it was very hard to corral all these men attentive and sober to listen to a speech in the house of representatives. it was sometimes hard to maintain a quorum. a majority of the members of the house. there was no system of balance lakers today where you can get people to come in and take their seats. typically accepting cases of an important vote or a very very famous speaker, you only have about two-thirds of the house in session. the rest of the politicians were out of town or they were hanging out elsewhere in washington. many of the exciting bars and brothels and other places in the area or they could be in the capital getting drunk at the hole in the wall which was a little tavern in the basement of the capital. if you are unlucky enough to get a seat at the back of the house, you probably couldn't hear what was going on. remember there were no microphones in the mid-19th century. when you have that many people, you are not going to be able to hear as well. the acoustics in the house were not very good and people complain about this. if you didn't want a seat in the back you were just out of

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: 316 members have recorded their presence. a quorum is present. the chair has examined the journal of the proceedings of january 3, 2014 and announces to the house his approval, pursuant to clause 1, rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from texas, mr. poe. the gentleman from texas may proceed. mr. poe: please join me in the pledge of allegiance. 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 stice for all. the speaker: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable, the speaker, house of representatives, sir, this is to formally notify you of my intent to resign as c.a.o. effective at the close of business on january 5, 201

we honestly, certainly in the house of representatives, the people's house, can't you understand the difference here in the people's house that the people represent the diversity of the faces of america and all to en over there who seem have devoted their life to -- for women to do what they expect them to do and pass laws that require that. i think it was the most telling debates that we have ever seen and i hope it will not go unnoticed by the american people. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields. the gentlelady from north carolina is recognized. thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i'm going to say again, this bill is not an attack on women or an attack on women's rights. i think it is wonderful that we had so many men here today speaking on behalf of the unborn. life is the most fundamental of all rights, madam speaker. it's sacred and god given, but millions of babies have been robbed of that right in this the freest country in the world. this is a tragedy beyond words and a betrayal of what we as a nation stand for. before liber

it was very hard to corral these men, attempted as a bird to speak of the house of representatives. it is sometimes hard to maintain a quorum. a majority of the members of the house. you could sort of get them to come in and take their seats. typically, except in cases of an important vote are very, very famous speaker you only have about two thirds of the house in session. the rest of the politicians were out of town where they were hanging out elsewhere in 10. many of the exciting bars and and other places in the area. or they could be in the capital getting drunk at the whole of the wall, which is a little tavern in the basement of the capitol. if you are unlucky enough to get a seat at the back of the house, you probably couldn't hear what was going on. remember, there were no microphones in the mid-19th century. when you have that many people, you are not going to hear as well. the acoustics in the house were not very good. if you got one of the seats in the back, you were just of luck. those in the house of for also not necessarily paying attention. this is an important part of

for those of you who remember how tip o'neill ran the house of representatives, i don't have to tell you the rest of the story. nobody said anything until ronald reagan and tip o'neill spoke a few weeks later. reagan thanked him and then they commence the debate. and reagan could do that and o'neal could do that because they put their country before their party. even though they were fierce, fierce partisans and that's what we have lost herriot we have lost the ability to think as conservatives but to act as moderates. when we do that we will at least reconnect i think more with mainstream america instead of seeming to be so overly driven in ideology. >> the book is a touchstone for someone he conversations. the media also has a role. we want to hear some of your questions. there are a lot of books to his side so we have to move this along. there's a microphone here but i can come to you. is this microphone working? >> the microphones are going off all over. yes, sir. [inaudible] >> better luck next year. [laughter] >> i'm looking forward to reading your book but the thing that bother

the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to section 4-b of house resolution 5, 113th congress, i am pleased to appoint the following members to the house democracy partnership. the honorable david e. price of north carolina. , the honorable lois capps of california, the honorable sam farr of california, the honorable keith ellison of minnesota, the honorable lucille roybal-allard of california, the honorable susan davis of california, the honorable gwen moore of wisconsin, the honorable jim mcdermott of washington, the dinatitus of nevada, thank you for your appointments, signed, nancy pelosi, democratic leader. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following personal requests. the clerk: leave of absence requested for mr. rush of illinois for january 27 through january 29, and mr. westmoreland of georgia for today. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. he house will be in order. after consultation among the speaker and the majority and minority leaders and with their consent, the chair announc

i'll just tick through their names quickly, and i want to get you something from the house of representativesa, susan collins, dean coats, dan portman of ohio. this is john boehner, speaker of the house, he said many things off camera. "one month ago i personally told the white house another extension of unemployment benefits should not only be paid for, but include something to help put people back to work. to date the president has offered no such plan. if he does, i'll be happy to discuss it, but right now the house is going to remain focused on growing the economy and giving america's unemployed the independence of only finding a good job." clearly, there will be a fight in the house of representatives. let's talk about this a little bit. we await for the president. let's bring in our agenda panel for today, kelly goff, columnist for "the daily beast," lee fong, contributing writer for "the nation," and cheryl, i'll start with you. you were going to sort of pay attention to the republicans voting here and we saw six voted for it. what did you think of what you saw in terms of the unemploy

just today the house of representatives will debate and probably vote on a bill that would severely restrict very practically constrict a woman's right to choose, h.r. 7 is a threat to that right of privacy. and instead of moving forward in protecting women's health, all too often we have seen those ongoing attacks after four decades this judgment is threatened by onerous and ongoing limitations repeatedly passed by state legislatures and this body. so i'm very proud to be joined today by two of my most distinguished colleagues, senator murray of the state of washington and senator baldwin of wisconsin, who have been really tireless champions for women's rights, for constitutional rights, and for women's health care. and i am humbled and admiring of the work that they have already done and the work that we have ahead of us. because i've introduced with their support, particularly with the active work of senator baldwin, a measure that will proactively and preventively protect women's rights against this onslaught at the state level. the women's health protection act is designed to stop restr

democrats actually coming back to be a majority there's no urgency for this because the house of representatives sure are doing at him before indicated he wasn't and take it to the senate and to the house of act and now we go back to the house though it is the case that the president will not have fast track legislation to sign there will be no fast track luser run to push the tepee through congress this year it still is the case that there's still going to be a big fight in the house so we should say a quick who but we should not have a victory dance because the fight over fastrack is in the house today even speaker boehner said things about pushing it soon the president's going on a trip to asia to sign t.p.d. things in april that is the timeline for the house to have passed p.p.p. so all of us who care about it we need to make sure they can never count half of the votes in the house and that's still some work to do because then we have to worry if it gets to the hose do they have in the lame duck session some way to sort of twist arms get the thing on the floor of the senate and boom it's rub

but what i'm concerned about, representative welsh is that kind of thinking invading the house of representatives and elsewhere. i mean, that kind of thinking seems to me to be a much more crudely phrased version of what rand paul seems to be saying. do you hear echos of that limbaugh kind of thinking about this in your republican colleagues in the house? >> well, i do. in fact, big time. it's as though it's a morality play. and the morality for us and our responsibility is to have economic policies that can actually create employment. create jobs and create wealth. we're not having a debate about that. for instance, we have too large a trade deficit. and we're not debating that. a trade deficit means the jobs are getting exported overseas. if we could rebalance our trade we would create a lot more jobs here at home. the minimum wage is not on the table for discussion. mr. limbaugh doesn't like to talk about that. and the infrastructure is falling apart in this country. and the irony of this is if we spoke about some of these concrete things instead of everybody giving their vision of morality, t

the house of representatives will initiate the discussion on the debt ceiling increase. they probably will have other ideas. >> how about banning any bailout, this affecting the risk corridors on obamacare? >> all of those would be important steps in the right direction. we need not have a default -- we never got a default. the speaker and i made that clear. we've never done that. but, it's irresponsible not to use the discussion -- the request of the president to raise the debt ceiling to try to accomplish something for the country. >> i know you like being senate minority leader. i know you would even prefer to be senate majority leader so let's talk about the playing field for the november election in 2014. democrats now have a 55-45-seat advantage but the democrats must

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of his time. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on january 9, 2014, at 9:42 a.m. that the senate passed, without amendment, h.r. 667, that the senate passed senate 1171, signed, sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. burgess: mr. speaker, i call up house resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the clerk: house calendar number 79, house resolution 455, resolved, that at any time after the adoption of this resolution, the speaker may, pursuant to clause 2-b of rule 18 declare the house resolved into the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for consideration of the bill, h.r. 2279, to amend the solid waste disposal act relating to review of regulations under such acts and to amend the comprehensive environmental response compensation and l

coming up next -- another republican abandons ship in the house of representatives. ♪ we're gonna be te. ♪ ♪ ♪ oh are we early? [ male announcer ] commute your way with the bold, all-new nissan rogue. ♪ >>> a ship of fools in the house of representatives. six-term republican congressman jim gur lak announced today he will not seek re-election. in his written statement he did not blame tea party madness for his premature retirement. instead the 58-year-old career politician offered the standard line of wanting to spend more time with his wife and family. gerlach is the fourth moderate republican to announce retirement since november, joining john runyon of new jersey, tom latham of iowa, and frank wolf of va sprap join meg now nia malika henderson, political reporter for the "washington post" and sam stein, politics editor for the huffington post. and so nia ma'lika, another republican would like to spend more time with his family and a lot less time on the house floor with those crazy tea partiers. >> we are seeing something of a trend here. i think the question is whether or not it c

to play it safe and put in candidates they think can help them maintain their lead in the house of representatives expand it. so we'll see what happens there with that seat. i think also one of the things that you are seeing from moderate republicans is they have formed a super pact. the defense of main street. they are looking at raising $8 million in targeting 10 or 12 races in 2014. so there is a sort of empire strikes back moderate republicans wanting to strike back. >> sam, the retirement phenomenon was always interesting to watch in congress, and usually there's more of a kind of rush to the door when you're in a minority body particularly in the house of representatives. and it looks hopeless. it looks like you'll never get out of the minority. it's watching the retirements from the majority party that is more interesting as we've seeing here. >> totally agree. you would think that in this current state with this current landscape the republicans would be more excited about the upcoming election than democrats. the generic congressional ballots have trended in republicans' favor since the l

here a man who served his country well both as president and then in the house of representatives uttering no and ending his life at that particular moment. for me, that was a water shed moment. not just because of the mexican war, which is ends in 1848. because john quincy adams was the descendent of john adams and founding fathers. we enter a different world now. we are not in the revolutionary era. we can't look back in the same way we are look forward. what we have to look forward to is a series of refusal for good and ill that come to be known as the period before, during, and after the civil war. so it's very interesting. kind of continuity in that particular way. that we see history as also being embodied by humans who have such a direct and powerful response to it. >> -- and the other genre contribute in a way toward your decision to -- >> right. absolutely. haw thorn, i'm interested in the fact that nathaniel haw thorn, a man who died during the civil war in 1864 was also a man -- we often associate with salem in the early witchcraft trials with really, you know, 17th century amer

the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, i hereby resign as a member of the united states house of representatives effective immediately upon being sworn in as the director of the federal housing finance agency. the position to which i have been nominated by the president of the united states and confirmed by the united states senate. service in the house has been a high honor. please convey to my colleagues my tanks for the courtesies they have extended to me and for the privilege i have enjoys of serving with them. signed, sincerely, melvin l. watt, 12th district of north carolina. the speaker pro tempore: under clause 5-d of rule 20, the chair now -- announces to the house in light of the resignation of the gentleman from north carolina, mr. watt, the whole number of the house is 432. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, this is to notify you formally pursuant to rule 8 of the rules of the house of representatives that i have been served

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 394, the nays are zero. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the the gentlewoman from from wyoming, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3008 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 213, h.r. 3008, a bill to provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of forest land in the loss padres national forest and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. ? [captioning made possible by the

many members of the house of representatives. joining us is the editor-in- chief of the gallup poll's. mercy for joining us. >> my pleasure. -- thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> the president's approval stands at 41%. how much capital does that give the president? >> not a lot. any president would like to be well above 50%. obama has been in the low-made wii's for quite a while. 40's for in -- low-mid- quite a while. he comes in -- >> let me share interesting findings from your poll. in previous years, the debt and deficit was an overriding issue. number one is dissatisfaction with the government. the economy is second. unemployment and health care is third. the federal budget is fourth. ethics, moral, religious, and the topecline tops out five. , the indication of the biggest problem is dysfunctional government. the president may interpret that as we need to work together to take action, but i think americans have a broader view and look at the whole asper radice of washington as inefficient and not working well. presi

of global competition. mr. garamendi: representative tonko, once again you've laid it out very, very clearly. the challenge that we have. there's 435 of us here in the house of representatives. i think we're a little lower of that because of some retirements. but this is a 435 and 100 members of congress, together with the president, we set the national policy, we set the national agenda. and frankly at the moment the agenda is one that is stalled out. really, we had been prevented from pushing forward an aggressive agenda such as you've described. those elements, research, education, manufacturing, infrastructure, the role of labor, particularly the role of women in the labor force, those issues are road blocked. there's a stop sign that's been put up here in the house of representatives that basically says, we shouldn't do any of that. that government has no role in any of those issues. i would challenge that philosophy. i would challenge that philosophy with the founding fathers. our colleagues on the right often talk about we ought to do what the founding fathers did. one of the things that the founding fathers did was to turn to hamilton and say, dev

i'm told it was blocked by the house of representatives. a few folks at the house are pointing fingers here, that's politics instead of governance. we can do better. here in the congress we demand more transparency from federal agencies and that's the right thing to do but we need to look in the mirror. americans are dmang this funding bill as well. it's responsible government, makes tough choices to getting our fiscal house in order while investing in the future. it puts our country on more solid foot,, delivers certainty to small businesses so we can count on them to grow and create jobs. our constituents sent us here to find common ground. this kind of responsible bill is why we're here so, once again, i want to thank the chairwoman and the ranking member for their hard work in bringing this bill to the floor. i look forward to seeing its final passage. with that i yield the floor, madam president. a senator: president madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. coburn: thank you. i want to address my remarks fi

boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. god of the universe, we give you thanks for giving us another day. in the final hour of the first session of the 113th congress, we give you thanks for your faithfulness to our nation. there have been many struggles, many sorrows and yet we are still here and able to give you thanks that millions of our citizens live free. may the work of the second session issue forth to the benefit of our nation and its citizens and where the efforts of this congress have fallen short, we ask your forgiveness and the forgiveness of all americans. may all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory. amen. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 6-a of house resolution 438, the journal of the last day's proceedings is approved. the chair will lead the house in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for

what is the state of the republican party in the house of representatives in terms of huh you feel about leadership and the initiatives that have been passed? >> wep know with the situation, we'd like to be doing better but with a minority party we have to manage expectations. the speak are has a job to do. i wouldn't want it. i don't agree with everything. me and my wife don't agree on egg -- everything, but we have to move forward. >> there's not like there'll be a revolt on the party. >> the president will be the president for the next three years. we accept that. we have to work within the confines of that framework. >> now the president says it's a year of action. we'll do a lot of stuff through executive order. this is a decree, he's governing by decree. it's in the constitution to do what the per cent talks about. the white house things others, what do you say. >> it's rules by which we run the country. worked for hundreds of years. we knew we'd be divided and have differences of opinion. the system was set up for a reason. we are appreciated that the president anls that. on the o

. >> and when he took on the science of global warming, his fellow republicans in the house of representativesnthusiastically applauded. >> now, we hear all the time about global warming. actually, we've had flat line temperatures globally for the last eight years. scientists all over this world say that the idea of human-induced global climate change is one of the greatest hoaxes perpetrated out of the scientific community. it is a hoax. >> not true. simply not true. up to a point we might agree that representative brown's personal beliefs are his own business, even when he is telling the extremist john birch society that it's a conspiracy to -- and i'm quoting -- destroy america. but remember, this man is chairman of oversight investigations for the science, space, and technology committee of the united states house of representatives passing judgment on public policy and science. god help us. ♪ >>> at our website, billmoyers.com, join new hampshire all to make candidates take a stand on corruption of money in politics. >> if you think about every single important issue america has to addres

let's look at what it would take for the democrats to take control of the house of representatives. republicans have 234 seats. and net gain of 17 would flip the house from republican to democrat. when we look at the 52 seats on our competitive lists, it is not a matter of only winning 17 out of 52 seats. democrats are defending half of those 52 seats. they not only have to win the seats they are defending but then also gained 17 more. there have been some pretty critical republican thatessional districts kept open. these are seats democrats have been salivating over four years. democrats have some of their own open seats. out any potential gains democrats may win by getting those democrat -- by getting those seats. take almost a small miracle at this point. it is not the type of election or type of environment the credits need to win those seats. in terms of the u.s. senate, the democrats have 55 seats. 45 for the republicans. republicans need six seats, that assumes they do not lose any of their own. important they hold on in kentucky and georgia. if they can't the road just gets a

these are the questions that the american public expect this house of representatives to debate. and these are the issues that would really go to the crux of closing the income inequality and moving economic mobility forward in this country. i look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues on these and other measures. we've introduced legislation to increase the minimum wage, to extends unemployment insurance benefits, to provide training to workers to move into high-growth sectors. and to invest in our infrastructure to create the type of jobs that our country desperately needs. but we need our colleagues on the other side to work with us and our president to move these legislative proposals forward and to stop the continued obstructionism that has plagued this congress for far too long. i yield back the remainer time to my colleague. mr. jeffries: i thank -- the remaining time to my colleague. mr. jeffries: i thank my colleague. income inequality is a threat to our economy and the integrity of our democracy and we must do everything possible to right this wrong in america

start of the headlines this hour the back of increased political pressure on japan the us house of representatives includes the issue of japan's wartime sexual enslavement of a thing when a spending bill for twenty twenty. shot three of the house retaliate against north korean military aggression of the senate's to calm down every zoo family reunions excellent wanted to hold their annual village three drafts. the leaders of korea and india agreed to upgrade their free trade pact as early as possible to take necessary measures to nurture a favorable business environment for investors in both countries. the stores in more than five times. i walk into primetime years its third state to endure a sixteen year in korea one from so i need to pay them come and pay so much for joining us. we begin in new delhi where present back in a health of bilateral summit with their indian counterpart manmohan singh on the stairs to the two leaders agreed to upgrade their free trade pact as early as possible and take necessary measures to nurture a favorable business environment for investors in both countries the pre

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 251, the nays are 166. the conference report is adopted. without objection, a motion to reconsider is laid op the table. -- on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the question on growing -- agreeing to the speaker's approval on the journal. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the journal stands approved. > mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's appointment through the order of the house of the following members on the part of the use for the american interparliamentary -- the clerk: mr. mcintyre of north carolina, mr. delaney of aryland. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask

house of representatives gavels back in later. "first ladies" returns with a look at the life and career of nancy >> this week on "q&a," author and educator david bobb discusses his new book titled "humility: an unlikely biography of america's greatest virtue." >> david bobb, in your book on humility, you say humility is a wimpy virtue. what did you mean by that? >> it is often seen as that. i make the argument that it is a virtue of strength. i think humility has fallen on hard times. it is seen as a virtue as something for wimps and wallflowers. people that are going to get run over. in order to be successful, conventional wisdom says you have to be assertive, bold, even putting yourself out there, self-promoting. i think humility countermand that. it councils a different disposition and attitude. >> define it. >> humility is an honest examination of oneself. you can admit you are imperfect, your imperfections, and think about how one might put others first in thought, word and deed. it is the opposite of self-aggrandizement. >>

it went to house of representatives that didn't embrace it at that moment but a lot of folks speculate that they are gearing up to consider a debate on immigration reform. you've heard more and more from leader boehner, speaker boehner that he's considering that and so i don't think it's dead as an issue. i think there's a chance that a full -- full-throated support of comprehensive immigration reform from the president will make a difference. >> you know -- >> minimum wage, quickly, the senate is poised to take up an increase in minimum wage up to $10.54. index inflation, i think that would be very positive. but i also understand that the president is going to be focused squarely on the opportunity for upward mobility, growing our middle class. >> income inequality. >> income inequality. >> i want to ask you about that but before i do, one thing that seems so strange to people outside washington, d.c., you're a very progressive senator in a senate controlled by democrats. the house of representatives run by conservative republicans. we know that boehner and harry reid are not exactly

let's talk about the house of representatives. the statement the house speaker john boehner pointed out. one of the lines that jumps out at me, i'll read it, he says this, john boehner. one month ago, i personally told the white house that another extension of temporary emergency unemployment benefits should not only be paid for, but include something to help people put people back to work. to date, the president has offered no such plan. if he does, i'll be happy to discuss it. but right now, the house is going to remain focused on growing the economy and giving america's unemployed the independence that only comes from finding a good job. so here's the question. let's say it passes in the senate. what does -- will the speaker let it come up for a clean vote in the house of representatives? >> reporter: the answer is, clearly no. unless and until the president does what the speaker just laid out as you just read. you know, and then even if the president does what the white house considers a plan to, for example, get people back t

in the house of representatives the rules committee sets out the terms of debate for each bill. if you want to offer an amendment in the house, you have to go hat in hand to the rules committee and get their permission. if the house leadership doesn't like your amendment, you're out of luck. by contrast, here in the senate, the senate has a tradition of allowing extensive debate and amendments by any senator without prior approval from anybody. however, that tradition has gone out the window under the current majority leadership. we have seen an unprecedented abuse of cloture motions to cut off the deliberative process also paired with a tactic called filling the tree, blocking amendments from being considered. the senate majority leader has effectively become a one-man version of the house rules committee, dictating what amendments will be debated and which ones will never see the light of day. he has done so again on the unemployment bill currently before this senate. in fact, he's been quite unashamed about saying that he's not going to allow any amendments. this strips the ab

host: extension of unemployment benefits is still in the house of representatives, it is not moved anywhere. how big of an issue will this be in some of these key races? guest: it is going to be an issue, angry with nathan that it will be part of a bigger puzzle -- i agree with nathan that it will be part of a bigger puzzle. they need to motivate their own base. in midterm elections, with the party in power, in its very to motivate. they need to put something together to motivate their voters, and this is minorities, younger voters. been aennifer duffy has consultant on nbc news on election night, her work is available online at the a kpolitical -- coo .com. based we offer state local news from both sides of the ideological sector. you can see some of the best from thend blogging left, right, and nonpartisan mainstream media side-by-side. you can get news from different perspective go and get an knowing wherenot they are coming from, giving past that first stage. host: a graduate of vanguard and georgetown university. super bowl sunday? a lot of twitter conversations. guest: i have to go fo

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 189, the nay as are 228. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 2 printed in part a of house report 113-23 -- 322 by the gentleman from new york, mr. tonko, on which further proceedings were postponed and thes no prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 2 printed in part a of house report 113-322 offered by mr. tonko of new york. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states

the republicans in the house of representatives passed something to legalize that. it will not be brought up in the senate. example ofas a good where i think the president is going to be checked on his abuse of authority when he made recess appointments to the national labor relations board. there was a case -- there is a case before the supreme court that i think they will say that the president acted in an unconstitutional manner about one year ago. there is a case in district court now -- you mentioned fast and furious -- the house of representatives has tried to overrule the president on that by a citation against holder but when you have a contempt citation and he does not honor it, you have to go to court so when the district court in d.c. but there is a case trying to loosen those papers up that the president has stonewalled us from getting to find out all the truth about fast and furious. there are ways of doing it but they don't happen overnight. host: we solicited comments on our facebook page last night for you for your appearance this morning. i think it

the supreme court, the legislature matters here too, in congress, republicans control the house of representativese judiciary committee of the house of representatives, specifically the republican majority on the judiciary committee on the house of representatives which looks like this, all these lovely ladies. they decided that the first bill they would mark up in 2014, the way they would start this new session of congress, the very first thing they would work on would be the no taxpayer funding for abortion act. which concerns abortion coverage and whether or not washington, d.c., is allowed to spend even its own money providing access to abortion for low income women in that city. that was the very first thing that the republican controlled house judiciary committee decided to work on this year, and all the male republicans in that committee which is all the republicans in that committee unanimously voted for it, but not before telling the one representative of washington, d.c., in congress that she would not be allowed to speak on the issue. republicans in the house are also expecting this yea

repeat to your viewers two,-thirds of the people in the house of representatives are republicans. voted to close the government, keep it closed more than 16 days and default on the debt. i mean, i want this to pass, i hope it does, it should. we have appropriation bill, but i don't know. >> schieffer: what do you think about the future of obama care. republicans were willing to shut down the government in effort to kill it they don't it. then it had this disastrous roll out. with this election year for a bunch of your democrats in the senate, 21 of them -- >> 21 of us, 14 of them. >> schieffer: democrats run as proud sponsor of obama compare or run away from it? >> it's interesting. i can't come here say the roll out was great, it was awful. but look where we are today. the website has been fixed, perfect, no. right now as we speak there are nine million americans -- nine million americans who have health care who didn't have it before. we have as you know three million medicare, three million on policies because they haven't reached age 26. and we have more than two million, they

house of representatives where in less than an hour president obama will be giving his fifth state of the union address. the president offered one photo opportunity walking along the colonnade to the west wing this morning. experts released 90 minutes ago the president says he will act on his own to bring economic opportunities to americans if congress won't act. he will sign an executive order raising the minimum wage for federal contractors to $10.10 an hour. >> it only affects future contracts with the federal government. and so i think the question is how many people mr. president will this executive action actually help. >> for the first time two women will deliver the republican response washington congresswoman kathy mcmares rogers in english ileana rose will give the response in spanish. >>> here in the deep blue bay area polls show the president's approval rating has dropped, but an attempt by the administration to try to pick up some steam. david stevenson is live in san francisco where mayor ed lee will be a guest at tonight's speech. >> reporter: that's right. we caught up

2000, dole camp in 96 and so senate and governor races and over five dozen members of the house of representatives. please join me in welcoming being in. [applause] -- david wasserman is the house editor for "the cook political report," probably a dream job for a lot of us here in the room. he is responsible for handicapping and analyzing u.s. house races. he also serves as an associate editor of the "national journal," as a contributor to an almanac of american politics 2014. in april of 2011, he authored the public -- "the cook political report" competence of 2012 redistricting outlook. please join me in welcoming dan wasserman of. [applause] >> arthur penn was is jeff liszt. he's a democratic pollster and strategist. jeff is a partner and ashley recognize bowling for but they do polling on political candidates and very selected officials including senate members, mbs of cars, governors and dozens of other statewide official. jeff is a veteran campaign operative whose experience include working with the dccc and the docc of the democratic governors association. in 2008, jeff was part of the camp

and its positive contribution to the house of representatives. i have been honored to have had this opportunity to serve. signed, yours truly, yvonne b. burke. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's appointment, pursuant to section 4-d of house resolution 5, 113th congress, and the order of the house of january 3, 2013, of the following individuals to serve on the governing board of the office of congressional ethics. the clerk: nominated by the speaker with the concurrence of the minority leader. mrs. judy biggert, illinois, alternate for the remainder of the term of mr. bill frenzel, nominated by the minority leader with the concurrence of the speaker, brigadier general, retired, belinda pinckney, virginia, for the remainder of the term of mrs. yvonne burke. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute speeches. for what purpose does the gentleman from minnesota seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. paulsen: mr. speaker, i rise to congratulate ede

let's look at what it would take for the democrats to take control of the house of representatives. republicans have 234 seats. and net gain of 17 would flip the house from republican to democrat. when we look at the 52 seats on our competitive lists, it is not a matter of only winning 17 out of 52 seats. democrats are defending half of those 52 seats. they not only have to win the seats they are defending but then also gained 17 more. there have been some pretty critical republican thatessional districts kept open. these are seats democrats have been salivating over four years. democrats have some of their own open seats. out any potential gains democrats may win by getting those democrat -- by getting those seats. take almost a small miracle at this point. it is not the type of election or type of environment the credits need to win those seats. in terms of the u.s. senate, the democrats have 55 seats. 45 for the republicans. republicans need six seats, that assumes they do not lose any of their own. important they hold on in kentucky and georgia. if they can't the road just gets a