this is written somewhere and this is how we are going to ram through the house of representatives and the point of the sword is mr. camp. this procedure is the worst try to get anything done in the house of representatives. i can't be more clear. comprehensive tax reform simply will not happen if the process and the bill are autocratic and rabidly partisan. that's the end of it right there. back in the 1980's both the republicans and the democrats knew that this was true. tip o'neill sat up here, he was democratic speaker of the house, and ronald reagan sat down on the end of pennsylvania avenue as the president and they fiercely disagreed with each other on just about everything. when they started. but they knew that they had to find there is an agreement and compromise to get anything done as big as tax reform. mr. levin: two minutes to the gentleman. mr. mcdermott: thank you. these two were not cut from the same piece of cloth. tip o'neill was working class irishman, he was passionate about fairness, knew how to get things done, and well, he liked to have a glass of whiskey now and

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 170rk the nays are 255. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 170, the nays are 257, the amendment is not adopted. the question is on engrossment and third reading of the bill. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. third reading. the clerk: a bill to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and 2003 and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the house will come to order. for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon seek recognition? >> i have a motion to recommit at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: is the gentleman opposed to the bill. mr. defazio: yes, i am. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman qualifies. the clerk will report the motion. the clerk: mr

because he didn't do that in 2005 and 2010, he lost the house of representatives, some of the margin in the senate and he can say, why bother? the republicans that dominate the house are not going to allow anything to go through. that is an excuse. the second is a huge amount of emphasis on raising money from commercial interests, that is always in the back of the democrats' minds. and the third is the weakness of the labor unions. richard trumka that grew up as a coal miner, his father died from black lung disease. he became a lawyer and head of the united mineworkers. millions of workers belong to member unions. he is not taking a strong position. he is on the record for being a much higher minimum wage, but they haven't put the tv ads on. they haven't focused on the white house. they just don't have the fortitude. they don't have the transforming leadership spirits. they are always making excuses on behalf of other people who are against what they are doing. i have never seen a worse seen in washington d.c. of the fetus and by people that should know better. the one reason is that

of activities under this section. with respect to that fiscal year to the committee on house administration of the house of representatives. two, avoiding subs dis. a, determination, not later than three years after the date of enactment of this act and every three years thereafter, the architect of the capitol shall submit a report to the committee on house administration of the house of representatives determining whether members, include anything delegate or resident commissioner to congress and covered employees using battery charging stations as authorized by this act are receiving a subsidy from the taxpayers. b, modification of rates and fees. if a derlings is made under -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california. mr. lungren: i ask that the reading be dispensed with. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection? seeing none, the reading is dispensed with. the amendment is agreed to, the bill is engrossed, read a third time, pass and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask that before consideration of h.r.

in the house of representatives over the years, we have been very good about making sure that we createortunities, that we understand what the average american is going through. as the father of a man who is disabled, i have been engaged in issues for the disabled. i believe we are really the american dream of trying to give everybody a chance to succeed in life. that is what the republican party is all about. we are for the middle class of this country, for people to be able to grow not only in their jobs but to have a career and live to their very fullest of life and for decisions to be made by local people, not by a bunch of people in washington, d.c. who then drive behavior. i believe the republican party has done a very good job here and will continue to do that. >> but as a document, does the platform matter to the republicans? >> you know, i have never heard on the house of representatives a relationship necessarily to some state platform or national platform. we stand for economic growth, growing jobs, freedom and opportunity. i will tell you, i do support my platform. i will se

boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, i hereby resign from the office of the united states representative for the fourth district of kentucky effective at close of business on july 31, 2012. enclosed is the letter i have submitted to the fworchor. i think the people of kentucky's fourth district for the honor of serving their congressman over the last eight years. when i was a cadet at west point i internalized the words of the u.s. military academy's motto, duty, honor, country. next, i learned that is was based on honoring god and family in that order. in december of 2011, i decided i needed to retire from congressional service so i could more effectively serve my family as a husband and father. those priorities continue to guide my decisions. recently, a family health issue has developed that will demand significantly more time to my -- of my time to assist. as a result, i cannot

the clerk: house resolution 755, in the matter of representative laura richardson of california. resolved that the house adopted the report of the committee on ethics dated august 1, 2012, in the matter of representative laura richardson. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama is recognized for one hour. >> mr. speaker, i yield to a lady with whom i am honored to serve, the gentlewoman from california, ms. sanchez, the ranking member on the committee on ethics, for purposes of debate only and i ask unanimous consent that she be permitted to control that time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> as chairman of the committee on ethics, i rise in support of a resolution before us today which calls for a reprimand for representative laura richardson of california. article 1 of the institution gives congress the responsibility for punishing members of our body for disorderly behavior. and in the house it is the committee on ethics, the only evenly div

house and are sitting in the united states senate. time to get to work. >> woodruff: so it's all the senate's fault? >> we're doing our fault. >> woodruff: speaker of the house of representatives john boehner, good to see you. >> ifill: as the convention prepares to nominate vice presidential nominee paul ryan, mitt romney came to camp as well today. he's expected to be on hand in some manner tonight. here his wife ann's convention speech which is the highlight later this evening. joining us for insight is eric fehrnstrom, top spokesman for the romney campaign and a close romney advisor for more than a decade. welcome, this is a big night for you folks. >> thank you, gwen, it feels like a big night. >> ifill: are we expecting to hear from the presidential nominee at any point tonight? we know he may be in the hall. >> here's here in tampa. you won't hear his speech until thursday evening but tonight you'll an opportunity from his wife ann and ann is going to speak from the heart. this is a speech that is about her love of country, her love of family, and her love that she has for her husband. i think she's going to open the door to a side of mitt romney that most people don't

>>guest: obviously it will be different because paul will not be in the house of representatives. but he can go to the men and women in the house of representatives, they are ryan republicans. he is their leader. it took a while to come on board but the key to growth right now is getting our spending under control. we have the message for growth. yes, you need to have tax rates at the right level but the art has been won. we have won on tax rate. everyone knows they need to be low and it would be incredibly catastrophic, not catastrophic but difficult if the bush tax cuts expire and that, the best chance of that happening is re-electing obama that is why we have to get romney and ryan and keep the tax rates at the right level and, then control the spending. >>neil: since your dad passed away $4 trillion more added to the debt. would he feel all the more support i of what you are saying or, say, son, our options are limited. >>guest: do you think my dad would say the options are limited? >>neil: that is called a softball. what do you think he would say? >>guest: well, you know what

more interesting and more puzzling to me that john boehner would let this happen in the house of representatives. the house of representatives is essentially a dictatorship under the speaker. the speaker gets to decide what happens. why would the republican congressional leadership let this happen on a day they could have had anything happen? >> well, this is not the first time that john boehner has had to go along with things in the house that he personally might not have thought were such a great idea. but, look. he has a majority, but there's this huge very right wing block that is going to create problems for him. and frankly he's got eric cantor looking over his shoulder. ready to assume the gavel if boehner faulters. to keep his position. and he's a smart politician, so i'm sure he realizes this was not a great move. >> okay. on the last point there, being smart and realizing this was dumb but letting it happen anyway. i have an operating hypothesis for this congress. i don't mean it in a mean way. i think john boehner is really bad at his job. i think he can't control a group over whom he

you don't see anything like that in the house of representatives, and it's really tearing the country know, there's another issue that latourette brought up today, which is this system now of how you move up to chairmanships in the house, which to me just is completely corrupt. what he said was you have to give them your wallet, meaning you have to raise enormous amounts of money not for yourself but for the party and for re-electing other house members. and then you have to give them your voting card, which is to say you have to vote with the party on absolutely everything. and ana marie, to my eye, that makes the old seniority system look good, where if you just sat there, they couldn't take it away from you, you didn't have to give them anything back. if you sat there and waited long enough, you would get your chairmanship and they wouldn't make you pay for it. >> it's true. it does make seniority in ten years seem like a good idea. because also this idea of this fund-raising and you give them your wallet, you give them your voting card, that again ties into this idea of the party

i will continue, though, to focus on the down ticket races, those senate and house of representativesraces, that will be so instrumental in reforming government and russia -- shrinking it. >>eric: but on the left i notice president obama extended an olive branch to former president clinton, and they buried the ratchet. he office him a spot, a high profile speaking spot at the dnc, the democratic convention. also, elizabeth warren is asked to speak there as well. they seem to be, they seem to be saying, let's put those things aside. why wouldn't the right do the same thing? why wouldn't mitt romney extend it to the conservative movement, to the tea party movement and say, here is a high would file spot for sarah palin? >>guest: speaking personally, there is no hatchet to bury or olive branch that needs to be passed between mitt romney and myself. we have a good relationship and i have great respect for him and i am thankful the g.o.p. has a strong candidate and understands the right sector and has what it takes to get the economy roar roaring. i can in the speak if their strategy and w

house of representatives, making her a role model to many. that is why it is a personal honor and privilege to be here today to communicate to you that the mayor whole lot of the supports this item before you today and encourages you to pursue whatever action is necessary to ensure its final adoption. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> we do have public comment on this item. gene morrison. >> nancy pelosi had done a wonderful job representing san francisco and reported to us what is happening in congress. she devotes a lot of time here. she is also supporting our positions all over the united states. she probably sleeps more on their plan and in beds because she is constantly traveling here and there to help somebody get elected. the first woman speaker. that is very important to people like me. that is about all i had to say. i want to thank the commissioners for listening to us. it is considered a great honor to be a commissioner but we forget about how much time you have to spend listening to us. i think we should make it nancy pelosi dr

you have to believe that's one of the reasons you don't see senators and members of the house of representatives speaking in prime time. they were in the afternoon. >> that was one of the good arguments against picking paul ryan. house republicans are not exactly popular. >> and their governors have had terrible numbers. governor scott in florida has had bad numbers. john kasich has struck... >> so it's not just the house... >> well, the point is nobody knows they have bad numbers outside of their home state. as far as everybody in congress is a member of congress and you carry that with you and that's a problem. you do expect mayors and governors to pick up the trash and clear the highways and that's a practical thing. members of congress we don't have the same sense of pragmatism. >> ifill: if i had to guess i would say the only governor we'll see tonight who will have a bigger reception than scott walker will be governor christie, the keynote speaker. am i right, david? >> david: you're guaranteed. are there aren't a lot of rock stars. the conventions in years past, giuliani was a rock star,

adds a new health care entitlement. >> reporter: after the republicans won control of the house of representatives two years ago, ryan became budget committee chairman and proposed freezing domestic spending. he called the president's proposed budget cuts paltry, just $40 billion a year in the face of trillion-dollar deficits. >> i don't think history's going to be really kind it a president what when one fronted with one of our country's most pressing challenges of debt crisis, chooses to do nothing about it. >> he's a divisive figure. his proposes have, in many people's mind, been way to the write. >> reporter: scott angus says while ryan's budget proposals are controversial, the newspaper has endorsed him in all seven of his elections. >> if you know paul, regardless of whether you agree with his politics, you get a guy that comes across extremely sincere. again, what you see is what you get. >> reporter: you'd be very surprised if there were any skeletons. >> i would be. he seems pretty squeaky clean. >> reporter: on the personal side, paul rain and his wife janna have three children, 10, eigh

section 2, the majority leader of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives or their respective designees after consulting with the majority leader of the senate and house shall notify the members of the senate and house respectively to reassemble at such place and time if in their opinion the public interests shall warrant it. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the concurrent resolution. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. the noes have it. the concurrent resolution is not adopted. the gentleman from illinois. >> 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 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 rep

so although he's enjoyed seven terms in the house of representatives, many americans aren't sure who paul ryan is. according to a new poll, 54% of americans say they don't know enough about the wisconsin congressman to form an opinion. 27% view him favorably. 19% don't like him. john king takes a look at the political career of romney's vice presidential pick. >> we want to give you that skap pal. >> reporter: for paul ryan, debating joe biden -- >> why not start freezing spending now and would you support helping us getting a vote on it in the house? >> let me respond to the two specific questions, but i want to just push back a little bit on the underlying premise about us increasing spending by 84%. >> the discretionary spending, the bills that congress signed into law, that has increased 84%. >> we'll have a longer debate on the budget numbers then. all right? >> reporter: ryan is the gop's numbers guy. he isn't afraid to say, in his view, the only way back to fiscal sanity is to shrink government and fundamentally change medicare. >> if you don't address these issues now, they ar

so the election was thrown into the house of representatives. suddenly in the house of representatives the federal really aists decide they like burr. they like him before than jefferson they start voting for adam witness i'm sorry burr. on the first vote, vote for burr. there was a tie. they vote again, another tie. it for a week they voted 35 times and they tied every time. it was a crisis. they didn't know what was going happen. what john adams hang around a couple of day and open the mail? it was awkward crisis. finally, a letter comes from burr, he's up in albany serves as state legislature and he said nobody should vote for me. and jefferson wins. but this was not a well-established nation. it's important to keep that in mind as you look at the story. in the situation, we place aaron burr. our hero for this story. he frame a distinguished family. his father was the president of new jersey which is now price ton. he was jonathan edwards the great three low begans who said we are sinners in the hands of angry god. he doesn't sound like fun bu

when he was in the missouri house of representatives and subsequently in the u.s. house of representatives he had a few pet issues that he's focused on, strong anti-abortion activist. very much opposed to any kind of gaming and gambling and very supportive of homeschooling. three big conservative issues. he has not been active on fiscal issues. and he has a big earmark himself which is why the tea party shied away from him in this primary. >> eliot: his social agenda will frankly cause mitt romney a fair bit of harm, as mitt romney has been viewed as the etch can sketch, and eastand he tried to presenthimself as more moderate. >> you ask if he's that much of a true believer. he didn't have support when he ran for house. he snuck in as this far right candidate on a very rainy day when his passionate zealots supported him came out and the established did not. he won the u.s. primary in a similar way. he has never shown that he could get the majority of the republican primary electorate because he has been involved in a five-way and then a three-way primary. >> eliot:

yet we can't get that bill out of the house of representatives. >> bob, the approval rating for this republican-controlled congress, only 12% approve of it. a whopping 79% disapprove of it. you've seen a lot of congresses come and go. have you seen anything like this? >> well, and i mean this with the greatest respect, congressman. could you guys just stay out of town? just go away. i mean, certainly the nation would be a better place. really about all that you have to do is the appropriation and apparently everybody has decided that it's not worth the hassle so they're going to pass what they call a continuing resolution. and so there's nothing really to do. the fact of the matter is that all that's going on right now is that everybody is running this campaign using public money to do it. and perhaps they should pay something to the congress to allow them all this free advertising time. >> i would have to say -- >> bob, in all due respect, i've got to pull you back. because joe crowley is one of the good guys. i don't want him to stay out of washington. >> but he's participating in t

particular obstructionist you know none of them have really supported it we did have in the house of representatives we did have representative mckinley from west virginia who was a co-sponsor but he wasn't available to vote when they put it on the floor for consideration so i think the leadership of the party gave him a muscle as large as they're going to pressure points that people should be working on any particular senators or members of congress no i just think call all of them let them know this is an issue this would help bring down the unemployment actually yours that's right you know you want you and i started for you or i could vote for you that's right nigeria thanks so much thank you thanks for having me to me chart you took the great work have a good night thank you. crazy alert covering off in china eight rubbing sun lotion on your face want to keep your cheeks a nice white color don't want to end up looking like an mom well female beachgoers in congo or china have found a solution to all of your problems say hello to the appropriately named face. the face kini has become the must have

and, so, he will sit in the house of representatives with all of the power of a junior member, plottingresident in 2016, or he might reasonably find the power of a junior member so dispiriting, after having had the power of a chairman, that he resigns from the house to plot his run for the presidency from the comfort of the only private sector job he has known working in the ryan family business, a business that has made him rich, the same way paris hilton got rich, through inheritance. some of the same pundits who were foolish enough to think that sarah palin was a front-runner for president this time will surely take ryan's presidential candidacy seriously, but he will do no better than dan quayle, joe lieberman, and john edwards did when they ran for president after being losing vice presidential candidates. and he will watch the republican presidential nomination next time go to one of the lucky ones, one of the lucky republicans, who was not selected by mitt romney to be the next losing vice presidential candidate,, who will never be president. joining me now, karen finney, former

house of representatives.n alan west said, i must confess when i see anyone with an obama 2012 bumper sticker, i recognize them as a threat to the gene pool. there's alan west, deliberately trying to say, the craziest crap he can think of just to get attention and he has to spend this week watching another crazy republican congressman get all the attention for saying something that congressman didn't even intend to be controversial at all. poor alan west. the guy works really, really hard at being publicly crazy and then this akin guy comes along and just stumbles into the craziest congressman championship. patrick murphy who's running for the same seat must have felt sorry for alan west because he bought television time to remind voters what alan west crazy sounds like. he didn't write any of alan west's words, he just gave them to other people to recite, which is an ingenius way of helping to emphasize just how crazy alan west sounds. >> you're not a lady. >> you're the most vile -- >> vile -- >> despicable

here's what you'll see on the floor of the house of representatives tomorrow, a hostage drama. where the republicans will hold the middle class hostage and hold small businesses hostage to getting their tax cuts unless their millionaire and billionaire special interest friends get theirs. so the message that the republicans will send tomorrow is quite simply this. if you're a cop, a firefighter, a teacher, even if you're living fairly comfortably, making $150,000, $200,000, you lose your tax cut unless their big million dollar friends, billion dollar friends, get their tax cut worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. if you're a small business, you lose your tax cut. if -- unless your exxonmobil and you get yours. it's wrong, against the middle class, and they should be ashamed of themselves for this hostage drama. >> i'm not an economist, but if the wealthy, the truly wealthy get those big tax cuts, won't it really eliminate the benefit we have from giving tax breaks to those making $250,000 and below? >> look, the fact of the matter is that when the middle class does best, the

speaker, i have been directed by the senate inform the house that the senate has agreed to s.con.res. 55, directing the clerk of the house of representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of h.r. 1627 in which the concurrence of the house is requested. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york. ms. slaughter: madam speaker, i am pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from new york, mr. engel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york is recognized for two minutes. mr. engel: i thank my new york colleague and friend and, madam speaker, i rise today in strong opposition to h.r. 8 which should be more appropriately named the job prevention and recession protection act. we always hear talk about tax reform, but the only solution my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have to offer is an extension of a failed policy , skyrocketed the debt and contributed to the current state of the economy. my republican colleagues say their man will create jobs. if that's true why didn't it work during the bush administration when we lost millions of jobs? the republican philosophy always seems to be to help the wea