there is disarray in the house of representatives. tom foley is speaker and dick gephardt is majority leader. that is what we were looking at in the house democrats. there was somewhat of a bit of leadership stability in the senate but george mitchell, though he created a calm demeanor in terms of dealing with you was a cagey character in terms of dealing with some of the political issues and the combination of him and dick gephardt made it difficult for us. fortunately bob dole was around which was an anchor for us at that period of time. now this was going on, this distraction was going on with the nomination of john tower who was my political mentor, as secretary of defense. the bottom issue was a question that sam nunn and other democrats in the house -- in the senate of the united states reached the conclusion that we're going to answer this question for you, mr. president. who is going to control national security and national defense? we are, so therefore we're not going to confirm john tower, who had been involved in the armed

there is disarray in the house of representatives. tom foley is speaker and dick gephardt is the senate leader. george mitchell created a calm demeanor in terms of dealing with you was a cagey character in terms of dealing with some of the political issues and the combination of him and dick gephardt made it difficult for us. fortunately bob dole was around which was an anchor for us at that period of time. this was going on. this distraction was going on with the nomination of john tower as secretary of defense. the bottom issue was a question that sam and others reached the conclusion that we will answer this question for you, mr. president. who will control national security and national defense? we will. we will not confirm john tower who was involved in the armed services committee for a number of years. that leadership disarray. then we created leadership disarray in the house of representatives because when senator tower's nomination was defeated by the senate, the president chose dick cheney. he became secretary of defense. the

if the republicans win in november, in the house of representatives, as some suggest it might, i'm not say it will, don't you think one of the first things they'll do is change the health care or maybe even obliterate it? 'cause president obama will veto it. if they have a two third vote he can override or they can wait until they have a president with them. that is not no way to get things done and that, unfortunately, was what henry clay understood because a situation presented itself in 1850. in which the country, having defeated mexico tore from mexico california, new mexico -- the present states, arizona, wyoming and parts of colorado, utah an enormous tract of land and the south, having done so much to acquire that territory, felt that it had a right to bring its slaves into that territory. slavery was protected under the constitution. and what makes the constitution so remarkable is that it's nothing more than a package of compromises on almost everything. they disagreed. you take any issue there will be disagreement. and if one side imposes its will, it's not going to last. you

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 408. the nays are zero. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative shall the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the chair announces the speaker's appointment pursuant to section 123-8-b-3 of the floyd d. spence national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2001 as amended, and the order of the house of january 5, 2011, of the following member on the part of the house to the united states china economic and security review commission for a term to expire december 31, 2013. mr. daniel m. slain of ohio. the clerk: mr. daniel m. slain of ohio. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island rise? mr. lightningy vin: i ask to be removed as a co-sponsor

the house of representatives of america has been made proud by this extraordinary daughter of this housewho served so well during her tenure here, who felt so deeply about her constituents, and cared so much for her country. gabby, we love you. we have missed you. >> i missed you. [ applause ] >> mr. speaker, i don't know whether you were able to hear that response. as gabby looked with that extraordinary smile, the twinkle in her eyes as she said to me and to all of us, "and i miss you." do any of us doubt that that is the case? pia, we are blessed in this house to be served by extraordinary people, of which you are a perfect example. people who love us but love their country even more, who serve our constituents so extraordinarily well, who evidence every daycare for car and care for the work we do, which we could not do, pia, without people like yourself and all of your colleagues that we call staff. thank you. [ applause ] mr. speaker, god has blessed gabrielle giffords, and he has sent a blessing to all of us in the person of gabrielle giffords, and god blessed gabby as well with an

march 3, 2011, speaker of the house of representative. it is safe to say that both parties have a pretty unreliable record on pursuing entitlement? >> yes, there is. if are picking at my most choice quotes from the book, the want of social security reform would not be it. yet and still, no, i mean i've said this republican audiences. they may complain about their politicians, and other chickens because sometimes they're not being chickens. they are respond to the people. that is the great thing about the tea party movement that you do have americans who haven't read and think about politics. they're busy, they have jobs. and now they're starting to notice that social security and medicare are ponzi schemes. they are set up as ponzi schemes. i don't know if you all watched msnbc as obsessively as i did, but they are costly denouncing the idea this is some sort of insult like we're using the against social security are calling it a ponzi scheme. it's the definition of a ponzi scheme. incoming money goes out to current recipients. that's bern

i think that michele bachman is magnificent and i also think you the house of representatives. so, if any of you are from minnesota you ought to go back and do organizing so she can run for governor or senator. thank you. the take my orders. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> please for the line and brooke ann coulter will sign books. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> you have a lot of fans. >> i want to come back. nice to see you. >> mice to meet you. doggett. courtney. who's that? [inaudible] [laughter] >> you are a very nice young man for stevan and who? >> judy. >> who is that? >> the third one is mine. it will be for mary kate and ghanian. >> you are not mary kate. >> diane? that was fun. are you from michigan? >> thank you. >> [inaudible] this beautiful cover. >> thank you. here is your pen. >> hello. i thought you looked familiar. [inaudible] excellent. is this for you? >> elizabeth. >> what are you doing now elizabeth? >> i'm at king's college. >> great. thank you. >> if plame christina. >> i just want to say i just graduated from college in your

chad ochocinco and the house of representatives john boehner. cinco's live tweeting of the state of the union address on tuesday night where he publicly wondered why he wasn't clapping around and first didn't know who he was. hello, mr. buy tpher. hoping you are in better spirits. i love you kind sir. >> good luck in the super bowl. see you in the playoffs, next year. go bengals! >> just another day on twitter calling jobs and football with @ochocinco. a bengals helmet on his desk. he played 10 seasons in cincinnati before joining the patriots at the beginning of this year. of course boehner represents part of the state of ohio. >>> coming up at the top of the hour, a reagan conservative. turns out he wasn't quite as enamored when they worked together in the 1980s. problematic quotes ahead on ""morning joe"." >>> and the devastating joke about spilled milk that president obama dropped during a state of the union address. stewart and colbert would like a word with the president when we come back. drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition? ♪

she will then discuss gabby giffords career in the house of representatives. llowing that, republican leaders including the speaker of the house will deliver remarks. and representative debbie wasserman schultz, a longtime friend of gabby giffords, will read the congresswoman's letter of resignation. there will be one order of business. a piece of legislation that she has been putting forward that would use ultralight aircraft to bring illegal drugs across the border, it would add stiffer penalties. she was a congresswoman on a border district. a piece of legislation will come up and all this will happen just after 9:00 this morning after the gavel comes down for morning business. you will watch the tribute and the letter of resignation, and sometime between 9:45 and 10:30 eastern time. we will posted on our web page. from pennsylvania, good morning. caller: thank you for this opportunity. you have a wonderful program. i wanted to say and consider myself a tea party republican, and i think that romney is the best candidate and the best one to go up against an i

to the legislators, chaplain hallett who has been chosen to be the guest chaplain for the house of representatives i heard congressman, the honorable scott garrett from new jersey. [applause] and with that note, i would like to encourage all members, and anyone who will be in the vicinity of the house of representatives on wednesday to please ask your members if they could, or their aides, if they could escort you to the gallery to show support for chaplain hallett as she becomes part of history, inducted into the congressional record with her beautiful prayer, and a one minute speech by her congressman, praising roa and the contribution that my esteemed pure and colleague has made on the half of the republic. chaplain hallett, we congratulate you, and thank you for representing us in such an esteemed accomplishment before our legislators. thank you. [applause] >> chaplain hallett, a few words, please. >> you know, people have asked me what this award means. first of all, all glory and honor goes to the lord who called me to this position and has allowed me to serve our soldiers, and, of course, o

the state house of representatives approved a bill aimed at limiting the power of labor unions in the workplace. the bill is expected to pass the senate and be signed into law by governor mitch daniels. indiana would become the 23rd right to work state. making some changes in my home state of indiana. >> yeah. back home for you. ashley morrison here in new york. thank you, ashley. >>> coming up on the morning news, thousands pay tribute to coach joe paterno ahead of today's memorial. plus, gabrielle giffords returns to congress to say farewell. you're watching the "cbs morning news." osec otc have asked yours truly to teach you about treating frequent heartburn. 'cause i know a thing or two about eatin'. if you're one of those folks who gets heartburn and then treats day after day... well that's like checking on your burgers after they're burnt! [ male announcer ] treat your frequent heartburn by blocking the acid with prilosec otc. and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] one pill a day. 24 hours. zero heartburn. block the acid with prilosec otc, and don't get h

almost unanimous support in the house of representatives. a vote of 413-11 in support of this legislation when it was voted on in the house of representatives. and so we have an opportunity here to do something that's very straightforward that is broadly supported by both democrats and republicans, at least it was in the house of representatives. that the president has suggested we ought to be working on, looking for these types of approaches to freeing up access to capital for our small businesses. you've got the folks out there in the business community overwhelmingly supportive of doing away with the regulatory barrier, the regulatory obstacle this particular regulation represents in terms of access to capital for our small businesses. so it just seems like one of those things on which there should be no disagreement and i hope that will be the case. i hope that we can get a vote on this amendment, and get this put into law and put into effect so that our small businesses and our entrepreneurs in this country can do what they do best and t

of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 516, resolution expressing the sense of the house of representatives that the passage of a fiscal year 2013 federal budget is of national importance. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to the resolution. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [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 pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 409, the nays are one. one voting present. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative -- the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 410, the nays are one. one voting present. 2/3 of those voting having responded 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 unfinish

sergeant at arms of the house of representatives effective january 17, 2012. it has been a privilege and honor to serve this institution of sergeant at arms. if i can ever be of service to the house of representative notice future, please do not hesitate to call upon me. signed, sincerely, wilson livinggood, sergeant at arms. the speaker:, without objection, the resignation is accepted. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? >> i offer a privilege resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the -- the speaker: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 511, resolved that paul d. irving of the state of florida be and is hereby owes choasten sarm at arms -- sergeant at arms for the house of representatives. the speaker: without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the house will be in order. will the sergeant at arms designate please take the well? the sergeant at arms of the house. you'll raise your right habbeds. members, please rise --

the house of representatives of america has been made proud by this extraordinary daughter of this houseo served so well during her tenure here, who felt so deeply about her constituents and cared so much for her country. gabby, we love you. we have missed you. mr. speaker, i don't know whether you were able to hear that response. as gabby looked with that extraordinary smile, the twinkle in her eyes, as she said to me and to all of us, "and i miss you." do any of us doubt that that is the case? pia, we are blessed in this house to be served by extraordinary people, of which you are a perfect example. of people who love us, but love their country even more, who serve our constituents so extraordinarily well, who evidence every day care for us and care for the work that we do, which we could not do, pia, without people like yourself and all of your colleagues that we call staff. thank you. mr. speaker, god has blessed gabrielle giffords and he has sent a blessing to all of us in the personal of gabrielle giffords. and god bless gabby as well with an extraordinary mom and dad and an extrao

. >> i am not sure there is a strong mood in the house of representatives to cut defense, if you look the buck mckeeon plan to save the department of defense from sequester he only has 25 cosponsors out of the house of representatives when you talk to him he is personally worried they may not vote with him if he tries to add money to defense i can see some of those people in an election year going home and saying i am voting even to cut bases maybe doing it before it happens but i can see the move between now and the election is to at least pretend to be serious about cutting. >> let's go to the cutting deeply thing everybody who gave the briefings last week, secretary panetta, chairman dempsey and deputy secretary carter, kept stressing, that this is a carefully consorted, overall plan, let's not cut any more deeply than this. but and even though publicly everybody says there is no other back up plan, everybody is riding on this. publicly they tell you they have been burning late nights trying to figure out the second, third, fourth order wax what are those going to look like todd. >

covering the nation tonight, at -- gabrielle giffords bit in emotional farewell to the house of representatives. she resigned from the house with a standing ovation from her colleagues. she handed her lover -- letter of resignation to the house speaker, john boehner. >> gabby's courage, strength, and downright fortitude are in inspiration to all of us, and all americans. >> her beauty is in the heart. in the soul, in the spirit. >> the house of representatives of america has been made crowd by this extraordinary daughter of this house. >> she says she needs more time to recover physically from a gunshot wound to the head a year ago in the shooting that left six others dead and 13 others injured appeared in the house unanimously passed a bill she sponsor to help arizona's against drug smugglers. >> it would take a miracle to find any survivors in the recovery operation off the coast up tuscany. rescuers have found 16 bodies so far. 70 people are still missing. >> a case that had an animal rights activist in range. >> tonight you could give one of these dogs a new home. we will tell you how strai

his third state of the union coming and right now we are about 100 feet from the current house of representatives chamber where he spoke, and we are in the old house chamber known as statuary hall. this is where the media has gathered to get reaction from members of congress and in fact, this area served as a house of representatives meeting area until 1857, when the current chamber came into use. in fact, five presidents have been inaugurated in statuary hall. james monroe, james madison, john quincy adams, and drew jackson and millard fillmore. and now is used as a gallery for the statues from each state. now we are live on c-span2 to get reaction to the president's state of the union address from members of congress, and we are going to begin with a member of texas, democrat eddie bernice johnson. what did you think of the president's speech? >> well i thought it was one of the most bipartisan speeches i've ever heard, and i appreciated the fact that he did make a strong effort to bring us all together. and of course i enjoyed hearing the emphasis on the importance of the faith and technology

of progress in washington. calibrate for me. how would you characterize the gulf between the white house and the house of representatives right now? >> well, the big problem is this: the president's policies have failed. and i'm afraid based on everything that i'm hearing about tonight's speech that he's going to offer more of the same: higher taxes, more spending, more regulation. these policies have not only not helped the economy, i'd argue they've made it worse. and so there are... we have big ideological differences. but having said that, the american people expect us to find common ground. to do that we've reached out to the president. work with us. >> pelley: the president might say "i'm trying to work with you but, mr. speaker, you don't have control of your entire party. there are factions in your party that won't go along." >> every time the president and i have been able to come to an agreement we have not had any problems passing that agreement here in the house of representatives. but, scott, i think it's important to note that the president checked out last labor day. he spent the last four months doing nothing but

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 238. the nays are 176 with one voting present. the previous question is ordered. the question is on adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the resolution is adopted. without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. operate 8 of rule 20, the question is on combreg to the speaker's approval of the journal which the chair will put de novo. the question is on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. >> recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by ele

if you look at how many bills passed the house of representatives, there are over 20 bills that have come over to the senate awaiting action. i offered an amendment to the current bill on the floor today that has broad bipartisan support, passed by the house of representatives 411 to 13 that we ought to be taking up that would make it easier for small businesses and entrepreneurs to get access to the capital they need to grow their businesses. those are the types of things we ought to be working on. unfortunately that stuff gets to the floor of the united states senate or gets to the united states senate and gets put on a shelf. we're not talking about the types of things that guess people back to work. that's what has the american people most frustrated. that's why i hope democrats will change their ways and work with us in a constructive way to enact legislation that will address basic fundamental core problem most americans recognize is getting people back to work and growing our economy. >> the comments of senator john thune, a republican from south dakota. the president taking s

so under the constitution the election went into the house of representatives and in the house of representatives, the federalist decided they liked burr better than they like jefferson and they would vote for burr. but there were 35 ballots in the house of representatives. it took a week for the house to choose a president. really a constitutional crisis where burr sends a note and says, i want you to vote for me in the logjam breaks. now, that is not only a symptom of how new we were or how the constitution just was not working. we still have the electoral college. he will fix that. but, it also gives you some sense for why thomas jefferson might not have liked ehrenberg very much and that is one of the undertones of the story. jefferson and heard never got along. they were very different people but after the 1800's, after that election, jefferson was never going to do anything for burr and in fact he was going to lay him back. now the other thing, another feature of this of course was there was secession. it was not at all clear the united states was going to remain the united states. just a y

right now we are about 100 feet from the current house of representatives chamber where he spoke. we are in the old house chamber known as statuary hall. this is where they have gathered to get reaction from members of congress. this served as the house of representative meeting area until 1857 when the current chamber came into use. five presidents have been inaugurated. james monroe, james madison, john quincy adams, an injured jackson, and millard fillmore. and nowadays use funds -- for statues from each state. and now we are live. we are going to begin with a member from texas. the democrat eddie bernice johnson. why did you think the president's speech? >> at that it was one of the most bipartisan speeches that i have heard. i appreciated the fact that he is making a strong effort to bring us together. i enjoyed hearing the emphasis on the importance of space and technology and the training and education. that is in my strong interest. i appreciate that he emphasized our infrastructure. our transportation infrastructure. and how important it is to create jobs. i was very pleas

began his third state of the union and right now we are about 100 feet from the current house of representativeshamber where he spoke and we are in the old house chamber known as statuary hall. this is where the media has gathered to get reaction from members of congress. in fact this area served as the house of representatives meeting area until 1857 when the current chamber came into use. in fact five presidents have been inaugurated in statuary hall. james monroe, james madison, john quincy adams, andrew jackson and millard fillmore. now it is used as a galary of statues from each state. we're live on c-span2 to get reaction to the president's state of the union address from members of congress and we're going to begin with a member from texas. a democrat. eddie bernice johnson. what did you think of the president's speech? >> i thought it was one of the most bipartisan speeches that i have heard and i appreciated the fact that he did make a strong effort to bring us all together. and of course i enjoyed hearing the emphasis on the importance of science, and technology and training and educat

three times he was accused of basically being run out of the house of representatives, forced to resignrly intended to egg him on, and he must be saving himself, believing that tomorrow's headlines from romney on his taxes and his low rate of payment of taxes will be so devastating that he will let that ride. he's got enough momentum coming out of south carolina, he will take the next step, which is to exploit the impairment going to romney. i can only assume that, because he didn't land a glove tonight, land a punch. >> yeah, chris, i was struck by how subdued newt gingrich was, especially when attacked by mitt romney. he -- the text of his responses were full enough, but there was none of that punch in it, there was none of that newt smack back stuff that we've grown accustomed to in watching these debates. my only theory on it, chris, was he wanted to do an appearance in which he would create an aura of being presidential. this is what a president gingrich will look like. is that possible? >> yeah, but when somebody attacks your character, i'm not sure their correct response is just

would have guaranteed one representative, one member of the house for every 10,000 citizens. so we would be -- you think congress can't get anything done now, wait until there's 10,000 members of the house of representatives. >> what did monroe go on to do after losing the election? >> that's a great question. well, a happy ending for monroe. not at first. you know, you may be able to sense some familiar sentiments. james monroe was a very frustrated attorney. he didn't necessarily -- [laughter] didn't necessarily enjoy the practice of law. at one point, you know, early on he says i'm getting a law degree so i can run for office, it's going to be helpful in my political career, i'm never going to practice. and james monroe is winning an indictment against a man for stealing a dunbay mare from his neighbor. some things never, ever change. [laughter] what happens is there is a dret, and one of the two senators from virginia dies, and monroe is chosen to fill the vacancy. so he goes on to a fantastic career. he is ambassador to france, he helps negotiate the louisiana purchase al

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: the yeas are 373, the nays are 1, 2/3 being present in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker: the house will be in order. members will take their seats. the house will be in order. the speaker: members will please take a seat. the chair will not proceed until members have taken a seat. the speaker: the chair will not proceed until all members take a seat. the speaker: the chair wishes to make a brief announcement concerning floor practice. members should periodically rededicate themselves to the core principles of proper parliamentary practice that are essential to maintaining order in the house. the chair believes that a few of these bare emphasis today. members should avoid trafficking in th

the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, this is to notify you formally pursuant to rule 8 of the rules of the house of representatives that i have received a subpoena for testimony issued by the superior court of the district of columbia in connection with a misdemeanor case now pending before that court. after consultation with the office of general council, i have determined to comply with the subpoena to the extent that it is consistent with rule 8. signed, sincerely, patrick hirsch, director, house recording studio. the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir. 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 january 3, 2012, at 1:02 p.m. that the senate insists on its amendments to the bill and agrees to a conference asked by the house. h.r. 3630, with best wishes i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 4-a of house resoluti

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in to a rare show of unity house of representatives. s to mark the recognition -- of several giffords. she sat down to focus on her recovery. alison starling shows as this emotional farewell. >> it was a packed house in which gabrielle giffords could her way to her seat, again forgain and hugs. there to resign but not before a bipartisan solutions. >> her strength and her down right fortitude are an all americans. >> we love you. we have missed you. >> she is also remembered in your home state by visiting 24 hours after emotional tug. >> let me say how happy i was to see what number sealer arizona and -- c. one particular see one nd -- arizonan. .>i am so proud of my friend it will always be one of the great treasures of my life. abc 7 news. >> just minutes after she yesterday, the house for final piece of legislation. it is a bill to tighten for drug smugglers. it passed by unanimous vote. >> it is 40 degrees outside. part in thed's took game with their new coach. see of whitman got up to a good start. have another check on ♪ round, rou

someone who would follow through with what i'm saying. >> i was the author in the house of representatives of newt gingrich at the time. of the welfare reform act. take welfare reform, i was in the united states senate. actually the direction of newt gingrich. >> different debate. >> it was. i thought i a agree with charles santorum had a good debate. the question is he came on so strong and hitting even at every turn. talked to some south carolina voters afterwards, the question they raised was it too much in too hot? >> charles. >> if you look at the date on the clip, today he is tough on newt and before he was easy. the ruling politics if the other guy is down you praise him. if he is up, kick him in the shins. at your level, stab him in the back. >> i think rick santorum will be friends with gingrich again if gingrich campaign collapses for the third time. that is also the reason santorum stays in the race because it could happen. >> and use him as a running mate. >> ron paul is a factor in south carolina, the third and fourth. where it falls could be interesting part of this race. rig

baber, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 17, 2012, 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 one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes each, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. jones, for five minutes. the gentleman will suspend. the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the senate. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: madam secretary. the secretary: i have been directed by the senate to inform the house that the senate has agreed to h.con.res. 96, providing for joint session of congress to receive a memming from the president. -- to receive a message from the president. the speaker pro tempore: the

of the house for every 10,000 citizens. you think they can't get anything down, wait until there's 10,000 members of the house of representatives [laughter] what did monroe do after losing the election? >> great question. well, it's a happy ending for monroe, not at first, but you may be able to sense familiar sentiments. monroe was a frustrated attorney. he didn't necessarily enjoy the practice of law. at one point he says i'll get a law degree so i can run for office. i'll never practice. as he's champ uponning the bill of rights, monroe is winning an indictment against a man for stealing a gun from his neighbor. he's writing letters to irritated clients about the pace of litigation, some things never, ever change. [laughter] what happens is there's a death, and monroe is chosen to fill the vacancy, and monroe serves in the first congress after all, and he has a fantastic career. he is ambassador to france. he helps negotiate the louisiana purchase along with james mad donson who was the secretary of state for jefferson. they have a falling out who succeeds jefferson of president, and some of the opponents of jefferson went b

the congresswoman who shot in an assassination attempt and she resigned her seat in the house of representatives. >> i'm so proud of my friend. it will always be one of the great treasures of my life to have met gaby difference and to have served with her in this audience. >> her courage, our strength and her downright order to learn inspiration to all of us and all americans. >> gabby, we love you. we have missed you. >> gifford says that she hopes one day to return to office. >> the embattled san francisco sheriff has parted ways with his attorney. robert weidner said today that he's no longer representing the sheriff but gave no details. this shirt is set to go to trial next month over an alleged domestic violence incident involving his wife. hers is among the names on the witness list that the prosecutors released today. it also includes the ex- girlfriend, and the neighborhood that by police after videotaping the conversation lopez about the incident. >> i. >> san francisco man whose father and brothers was shot to death in front of him broke down in tears today as he testified against the

. >> we need an opportunity to speak to the house of representatives and speak to the mayor. >> their orders to shut down the four months encampment. >> when will enforcement begin? it has begun. >> no enforcement or tents taken down. >> this will not stop the movement. we can have these as a 24-hour vigil. >> i will need to get rest. >> instead of a confrontation a party broke out as the press followed police officers every move. the protesters cranked up the music and dance. today, they celebrated a small victory. tomorrow -- >> i will be here tomorrow, the next day, however long it takes. >> a number of protesters said it will not leave and the police will continue to enforce the no sleeping role p&o -- rule. we will see what happens tonight. >> ocuppycupy wall street protestors moving in solidarity with the occupy oakland protestors. they're arrested a 400 protesters out of the broken to the city hall. >> just hours until the florida gop primary. thousands have already voted but many have not made up their mind for the choice for the republican nomination. the two men at the top o

myself, craig, but i believe that is the will of the conference committee and the will of the house of representativesf which i'm a member to extend that payroll tax relief. we have to bear in mind when we do that, we still have to fund the social security trust fund. it's not like taking funds from the general revenues which we want to lower taxes for everybody. but we do have to fund that social security trust fund because those payroll tax contributions go directly to that. and those social security benefits will be paid out eventually. so we have to have the compensatory offsets from other parts of the federal budget. but weigh have lots of opportunity to do that, and i do think that there is a strong will to get that done. >> last tight, congresswoman, the president called on millionaires in this country and he was slightly more specific than he has been in the past but he basically said if you make more than a million bucks, you should have a tax rate of at least 30%. is that something you could sign off on as well? >> craig, the other big element that we need so desperate lit is growth. we need

hopeful, and blessed for the incredible progress that gabby has made in her recovery. >> the house of representativesamerica has been made proud by this extraordinary daughter of this house. >> i couldn't prepare anything this morning because i knew that i would not be able to hold it together very long. even though i know we won't see each other every day. gabby, we'll be friends for life. >> yes. >> for life. >> thank you. >> shepard: moments later with a little help, congresswoman gabriel giffords climbed up to the house speaker's chair and officially presented to john boehner her resignation letter and there with tears in the speaker's eyes they stood together as the entire u.s. house of representatives and members of the giffords family delivered a standing ovation. [ applause ] this does not end the gabriel giffords story. far from it. as she wrote in her letter of resignation she will recover and she will return. catherine herridge with the news in washington today. catherine, it takes a lot to get jaded journalists, especially on my team to shed a tear. it happened today. >> it did, shepard.