. senate allow this body to vote on a bill which will provide $2000 per person to working-class families all across the country? that's what this whole debate is not whether you like the bill, not like the bill, that's not what it's about. the housedid the right thing. it's now down to the senate to have that vote . so madam president, i ask unanimous consent that at 3 pm today, thursday, december 31, the senate proceeds to

i had a little bill, suspension bill that mr. blumenauer and i do a land exchange up in mount hood and it came through through here one night first night of votes and dissending -- dissenting vote. i said i am going to win this. it's only two noes. why did you vote no? he said, well, i read the bill and it referenced this understanding between the forest service and mount hood meadows about this land exchange and i tried to get a copy of that m.o.u. and i couldn't get it before i voted no.he bill so i voted the bill didn't get through that congress. it got through the house but, of other body.the the next congress we did it again and i made sure mr. riffith had that memorandum of understanding related to this little land transfer bill in a district that -- an area that and i shared and he voted with us on that measure. good , he's a pretty darn thorough legislator if he's reading through every land transfer bill and diving into weeds. americans need to know what a great man he is. with that i'd recognize the georgia, again, mr. c