here. >> 70 congressional district, would. >> here. >> a congressional district, smith. here.t,ongressional walter. it appears that walter c heard the third is unable to attend. so this position is vacant. for the fifth congressional district, carolyn. >> here. >> 11 congressional district, susan nichols. >> here. >> 12 congressional district, stephen. >> here. >> 13th congressional district, helen moore. >> here. >> 14th congressional district, weikel kerwin. >> here. >> at large, chuck browning. >> here. >> at large, alan. >> here. >> at this time, i would like to introduce the honorable bridget mary mccormick, chief justice of the michigan supreme court, for the purpose of administering the ,ath of office to the electors for the electors of president and vice president of the united states. justice mccormick? [applause] >> thank you, lieutenant governor gilchrest. electors were present in vice president of the united states will rise. now you can hear me, right? thank you, lieutenant governor gilchrest and representative tate. the electors have all stood up. that is where y

congressional district 18.the motion to strike the words and keep the words of the proposal. theeep the rest of proposal. chair stringer: is there any discussion on the motion to amend? please state your name, congressional district and your position on for or against. >> tex hall, congressional district 21, speaking for the amendment. i come and tilt at this windmill. it kind of catches your attention. if i would have walked up and said don quixote, you would have looked at me like my hat was on backwards. ken mercer would have probably done backflips and every other educator around. while those words may have gotten your attention, they didn't get to the heart of the deal. chair stringer: there has been an objection that the elector needs to maintain his speech on the motion, not on the resolution entirety. please limit your remarks to the amendment to the resolution. thank you. >> that is correct, sir. so, these two small words, "moral cowardice," are like this fire ant bite i got the other day. it is little

name,ase state your congressional district. >> mr. chairman, jim pickel, congressional district 3. in favor for the resolution except for the word to the very beginning "demoral cowardice of." with that stricken, i will vote for the approval. >> i move those words be stricken from the resolution as amended. to seconde a motion the amendment to the resolution? please state your name, congressional district and your motion. mlin. name is taymond ha i second the motion to strike the words and keep the words of the proposal. >> is there any discussion on the motion to amend? please state your name, congressional district and your position on for or against. >> congressional district 21, speaking for the amendment. tilt at this windmill. it kind of catches your attention. if i would have walked up and said don quixote, you would have looked at me like my hat was on backwards. ken mercer probably would have done backflips and every other educator around. while those words may have gotten your attention, they didn't get to the heart of the deal. >> there has been an objection that the ele

is this good or bad to advance congressional reform? are there some ideas that may have a shot now because they are so tight? >> we almost made it through with no you are muted. [laughter] i will look for the silver lining. on all sides of the aisle that this 50/50 nation and governance will be here for a while longer. and democrats i think to get they thought they were going to get this whipping 54 senate seat majority to push through reforms give them a semipermanent majority status is going away. they would be prominently rid of democrats go but there is a moment both democrats and republicans have to accept in this balance of power and figure out how to make it work into the constant sniping at each other with the fundamentals of the entire system of government. and then to say neither us will win the war and if we keep digging deeper then eventually we will be in so deep we cannot climb out. so to have this commission so let's dig about the possible future of congress. . . . . i in the sense that i am a silver lining guy, with the

for example there's a legislative branch support agency congressional researchers, congressional budget office, these are to a degree shared staff that all legislators can reach out to and rely upon to help them get stuff done. funding those organizations is not something the public is going to scream about. there are other things that are way more in the weeds. when a member gets his budget to pay his office staff, what all expenses are included under that budget? and what expenses could be moved to other budgets that are part of the house as a whole? administrative budgets. one of the things that was worked upon in the last year was student loan repayment program. these college dudes are coming and taking free work on at the hill where they get nothing or $20000 or something like that. to live in a pricey city the trend pay back the loans will it doesn't, the members budget. it comes out of the federal budget inside congress to free up more money for the member to raise staff pay or devote other resources. the way to deal this issue in a way that's less likely to get a member clobbere

want to dig into this idea of congressional capacity. we hear a lot of conversation was comes.congress doesn't work, congress is open, given up its constitutional role. we've been hearing about the broken french for at least a decade and a half. i think what we've really done into the legislative capacity working group in this volume, congress overwhelmed is kind of a claim that congress lacks fundamental knowledge and resources to perform oversight duties and not to blame individual numbers writing is often the kind of narrative that says members of congress just need to buck up and get the act together but what we are trying to do in this larger body of work is to understand the environment in which members of congress and staff are working in the extent to which we are asking them to do the impossib impossible. i've been thinking about this in the context of this pandemic this year in which we've been asking doctors and medical workers to do the exceptional we don't say they should do it on the cheek, just make do with whatever they h

and the legislation is possible given the current state of congressional capacity. so overall this book together covers every angle that we could and i think leaders and reformers and members of congress themselves stand alone a lot as i did working with kevin and all contributors. we hope you learn something from it as well. >> thank you very much to all three of you and how the book came to be. will put a couple of questions she we are already starting to get a fair amount of those watching i will make sure you get those also and we will dig deeper. i will start with kevin but up and everybody. is this diagnosis shared what challenges they face? where they talk about capacity or the need for more resources or people? is this how they think about the institution they are a part of? >> in terms of day to day workflow, they are certainly overwhelmed the idiom of drinking from a fire hose is by everybody down there they feel so much is coming at them so fast they don't have the capacity to respond to have the staff or the technology to do with constituent complaints t

i went to really dig into this idea of congressional capacity.we hear a lot of conversations, it's almost become sort of a points to say that congress doesn't work, commerce is broken, congress has given up its constitutional role. we have been hearing about the broken branch at least for a decade and a half. ornstein wrote a book by that name. i think what we have really dug into in the legislative capacity, legislative branch capacity working group in this volume "congress overwhelmed" is kind of basic claim that congress lacks the fundamental knowledge and resources to perform its legislative oversight duties and isn't to blame individual members or-- you know i think there was often a kind of narrative that tends to say members of congress just need to buck up and get their act together, but what we are trying to do in this larger body pork is to just understand the environment in which members of congress and their staff are working in and of the extent to which we are kind of asking them to do the impossible. you know, i've been thinking ab

constituents of iowa's first congressional district. for giving me the honor to serve these last two years. and also, my incredible staff who both here and in iowa have given their all to iowa, but also to this country. you have made me proud every single day to know you. importantly, i also want to say thank you to my family. my husband, daniel, who has been my rock and been with me every step of the way. to my siblings and nieces and nephews who have taught me to never take myself too seriously. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady will suspend. he house will be in order. please take your conversations off the house floor. the gentlelady will continue. ms. finkenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. again, to my siblings and my nieces and nephews who happily enough always, again, taught me never to take myself too seriously, and to my parents who i know are watching right now because as i found out within the first six months of being in congress, they actually d.v.r. and record c-span every day so that they can find me on the floor during

my very first visitors to my congressional office. where my dad, jerry, a u.a. retired union pipe fitter welder and my mom, a retired public school secretary, held hands and walked through the door of their 29-year-old daughter's congressional office. i can't imagine what they thought, but i hope it was better than when i told them, sat them down at the age of 24 and said i was running for iowa state house where my mom blurted out, why in the heck are you doing that? well, uh, it's been 7 1/2 years. since mom asked that question. and i hope every day they have seen the answer. the reason i entered public service was because of them. you seeing, my parents couldn't give me a trust fund or a debt-free college. but what they gave me was worth a hell of a lot more. they taught me about treating people with respect. and seeing work to be done and doing it. about standing up for those who need a voice and most importantly, to never think you are better than anyone else, no matter what you do or where you go. the work i have done both in iowa and here in congress has b

435 congressional seats. tell america what will happen if illegal residents are counted for the purpose of apportionment in this census? you, start with, thank congressman, i appreciate it. to start off is to recognize with the goal is in reapportionment, and that is for everybody's about to be counted the same, to have peoples -- across the country. so when you have states with larger populations of illegal immigrants, like california, who cannot even vote in those congressional districts, but then you count them in the senses, you amplify the citizens who can vote, the legal citizens in that particular district, you , citizenshise them say in louisiana, goods -- because you are amplifying the votes of those citizens against the votes of citizens, say, in louisiana. therefore you are diluting those citizens in louisiana whose votes are not being granted equally to those votes in california. and that's the problem. we should only be counting in the countryns in terms of reapportionment, so that as we apportio

to the people of southern new mexico and i'm very grateful to have seen alongside ehem in our congressional delegation and greatly looking forward to see how she will contribute her heart and talent to new mexico next and she certainly learned a great deal from our senior senator. let me tell you about our senior senator tom udall in one of the first times i ever spent any serious time with tom udall actually on horseback and tom was serving at the time as the congressman for northern new mexico's third congressional district and i was leading a group called the coalition for new mexico wilderness. together we rode into rugged r nations is, and canyons the original las vegas that i hoped would soon be designated as the wilderness and it was clear right away that tom shared my sense of wondert in the outdoors and in wild places and a strong commitment to protect those precious landscapes for future generations. walking the halls of congress he was pretty comfortable on that horse of his, much more so than myself. ,ore than one decade later knight would repeat that horseback ride alongside pr

so as we apportion congressional seats across the country, american citizens are granted equal weight across the country and representation in the house speaker of representatives. again, you disenfranchise say african-americans in alabama, minnesota, ohio this year and they may lose representation in those particular states because we are including illegal immigrants, illegal aliens in the census count for reapportionment. >> thank you. time is expire basement venture my time is expired thank you very muchod bless you man for holding this hearing praise vic thank you. mrs. lawrence you are now recognize for questions. mrs. lawrence basement thank you so much madame chair. as you know i represent the city of detroit. and mr. joseph in your recognize how important it is you recognize the time needed to deal with the pandemic. second the data is transparent detail, in spite of extraordinary efforts, detroit by its own response was barely over 50%. i feared too many households were counted using less reliable methods. example examining administrative records, interviewing neighborhoods a

joyce beatty, the next chairperson of the congressional black caucus.me to be with us. >> thank you. >>> right now lawmakers on capitol hill are pushing a new $908 billion stimulus package that could help millions of americans, but progressive bernie sanders says he can't support it as it stands now. he joins me next in a sweater to explain why the bill doesn't go far enough. are you tired of clean clothes that just don't smell clean? what if your clothes could stay fresh for weeks? now they can! downy unstopables in-wash scent boosters keep your laundry smelling fresh way longer than detergent alone. pour a cap of downy unstopables into your washing machine before each load and enjoy fresher smelling laundry. with 6 times the freshness ingredients, downy unstopables gives you more of what you love. if you want laundry to smell fresh for weeks make sure you have downy unstopables in-wash scent boosters. to your friends... your family... to your teachers. in that spirit of giving, chevy's proud to give our employee discount to everyone. the chevy price y

josh hawley is the first member of the upper house to back formal congressional attempts to dispute mr biden's victory. the missouri senator claims congress has failed to investigate voter fraud and adopt measures to secure the integrity of our elections. he has not cited any specific examples of fraud, and the courts have already rejected dozens of allegations from the trump legal team. the development follows a move earlier this week by some republicans to sue vice president mike pence, who will oversee the congressional certification. they're demanding that he recognise sets of alternative, pro—trump electors sent of behalf of local republican party groups in swing states won by president—elect biden. i asked juliegrace brufke, staff writer at the hill, to break all this down for us. definitely january 06 is teeing up to be a crazy day. the conservatives in the house now have a senator on board. you need to have a member from each chamber to be able to challenge election results. senator hawley has made it very

435 congressional seats. tell america what will happen if illegal residents are counted for the purpose of apportionment in this census? you, start with, thank congressman, i appreciate it. to start off is to recognize with the goal is in reapportionment, and that is for everybody's about to be counted the same, to have peoples -- across the country. so when you have states with larger populations of illegal immigrants, like california, who cannot even vote in those congressional districts, but then you count them in the senses, you amplify the citizens who can vote, the legal citizens in that particular district, you , citizenshise them say in louisiana, goods -- because you are amplifying the votes of those citizens against the votes of citizens, say, in louisiana. therefore you are diluting those citizens in louisiana whose votes are not being granted equally to those votes in california. and that's the problem. we should only be counting in the countryns in terms of reapportionment, so that as we apportio

in california, democrat christy smith has now conceded to mike garcia who retains his congressional seat in the 25th district of los angeles. mary annette miller meek won over democrat rita hart and i was 2nd congressional district by just six votes. the balance of power and lower chamber now stands at 222, democrats 207 now with republicans, democrats holding a much slimmer majority than they had hoped. meanwhile, several newly elected republicans including new york congresswoman-elect nicole malley a talk us in california congressman elect, michelle steele has banned together to create their own so-called squad calling themselves the freedom force and they are both with me today. so glad to see both of you. first of all, michelle tell me why you felt like you needed to band together and form this force, this freedom force.

and republicans for statewide congressional advantage has been going on for decades.n 2010, republicans gained a slight majority in state lu legislatures that were previously blue and then chopped up districts into frankenstein mess. and it worked. in 2018, democrats won more votes statewide than republicans in michigan, north carolina, and pennsylvania but republicans somehow won the majority of seats in those respective legislatures and if all those underhanded and anti-democratic tactics were madness enough, let's talk about what happens when democrats overcome them and win. in 2016, north carolina elected a democratic governor and republicans in the state legislature immediately moved to strip the governor's office of established power. two years later faced by incoming democratic governors of their own, gop legislatures in wisconsin and michigan pulled the same stunt and now that a democrat has won the presidency by a landslide, 126 house republicans backed a texas lawsuit intended to throw out the votes of millions of americans to install donald trump in a secon

to my congressional olleagues, where there are far too many to name and take. there for a bourbon and a nod to big foot. virginia district of will be represented by a new member who will heed these lessons. ourage in the face of disagreement should be lauded, not ignored. and to always remember the your th of holding to principles will last far longer than any allegiance to a position or party. an incredible dark game seen in the show ted lasso where ir-gantvastly besting an opponent -- arrogant opponent. please watch that scene. ted quotes walt wittman. judgemental.ot let's not throw hyper bollic other.t each -- hyper ballic darts at each other. let's listen together and move together.ry forward may god bless the commonwealth of virginia. may god bless this congress. god bless the united states of america. and for the last ms. finkenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to say thank you to this body and to the constituents of iowa's first congressional district. for giving me the honor to serve these last two years. and also, my incredible staff who both

i could not have selected a better partner to share in my post congressional career. your love and optimism keep my life balanced. i so look forward to our days to come. of course, best part of being a member of congress is helping tens of thousands of constituents solve issues with the federal government. none of that would have been possible without my dedicated and compassionate staffp, over o the years. patricia, sheila, virginia, sandy, ismail, jasmina, sean, craig, percy, adrian, adam, marvin, richard, les, mark, lou, brian, michelle, brittany, josh, pauline, perry, samantha, sheri, tony, bill, frank, erica, matt, rico, and my communications director, steven engel hart. and the late alson and late dotti. i also want to thank an exceptional american who has devoted 48 years of public service to the u.s. house. my remarkable constituent services director, ed william massey. i want to thank my devoted assistant scheduler, karen long. karen is family. she always went above and beyond foreme and i am forever grateful. i want to especially thank all of my chiefs of st

senior congressional correspondent manu raju is live on capitol hill. you have been chasing down every lawmaker you see. i know you know what is going on behind closed doors. give us the scoop. >> things are moving along slowly. appears a deal when it is reached, still expectation the deal will be reached, could be a matter of days before you see something or matter of days before congress will pass something. now there's talk among republican leaders and democratic leaders of extending a key deadline tomorrow to essentially another few days in order to give more time for talks to play out. the deadline, if they don't extend the deadline, the government will shutdown. they're trying to covid relief issue and funding bill to get this done, trying to sort out key issues. one of the big sticking points, how to structure checks, direct payments to individuals. about $600 what they're talking about, one time payment for individuals under a certain threshold. john thune said they're talking about trying to restrict it further to ensure that in his view people

there are 59 members of the congressional black caucus.f 59, you are definitely going to have people who have different opinions. so we have formed a biden-harris 100 a task force, where we are collecting names and making recommendations of individuals we feel should serve in the administration. we are in regular contact with the administration. we feel the communication has been strong. we are absolutely elated that two of our members have already been tapped for the administration. first and foremost of course is my senator from california, who will be sworn in as the vice president in less then 50 days. and then a former chair of the congressional black caucus who is going to be serving in a very senior way within the administration. we do believe that the diversity so far has been terrific. the linda thomas-greenfield is the ambassador to the um, and the individual that will be on the economic council will be elevated to a cabinet position. of course we would like to see other african-americans appointed to key positions such as the at

phil represents the first congressional district of tennessee. his pathway to congress includes being an eagle scout, veteran, mayor, and medical physician delivering more than 5,000 of his future constituents. phil and i have sat next to each other on the house education committee for 12 years. we started the very end of the seniority seating and now sit prominently as senior members. congressman roe has left his mark serving the american people as chair and republican leader of the house committee on veterans' affairs. he authored the missions act which ensures veterans have the ability to receive the best possible care now and in the future. and the foreevery g.i. bill which ensures veterans won't lose access to the education benefits that they earned through their service. madam chair, in his own words congressman phil roe said it best, quote, i'll leave congress at the end of the year knowing our nation's heroes are better served today because of our work. end quote. thank you, phil. and thank you to his wife and their family for sharing phi

after six terms representing congressional st district, dr.etiring at the end of this year. his career focused in the house of representatives on fighting for our nation's his medical using background to tackle those tough health care issues. as a market, during one -- matter of fact, during one of the state the union addresses i to dr. roe and said somebody's dropped, he was row, y out of the getting -- providing medical care to him. when i arrived to washington ago, dr. roe rs was the first person to reach out and offer advice about serving in this chamber. was a mentor throughout my first term, and we bonded over weekly h by attending prayer breakfast together. his mentorship was quickly urned into a friendship over the last two years and he's an excellent guitar player, mr. speaker. dr. roe has or, always looked out for america's brave service men and women. cheerm and lead republican on -- chairman and republican -- lead veterans' on the house committee. dr. roe was always in their corner. next ss will be different year without dr. roe, a

. >> martha mcsally was the representative for arizona's second congressional district when she ran for the senate in 2018. she lost in that race to kyrsten sinema. arizona'ssigned from other senate seat which allowed governor doug ducey to appointment sally to the senate -- a point nick sally -- a ppoint nick sally to the senate. she was defeated by former astronaut mark kelly. a heart of gratitude. serving and fighting for arizona as a u.s. senator has been the opportunity of a lifetime. many times in the last two years i had to pinch myself that this middle-class veteran became one of only 1,984 americans to serve in the u.s. senate and only 677 to serve in both chambers of congress since our nation was formed. like most americans, on my life journey i have overcome adversity which could have crushed me. by the grace of god instead gave me purpose to fight for others. my dad died of a heart attack. i learned to treat each day of this life as a gift. i was reminded of that will when my brother passed away. though it wasn't from covid, this deep grief, is one too many of us have faced

politics they are and apparently far more important than the american people as well because while congressional democrats and republicans apparently can come together and sing kumbaya over handing the military industrial complex more than $740000000000.00 of our tax dollars they just they just can't seem to find the money or the time to pass a bill to protect and fund the millions upon millions of americans who are heading into the holidays that are unemployed and have over $5000.00 in rent due yes $5000.00 behind on their rent the washington post reports that according to moody's analytics nearly $12000000.00 renters will owe an average of 5 $1850.00 in back rent and utilities by this january. that my friends is why we are always watching the homeless. if you will go on a cd you streets. that are so let's see the prices you always stay see a rolls royce gracie see this lease systemic deception is the late show which i would say when the bill is. welcome on the watch in the entire world winter and i'm in the so made to look at this they can come together magically to give about 740000000000 to

hurdle to get over before this can even happen in a congressional hurdle that even some democrats push back against my of my senator senator tammy duckworth who also served in the military pushback notably saying that she supports him however she definitely believes in that civilian you know you have to be one for at least 7 years and she would not vote to bypass that i think that that speaks volumes and for buying to know going in that this was going to be controversial just because of that alone i think that that says something about his reasoning and what he was looking at when he decided to choose him it makes one wonder why he chose him knowing that that hurdle was going to be there and knowing that ok we're going to we're going to bend the rules right now and coming out of you know 4 years of all you heard from the democrats was look at how donald trump is bending the rules or justifiably you know look at all donald bending the rules and not listing the rules and throwing the rule book out the window to kind of come in and say ok i'm one do the same thing with this pick with him

what the congressional black caucus is doing is different. we have a very specific process. >> reporter: there are reports that you're being considered for the housing and urban development secretary and that you fill the senate seat being view cade by senator hari sreenivasan. can you tell us whether or not you're being considered for the positions especially considering the senate will have no black women when senator harris leaves office? >> i find it interesting because i see in the paper i'm being considered for all sorts of things. i absolutely think there needs to be an african-american come in the senate. i mean, the idea that, in the u.s. senate, right now, there are three african-americans, soon to be just two, and when senator harris, soon to be vice president harris, leaves, there will be one african-american democrat in the senate. and, of course, i think that's something that should be addressed. as to whether or not i'm under consideration, know that i am interested and willing to serve in whatever area in which i'm tapped. so

congressional way when it comes the passing of legislature but never for the actual like needs of the american people and i wonder of nature is that why we see so many people now so blinded in their kind of love with trump that they're buying into the idea that oh my god the election was overturned because we're talking about an oppressed dejected people that washington kind of left in the dirt a long time ago why i think you hit the nail on the hit there because what we know is that those depressed and dejected people no matter where they are on the globe that leads to a rise of authoritarianism in the su a rise of these dictatorial regimes because they're looking for anything that can help them get on their feet again and to donald trump's credit he ran on once and then tried to the 2nd time but you know kobe can at the ranch in that he way and on trying to you know build an economy that works for everyone now granted his policy didn't follow through with those things but that was something that he sold people on that in addition to the fact that there was a belief that you know imm

as does the congressional spanish.he latinas from the congressional hispanic caucus sent a letter saying we want to see two latinas on that cabinet. in high level positions. it's important. and the congressional hispanic caucus continues to push that. there are good candidates out there that we are saying these are amazing candidates. they bring the kind of experience, knowledge, deep knowledge on the subject areas that you need to look at. we are hoping for more. we are not being silent about it, either. we have, as i pointed out earlier, 70%, we have to keep faith. and we need to be seen. we need to be listened to. we are hopeful that we are going to see more. they say just wait. so we are waiting, but not waiting in silence. >> the incoming biden administration has a huge agenda, both from the regulation administrative side, as well as legislation. it's a question of order. what is joe biden -- what should he be pushing for? what are the top issues, top three issues you would like him to do when he gets in on day on

and they have more bullet holes and bullets shot at them and in them, that's a congressional medal of honor. your honor is a much easier one, i have to say, as tough as it may have been it's a much easier one. >> i will remember that. is mack it's much easier, the presidential medal of freedom. i'd like to ask, first, lou to say a few words. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, mr. president. the opportunity to receive this award. i want to show you how proud i am. i'm even prouder to receive it from president trump who i think is the greatest president during my lifetime, the things you've done for this country, giving me the opportunity. [applause] one thing, mr. president, you talked about making money. when i went to notre dame, the head football coach was not allowed to make more than the president of notre dame and the president of notre dame was a priest. i made 95,000. i accept this award humbly and you don't go in life saying i want to win this award, you just wake up one day and it happens. but this award, as great as it is does not define who lou holtz is. my beaut

congressional republicans, congressional democrats, and president trump senior team had all worked together to pass hundreds of billions more dollars in urgent assistance to the people who need it most. this new law will set up a targeted second round of paycheck protection to save jobs. it will renew and continue federal programs that have helped laid off workers endure the crisis. it will send more cash to households t. will invest billions in vaccine distribution so the success of operation wharp speed kills the pandemic as fast as possible and much more. this bipartisan compromise was our shot at getting help to working families on the urgent timeline that they need. once again i want to applaud president trump for signing the bill and getting this much-needed assistance into the pipeline. during this process, the president highlighted three additional issues of national significance he would like to see congress tackle together. first, as he explained, the president would like further direct financial support for american households. second, is the growing willingness on both sides of

speaker, as the co-chair of the tom lantos human rights commission, chairman of the congressional executive commission on china, someone who cares deeply about human rights and democratic principles, and as a proud member of this house i rise to express my deep concern about the damage being done to america's moral authority by those who refuse to accept the legitimate outcome of november's election and who continue to deliberately spread lies and manufacture conspiracy theories that have no basis of fact in an attempt to overturn the will of the american people. as americans, we see ourselves as a beacon to the world as that shining city upon the hill. we believe our political experiment to create a country united by ideals rather than blood and soil is unique and exceptional. we promote democracy as a pillar of our foreign policy, confident in our own example. we say we are a nation of laws not men. yet since november 3, a widespread effort to overturn the results of the presidential election have been openly endorsed by some high-ranking leaders and facilitated by the silence of many mor

theuccessful, this will be first congressional override of the trump presidency. senate mayle the consider legislation passed by the house to increase direct reallys for covid-19 from $600 to $2000 per individual. all of the senate live at noon eastern on c-span two. joining us this morning is steve ellis, the president of taxpayers for common sense, to talk about the coronavirus relief aid and the government spending bill the president signed a sunday night. mr. ellis, the headline for you of the president signing that package of bills? guest: overdue. it was a huge package bill that i heard somebody earlier in your program complaining about how so many things were jammed into it, but you have more than $900 billion in covid-19 relief, $1.4 trillion in government spending for funding government through the rest of the fiscal year, then you had a whole bunch of other pieces of legislation to count to the package. it was finally both because the fiscal year started on october 1 when congress had not gotten their job done, and secondly, the last major covid really p

for your hard work, with meu for putting up and thank you for your dedication, not just to the congressional rd district of texas, but to the enti entire american family. it has been a distinct privilege stand on this floor for the past six years to debate issues and represent the people of the 23rd. your faithor putting and trust in me. member of congress has not only taught me about this incredible institution, how it's proven a long-held belief that way more country than divides us. my final message for my i depart this body -- don't treat a artisanship like four-letter word. the only way big things have this country in is by doing them mr. lipinski: thank you, mr. speaker. when i was a professor teaching american government, before he was elected to congress, the first thing i would do when beginning to teach a class about congress and the legislative process would be to show this video. it's the three-minute schoolhouse rock cartoon video from the 1970's called "i'm just a bill." the cartoon begins with a group of constituents calling their congressman with an idea for a new law. the co

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they shellacked the republicans in congressional elections and won the presidential campaign. that did not happen. it did not. in the 1870s, the democrats won big. they had the biggest turn around of congressional seats in american history, one third of the seats switching hands from republicans to democrats in 1874 and 1875. that the republicans won the election, the presidential election, although democrats, at the time, they said no, they did not win it, they stole it! the third thing that interested me about this election was mentioned by george. when i asked to write about it, i did not know this. it had the highest turnout of voters, proportionately, of any election in american history. 81.8% of males over 21 apparently voted. some of this turnout is clearly fraudulent. the state of south carolina reported a turnout of 101% of eligible voters. the edgefield county, which was an upstate county along the savannah river, reported 2000 more votes than there were adult males in the county. there was a reason for this, but away. it is right across the savannah river from augus

we look forward to working with you as the next chair of the hispanic congressional caucus. and thank you doctor fernandez in washington, d.c. for being a shining example of the type of organizations in our network making a difference to the communities across the country especially right now. we know our health is fundamentally it is influenced by where we live, work and learn as well as access to information and care. too many americans especially latinos faced challenges to live their healthiest lives that's why we have long championed policies and practices that help children and families to be healthy and thrive. it's the reason we've been engaged at every stage of the affordable care act to ensure that it works for as many latinos as possible. it's the reason why we've fought to protect and expand medicaid that serves millions of latinos especially children and the reason why we helped introduce the health equity accountability act of 2020 in partnership with the congressional hispanic caucus. healthcare was a priority issue for latinos even before the pandemic and now

to highlight ege her accomplishments in the congressional record. thank you. i yield back. washington journal continues. host: tim ryan is back with us joining us here zoom. he is a member of the house appropriations committee. explain where we are on avoiding a shutdown friday night and what it is going to take to get a deal in the days to come. guest: hopefully we will pass a resolution that will keep the government open until december 18. we will go from there and have another week

but if you'll allow me, i want to nerd out with you congressionally. is important because there's something really exciting happening right now in these negotiations, and it's flying a little bit under the radar. but it's very important, as you said, both for the actual covid relief that passes now, but also for what congressional policymaking looks like in the biden era. and here's how this has gone down. so there are these negotiations taking place at a high level in congress, and leaders are trying to hammer out a deal. as of last month, they had hammered out some contours of a deal that didn't include any direct payments. it included some of the other things you talked about, but no additional checks. so that was off the table, and here's what occurred. it's incredible. the congressional progressive caucus, which is led by representative pramila jayapal, it is a newly empowered congress. just last month they passed new rules for that caucus that allow it to wield power in a way it never has before. it basically allows it to say, this is a line in t

rob has faithfully devoted his life to representing utah's first congressional district and he's been doing that ever since making that critical decision to run for congress. i remember one of the first times when i worked with him when rob was a relatively new member of congress and i was serving at the time as general counsel to then-governor john hantsman. at the time an organization known as private fuel storage was trying to store spent nuclear fuel rods along the front corridor, just miles from utah's major metropolitan area and just under the low-altitude flight path of fighter jets flying between hill air force base to the utah test and training range. out of all of the members of utah's of the congressional delegation, all of them, i can adhere, were similarly opposed to this proposal to store spent nuclear fuel in this particular place in this particular way, our congressional delegation was united in that regard, but rob bishop stood out as one who was particularly concerned about it and was particularly determined to prevent such a dangerous idea from taking place. congres