house of representatives. >>> congressman harris is now the only republican to serve maryland in the federal government. abc2 news brian kuebler spent election night with the state's republican party with the candidate at bwi west in linthicum and has more reaction to the big win. >> reporter: the voters of district one put him in office for a second straight term in the u.s. house of representatives. he he said the nation faces serious challenges and he has the confidence to take on the challenges and believes in american greatness and he says he will not apologize for it. our government he also added cannot work if only half of our legislature is doing its job laying blame on the gridlock of the last two years on the democratically controlled senate. let's listen to what else he had to say shortly after his speech this evening. >> we are going to keep our eyes focus on problems and how we will try to help fix it. >> you are pushing towards 2014. >> absolutely. we have had huge fiscal problems in the state al

found a workaround to this problem with the so-called three fifths compromise as for the house of representatives that would have three fifths of the slaves in a state counted towards that state's population the population being used to calculate how member how many members of the house of representatives a state would be able to send to washington d.c. the goal and effect of this was to give the slave states more representation in the house than they would have had if only their small population of legal white voters was counted with that pin in place when it came to electing a new president with three fifths compromise also help the slave states who had more members of congress per white voter than did the northern non slave states if the president was elected simply by the majority of the votes in the country the south would have had that many voters because they had such a large population of stave slaves who could vote there for very few votes would be coming out of the slave states to determine who the president ited states would be meaning the southern slave owners would be marginalized du

california's only woman in the united states house of representatives. she was the first republican woman to hold the gavel on the energy and commerce committee, one of the oldest standing committees in the house of representatives. as chairman she's become a national leader on privacy issues, an expert on technology matters and global champion of internet freedom. in addition to her impressive chairmanship, congresswoman bono mack passed laws requiring country of origin labeling for fruits and vegetables and rewarding companies that utilize clean burning fuel technologies and increasing the fuel efficiency of federal buildings. the house of representatives also overwhelmingly passed mary bono mack's spy act which help prospect personal information on the internet. she's married to fellow congressman connie mac, they have two children, three stepchildren is now a new grandmother. all of us will miss mary bono mack's humor and i know we'll see her in town. on a personal note, i remember after -- shortly after sonny was killed a number of years ago, visitin

you look at the house of representatives and you have this large percentage of republicans there. we still are a very divided nation. >> it's going to be about 47%, and most americans voted in the house races, most americans did vote for democrats. because of gerrymandering your party got a big majority, but that's because of gerrymandering. >> it's because the democrats waste a lot of votes in big city democratic districts. 99% of the vote. >> i want to say something very important about abortion. most women who have abortions are mothers. it's sadly a kitchen table issue. a lot of women are making the choice because they can't afford to bring another child into the world. it's a tough choice, but there's nobody better able to make that decision. our public policy has to be pro-choice because there's nobody else that can make that decision besides the woman and the people she trusts. otherwise, you are making her a criminal, the doctors criminals. it's just untenable. we're not going back to the world where we used to live where -- >> i think, joan, here is something you would agr

my health issues and treatment regimen have become incompatible with service in the house of representatives. therefore it is with great regret that i hereby resign as a member of the united states house of representatives, effective today, in order to focus on restoring my health. during this journey, i have made my share of mistakes. i am aware of the ongoing federal investigation into my activities and am doing my best to address the situation respovensably, cooperate with the investigators and accept responsibility for my mistakes. for they are my mistakes and mine alone. none of us is immune from our share of shortcomings or human frailties and i pray that i will be remembered for what i did right. it has been a profound honor to serve the constituents of illinois' second congressional district and i thank them for their patience, words of support and pray that during what has been and will continue to be a trying time for me and my family. i also thank my colleagues and staff for supporting me and the citizens of my district over the past several months. i am proud to have worked along

house. it's not over there entirely but we do very much know that republicans still have control of the house of representatives. let's look at some of the more interesting races when it comes to the house. first of all in florida, look at that, patrick murphy the democrat is giving allen west the republican a run for his money. big time. allen west is very well known as one of the most outspoken members of the tea party movement who won two years ago. and we'll see what happens there. it's not looking good for allen west but we're not ready to call that yet. in new york the democrat dan maffei has won his seat back against another 2010 tea party backed republican and this is part of the story line that some of the more vocal members of the tea party have lost their races. but let's now look at new hampshire. this is another fascinating story line. two democrats won, carol shea-porter and ann mcclain custer. they represent democratic pickups but also represent, john, the fact that the entire congressional delegation from new hampshire, all women. the first time in history. there are two female senators, and a g

what are your thoughts on the fact that now the gop only has one member in the house of representatives? >> first of all, congratulations to andy harris. roscoe bartlett has served maryland and done a great job over the last 20 years. martin o'malley and an incredibly democrat dominated legislature chose to read gerrymander the state and become a poster child for gerrymandering reform across the country. the third district where i live in the sixth district in the eighth district are some of the most gerrymandered districts in the entire united states. it is difficult to have one party rule in the state of maryland, which is not beneficial to the citizens of maryland. the matter how much money you give them, they will come back and ask for more. >> a lot of disappointment coming out of the republican party tonight. everyone is on edge right now, watching the screen and hoping to get some good news on the national front. >> obviously many of you have been following developments nationwide as the electoral map begins to fill up. >> right now we have some breaking news, nbc news -- here is

the passage of the appropriation for alaska through the house of representatives. as i mentioned -- it ratified the treaty. you still need money to pay the russians. the house of representatives, asserting its constitutional control, is very reluctant to appropriate the money. seward hires a set of lobbyists and tells two witnesses, one is andrew johnson, accounts the amounts that is paid to certain people. >> what is the story of the name and picture in your book? >> that is the risque and racy part of the book. after seward's wife and daughter dies, he is in need of female companionship. the newspapers in washington star to report that he is paying attention to a woman in her 20's. the newspapers favor that the two of them would get married. one says he is an energetic, wealthy older man. he is still secretary of state. you have newspapers speculating about the potential winter- generational marriage. >> olive risley is how old? >> in her 20's. 23. >> what happens? >> nothing. he does not marry her. he retires. they write letters to one another. he signs, affectio

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 243. the speaker: the nays are 164. the previous question is ordered. the house will be in order and members will please take their seats. members will please take their seats. the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, i have the honor to transmit herewith a scanned copy of a letter received from the honorable kimberly, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state of new jersey, according to the unofficial returns to the special election held november 6, 2012, the honorable donald m. payne jr. was elected representative to the congress for the 10th congressional district, state of new jersey. with best wished i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker: furred

now let's take a look at the house of representatives. ars all 435 seats in the house come up for election. currently there are 242 republicans, 193 democrats. in order for democrats to take back control of the house, they would need to win 25 seats. we've talked to a number of democrats privately who say that's going to be all but impossible for them so it looks like republicans will control the house, but the makeup of the chamber could well change. currently there are 27 hispanics in the house of representatives. cbs news estimates democrats could grow their number to 27. republicans could get the nine. that means a record 36 hispanics could join the house of representatives in january. and, scott, one final vote: roughly $3 billion has been spent on congressional races this year and despite that large sum of money, the balance of power will likely stay the same. >> pelley: byron, thank you very much. whoever is elected president, this is where he will watch the inaugural parade. construction on the platform began today in washington be

possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representativesany 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 359, the nays are three. 2/3 being in the affirm ty, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the house will be in order. the speaker: the house will be in order. members will take their seats. members will clear the well. the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house communications. caller: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, i have the honor to transmit here with a scanned -- heres can with a scanned copy of a letter from the director of elections, department of state, state of michigan according to the unofficial returns of the special election held november 6, 2012, the honorable david kirsten was elected representative to congress for the 11th congressional dis

and the house of representatives of course is very structured. there is a rules committee. you want to get an amendment considered, debated, voted on in the house of representatives, there is a process. you have to go plead your case to the rules committee. the rules committee can decide, no, we're not going a how that amendment to be considered. we're not going to allow that amendment to be debated. they can decide which amendments are made in order, how much time is allowed on each amendment. it is a very structured process in the house of representatives, but it makes it very difficult for an individual member to be able to have their voice heard in the house of representatives. that's the way that it works. and i was -- i had the luxury, i guess, while i was serving there of of being in the majority. but even in the majority, a lot of times you could take what you thought was a very worthwhile amendment reflective of the views of the people that sent you there, and they could shoot it down. you never had a chance to have that amendment debated or voted on. that is what'

we have a republican member of the house of representatives intelligence committee. ngressman, you heard what senator feinstein said. help us connect the dots. we know that general petraeus categorized this after 24 hours as being a "terrorist attack with elements of al qaeda involved" and someone, we don't know who, changed the language and took out "al qaeda" and inserted "extremist." by the time susan rice got to sunday shows this is, no it was not a pre-planned attack. there was a glitch. >>guest: certainly. the product initially produced by the c.i.a. at the request of the house of representatives intelligence committee for unclassified talking points originally had the phrase "al qaeda affiliated groups" and the word "attack" in the talking points. when they left the c.i.a. building and went to the process, changes were made. but who made the changes. why? that did change the tone of that statement if it was used by ambassador rice. we do not know what talking points the ambassador used on sunday. >>trace: back to the changes, congressman. you do not know who ma

of the house republicans and solve this tax problem for the republican party. joining me now are msnbc's krystal ball and ryan grimm. krystal, that house of representatives is a soviet style institution. the leadership has those people locked in, especially the traditionalists, the loyal soldiers like cole. boehner needs him saying this and that's why he hasn't shut him down. this is the biggest step they have made yet toward the president. >> yeah, i think that's right and frankly, their position is untenable because it put them in a very difficult position of saying look, let's all agree that we want to keep the rates where they are for the middle class and we can talk about this other piece. how can you defend holding hostage the middle class tax cuts? so i think you're right. tom cole not only needs to signal that republicans are reasonable, that they want to make the president, he has to start setting expectations with his base that they're going to have to compromise and john boehner has been sort o the image of the guy who wants to reach across the aisle in terms of house republicans and he's really tried in these negotiations to signal to his bas

in the house there are a couple of races we want to talk about. the house of representativesnk is a big upset. allen west doesn't think it's a big upset. he lost. he'll demand a recount. he has demanded that recount in florida. that is great news for the house of representatives. great news for the tea party losing. one race in california, the brad sherman, howard berman race that was almost literally a bloodbath when sherman tried to challenge him to a fist fight. berman just beat him down at the polls. and then in the palm springs area the 33rd district lost to raul luis. if you think the latino vote-- vote----the macks they boast both lost races. >> cenk: let's look at the composition of the house real quick. right now the race that has been called. seven are still being decided it looks like the republicans held onto the house but they lost seats in the house which a lot of people are not talking about. >> no, that's true. today the silver lining for the republicans is that they did in fact, hole on to the house. john boehner just today was saying that people voted for st

vote and i am sure that the obama white house is also remembering two years ago when voters sent the republicans into the majority of the house of representatives which made speaker boehner the speak are because of these issues the speaker is talking about. both sides will have to compromise, no question. the good news for both of them, particularly for the president, if they get started early in 2013 maybe they can get through most of this by the time the midterms come up. >>shepard: john? >>guest: i'm not sure what we heard from the speaker, frankly. he spoke in such a way this could be the beginning of a new time of bipartisanship or it could be he is exactly the same place he was when he walked away from the table a year ago. so when you listen to what he talked about he didn't seem to take a step forward in terms of what the president wants on tass policy but he did so many figure eight's maybe this is the beginning of the dialogue. i don't know we are at smoking of peace pipe and kumbaya between the white house and the speaker. >>shepard: he said, there were familiar things there that republicans seem very and conservatives are serious ab

the republicans will keep control of the house of representatives. john boehner, the speaker of the house, the speaker of the house will be very happy to hear that we are projecting the republicans will retain the majority in the house of representatives. i want to bring in our political director, mark preston, who has been reviewing all of the information as far as the house of representatives is concerned. how can we make that projection? >> you know, 20 of the most competitive house races were in states where the polls closed at 8:00. we've seen enough raw data in these races to tell us now in fact that house republicans will hold the house or rather, house republicans will hold the house majority in those races. we see that the republicans are ahead in 12 of them. democrats are ahead in three of them. there's just not enough races out there, competitive races, for democrats to get to 25 seats that they need, the net seats they need to take back the house of representatives. wolf? >> thanks very much. john boehner will be the speaker of the house o

and certainly the current speaker of the house are fine people who cared a lot about the institution of the house of representatives and in some cases cared for some degree of minority rights, but they all have one thing in common. they run the house. if they decide through the rules committee there aren't going to be any amendments offered by the other side, there aren't any amendments offered. frequently, the minority is in a position of complaining about the fact that the speaker through the rules committee denies them the right to offer amendments or controls which amendments they can offer, controls the time. so if you're a member of the house of representatives and you want to offer an amendment, you can't automatically do that, as has been the case in the u.s. senate. you have to go to the rules committee, which is hand-picked by the speaker, and you have to ask them for permission to offer an amendment. and how long you will have to talk about that amendment and the wording of the amendment, and all of the other conditions that the rules committee establishes for debate of a matter on the floor of the house

and i think if romney wins, for example, he still is looking at a house of representatives that has a very considerable tea party presence in it. the tea party people are not going to go away.ra it's an insurgency. it's out there. it has more power than its numbers in many ways, which we have learned as they exercised that power very effectively when they choose to. and what we don't know about him as president of the united states is just how nimble he can be.e we have seen him as a candidate. and he kind of is a linear candidate. he kind of walks down one road. but does he have the flexibility to move and to be political and to strong arm people and to adapt to the current conditions? that's the unknown about mitt romney as president in my judgment. >> here is the cover of "parade" magazine with joe and mika on the cover. hey, mr. president, how is it that you actually govern? so you're focused on this question as well, joe. >> i am. and we talk about bipartisan in "parade" this week, and you showed the picture of mika jo staring at me and not backhanding me. i think that's a positi

she just turned the house of representatives into tyler perry's "house of representatives."eers and applause) the only problem is -- the only problem is i think they might be wrong. >> uh-huh. >> you know it. >> that's right, that's right. uh-huh. >> jon: with all due respect, i humbly disagree the caucus. >> with all due respect, he humbly disagrees with the caucus, uh-huh. >> jon: that's not -- john, that's not what we're doing. you just repeated what i said. >> i'm just repeating what he says, uh-huh. i do it. i do it. >> jon, can i help here? >> jon: jessica, could you please? >> i come from black churches. it's not about repeating something, it's about feeling something. >> you've got to feel it! >> you can't force it! >> it's a call and response. you've got to make it seem like you're paying attention when really you're not. >> jon: that's right. >> hey, i do not hear a word you said! >> jon: . >> whoa! you don't think i'll get this? believe me, have you guys ever seen the houses of parliament in britain? that place is the whitest black church you've ever seen. (applau

research, they have had a lot of success based on the adaptation from 2010 by capturing the house of representatives and the overturning of the state legislatures in the deep south. going along with what you said, trying to maintain that kind of state and also house of representatives power and also beginning to start winning national elections again. i would imagine they do not want to see some of the power they gained in 2010 -- to gain the presidency in 2016 and beyond, they may want to keep both. they may want to keep both.

so is the house of representatives, and they blocked his every step for the next two years. >> we are not as divided as a politician suggests. we are greater than the sum of our individual ambition, and we remain more than a collection of red states and elucidates. we are and will always be the united -- brin states and -- red states and blue states. we are and will always be the united states of america. >> this is the second moment of history, a moment of joy and relief >> i am so excited. i have been donating. he is a wonderful president. >> a lot of people in america are raised with the values that we need to help each other. i do not see that in the republican party. i see that with selfishness. the only thing we can do is reelect barack obama. whacks some hope a second term in the white house may put -- >> some hope agh second term in the white house may put america on the right path. the challenges of the leader of this divided country cannot be obscured. his first election gave him a place in the history books. for his second term he will have to earn it. >> for mitt romney, t

he died in the house of representatives that 80 years of age. >> to back up for people that were nothistory majors, said the political theme of the party, federalists and the democrats, republicans and how we think of democrats and republicans but this is a totally different situation. >> we don't think of libertarians? >> some do. we will give that equal time. many people here. >> i would hope so. >> explain a little bit of the political situation that john quincy adams went into as he was going into the white house. >> actually the beginning of these political situations began after the revolutionary war and congress had no power to tax or raise troops and was a debating society for leaders in the various states to argue different policies through the streets were almost at war with each other, independent, sovereign nations in effect, and the leaders from various states began to realize we need a stronger federal government and so they wrote the constitution. and many americans were opposed in the constitution and they became antifederalists so they were the federal lists and anti

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house of representatives map and look at interesting and game-changing races in california. >>> on capitole president will face the same divided congress next year. democrats retain control of the senate, republicans keep control of the house. republicans lost three seats, democrats strengthened their control something that seemed unlikely earlier in the campaign season. they have 52 seats, republicans 44. three senate races are still insided. house in ran hands 232, 191 democrats. entire seen seats still being decided. house democrats will await nancy pelosi's decision on whether she will stay on as minority leader. >>> governor brown's proposal to raise taxes to rescue the state's schools was a big issue california. the margin to approve it grew until it was declared winner prop entirety leading or winning by six point margin with most votes counted. consumers and high income earners will pay more taxes prop 38 would have increased taxes on middle class was soundly defeated. amy hollyfield joins us from emeryville with more. >> reporter: when you think of emeryville you think of shopping

of the house. we'll take a look now at more of the math there. john? >>> the math adds up to a whole lot of the same, soledad. in the house of representatives the republicans will maintain the balance of power right there. they will control the house and in the senate it is the democrats who will control things there with 51 seats, 45 seats for the republicans and two purple seats there that go to independents. they in all likelihood will caucus for the democrats to give the democrats right now at least 53 seats in voting terms. let's look at races too close to call right now. late into the night or early into the morning depending how you look at it, montana, john tester and the congressman there, danny weiburg chlgs and in north dakota, rick burg there against his rival, that race is too close to call. the races from missouri and indiana, if democrats won. claire mccaskill, joe donnelly, they both made controversial comments about rape and lost. in massachusetts the heavyweight of this campaign, elizabeth warren has been elected, the first female senator from the bay state of massachusetts defeating scott brown. one other history-making r

now it's time for the president to propose solutionce of passing the republican-controlled house of representativesperhaps setting the stage gridl republicans maintained solid;[ majority in the next hour we're expecting to hear of house speaker john boehner. right now, joining me, national syndicated talk show host michael smirconish and joe frolic for "the cleveland plain dealer." thank you all for joining. michael, when's the reaction you're hearing from people you talk to all day on the radio? >> nerds rule. >> we know that from high school. >> well, when all is said and done, though, the data trumped the emotion. there was a huge debate that broke out in the last couple of days. how could nate silver and the poll-driven individuals believe there's a 90% chance that the president would rwin re-electio? the nbc in the 11:00 hour. that's a stunning development. >> i believe one of our colleagues sweeted it took the president 12 minutes longer aro >> right. >> in pennsylvania, it 52-47 for the president. michael, and what's to the very end that romney's team at least said out loud, whether they bel

i hope a vast majority of the republicans in the house of representatives hold firm on their position but that is what is going to happen and i hope it does it without a large number of republican votes to be honest. >>stuart: what happens to the economy if we raise taxes when we only have 2 percent growth, do we go into recession? >>guest: we do. if i look at it the way i do there is a shift in income from 2013 to 2012 and with higher tax rates on job creators, it means there will be lower second year of growth so i think it will be a bad year. >>stuart: if we go do that kind of downturn surely that means the deficit only goes up and gets bigger. >>guest: unfortunately it gets a lot bigger. it will increase substantially and we get unemployment increases, as well, and g.d.p. growth could well be negative for several quarters so it could be officially designated as a recession. >>stuart: the democrats will say back in the 1990's bill clinton raised tax rates and we got an economic boon. what is the difference? >>guest: bill clinton did not have huge deficits but he caught government s

for democrats should have been even bigger they should have won back the majority in the house of representatives as well as legal reporter in mill hisor at think progress notes of the total votes cast and counted in u.s. house races around the nation democrats received more than a half million more votes than republicans despite all the voter suppression efforts in pennsylvania for example president obama won by five points but democrats only got five of that state's eighteen congressional districts same in virginia where obama won yet democrats only won three of eleven house districts and the same in florida why because in two thousand and ten when republicans took power in many state legislatures they gerrymandered the heck out of their states isolating and neutralizing huge regions of democratic voters as well pennsylvania's gerrymandered districts look like it doesn't look like a state that president obama won by five points tuesday but thanks to republican efforts before the election congressional districts were carved up to benefit republicans and with a five four decision the hard right e

deal with tax reform thoughtful in a new senate in the new house of representatives, but just go aheadow and avoid the fiscal cliff, keep everything as is right now for the time being. erick, what do you think of that proposal? >> if they want to buy themselves more time, go ahead. but, wolf, we've had 18 of these commissions and proposals since 1980. the national debt was $900 billion then. it's $16 trillion now. that's all these guys do is kick the can down the road. they don't actually sit down and come up with plans. and when they do try to come up with plans, it's always either tax increases or spending that never pans out. they came up with a way to raise the national debt limit and then they don't want to actually do what they said they wanted to do in 2011. >> hilary, what do you think of that proposal, kick the ball down the road but in the meantime raise the debt ceiling so you don't worry about it in february or march? >> i think the moment is now. the country wants to feel like this election was for something. president obama was very clear in his campaigning about this bal

the third rail of american politics it's recognized that the cap and trade bill that the house of representativespassed in two thousand and nine cost the democratic party the control of the house of representatives so nobody wants to go there right now ok richard i mean so it's just about politics nobody really cares about the earth everyone just cares about elections well i mean in america you've got massive massive funding for climate denial for people to go around saying it's not happening romney has picked a vice presidential candidate who says it's not happening why do they say it's not happening because they're paid through the nose to say it's not happening by the oil and coal industry ok then when you come out on this just politics not science well i don't know where that's coming well i just want to say that i don't get any funding from the oil industry or anyone and i'm a physicist and i've studied the question carefully and i do not believe that there is an established link between any greenhouse effect or planetary warming and severe weather events i don't even think that there well i

based on fox reporting there was no notification of the chair and ranking member of the house of representatives and senate intelligence that the director was the subject of an f.b.i. investigation. >> we received no advance notice. it was like a lightning bolt. i found out when i came to washington on thursday night, friday morning the director said there were a number of calls from press about this. >>reporter: that is key is that the notification issue, senator feinstein said, will be part of the investigation into benghazi. it is not just the security fails that led to benghazi but the failure to notify the relative haven't parties on capitol hill of both republicans and democrats. >>shepard: thank you from washington. with us now is the senior judicial analyst, who now also is the author of a new book and how two american presidents destroyed constitutional freedom. i don't really understand how this went from an affair through an e-mail to an investigation on this level. >>judge napolitano: i don't understand that, either, shep, and in order for the f.b.i. to be reading the e-mails of the