we will take you to the house of representatives live next. we will be back tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. today the house is working hard to get out of here, we do not know the schedule will change, but we for sure know that one of the bills on their agenda today is a discussion about compensation for 9/11 first responders who have developed health problems. thank you for being with us. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] periods [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend scott moore, doctorial student, germany. the chaplain: god of the nations, you have chosen many in various ways to show your presence i

house of representatives. that's a seat i currently serve. his impact in our district can be felt today. congressman evans was responsible for bringing the printing office to pueblo. i cannot think of a more appropriate way to dedicate his hard work and commitment to western colorado than to name this building in his honor. from the time that congressman evans gained congressional approval for the building in 1970, it has employed from 125 to 200 colorado workers. the g. pomplet and its employees are more dedicated to serve the public more than ever. unfortunately, congressman evans passed away in june of this year and my condolences go out to his family during this difficult time. i happen to attend his funeral. he will be missed but his memory lives on through the lives he touched and the legacy that he left in western colorado. in honor of congressman evans, i urge my colleagues to support this legislation, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from

possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father coughlin. chaplain coughlin: all powerful lord, you fulfill your promises day by day and lead your people to greatness. we ask each of us you are the -- you are the one who asks each of us a life worthy of your calling. by embracing the responsibilities of our station in life, each of us is to perform our duties with humanity, neatness and patience. by baring with one another with understanding we are to make every effort to preserve the unit we have been -- unity we have been given by your divine promise and seek peace at ever-turning events. your guidance is with us now and will be fully revealed in the end. amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house her approva

since last march and april is to get the attention of the congress, the attention of the house of representatives and senate and we testified if front of both, space, for 50 years, since kennedy, came out and said we are going to the moon, has been bipartisan, it is bipartisan today. it is an american thing, not a democrat or republic thing. >>neil: but we will be hitching rides. >>guest: we will hitch rides if we did not get a bill before the first of ok, we will be paying more the canadians and for the japanese and for anyone else we have committed to take up open the shuttle because there won't be a slutle. >>neil: you argue to be a power of any weight, space has to be part. we see now japanese, chinese, indians and more. what is going on? >>guest: it is not cheap. everything is costly. a billion dollars is a billion dollars. we are not, i support the private sector in the commercial world to take astronauts, people, cargo to space but they will not do it in five years, it will be 10 years and everyone knows that. they do not know what they don't know. we have 50 years of experience, half a ce

possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this this 181 and the nays are -- the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 185 and the nays are 244. the motion is not adopted. the question is on the passage of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the bill is passed and without objection -- >> mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. waxman: i call for the yeas and nays. recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays will rise and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperatio

>>guest: they may in the care but they have two problems: in the house of representatives all democratsh race in 2010 knows they face the prospect of a tough race in 2012 and there are three times as many democrats in the senate in 2012 as republicans and if you are a democrat in montana, north dakota, south dakota, louisiana, nebraska, virginia, to you want to start the campaign by sticking your finger in the eye of the american people? and creating unnecessary controversy back home? there has never been in modern history since we moved to vehicle the president of the united states in inaugurated in january rather than in march, there has never been a lame duck session that has passed controversial legislation because members understand they will be creating a bad impression among the voters and they have to go home and face in two careers. >>neil: there has been a history of congress punting. if you punt and do not do anything, all the tax rates go up. so you have to do something. >>guest: they could pass a bill in the new year that makes the tax cuts retroactive to the beginning of j

and, madam speaker, for 10 years the house of representatives under the leadership of duncan hunter, ike skelton have brought to the floor of the house in our armed services bill language that to honor and respect the marine corps by changing the name of the department of navy to be known as the department of navy and marine corps. for 10 years we sent this language over to the senate. for 10 years the senate rejected the house position. this year under the leadership of ike skelton and buck mckeon, the armed services committee decided to bring this language to the floor is what is called a standalone bill. we had 425 house members, there are only 435, 425 signed this bill to recognize the navy and marine corps as one fighting team and the bill passed the house, as you know, madam speaker, what's called unanimous consent. well, in that period of time, senator pat roberts from kansas, a former marine officer, put the same bill in what's called a companion bill. and by the time we passed our bill he had 80 senators in the united states senate to sign his companion bill to rename the dep

represented the eight districts in congress since 1987. speaker pelosi is in her second term as the speaker of the house of representatives, making history in 2007 to serve as the first woman of the house. job creation has been her top priority for san francisco. she has worked to transfer treasure island from the navy, work to clean hunters point, and transformed the transbay transit center into a multi modal facility. speaker pelosi provided the first seed money to the project which allowed us to begin the planning process to get to this point, and has consistently worked tirelessly on behalf of the transbay project, culminating of the equipment -- commitment of recovery act funds. working with president obama, speaker pelosi has focused on creating american jobs and moving the economy in a new direction. under her leadership, congress passed tough wall street reform legislation to rein in big banks and protect consumers. historic health care reform is for promised achievement and she continues to be done energy, security to create jobs, combat climate change, and physician america to a clean energy economy. thank you, speaker pelosi for

it is 21 pages and promised principles from the house of representatives including tax cutting, spending cutting, rolling back government regulations, repealing health care reform, which goes into effect today. and now on capitol hill, the republicans said give us control of the house of representatives and this is what we will do. >>reporter: they want to be pulling in government size and spending and say they are about getting the economy on track. they want to beef up national security and reform congress itself. it was an interesting moment today weapon house minority leader acknowledged that when the gop was in charming, we made some mistakes but he says republicans have learned their lesson, listened to the people. listen to him. we get it. we get it. and this is why when we outline it here, our "pledge to america," i can tell you, we are very serious about implementing our pledge. >>reporter: if they take the majority in november we will find out how they get it done. >>shepard: democrats responded quickly. >>reporter: they were reacting before we had the roll out. they say this i

honor to be here today on treasure island with the honorable speaker of the united states, house of representativesncy pelosi. [applause] the honorable secretary of the navy, ray davis. [applause] and the honorable mayor of the city and county of san francisco, gavin newsom. [applause] today we stand on the brink of the future of this island by commemorating the historic agreement with the transfer of the formal the -- naval station from a united states navy to the city and county of san francisco. i know i speak for many people who have worked extremely hard to make this day a reality, people on all sides of the table, across organizations, when i say that it is truly an honor and a proud moment. i would like to take a moment to acknowledge our many partners and supporters who are here today. please forgive me if i do not mention everyone. there are too many of you to name individually, but i would like to recognize, and if you would please stand, former mayor willie brown, current and past members of the treasure island development authority board of directors. our treasure island citizens adviso

>>guest: i am running for the senate, not the house of representatives so that is not my decision so is an irrelevant. >>neil: what i hear from people like yourself, they don't want their same leaders, whether nancy or hoyer in the house of representatives, or harry reid if he survives his election, even though it would be a minority role, it is new blood time, and whether the majorities are protected or not, new blood time. are you in that camp? >>guest: i will see who runs like i did when i ran for congress two terms ago. who will be up? i didn't know who would run against each other. you make that call when you get this. we will see if i'm so lucky to be elected to the senate i will see would runs for the leadership of my party and make that decision at that time. >>neil: your opponents say you need to protect the tax cuts for the rich and in indiana there are not that many constituents and this is for political ropes. what do you say? >>guest: i could not hear the first part of that question. >>neil: you are doing this to protect the tax cuts in a state where to you not have too

. >> it has always been an aspiration of mind even when i was in the house of representatives. >> mayor richard daley is leaving the post, so the president will likely be looking for new cchief of staff to run the white house. >> running the city of chicago is a serious enterprise. he has not told me yet. as soon as he does, i am sure we will handle it. >> of hokie officers are leaving. david axelrod retires next year. then there's the obama economic team. larry summers is leaving. budget director peter orszag is gone. council of economic advisers chair christina romer is gone. >> the work that they do is difficult. they have been at it two years. >> only treasury secretary tim geithner remains and he is under fire. >> the economic team on the way out. >> five weeks before midterm elections. people are predicting big losses for democrats. the timing could not be more crucial. >>> the cia is intensifying missile attacks against militants in pakistan. they have heard of a new plan to target the multiple countries including the u.k., france, and germany. if 20 drawn strikes have been launc

at any point they did a little skit they talked about the one man in the house of representatives bark when the equal -- voting rights came up. the one guy who was holding out and vote was split 50-50 in the house of representatives. finally this young man who was one of the youngest members of congress was persuaded to vote because he got a letter from his mother. we need to get letters from the mothers of these guys in the senate. >> all right. i am sorry, but we are out of time. that's it. >> only secret left in washington these two guys, who they are. >> everything else is known. >> that's it for this edition of "to the contrary." next week: the top companies for working moms. please join us on the web for to the contrary extra. whether your views are in agreement or to the contrary, please join us next time. >> funding for "to the contrary" provided by: >> the new 2011 lexus is. it isn't real performance unless it's wielded with precision. >> the life technologies foundation is proud to support "to the contrary" on pbs. our foundation seeks to advance science education and to furt

so the house of representatives has already passed the legislation to ban the sale of the videos.e senate had a hearing on the problem yesterday and later this hour we'll talk to a woman who testified in that hearing about the issue. so my big question today is, what kind of a world do we live in where it's necessary to pass a law to ban this kind of horror? you can share your thoughts with me. i'd like to hear from you on twitter, on facebook. my e-mail address is contessa@msnbc.com. >>> the bed bug invasion is taking over america. not just hotels, movie theaters and shops. wait until you hear the latest update. what is hot on the win today? most-viewed stories on msnbc.com. we're looking at an american cartoonist in hiding because an islamic cleric put on a hit list. he declared a everybody draw mohammed day. but later apologized. the fbi recommended she move. rats invade prince charles garden right in the middle of an environmental affair. they are showing how attractive organic foods are to rodents. and true yogi bear has become an internet sensation. a brown bear in finland i

in redistricting, and most of them will engage in redistricting, and that deals with the house of representatives if people are interested in the future of the house of representatives, they have to worry about redistricting, as well as local offices. in 2002, pennsylvania loss registered because -- lost a district because they lost population they ended up netting four republican seats for the 2002 election. florida got two congressional districts through reapportionment. a republican governor, republican legislature. they ended up, after all redistricting, netting four republican seats. two seats alone nett -- two states alone netted four republican seats. haley barbour and a sense that even if the democrats -- understand that even if the democrats hold seats this year, they are confident that if can take the house i. texas netted six republican seats. now, they had time to lay down their -- they had tom delay down there. that is the reality, and it had very profound implications. think back to california. california in 1980 went through redistricting. they worked that system r, and they locked

the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate and september 22, 2010, at 12:25 p.m. that the senate passed senate 3814, senate 3717, with best wishes, i am, signed sincerely, lorraine c. miller, clerk of the house. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from the virginia i-- virgin islands seek recognition? >> i -- mrs. christensen: i ask that the chair entertain motions relating to the following measures, h.r. 6307, house resolution 5305, house resolution 1560, house resolution 1582, a bill to renew the authority of the sec are retear of health and human services to approve demonstration projects designed to test innovative strategies in state child welfare programs and a bill to amend the internal revenue code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure authority of the airport and airway trust fund under title 49 code and for other purposes. the speaker pr

house of representatives. we also know that behind the and litigation nist movement was the churches -- abolitionist movement. the primary group was the churches because when they studied new testament principle, they worried and feared how could god continue to bless america when we are putting our brothers and sisters in chains and bondage and they fought it. and abraham lincoln, so troubled by that battle and after he was defeated for a second term in the house of representatives in 1848, new person took office, early 1849, stories were that he did not plan to ever run again. but stories that john quincy adams had told and sermons basically that are john quincy adams just preached down the hall on the evils of slavery and pleading with his colleagues to end the blight against america called slavery, that fell not only on deaf ears but abraham linchingon, between the time he was someone in in 1947 by the time his successor was sworn in 1849. 1850 was the compromise of 1850. other states were going to be comin

the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on august 12, 2010, at 10:37 p.m. that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 6080. signed, sincerely, lorraine c. miller, clerk of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h 6 rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on august 12, 2010, at 12: 04 p.m., that the senate agreed to senate resolution 617. signed, sincerely, lorraine c. miller, clerk of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-

house. . . appoint the honorable john a. yarmuth to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 6, 2009, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to 30 minutes and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from massachusetts, mr. mcgovern, for five minutes. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, in 1992 when the peace accords were signed ending el salvador's 12 years of civil war, many of us anticipated a new and prosperous era for that country. in the following years political competition flourished and electoral processes matured. the ruling maintained its power, winning consecutive elections for the next 17 years. but in 2009 the opposition party won the presidency it was a watershed moment for el salvador. sadly many things did note change over these years. the abilit

they done h.r. 1644, a bill in the house of representatives introduced by mr. nton bridges. be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the united states of america in congress assembled that notwithstanding any other provision of law, the attorney general be and he is hereby authorized and directed to take into custody forthwith and deport forthwith to australia the alien harry renton bridges." it was a fine debate. "congressman fish, the time has come to find out whether harry bridges, an australian alien, or the congress of the united states runs this government." i think he was overestimating me a little bit there. anyway, the vote was 330 to 42 to kick me out. well, the attorney general pointed out that it was unconstitutional, so the senate passed the hobbs bill, which said something like, "harry bridges and others of similar ilk." well, "ilk" was also unconstitutional. now, are you still with me on this? because we've got 14 years to go, but i'm gonna condense it a little bit, okay? oh, yeah, and by now, i had a defense committee, because

possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 378, t are zero. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the house will be in order. will the members please take their conversations off the floor. the house will be in order. will members please take their conversations off the floor. the chair will entertain one-minute requests. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york rise? >> to address though the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the house will be in order. >> madam speaker, americans came together in our hometowns -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. members are advised to take their conversation off the floor. the gentleman is recognized. >>

they may not get to a vote in the house of representatives but if you bring up tax cuts in the senate, an amendment in the senate would pass and i am almost certain that would extend the tax rates for much for one or two years and the house of representatives would have to react. >>neil: what if harry reid or nancy pelosi, in whatever roles they have in a lame duck, bush this vote on their members, we will extend all the tax cuts; except the ones for the rich, yes-or-no; do republics -- republicans risk anything? >>guest: they almost lost it this week. they tried to adjourn and could only adjourn by one vote because there were something like 37 democrats that wanted to vote on extending the tax rate. what would happen if she puts a bill like you describe on the floor, i think what would happen is the democrats would side with the republicans and defeat the rule that brings the bill to the floor because it would not have an amendment to extend the tax rates for everyone for one or two years. i think the leadership right now, reid and pelosi, or in a terrible position. they have made ma

for the middle-class if they blocked it over there, there would be a question whether the house of representatives would act. >>neil: i understand but it seems to me if you have 34 of your members against raising taxes on the upper two rates next year, 39 would effectively kill the chances of doing that in the house of representatives, right? >>guest: that would be the case if they voted that way. but here's the problem: the fact of the matter is that the republican leadership has said they want to hold middle-class tax relief hostage. >>neil: you might be right but if you have 34 your, of your members trying to say we don't want to do this now, regardless, is there a compromise? some of the things talked about have been extending them one year, two years, anything like that? >>guest: look, obviously we have a diversity when our caucus on views and we are in the process of listening to members of our caucus. >>neil: but is it not a diversity but a mutiny? >>guest: i don't think that's the case but we are in conversation with all members as we try to make sure we do extend middle-class tax relief.

that was an aspiration when i was in the house of representatives. >> chief of staff rahm emanuel one he is going and larry summers is also going. david axelrod will probably stick around until spring. what else is going on? >> when yogi berra was told that the mayor of ireland was jewish, he said only in america. [laughter] the manual dynasty, i like the ring of that. >> these jobs in the white house these days were always hard but now they are harder because you never stop. you always have your blackberry. if you know any of these people or other people, they are utterly and exhausted. there were exhausted during the campaign before that. >> what about the national security team. >> > i thin there will be shakeups there. there is some question about donovan taking over as national security adviser. there is usually a change that takes place. president obama has an inner circle and he does not trust outsiders. if he does not open up that circle, >> it is the same problem bush had. >>donelin talked about -- was talked about to replace rahm emanuel but he is waiting to replace robert

all house of representatives seats and a third of the senate seats are up for grabs. in wisconsin obama unveiled a new economic stimulus package focusing on rebuilding railways and other infrastructure projects. it is a key state where democratic candidates are facing an uphill battle. >> i am going to keep fighting every single day, every single hour, every single minute to turn this economy around and put people back to work, and renew the american dream, not just for your family, not just for all our families but for future generations. >> in the latest survey, 51% of americans said they will vote republican. the democrats are trailing by ten points. the democratic party is at risk of losing control of both chambers of congress. the results of the midterm election will have a significant impact not just on the obama administration, but on his chance of re-election as president in 2012. >>> a japanese scientist who discovered a way to turn human skin cells into stem cells won an international award in biology. the professor of kyoto university is one of the four win

tour and what they hope to accomplish here. >> reporter: well, kyra, again, 39 seats in the house of representatives a victory. they can claim the speakership. what does that mean for washington? that means that the obama agenda as we've noted over the past couple of years will come to an end. president obama has been very successful in martialing his legislation through congress, but if the republicans control congress or come close, if they pick up 30 or 35 seats, there's an argument to be made that the democrats will lose functional control of the house of representatives and president obama won't be able to get his things through. i will spend time with michael steele and take the first leg of this bus. they're heading into virginia, and as our viewers know, virginia was a blue state in 2008, president obama won it. however, in 2009, republicans took back the governorship. they feel they can win some democratic seats in virginia. >> thank you so much here's a look at results from other big races. the nation's capital now on track for a new mayor. adrian fenty lost his democratic primary chair to

that has always been an aspiration of mind even when i was in the house of representatives. >> chief staff rahm emanuel in an interview some time ago. it looks like he is going and larry summers is going. david axelrod will stick around until spring ballo. >> what a sad when he was told that the mayor of ireland was jewish, he said only in america. [laughter] tthe emanuel dynasty, i like the sound of that themt. >> there is no getting away from the media. if you know any of these people or other people, the white house is utterly and exhausted. in the campaign before that, it was another two years and they were utterly exhausted. >> there will be shakeups. i think general john's will lead as national security adviser. there is also opposition. there is usually a change that takes place. it concerns mae is that presidet obama has an inner circle and he does not trust outsiders if he can open up that circle -- >> it is the same problem that george bush had. >>odonnell was talked about to replace rahm emanuel but he wants secretary gates'' job. the effect will be to bring that circle ev

. >> always been an aspiration of mine, even when i was in the house of representatives. >> mayor of chicago? >> yes. the one thing, if you ask me what i miss, i miss the contact with constituents. >> reporter: at the time, the job was filled by longtime incumbent richard daley. but he announced earlier this month he will not run for a seventh term. if emanuel does step aside, white house senior adviser peter rouse is widely expected to fill the role of chief of staff, at least on an interim basis. adviser and close obama family friend valerie jarrett is another strong contender. >> we'll see what decisions need to be made based on decisions that the current chief of staff might make. >> reporter: family issues appear to be the sticking point for emanuel. his wife and children only recently moved to washington with the kids starting in an area school just three weeks ago. staff shake-ups are nothing new. bill clinton changed chief of staffs four times during his presidency. but the timing of this possible announcement is not ideal. the white house is readying a final push for midterm

all of you know from civics class -- you know that bill that washed -- that walked up to capitol hill? remember that cartoon? there are two houses in congress. you have the house of representativesnd speaker policy, and then you have something called the senate. here was the good news. we have a friend in the senate. you may know her. she is the former mayor of san francisco, one of the senior senators in this country, and dianne feinstein. she said, "i love this program. i did not know much about this program. i cannot believe other states are not taking advantage of this program. you should meet with some of my colleagues. " we went out and did that. she got her other colleagues, barbara boxer, to sign up and say we need to promote this. and we got a few dozen other senators to sign to commit to this bill. here is what happened. a few weeks back -- this is stuff you have been reading about our hearing about. there is a lot of debate in congress now about spending money and concerns about deficits. they had a jobs bill in the senate that included an extension of $2.50 million for this program. it would have allowed us to hire thousands of additional people and support every sin

house correspondent savannah guthrie also visiting the home office here in new york tonight. savannah, it was interesting. he's back to campaign kind of cadence and mentioning john boehner a lot in the house of representatives. >> right, john boehner who, of course, is the house republican leader and the man many think will become speaker of the house were the republicans to get control of the house again. you're right. he was mentioned eight times in the speech. the choice of cleveland, no accident. it's boehner's home state. he gave a speech there on the economy two weeks ago telling the world the president should fire his entire economic team. today the president really counterpunched. this is a white house looking to sharpen the attack and make it more specific and make boehner the face of the republican party. it's one thing to run against a general idea. it's another to have an opponent and that is clearly where the white house is going with this. >> all right. savannah guthrie, good to have you here. thanks. >>> the city of detroit did not need what happened there last night. in the past few decades they have survived riots, urban blight, a deep plunge in the car business always fighting to keep detr