of the house. used to be she was the first woman speaker of the house of representatives when the democrats took overhandeder gravel back to john boehner now the speaker of the house. here is nancy pelosi. [♪]:ñ4c >> good evening. good evening. good evening, fellow democrats. good evening. isn't that american dream story the story of america? we are all here to reignite the americanñr dream. that is why i'm so pleased to see so many young people, the future of our party, the hope of america. i stand before you as the first mother and first grandmother to serve as dngic leader and first speaker of the house of representatives. for 25 years it's been my privilege to represent the city of san francisco and the great state of california. [cheers and applause] to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class and to secure opportunity and equality. we all stand together in our drive for 25, 25 seats to win back the house for the democrats. as we reelect president barak obama, president of the united states. democrats believe in reigniting the american dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of o

of the house. used to be she was the first woman speaker of the house of representatives when the democrats took overhandeder gravel back to john boehner now the speaker of the house. here is nancy pelosi. [♪]:ñ4c >> good evening. good evening. good evening, fellow democrats. good evening. isn't that american dream story the story of america? we are all here to reignite the americanñr dream. that is why i'm so pleased to see so many young people, the future of our party, the hope of america. i stand before you as the first mother and first grandmother to serve as dngic leader and first speaker of the house of representatives. for 25 years it's been my privilege to represent the city of san francisco and the great state of california. [cheers and applause] to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class and to secure opportunity and equality. we all stand together in our drive for 25, 25 seats to win back the house for the democrats. as we reelect president barak obama, president of the united states. democrats believe in reigniting the american dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of o

: i thank the gentleman so much for yielding and for pointing out how languishing in the house of representatives are many pieces of legislation that have passed the united states senate in a bipartisan way with a democratic majority but here in the house, where we have a republican majority, and as you pointed out, some of these bills have passed their own committees, led by republicans, are still not being considered on the floor today. so we're going to adjourn. and we will not meet again for almost two months. the earliest adjournment before an election in over 50 years. republicans are going to turn off the lights in this chamber, shutting down debate on matters of serious consequence to americans and the economy. shame on them. we should be staying and dealing with those bills. they have voted, for example, time after time, to repeal obamacare and protect tax cuts for the wealthy and rich corporations that have taken no action on preserving tax cuts for the middle class. for 9 % of american taxpayers. -- 98% of american taxpayers. or taken any action on the violence against women act which

., 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 189 and the nays are 232. the motion is not adopted. the question is on passage of the joint resolution. thraffer. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the yeas have it. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? mr. dicks: i request a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: those in favor of 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 five-minute vote. five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. hupes house of representatives -- [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of r

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 -- the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 354 and the nays are 62. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 355 and the nays are 62, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the the gentlewoman from california, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 5865 on which the the yeas and nays are ordered as amended. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 5865, a bill to promote the growth and competitiveness of american manufacturing. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is

congressional campaign committee, the so-called three ccc, charged with giving control of the house of representativese to speak with him earlier today about his fight to take control of the house and the republicans war on the middle class. >> eliot: congressman, there is a sense that the middle class is under assault and the foundation that this nation built for the middle class is under assault. do you sense that when you're out there campaigning. >> absolutely. i travel all over the country. no matter where i am, there is a sense that the middle class is under assault by the republican congress who wants to ship middle class jobs to china yesterday of providing incentives of creating new jobs for america. they have sided with the rich and turned against the middle class. >> eliot: when up the you were at the dnc, you began with a beautiful story about how one individual mailed in a war bond from world war ii and said my dad bought this, but i want this used to make taken a democratic stronghold. >> i received a war bond that this guy's father purchased on the island of guam in 1945, and his son wa

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 376, 2/3 being in the affirmative -- the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 377, the yeas are none, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is agreed to. and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is vote on the motion of the the gentleman from illinois, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2139 as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the speaker pro tempore: h.r. 2139, a bill to require the secretary of the treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the lions club international. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. th

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 chair: on this vote the yeas are 201. the nays are 213. the speaker: the amendment is not agreed to. the house will be in order. members will please take their seats. last night americans received a jolling reminder that freedom remaineds under seize by forces around the globe who relish violence over free expression and terror over democracy. the chairman asks all present to rise and observe a moment of silence in honor of ambassador stevens and the american personnel killed in libya. the speaker: the house will resume voting. the chair: without objection, two-minute voting will continue. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 2 printed in part b of house report 112-660 by the gentleman from new jersey, mr. holt, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noe

if you look for a bipartisan approach to taxation, you look at 2010 when the house of representativesed in a bipartisan fashion to extend the current tax code which included the tax cuts for all americans, because they realized the worst tinge you do is to increase taxes on any americans. at the end of the day this is an opportunity for us to work on the common ground and that common ground starts with predictability and certainty in the private sector which will lead to more jobs and drive confidence. >>neil: we will see, congressman, always good to have you on, congressman. and now a look at the virginia delegation we have been talking about, another crucial state among a half dozen or so considered swing states. the polls are tightening. folks that that is since joe biden's famous remarks, the shackle remarks. what was close to 4-point obama lead over mitt romney has become dead even. form governor wilder is not surprised. the first african-american governor in the nation is joining me right new. governor, good to have you. why are you here, by the way, governor? >>guest: i teach s

he has his chance and he had a chance with a democrat majority in the house of representatives and the senate and he didn't deliver. it is just not good enough. we have to save this country and far president obama. >>neil: all right, reince priebus, good to see you. always a quick and ready response from democrats convening. reince priebus thank you very much. we will get more reaction on where the convention ears stand in the middle of all of this and make up the various delegations,

of the house. used to be she was the first woman speaker of the house of representatives when the democrats took overhandeder gravel back to john boehner now the speaker of the house. here is nancy pelosi. [♪]:ñ4c >> good evening. good evening. good evening, fellow democrats. good evening. isn't that american dream story the story of america? we are all here to reignite the americanñr dream. that is why i'm so pleased to see so many young people, the future of our party, the hope of america. i stand before you as the first mother and first grandmother to serve as dngic leader and first speaker of the house of representatives. for 25 years it's been my privilege to represent the city of san francisco and the great state of california. [cheers and applause] to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class and to secure opportunity and equality. we all stand together in our drive for 25, 25 seats to win back the house for the democrats. as we reelect president barak obama, president of the united states. democrats believe in reigniting the american dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of o

what are your thoughts you think the democrats can pull this off and take control of the house of representatives where all the legislation is supposed to originate we've got it in range when i started as chairman of the democratic national campaign committee recommended to our caucus by leader pelosi we were we had the ball on our own twenty yard line and we didn't have a path to the goal we didn't have a view of the goal it looked hopeless now nearly two years later we have driven the ball to the republicans twenty yard line where we're in the red zone now and a good football fan knows and i say this because the new york giants are playing against the dallas cowboys tonight during this convention you know that if you have the ball on the twenty your palms twenty yard line your ability to score depends largely on the wind if president obama does well and gives us a little wind at our back i promise you we will kick that field goal will be in the majority if we have a wind against us no we're not going to get the majority and if there's a neutral environment still wind maybe maybe not at this con

this is the house of representatives, currently has most of you ensuring this room know, statuary hallere is one good thing to say about the house of representatives. it was generally regarded in still is regarded today as an absolutely beautiful room. there was one really bad thing to say about the house of representatives and that was that nobody could hear anything. as you see here, the ceiling is curved and the way the room is structured, somebody's handing in the well here could be giving a speech in somebody out here could hear that person perfectly. somebody appear couldn't hear a single thing. it was all white noise. it was total bedlam and the house was known for that in hot and known for that for some time. and one of the stars of the house of representatives in 1850 was a tiny, tiny with congressmen who later became vice president of the confederacy. his most prominent characteristic was even though she weighed less than 100 pounds, he had a voice that could cut through the atmosphere in the house like a laser. so he could be heard by everybody. so the power resteh the man w

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 257. the nays are 158. 2/3 of those not responding in the affirmative, the rules are not suspended and the bill is not passed. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from washington, mr. hastings, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 5987, as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 5987, a bill to establish the manhattan project national historic park in oak ridge, tennessee, lows alamos, new mexico, and hamford, washington, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the nationa

can you see that the minority leader of the house of representatives nancy pelosi is taking to the stage. the former speaker of the house about to address the convention hall which appears now to be almost 100% full. this, we're told, is not going to go very long. so we're going to listen to former speaker pelosi, leader pelosi and then get on with the rest of the night's news. this is the fox report on fox news channel. >> good evening fellow democrats. [cheers] good evening. isn't tat american dream story the story of america? [cheers] we are all here to reignite the american dream. that is why i'm so pleased to see so many young people, the future of our party, the hope of america. [cheers and applause] i stand before you as the first mother and first grandmother to serve as democratic leader and first speaker of the house of representatives. [cheers and applause] for 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of san francisco and the great state of california. [cheers and applause] to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class and to secure opportunity and quality. --

it was allowed to die in the house of representatives. the banking and currency committee sat on that bill. it was finally forced out of the committee, and then the rules committee took charge. in that convention that -- here three weeks ago, they couldn't get that housing bill passed. we needed moderate legislation to promote labor harmony. congress instead passed that so-called taft-tartley act, which has disrutchted labor management relations and will cause strife for years to come if it is not repealed in the democratic platform. [applause] the republican platform of 1944 said if they were in power they would build up a strong labor department. you know what they have done to the labor department? they have simply torn it up. there is only one bureau left that's functioning, and they cut the appropriations on that, so it can't hardly function. i recommended an increase in the minimum wage. what did they do? nothing, absolutely nothing. i suggested that the schools in this country are crowded, teachers are under-paid. that there is a s

political order withi am and buyer of nebraska h has shown it is capable to achieve a decent political order with only one legislative house. we have our house of representatives and senate--a single president who with a stroke of a pen can render irrelevant the joint decisions made by both house and senate perhaps with significant majority in each but not the magic and relatively unattainable number of two thirds required to override a presidential veto. we also remember this year that even getting through a try cameral legislature might not be enough because we currently live under an extraordinarily politically divided supreme court that certainly believes itself authorized to strike down legislation. some people would say to serve as a fourth legislative chamber. the united states under both democratic and republican presidents declares its support for what i have come to call of democracy project around the world. we should reflect far more than we do on the fact that the united states at least so far as the national government is concerned scarcely meets the 20 first century criteria of democratic rule. this is why friedman could seriously suggest that t

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 september 24, 2012, at 9:13 a.m. that the senate passed senate joint resolution 41. that the senate agreed to without amendment house joint resolution 117, signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3-b of house resolution 788, the house stands adjourned until 11:00 a.m. on friday, september 28, 2012. now finishing up the section as today, they are back friday at 11:00 a.m. eastern for legislative work. there will not get back to that until after the elections. they will return on november 13. let us take you back to the united nations. and the president of brazil is speaking. president obama up shortly. -- prosperity and social justice. we have made much progress regarding integration of latin america as a priority for our international position in. our area of

today is also the 139th day of delay by the house of representatives since the senate passed an inclusive, bipartisan voaa bill. it marks 139 days since house republicans decided not to follow suit and instead pass a version of our legislation that stripped vital protections included in our senate bill, provisions that protect some of the most at-risk women in our country. it has now been 139 days since 15 senate republicans stood up to join with us to pass this legislation because they knew the history of this bill. they knew that every time the violence against women act has been reauthorized, it has consistently included bipartisan provisions to expand protections to women who were not previously covered. they understand that domestic violence protections for all women shouldn't be a democratic or a republican issue. so, madam president, i hope that speaker boehner and our colleagues in the house hear this. we are not backing down, and we will keep fighting. 13 days is inex-- 139 days is inexcusable. in fact, one day is inexcusable. it is now time, long past time, for speaker bainer to

my opponent, number one liberal in the united states house of representatives. she is the number one spender in the house of representatives. it is difficult to be able to be number one. rightlways done what was for wisconsin and always will. i need your help and i hope you will support me. >> thank you. our first question will be from robert kennedy. >> governor, good evening. a lot of people in wisconsin have come to the state since your time as governor, and maybe not as familiar with you as others. a lot of people are finding about you through the campaign ads they see and hear on radio and tv. some of them are pretty hard against each other. i would like you to tell me what you think is the biggest inaccuracy in an ad that your opponent is running against you. >> my opponent started out the day after the primary and she spent millions of dollars with left-wing liberal individuals in washington. she does not have a record to run on. 90% of the people know me as tommy. not as mr. thompson, where gov.. my wife and my children have lived their whole life in the

this is the house of representatives, currently as most of you i'm sure in this room know, scotch mary hall. there is one good thing to say about the house of representatives. it was generally regarded and still is regarded today as an absolutely beautiful room. there was one really bad thing to say about the house of representatives and that was that nobody could hear anything. as you see here, the ceiling is curved and the way the room is structured, somebody is standing in the way here to be giving a speech in somebody out here could hear perfectly. somebody up here couldn't hear a single thing. it was all white noise. this total bedlam in the house was known for that and had been known for that for some time. at one of the stars of the house of representatives in 1850 was a tiny, tiny congressman from georgia, alexander stephens who later became vice president of the confederacy. here's the most permanent characteristic, even now he was less than 100 pounds, he had a voice that could cut through the atmosphere in the house like a laser. so he could be heard by everybody. so the pow

down to the house of representatives live. the chaplain: and our humility, may you be our strength and our mortality, may you be our source of eternal life. may people of every party and nation unite together in their human frailt -- fraility. we are one people united in serving you and in loving your brothers and sisters. our prayer today is small. our voice is weak. we trust that you incline your ear and you will hear this simple prayer. we thank you. amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from rhode island, mr. cicilline. mr. cicilline: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker pro tempore: thank you. the chair will entertain up to five requests for one-minute speeche

house all to d. legitimize the president in january of two thousand and eleven just as republicans were taking the reins of the house of representatives incoming chairman of the house oversight committee darrell issa said he had all logged on the list of investigations he was ready to open up against president obama and he did just that most notably focusing on fast and furious which he suggested was a conspiracy by the white house to take away everybody's guns none of it was true but with the help of fox so-called news ice it was able to use his resources to hold a hearing after hearing after hearing it and then he moved on to deal with. our nation's first african-american attorney general by holding him in contempt of congress even though there was overwhelming evidence holder did nothing wrong and has since been vindicated but i saw and the republicans knew that if they could deal with my eyes eric holder it would help them deal with them eyes the president of the united states the man who put him into this office and so they did it anyway ultimately fast and furious didn't take down the obama presidency like the republicans hoped

says about american politics, the fact is that the balance of power in congress and the house of representativess been shifting pretty wildly in these past few elections. in '06 and '08, the democrats swung 52 seats in their direction. they seized both control of the house and a huge majority in the house. then in 2010, the republicans swung 61 seats back in their direction, and they got control in 2010. and now for this year, beltway common wiz.com says there's really no chance the democrats can swing enough seats back to them to take the house back over. but some political scientists say, actually, that is a real possibility, that the democrats could take back the house. and the democrats themselves sounding increasingly confident that they might do it. and frankly, stranger things have happened, even very recently. joining us tonight for the interview is the democratic leader of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi. madame leader, it's great to have you here. thank you for coming. >> my flash, rachel. great to be here, always. >> democrats need 25 seats? >> yes, we have a drive for 25.

don't think that the republican house of representatives by itself is some sort of firewall that can prevent this. the president of the united states has to agree to the extension. we get a new president we know we will get that kind of agreement. >>neil: you saying that president, if he were re-elected even with the house of representatives as commanded by republicans, it would be hard to get even the rate increase for the rich rescinded, right? >>guest: it will be hard. we were able to do it two years ago but we did that by giving the president a payroll tax holiday and an extension of unemployment benefits. he has told us he is not willing to make any sort of deal again. if he is re-elected, taxes are likely to go up unless he has a change of heart. the better course is to elect mitt romney and they will not go up. we can negotiate a fairer tax code that will lower rates and offset that by paying for, or eliminating deductions of credits. >>neil: congressman, thank you for stopping by. to say the polls are lopsided is charitable. to say the media ignoreed one showing mitt romney l

the republicans in the house of representatives have voted six times to in the the medicare guarantee to bid that will cost seniors $6,400 more as they get tax breaks to people making over a million dollars a year of $160,000. that is just not right. the democrats are committed to the american dream to build ladders of opportunity to play by the rules and we will remove obstacles to that so that they will have success. that's how we must stay here to do it and now i am pleased to yield to the distinguished mr. hoyer. [applause] >> what we are seeing this week is a convincing end to abysmal converse to the distinguished political scientists in the country they become an insurgent out liar in american politics that is ideologically extreme. it's dismissive of the legitimacy of the political opposition. republicans are leaving town with a stack of unfinished business to the public expects us to get done. chief among them are to create jobs and at first the fiscal cliff if congress fails to act. the democrats have been willing to work to replace the question the imposed last year by reach

>>guest: the house of representatives has taken action to say we do not want the defense cuts. we want to act fiscally responsible to make sure we are slimming down the federal spending but do not do it in a way that disproportionately impacts our defense-related jobs. >>neil: were you surprised when mitt romney criticized the sequestration thing and both sides, republicans and the white house, for how that was handled a year ago. he said the sequestration idea, which is cutting our defense, is an extraordinary miscalculation. that was on "meet the resolution," and i thought it was a mistake on the part of the white house to propose it and a mistake for republicans to go along bit. >>guest: the reality is we were in a very difficult situation with the country poised to enter into a stage in which we had not been into, the possibility that the country would default on its debt. we didn't ever want that to happen. no one wants to bring this country into a default. we operated in good faith that we could come together and solve the problems for the good of all the country. unfortu

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 235. the nays are 178. the previous question is ordered. the question is on adoption of the resolution. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the gentleman from florida. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote has been 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 five-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. hous

every single republican in the house of representatives has voted to amend -- to amend title 10 family planning funding. every single one. these a the same people who keep talking about saving taxpayers money. of getting to the guttmacher institute, family planning services helps women avoid 1,940,000 unintended pregnancies each year, which would result in 860,000 and intended births and 810,000 abortions. every dollar saved taxpayers $3.74 in medicaid costs, eliminating the family planning program would cost taxpayers billions of dollars in increased health care. and then we have the so-called personhood bill. this would give full legal rights to raise zygote at the moment that sperm meets egg. i have always wondered how do they know? [laughter] the personhood movement not only proposes to redefine pregnancy as occurring at the moment of fertilization, even though half of fertilized eggs do not result in sustainable pregnancy, but also wants a zygote weeks away from a potential pink + sun on a stick do we recognize as a complete human being with rights. this would criminalize most of

we'll make people read it, but given the title, it's safe to say he was impeached by the house of representatives. >> that is correct. it's important, as i suppose most viewers remember, that the house impeaches, which is like an indictment, the senate then holds a trial. the first half of the book involves the impeachment, the second half, a trial itself, a courtroom thriller built around what the impeachment trial, had will been one, would have been. i write it as a fan of lincoln, not a foe. >> stephen carter, "the impeachment of abraham lincoln," buy the book. thank you for joining us here on booktv for a few minu >> up next on booktv, "after words" with guest hosts, "forbes".com columnist. "the sunday times" urges president obama has been indecisive unconflicted throughout much of his presidency and many victories can be credited to someone else. this is about an hour. >> host: rich, congratulations on your new, "leading from behind: the reluctant president & the advisors who decide for him." first, tell our viewers how and why he decided to write the book. >> guest: when i sat down and said

and to date, i have not seen that plan introduced in the house of representatives where at least one ember of the united states house of representatives has seen fit to agree with its terms and conditions. and if the president is going to continue to be the commander in chief, and if he's going to continue to rightfully complain through his secretary of defense about the adverse effect of sequestration on our national defense capabilities -- and i believe those concerns are legitimate -- then i pray that barack obama as commander in chief will propose a specific bill that is introduced in the house of representatives with some semblance of support if not bipartisan, at least by democrats that details what his plan is so that the american people can see it, and they can digest it and decide where they want to go with it. now, mr. hale, if you are familiar with a specific bill that the president has proposed that has been introduced in the house of representatives that is confined to this issue -- i'm not talking about a spore gas board where it's not a thousand different points, one po

and we should actually mention that we're showing a live look at what we're seeing in the house of representatives right now talking and debating on it and certainly this is a big deal sort of especially for those of us who follow it incredibly i mean it should be a big deal for americans in general and there are some notable. quotes really just earlier right now. you know notable democrats sheila jackson lee. john conyers have all come out really asking congress to not when not reauthorize the bill for five years to take a step back only reauthorize for three and also try to. more transparency and more oversight more congressional oversight when dealing with this because right now there they're essentially is none and there was something very interesting that john conyers from michigan stated was the fact that senators. and whited asked the government you know there as it are facing information they didn't have anything too complicated and you know it centrally asking so how many people are surveilled right now and the answer that they got from the n.s.a. was you don't know and you don't know you

it's been deep sixed in the house of representatives. not even seen the light of day. i think the president and the american people deserve that consideration. and then we, you know, mulled over passing a transportation authorization which was only done for a very short time and that is the single biggest way we can actually create jobs in this economy. >> see "washington journal" every morning at 7:00 eastern. go to our website to see this segment in its entirety. we'll leave it here to go live to the burmese opposition leader, she's the featured speaker at an event co-hosted by the u.s. institute of peace and the asia society. this is just getting started. >> it's promoting cultural exchanges and marshaling expertise in support of the transeducation under way in burma. let me conclude by saying we recognize this is a most important moment in burma's history and we are committed to continuing this work. our partners in this effort stand ready to help. thank you. [applause] >> i have to introduce somebody who has no need to be introduced, secretary clinton. [applause]

place to keep all the very dangerous criminals that one of those that was blocked in the house of representatives by paul ryan and that other cobol of fourteen guys who met at the clock assume the evening of the inauguration and swore a blot oath to each other that they would do everything they could to block the obama administration robert draper's written a book about it and i'm on the road obama has been the neo-cons best friend he's been assassinating american citizens absolutely rock obama is the ultimate neo con because he's been following the neo con platform he's assassinated american citizen without a very short story here i hate is devoid of substance which is why he picked the one person i never how the party that has a little bit of that unfortunately has stepped into it like kill the poor i don't like and why the rival cons are happy with a bronco obama reelection i mean a basically a mitt romney you know presidency when take you know would sort of be the devil you don't know why would we want to keep rock obama on hand if you want to keep the money flowing to wall street and if you

ryan, in the house of representatives, saying that we're going to give moms and dads a voucher. d that voucher is essentially a chip worth x amount of dollars. they are going to be able to go out there and buy private insurance or buy back in to medicare if they want. the problem is, there is not enough money to get the same coverage. so what happened? they call the congressional budget office. they call it c.b.o. everybody acknowledges they are an honest broker. they came along and said, they are going to cost seniors who are 55 years old now, it is going to cost them an additional $6,500 a year more to get the same benefits they have now. now they say to us, we do not have that plan anymore. guess what. they have a message for the american people. mit romney said at the time, were he president e. would sign it into law. sign into law that you all come up with $6,400 a year more for the same benefits. now they say to us, oh, no, no, no, no. joe, we don't have that plan anymore. guess what? they got a message from the american people. they say, we got a new plan. new plan. that's

the house of representatives has approved irresponsible plan to replace these devastating cuts. -- responsiblethe people's house is the only part of our government that is acting to eliminate this threat to our national security. the senate, a body controlled by our president's party, has done nothing. they have a poster disregarded any attempt we have made to work with him on a solution. president obama's failure to lead is inexcusable on his face. but even worse is the fact that the sequester, which is the president's idea in the first place. he did not want to deal with the issue again before his reelection campaign, so the what has put in this dangers sequester as an escape hatch. dutch irresponsibility is how the sequestered came about. the president's senate did nothing. the house came back this week and passed a bill that i sponsored, that requires the president to finally sent congress a legitimate plan to replace his sequestered. while the president may not like our ideas, he has a responsibility to put forth his own and to press his senate allies to action appeared before the house s

my opponent is ranked as the number one liberal in the united states house of representatives. that's a pretty hard ranking to get to when you know she is the number one spender in the house of representatives. this is difficult to be able, with all those spenders, to be number one and she has been able to succeed in that capacity. i've always done what was right for wisconsin. and always will. i need your help and i hope that you will support me for the united states senate. >> thank you. our first question will be from robert kennedy, first for governor thompson. >> governor, good evening. >> good evening, robert, how are you? >> i'm good. >> a lot of people in wisconsin come to the state since your time as governor, maybe aren't as familiar with you as others, perhaps the representative from her district isn't as well known around the rest of the state. so one a lot of people are finding out about you now through the campaign ads they see and hear on radio and tv and some of them are pretty hard against each other. i'd like you to tell me what you think is the biggest or most

my opponent is ranked as the number one liberal in the united states house of representatives. that's a pretty hard ranking to give to when you know she's the number one spender in the house of representatives. it's difficult to be able, with all those spenders to be number one, and she has been able to succeed in that capacity. i've always done what was right for wisconsin, and always will. i need your help and i hope that you will support me for the united states senate. >> thank you. our first question will be from robert kennedy. first for governor thompson. >> governor, good evening. >> good evening, robert. >> how are you? >> i'm good, thank you. >> you know, a lot of people in wisconsin have come to the state since your time as governor, maybe aren't as familiar with you as others, perhaps the representative from her district isn't as well known around the rest of the state. so a lot of the people finding out about you now are through the campaign ads they see and hear on the radio and tv and some of them are pretty hard against each other. so i'd like you to tell me what

of the house. used to be she was the first woman speaker of the house of representatives when the democrats took overhandeder gravel back to john boehner now the speaker of the house. here is nancy pelosi. [♪]:ñ4c >> good evening. good evening. good evening, fellow democrats. good evening. isn't that american dream story the story of america? we are all here to reignite the americanñr dream. that is why i'm so pleased to see so many young people, the future of our party, the hope of america. i stand before you as the first mother and first grandmother to serve as dngic leader and first speaker of the house of representatives. for 25 years it's been my privilege to represent the city of san francisco and the great state of california. [cheers and applause] to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class and to secure opportunity and equality. we all stand together in our drive for 25, 25 seats to win back the house for the democrats. as we reelect president barak obama, president of the united states. democrats believe in reigniting the american dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of o

he is representing the 15th congressional district of california in the u.s. houserepresentatives. in congress, he is a member of the powerful house appropriations and budget committee. share of the democratic caucuses, new media working group, house democratic senior went, and the original author of the equity and excellence commission now housed in the u.s. department of education. his district includes silicon valley, the birthplace of technology. mike has dedicated his life to public service and is lauded for his work on education, civil- rights national service, immigration, transportation, the environment, and high-tech issues. >> he is also the greatest karaoke sing their -- singer and all of congress. -- in all of congress. [applause] >> he just told me i had five minutes. what do you think of this program? [applause] it is about time. i want to thank francis and fong. i think this is the very first statewide heritage month held with the mayor of san francisco. let me say something about heritage month in san francisco and your mayor. in the old days, you re