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american people to be dictated by a minority group of the house of representatives? or is he going to allow the expression of the majority of members of the house, which is an expression and a reflection of the electorate? look, he's going to have to make that decision, whether he is going to be the statesman and the one that is going to resolve our broken immigration system or whether... because what they're saying, ray, is it's our way or no way. just think about it. the chamber of commerce, afl-cio, "new york times," wall street journal, baptists and evangelicals, catholics and lute rans. look at the spansiveness and the depth of the movement. everybody is making compromises and reaching middle ground. republicans and democrats. they did it in the senate. why is it the only body of people that can't find a version that they can resolve around is in the house of representatives? why must the house of representatives say no, no and no? look, you're either going to have compromise. you're going to have bipartisanship or we aren't going to get anything done. i think th

house leadership position. he also served as chair of the budget committee of the house of representative, the first african-american to do so. and was a member of the house appropriations subcommittee on transportation and foreign operations. congressman gray, along with many of the c.b.c. at that time, led the effort back in the mid 1980's to end support -- u.s. support of apartheid. when congressman gray retired from the house of representatives, he went on to become president and c.e.o. of united negro college funds where he led the effort to raise more than $2.3 billion for hbcu's. extraordinary. and i'm sure my colleagues have recounted over and over and over all that he has done. d i'm just putting an ex clamation point because i think it's worth repeating -- exclamation point because i think it's worth repeating, the people of this nation need to know what an outstanding servant, congressman, preacher, congressman bill gray iii was. and we miss him dealer. he was passionate about education and believed it was the greatest tool towards a brighter future and i believe my colleague, congressman fattah, must hav

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 craze are 50, the nays are 372, the amendment is not agreed to. the unfinished business is the request for a rored vote on amendment number 10 prinned in house report 113-170 offered by the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, on which further proceedings were -- were postponed, on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: earment number 10 printed in house report 113-170, offered by mr. blumenauer of oregon. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. these in -- those in favor of a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. this is a two-minute vote. members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in co

the only place where people say and i don'tatus quo want to fix this is in the house of representativesnd it is in the republican caucus of the house of representatives. my view is, allow democracy to flourish, allow a vote. 8 people will vote. more than 218 will vote for conference of the gratian reform. they know we have the votes. >> thank you, congress member luis gutierrez, from illinois, for joining us. he is planning a tour starting tomorrow to visit republican congressional districts to drum up support for immigration reform. stay with us. this i ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. as nsa leaker edward snowden airport,t a moscow army whistleblower bradley manning is on trial and wikileaks founder julian assange is hold up in an ecuadorian , today we lookon at the strange story of another anti-that world of cyber activism who faces over 100 years in prison. his name is barrett brown. .e is an investigative reporter he has spent the past 300 days in jail and has been denied bail. charges ranging

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 224. the nays are 191. 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. mr. hastings: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? mr. hastings: i ask for a 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 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 p

it has to happen in the house of representatives. in control of the judiciary committee, of the rules committee, and of the agenda in the house of representatives. we need to acknowledge that. and we need to acknowledge that they have opinions too. so why don't we all just get together, republicans and democrats, and finally do something in a bipartisan way that helps the american people achieve at least new respect for us. >> congressman gutierrez, always good to see you. thank you. >> thank you, chris. >>> today's tweet of the day comes from journalist rebecca bass. ...and last year, she wasn't eating so well. she that b trayvon mart as her twitter profile photo. well, it tastes great! [ male announcer ] boost drink has 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d to support strong bones, and 10 grams of protein to help maintain muscle. and now boost comes in two delicious, new bars. look for them next to boost drinks. [ dietitian ] now, nothing keeps mom from doing what she loves... ...being my mom. >>> live

and darrell issa reporting to fox that the said bill will not see the light of day in the house of representatives. >> it was not a wel well-thought approach in the senate, the reason the senate bill has is little chance, no chance of being considered here, however we are looking at what to do with 11 million people we had lou: after telling fox business the gang of seven bill is "all done," just not public. they gang of seven bill would not be discussed in the meeting. the house republicans have now succeeded in taking up national leadership on issues of immigration and border security. the white house efforts into: friday senate bill obviously failing as the president plotted his latest strategy with democratic members of the congressional hispanic caucus. today trying to help a way forward releasing a report showing a broad coalition and major economic benefits from the gang of eight now dead proposal. council of economic advisors made a point of naming some prominent republicans who he said agree with the president's approach. >> it reflects a widespread bipartisan agreement, so for example pe

and last week, just last week house of representatives proved that they are not do-nothings by done didding something. they passedded the farm bill. now, that might not sound like much. traditionally the farm bill is a routine piece of legislation which provides government subsidies for farmers while also setting aside money for food stamps. it's a win-win. help for the folks who grow the corn and help for folks who live on nothing but corn syrup. now the house had not passed a farm bill in two years because 60 house republicans demanded deep can yous in food stamps. but last week house republicans agreed to an historic compromise on food stamps by eliminating the food stamps. jim? >> the u.s. house narrowly passedded a scaled-down farm bill after dropping food stamps from the measure. food stamps can wait but farm programs cannot. >> stephen: yes, farm programs cannot wait. we need to grow the food that people can no longer afford to buy. see, republicans showed they were willing to compromise by eliminating the part of the bill they refused to compromise on. it's just like a cardiologist

majority whip of this house of representatives. he was a bridge builder, particularly in education, understanding that education is the escalator to upward mobility and he made it possible for thousands and thousands of young people to get a college education. he was a great corporate citizen. he was my friend, a confidant, he gave many, many items of sage advice and counsel. he was an avid supporter coming to georgia to support me when i was state leage slitor, supporting me when i ran for congress, continued to support me for re-election and of course he was a wonderful, wonderful friend and we developed a wonderful relationship. i will miss him greatly. in 71 years is but a minute eternity but i have to just reflect and say that he did so much with his minute. the poet wrote, i have only just a minute on this 6 -- only 60 seconds in it, can't refuse it, didn't seek it, didn't choose it, i must suffer if i lose it, give account if i abuse it, just a tiny little minute but eternity is in it. we are so thankful that bill gray passed

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has other plans and now as the fallout from edward snowden leaks reaches the floor of the house of representatives there's news out of moscow regarding the fate of the leaker himself today snowden's lawyer and italy kuchera visited his client at the moscow airport transit zone which has been snowden's home for a month now and that the lawyer appeared to be carrying with him travel documents that could allow snowden to finally leave the airport very soon now for the latest here's artie's paul scott. edward snowden remains. he remains in the transit zone it was widely thought that today was going to be the day that he would finally be allowed to enter russia he's waiting for a piece of paper now we know that he's applied for temporary asylum in russia. considering whether to process that application or not when they make that decision he will be given a piece of paper a temporary visa if you like that will help him to enter russia it was widely expected that today was going to be the day that he was going to get his hands on that piece of paper but basically the paperwork still hasn't been processed

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 epresentatives.] the chair: the amendment is not agreed to. on the unfished business is on the amendment offered by mr. broun on which the noes ve pre-vailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment by mr. broun of georgia. the chair: those in favor of a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is order. lech lecked. this is a two-minute vote -- members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-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 epresentatives.] the chair: on this vote, the yeas are 158, the nays are 256, the amendment is

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 226. the nays are 189. the motion is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. lucas: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and the billeir remarks on h.r. 2642. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the chair lays before the house the following enrolled bill. the clerk: h.r. 588, an act to provide for donor contribution acknowledgements to be displayed at the for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. mr. lucas: mr. speaker, i note to my colleague i have one additional one-minute speaker and i'll reserve the rest of my time to myself. with that, mr. speaker, i'd like to yield to the gentleman from

there are not the votes in the house of representatives to renew section 215 and then you're going to lose the business record access of the patriot act entirely. it has to be changed and you have to change how you operate section 215 otherwise in a year and a half or two years you're not going to have it anymore

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 226, the nays are 196. the motion to table is adopted. without objection, a motion to railroad he can is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: the ouse will come to order. the gentleman from texas. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i want to ask unanimous consent to insert in the record the statement of administration policy opposing this bill. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, at this time i'd like to yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from new york, the distinguished ranking member of the committee on rules, ms. slaughter. the speaker pro tempore: the ouse will come to order. the gentlelady from new york is recognized for two minutes. ms. slaughter: thank you, mr. speaker. i want everybody who may be watching this or in here

i think that is what you saw on the floor of the house of representatives. i think it is especially important to note there would not even have been a big debate on the floor eight weeks ago.

i ask you in this hour, is there any chance that the senate bill can pass the house of representatives there's absolutely no chance that the senate bill passes the house of representatives. it's a good start. there's a lot of good things in the senate bill but we need to make it stronger. we actually believe that we should do a step-by-step approach. i think a comprehensive bill, it's a bad idea. i think you can do a comprehensive approach to immigration where you do a series of bills that together they deal with the issue comprehensively. i think that's what we're trying to do in the house of representatives. >> are you confident that that step-by-step approach will include a path to citizenship. >> it will include a path to legal status. i don't know that it will include a path to citizenship. it will not necessarily give them citizenship status. i think that's something that the american people want. i think that's something that is fair but it's something that can also pass the house of representatives. >> congressman if, as you say, the senate bill dies and there's no chance that

what about the house of representatives? will get a comprehensive bill. the house of representatives republicans are adamant that border security be done first. unless we start with that, i don't think there will be anything. then and only then will the republicans in the house of representatives agree to a pathway to citizenship but increasingly the cost of that as well as the difficulty of it have become a real problem and "amnesty" is being talked about by the republicans. i am pessimistic. greg do you agree? >> the republicans have taken up a new argument on immigration saying, and this is interesting, they are saying the president says he can do whatever he wants with the health care law regardless of the statute, we cannot trust this administration to enforce provisions. they have an argument. >> maybe with janet napolitano leaving, if obamacareed, i would like to get pack to the lame duck thing i have never seen a re-elected president less interested in the stuff we are talking about. he is not pushing this, he disapp

republican who control the house of representatives won't giveh the funds to explain the laws so peopleknow what will be available to them. it's a lot happening. in october we'll hear a lot about the plan. by january it will be ahead. people will get insurance. >> if1] i can speak one more quickly. you know there will be "=@cu(t president said so this . you know republicans will pounce. what is the strategy from law, the implementation of it doesn't wcome a liability in 2014? >> lot of the benefits of this law is effect and they're very popular. their policy until their 26 h?iksrájjju of people have insurance that might not otherwise had it. lot of seniors on medicare, they're getting a break,on prescription drug and preventive services. preventing insurance companieyñ to charging a lot of money andno using it for executive salary. you get a money through premium, you would have toz@cñ@-áy 80% of that money on medical services. lot of people are getting rebate. the president pointed that out the other day. they're getting rebate>h= checks because that part of the law is in effect. there

it was a rubber stamp for the house of represeatives. t a lot of major ideas came out of the senate in that early period. all of a sudden, 1819, 1820, the major issue before the nation became slavery. the great thinkers who were in the house of representatives begin to decide the place for them to be is in the senate. this is a forge on which the union was defined. is it a group of states, or is it something greater than the group of states. >> people used to line up at dawn to get into the senate chamber to hear daniel webster speak. he had an elegant manner about him and people thought if it wasn't the greatest speech, they could tell their children and grandildren they heard the great daniel webster. he could speak for days on an issue. but they were able to get to the nub of what the issue was and we remember him today not for the length of his speeches but certain telling phrases. i speak today not as a northern man but as an american. henry clay used to sit in the back of the senate chamber and people say why didn't he move down tow

fox after the meeting broke up that the senate bill will not see the light of day in the house of representatives. >> the important thing is it was not a well thought out approach in the senate. it's for the reasons that the senate bill has little chance of ever -- no chance of really being considered here. however, we are looking at what to do with 11 million people. >> this after congressman of florida told fox news earlier in the day that the house's gang of 7 bill is quote all done. just not public. >>> the congressman also said that the gang of 7 bill would not be discussed in that caucus meeting. the house republicans have now succeeded in taking up national leadership on the issues of immigration, and border security. the white house efforts to push boehner into -- as the president plotted legislative strategy with democratic members of the congressional hispanic caucus. his economic team today trying to help the way forward, releasing a report claiming a broad coalition and major economic benefits from the gang of 8's now dead proposal. council of economic advisers chairman gene sperling

that was the attitude. >> one of your former colleagues in the house of representatives who is the parliamentarian m r. johnson, we thinks it's been bad for the house of representatives. what do you think television has done for the senate? >> it was inevitable thanks to some -- thanks to certainly some members like senator robert byrd and howard baker who were receptive to the argument. sooner or later, the house went on television in 1979. senate waited until 1986, more deliberate of body. it took them longer but the perches so great, -- the pressure was so great. senators all of sudden becoming sort of known member of the state's delegation. >> it would be interesting seeing this man, united states senator majority leader during television. here he is after he retired coming back and giving a speech. he a suspicion you might have been in the room on this. >> yes. >> [video clip] >> my mid-1963, various democratic senators had begun to express publicly their frustration with the lack of prepared progress in advancing the kennedy administration's legislative initiatives. other senators were equal

is in a paper that thomas jefferson added to the rules of procedure for the united states house of representatives impeachment the power of impeachment is given to the united states house of representatives in the constitution every state has different rules for local officials typically though it's in the states for the statewide. elected officials it's always with the lower house the house is closest to the people most frequently the house of representatives and in jefferson's rules he suggested that individuals could bring these forward it's only been done to the best of my knowledge once in the united states and and if i'm recalling correctly it was an eight hundred thirty five on a guy named pike and in fact i think he was a judge but i don't i'm sorry i don't have the details beyond that to my head and in my mind or tone or whatever and frankly i think it would be a real real real long shot so if you know if you want to impeach somebody who's in elected office talk to somebody in the house of representatives in your state if it's in your state government or in the united states if it's in th

lower born men have a chance to rise. 20 five you have to be in the house of representatives. it turns out people who get there from an extremely young age turned out to be very politically connected. there are no birth certificate. he would later become governor of louisiana. he replaces andy jackson. he is the nephew of another congressman. he is dynastic. his name is william claiborne, and we have married martha claiborne roberts from louisiana. >> it is a great story. it was not his uncle who got him in. he works as a clerk in the continental congress, and he became good friends with the first clerk, and he wanted to run for office, and he said, you are in virginia. forget it. if you really want to make something of yourself, go to tennessee. he leaves to go to the senate. there is nobody else in tennessee. the house is the judge of its own members. that would have been interesting. then what happens, his one vote had as much clout as all of virginia and massachusetts because it went to the house of representatives. he stuck with jefferson. one month later he was made the g

house starting conversations there. representative, are these efforts in the house real? >> i think so. look, i think that congress in 2006 reauthorized it with more than 12,000 pages of testimony and evidence. and i think that representative sensenbrenner and representative lewis represent the best intentions of the house of representatives in a bipartisan way to come up with another coverage formula that's narrowly tailored so it passes constitutional muster. >> ari, i'm reading from your article that you posted on our website you noted that hearings are being led in the judiciary committee on the constitution headed by trent franks there. one of only 33 republicans who voted against reauthorizing the vote rights in 2006 and you had noted 390 members voted for it there. so does this already spell doom? >> i don't think it spells doom. i think he's a minority of a minority of the members of congress who did pose this as the last time. as the congresswoman pointed out this has strong bipartisan support. i spoke last night to the democratic ranking member on that same committee and he said basically look with all due respect to congressman franks this is above his pay

chances of finding its way to the president's desk. >> there's always friction between the house and the senate. a lot of it understandable. a lot of it just egos. but i respect the house of representatives. i respect their views. and we have a job ahead of us. and convincing them. >> national republican leadership will tell john boehner, if you don't pass a bill, then we're going to be a minority party for a generation. and he's not only the house leader, he's a party leader. speaker boehner will find two choices. no bill, or let the bill pass with some chamber republicans. we'll find that the better choice. we'll pass the bill by the end of the year. >>> texas lawmakers will begin another 30-day special session. they will take up the state's abortion bill that could close nearly all of the state's clinics and prohibit abortions after 20 weeks. it is the same bill that was challenged by wendy davis. the filibuster has kicked off a national debate on this issue. you look at images from their statehouse last week. as well as a personal battle between davis and rick perry. yesterday, davis spoke about the upcoming special session. >> what they now have to confront is that the eyes of texas

stephen: last question, senator, the senate seems to be marginally more functional than the house of representativesse days. when you work so hard and for so long on legislation in the senate, and then send it over to the house of representatives, does that ever feel like you're nudging your fully grown child into a field full of bear traps? >> well, we're hopeful the house will rise to the occasion. this is the right thing to do as we've shown. it's not a democratic bill, it's a bipartisan bill. it's the right thing for america, has support from across the political spectrum. a lot of conservative people as you mentioned bill o'reilly and others support it. so we're hopeful the house will rise to the occasion. if i had to bet money, they will. >> stephen: thank you for joining me, senator. senator, carlos schumer, everybody. >> nice to be with you, stephen. captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> that's it for the report, everybody. good night. medy central comedy central's world news headquarters in new york this is the daily show about jon

of the redistricting. the democrats thought the same thing between 1968 and 1990, and house, theye white lost 82 electoral votes in that election. but they kept the house of representatives. if they are going to be a national party house,, which chs be --them to >> you will notice that aside from all of these self-referrals from my colleagues about george bush, nobody answered the substantive question, which is what would you have achieved if we have 5 million to 8 million immigrants? i thought the point of this was to bring 11 million people out of the shadows. it took a quarter-century to accumulate that. now we will have a repetition of that in the decade. the real problem with the bill is the enforcement of the border is not serious. bean index of that is how much democrats will fight, kick, and scream over the details -- >> is that chump change? >> you are throwing money at a problem without saying that you are going to judge this by the results, the output, not the input. let me give you one example. the israelis build a fence because they're getting 2000 illegal african immigrants every month. the fence is now completed. they have gone from 2000 to two of month. t

very different that we're living -- that a majority that's more than 218 members of the house of representativeste for xrees hencive immigration reforl, dozens -- dozens of members of his republican caucus want a vote and they want to vote, many of them, because it is the right thing to do. others, because it is politically expedient for them to do it. i rool lyreally don't care how come to the table. the fact is that a majority -- look. boehner is not the kind of -- how would i say it -- ideological guy. right? he sits down, he voted against sensenbrenn sensenbrenner, that mean legislation that criminalized all immigrants. he's not a very ideological person when it comes to pushing. he wants to try to reach consensus. i believe that about him. and he's in a quandary right now with a majority of his party that doesn't want him to allow a vote for comprehensive immigration reform. but look. to me, there's going to be a vote eventually on comprehensive immigration reform in the house because of one reason and one reason -- it is kind of the depth and breadth. so far, what chairman goodlatte has pr

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 388. the nays are 3. 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 the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. ribble, to suspend the rules and agree to h. con. res. 44 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report. the clerk: house calendar number 45, house concurrent resolution 44, concurrent resolution authorizing the use of the capitol grounds for the district of columbia special olympics law enforcement torch run. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to the concurrent resolution. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [capti

now, in terms of the house of representatives, let's just talk about the end game, in terms of the houseves, it's pretty, pretty, patriot unlikely, and i think most people in this room would agree, pretty unlike that will republicans will lose their majority in the house. the democrats need a 17-seat net gain, which isn't a huge number, but when you sort of look at where the congressional district boundaries are drawn and sort of the landscape, it's hard to see how either party could pick up double digits, particularly 17 seats. 93% of all republicans in the house of representatives are sitting in districts that mitt romney carried. 96% of all districts that democrats hold are in districts that president obama carried. and so, to a large extent, the house has kind of sorted it out, and republicans were very fortunate that they had that terrific 2010 election, the election preceding the congressional district boundaries, and so they were able to, in a lot of states with governors and ledge tures, draw boundaries that were better than they've seen in a very, very long time. and not to be p

this is the same attorney general that is being held in contempt by the house of representatives. ars ago, now two years, he did not turn over documents. he had 10,000 some on documents used for his own internal investigation of all turnover us. he has been in contempt of congress for over a year. this is just the latest example. lou: and it is clear that this president and his attorney general will persist without effectively respecting any part of the congress's complaints about either his veracity or conduct. >> correct. this is a push back on constitutional authority. the legislative branch has the constitutional responsibility for oversight and what happens, the executive branch is saying we're going to ignore all oversight. the senate currently is tinkering with everything. senator reid is basically saying we won't touch any of this which is a shame. the days ahead republican presidents and republican senate will want to have the same authority. the american people deserve accountability of the executive branch is elected to the legislative branch. it is not right for republi