of the house: a study of leadership." professor green, what's the speaker of the house responsible for? >> a number of responsibilities. he or she is the top officer of the house of representatives and, in fact, the only one named in the constitution, and so there's an expectation that speakers are there to represent the house of representatives with the senate and the american people. the practical matter the speaker is responsible for ensuring that the house operates correctly, ensuring that legislation is enacted, helping to develop the agenda, interacting with the president, interacting with the american people, and ensuring that in general the house is working the will of the people. >> could anyone be the speaker of house? you have to be a member of the house for? >> technically you do not. the house shall choose it speaker. so in theory anyone can run for speaker of the health. as a practical matter it's always been a member of the house of representatives, but that is not a limitation that the constitution imposes on the selection of the speaker. >> how partisan is the post? >> that's a great question. i would say this, that the partisanship of the office of speaker has

there were 76 measures that reached the president's desk and that 64 of them came out of the house of representatives. t knowing all of the statistical imperatives, my belief is the 64 that came out of the house of representatives, a substantial number of them had companion legislation. i question whether or not what we're addressing today has companion legislation until the senate and that's why i feel -- in the senate and that's why i feel it's not going to go anywhere. arguing ne side is that we need to start the 2014 election right now and don't do anything else that is going to allow for both bodies. it's true, as my colleague aid, that the constitution mentions the house of representatives first, but it did not give the house of representatives autonomy in the nse that they and they alone can pass legislation, so there is a requirement here that is not being met and that is that e senate and house confer on matters of legislation and then offer it up to the executive branch. circumvented that process. i'm fascinated by the fact that i don't believe my colleagues have the courage of their convic

house" a study of lloydership. what's the speaker of the house responsible for? >> guest: the speaker of the house has a number of responsibilities. he or she is the top officer of the house of representatives and in fact the only one named in the constitution, and so there's an expectation that speakers are there to represent the house of representatives to the senate and american people. the principal practical matter the speaker is responsible for ensuring that the house operates correctly, ensuring that legislation is enacted, helping to develop the agenda, interacting with the president, interacting with the american people, and ensuring that general that the house is working the will of the people. >> host: could anyone be the speaker of the house? do you have to be a member of the house be the speaker? >> guest: technically you do not. all the constitution says is the house shall choose its speaker, and so in their riff -- theory anyone can run for speaker of the house. as practical matter it's always been a member of the house of representatives but that's not a limitation the constitution imposes on he select of the speaker. >> host: how bipartisan is -- o'partisan is the post? tha

that's something that has had a lot of signatures on it here in the house of representatives. when ron paul served here in the house, he pushed that constantly. and, yes, we passed it out of the house of representatives in the past, and they don't have an interest in taking it up in the senate. we don't know what's going on in the fed. there are trillions of dollars that are maneuvered around over the course of years and we aren't able to take a look at those dollars. and our job is to oversight. so when you give the fed essentially an open checkbook and they can inject funds into the economy, they can run the throttle in our economy up and down, without congressional oversight, without even having access to that information, to see what they are doing, the closest we get to auditing the fed is to read the "wall street journal" that picks up little tidbits and writes it into the newspaper, gives us a better feeling of what's going on. thanks to "the wall street journal," mr. speaker, but that's not enough. we do need to audit the fed. it is a no-brainer from where i sat. congre

it was very hard to corral all the men attentive and sober to listen to a speech in the house of representatives. of it sometimes hard to maintain a quorum, a majority of the members of the house. there was no system of bells like there is today where you can sort of get people to come in and take their seats. typically accepting case of an important vote or very, very famous speaker. you only had 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, d.c.. many of the exciting bars and brothel and other places in the area. or they could be in the capitol getting drunk at the hole in the wall, which was 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. and when you have that many people, you're not going to be able to hear as well. the acoustics in the house were not very good. people complained about this. if you got one of the seat in the back,

violence took place in the house of representatives. this would happen between several members of congress. one of the most famous examples of this is a republican out of pennsylvania and one from south carolina who became angry with one another on the floor of the house and became so angry that it produced a fist fight of nearly 30 people. they had been fighting for some time when an illinois representative took a swing at a fellow, a democrat from mississippi, he ain't a bit too high end his wig went flying off his head. nobody in the house knew he wore a wig so this was quite amusing. the house starts laughing uncontrollably and the route is over. what does this tell us? this is a pretty common thing in washington. there is a lot of violence but it is part of the regular experience. happens and then it is over and this is the context in washington in which the caning of charles sumner happened, it is not a situation where washington politicians becomes so a agree with one another they can't speak to each other. they are over it in thr

book "the speaker of the house" a study of leadership" what i was the speaker of the house responsible for? detail of one he or she is the top officer of the house of representatives the only one they've been the constitution so there is the expectation they are there to represent the house of representatives and the american people. as a practical matter to ensure that the house operates correctly that legislation is enacted to develop the a gender -- agenda to attract the president of american people and the house is working the will of the people. >> guest: you have to be a member of the house? >> technical you do not it's just said the house shall choose the speaker so in theory anybody can run for speaker of the house but as a practical member -- matter it has always been a member but that is not a limitation as a selection. >> host: how partisan? >> guest: that is a great question. the partisanship of the office has changed over time. from the very beginning the office has both partisan and non-partisan responsibilities they were expected to represent in the majority party in the house but also to some extent he has parliamentary responsibilities to reassure

because when with we help the whole chamber, we help the house of representatives as an institution, fundamentally are, we're helping the american people and the country. >> host: what's the level of interaction historically that a speaker's had with the president? >> guest: historically, speakers have had a fair, i mean, a fairly significant degree of interaction with presidents. again, just because -- just as speakers need to have a relationship with the senate in order to get a bill enacted, they've got to have a relationship with the president in order to get that bill signed into be law. and the -- into law. and the president is seen by the american people as the person who sets the national agenda, who represents the country at large. and so it's important for speakers to have some relationship with presidentses and, hopefully, a positive working relationship. now, that has been a challenge for speakers when they're of the opposite party of the president. and we have seen from time to time cases where issues have seriously divided speakers and presidents, and if you even look to

tonight the house of representatives, your house of representatives voted to increase the debt limit and extent the borrowing power of the united states until march 2015. what am i going to do with the rest of my year? thanks to the winter weather system, lawmakers rushed this legislation through, avoiding an economic storm that could ruin us all. that's what could have happened if the u.s. started to default on itself debt on obligations. so let's be thankful to our politicians for doing what they are supposed to do. and it was america's economy that was very much on the mind of janet yellen today. in her first appearance before congress, yellen was plain-spoken and easier to follow than past fed chairs. for you homeowners worried about rising interest rating, she said the fed would do it part to keep the interest rates low right now. and for investors she said don't get too worried about the recent volatility in the stock market. that or the debt ceiling thing helped drive a rally on wall street today. >> of our economy, financial markets and global financial markets. >> janet be y

the ranking member of the budget committee, and told them that the republican party in the house of representatives has, since the president initiated this action and it was passed in the house, that we saw were there would be millions of people who would lose their jobs, that we would have unemployment at the numbers that we have and there's not one unintended consequence in this. these were well-known, they were well understood, they were simply ignored by the democrats and the media as a possible probable outcome. so i told both these gentlemen when they came to the rules committee that i would be very pleased to engage with them on a private basis as a member of congress, them as a member of congress on a way we can add 1.3 million jobs if we were going to extend the unemployment compensation. i believe it is immoral for this country to have as a policy extending long-term unemployments to people rather than us working on creation of jobs. a job is the most important attribute i believe in a free enterprise system of a person, a family circumstance, for a husband, a wife, children when they're

isn't the real issue here that republicans in the house of representatives and in the senate are deeply divided on immigration reform and they didn't want to, suppose that division in the middle of an election year? >> the house of representatives reluctance has a lot of things that drive it. one is the president's constant talking about how he can use his pen and his telephone and how the president thinks that hems in any negotiation with congress to do anything but lead the congress to believe if you don't like what is happening as part of the negotiation and there is any way to work around it or declare thank you will, you will. i didn't vote for the senate immigration bill because i didn't then it secured the border adequately and didn't address the workplace border where you could make a difference in people who are here without documents in the best possible way, at all. what the house of representatives is saying, is let's divide the problems up, solve them one at a time and as a person who for a hot of time i was in the congress i was the whip in the house of representatives and

possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 295, the nays are 114. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia seek recognition? mr. woodall: mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report for the committee on rules for filing unthe rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 487. resolution providing for consideration of the bill, h.r. 3865, to prohibit the internal revenue service from modifying the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare, for purposes of section 501-c-4 of the internal revenue co

boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leader for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip , but in o five minutes no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, for five minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. last week during a hearing with the deputy director of the office of drug policy, there was a moment of clarity for me. i was struck by the realization that our own office, charged with drug policy, discouraging or eliminating their use, might well be part of the problem. the poor witness was unable to answer my simple question, what is more dangerous, marijuana or methamphetamines? i asked, how many marijuana overdose deaths

question became whether they could put the votes together to pass it here on the floor of the house of representatives because it was clear to us that obamacare was going to fund abortion. and so, what emerged from that was, a group of democrats known later as the stupak dozen, known as the stupak dozen, who conditioned their support for the bill upon a provision, which became the stupak amendment, that would prohibit -- that would prohibit abortions funded under obamacare or required under obamacare. well, as that debate ensued, the message became clear that the white house was negotiating that the president was simply signing an executive order obamacare after it passed, after it passed and would fix the stupak version. that's the shorthand version. but any case, it was breathtaking to hear the president in the white house who believed he could sign an executive order to amend legislation after the legislation passed and announced to so to get the votes pass. that sounds like legal jibberish. the president, according to the press, promised he was going to amend obamacare with executive order and the

but don't blockade progress in the house of representatives. the house of representatives is the people's house, where we get things done. it should not be the graveyard for good ideas. >> just to emphasize this, we're not having a theoretical conversation in our caucus meeting. we're talking about very specific actions that congress can take now. so i think we want to emphasize two things. number one, these are ideas and pieces of legislation that are ready to go. they could be acted on today, as javier said if we had a vote and could start changing people's lives for the better tomorrow. we have a minimum wage bill, it's been introduced to increase the wage to $10.10. we have a bipartisan senate immigration will. -- bill. we have legislation introduced to make sure that women get equal pay for equal work. we have legislation introduced to make sure that you can earn sick leave so you can take care of family who is in trouble, family members in trouble, and not have to lose your pay. these are concrete actions that could be taken immediately if

boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip but in to five minutes, no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. giths, for five minutes. -- mr. gutierrez, for five minutes. before i begin, i'd like to enter into the record this article written by reverend ethan castillo who wrote an article that appeared tuesday entitled "god often reminds us to welcome the stranger." mr. speaker, yesterday i participated in another do-nothing judiciary committee hearing of the do nothing congress but this goal was to make sure that the president was a do nothing president as well. it's not enough for the republican maj

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 231. the nays are 185. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from virginia, mr. goodlatte, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1944, which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar million 265. h.r. 1944, a bill to protect private property rights. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house spend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be 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

they now have done it in the house of representatives. >> the nays are 201. ll has passed without objection. the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. >> there you have it. it's passed the house of representatives. they got more than the 218 votes. got to go to the senate. already some members of the senate indicating they may try to filibuster meaning that they would need 60 votes to get it passed in the senate. 55 democrats. 53 democrats and two independents. dana bash, i assume they have 60 democrats and republicans in the senate to pass this? >> reporter: likely so. but as you said, it is not going to be easy. it's not just going to fly through the senate. our ted barrett who covers the senate just talked to ted cruz of texas who, not surprisingly, says he will make sure that it will be a 60-vote threshold required to pass this in the senate. just taking a moment to talk about what happened on the house floor and the numbers that we saw, wolf, only 28 republicans votes yes. 199 voted no. so the vast, vast majority voted against this clean debt ceiling

and the republicans in the house of representatives who began this congress with their phony readingsstrate their fidelity to every word of the constitution as written should demonstrate their fidelity to every word of 501-c4 law as written by congress 100 years ago. and their position should simply be enforce the law. at least one democrat gets this. congressman lloyd doggett of texas. >> i believe that were -- where the internal re knew service got off was a long time ago when it defined exclusively social welfare organizations under the statute to be primarily. and it changed the original intent of the statute. i think the irs should treat social welfare organizations as just that, social welfare and not engaged in politics. >> it is possible that not a single republican on the ways and means committee understood what lloyd doggett said today when he said that. and it is absolutely certain that bill o'reilly didn't understand because bill o'reilly didn't even hear it because listening to congressional hearings on 501-c4's, that ain't the waybill o'reilly spends his day. the obama a

boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip , but in o five minutes mo event shall debate continue -- but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oregon, mr. blumenauer, for five minutes. mr. blumenauer: thank you, mr. speaker. we're used to a world with gloomy news regarding the jarring impact and threats of climate change. we're experiencing wildfires in the pacific northwest this winter. the snow pack is a small percentage of normal which is not just bad news for skiers now, it means lower river levels in the spring that will affect hydropower production, irrigation for farmers and further damage to every t

house of representatives has just voted to lift the debt ceiling. the talk about something called the playbook for the playbook, for your pocketbook. the average cost of a wedding budget is more than $28,000 and if you live anywhere in the metropolitan region, it could cost you an average of more than $75,000. here now to help us figure out how to pay for one of life's biggest expenses, michael levenson, the cofounder of present value. it is a cash registry. before we get to the business, i want to find out a little bit more about your background and then -- and some tips on how to pay for a wedding. as i said, it can be expensive. you put together some ideas on how people can save money at that particular time of life. >> absolutely. and thanks for having me on. i actually started my career in finance. at jpmorgan, i had a fantastic for years there and i worked on allocation and financial planning and things like that. a wedding can be a daunting task. especially with those numbers you just mentioned. $28,000 is the national average, and depending o

same sex limits the kansas house of representatives waves through legislation that would have in mind in law the right to discriminate against gays. also the u.s. agrees to provide medical treatment to a russian pilot suffering severe chest pains in jail after strong demands from moscow's foreign ministry. i will survive it all with only my son came home. and talks to the prisoners mother to find out how the family is coping with the ordeal. to russia grabs olympic silver in the snowboard cross the nation's first ever medal in the sport it helps secure russia second place and soldiers overall medal count. and welcome to r.t. international twenty four hour news live from moscow. and now let's go to our breaking news story in kiev with reports of protesters armed with firearms and grenades and injuries on bars sides of violence has returned to the streets of ukraine's capital and also use renegotiate is here with us and can update us on the latest so it seems the calm is over before it even. really started in ukraine bring us up to date exactly well at this point we're getting reports f

house of representatives than voted for republicans if the republicans control the house of representatives you could see the mourners in that if you could on the state level there are a number state legislatures which would have put control in the two thousand and twelve election cycle democrats would take the charge if you had just had you know fairly drawn districts which were competitive and and here's what happens that's the most troubling thing it isn't that the draw is bad it is that because the draw is so bad you really do tell people it doesn't matter to vote and so you get a double impact first you create an unfair district and then you basically say to people look you know your vote isn't going to matter that much and we begin to train people away from expecting contests to be competitive and it is very damaging to democracy we have we've got a serious democracy problem in america other countries would be aghast they would be it would be a national crisis if their voter turnout fell to the levels that are goes down to and yet even our moe's many of our most progressive democrats

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the house of representatives have the capacity to do this. we will mobilize so people hear what we are saying >> 54% of the republican women support this agenda. >> i want to say this: taking each part, the minimum wage, we talked about that. and pay equity, we talked about that. and we advanced the first bill signed by president obama and more to come in terms of pay equity. paid leave is one of the most poplar initiatives. paid sick days. it is astunning across the board as the congress women said. in every category you can name support for paid sick leave. and i will close by saying this: we had the privilege of hearing from marion wright. i was telling her about the speech that was on president nixon's death and he vetoed the bill. we talked about having a bipartisan meeting of the people who were part of that legislation, many are not still in congress, but it happened them and it can happen again. george miller has the bipartisan legislation for early childcare learning. rosa fought hard for a stronger, deeper head start funding and the

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 request for the vote on amendment number 2002. by the gentlewoman from california, ms. matsui on which further proceedings were postponed. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number two prinned in house report 113-340 offered by ms. matsui of california. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. these in support of the recorded vote will rise and be downed. a sufficient number having beened or everyday -- ordered, a recorded vote is ordered. 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. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political

of the u.s. house. [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 representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's room, washington, d.c., february 18, 2014. i hereby appoint the honorable thomas j. rooney to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend fed m federicci, the rated church, washington, d.c. the chaplain: let us pray. most loving and gracious god, we come before you this day knowing you are with us in the story of this time and this age, knowing that you are with us, guiding us, sustaining us and nurturing us with the gift of your steadfast love. you're with us today in this place, this house which represents the dreams and visions of so

i'm telling you, it is only the house of representatives where there is a problem. part of the problem is -- you have addressed this issue before on this program -- part of it is we come from these congressional districts in which all we're thinking about is the very next election. there will be immigrants and s and europeansno that they will be in the southern district so people say, i would just disregard that. of themselveshink as being an american representative. they think of themselves as being the representative of that congressional district in and only that congressional district and not the broader views of the american people, and they want to get elected. and then you have these primaries, republican primaries, in which the influence of a very conservative sectors of the republican party outweighs the rest of the republican party. i think that, unfortunately, is what is pushing a lot of things. host: congressman, we need to let you go because you need to catch a flight before this storm comes to washington. guest: showing up to work to statement pending -

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senators that are willing to stand up, take a stand, and look at the house of representatives. house of representatives and the more. some ways you might say that we do have a lot of very good, powerful voices in house and in the senate. are we there yet? we have a ways to go. who is going to do it. we are. we're going to do it. the tea party movement at its core is an intellectual movements, movement that is based on ideas that i would put up against any ideas in the world. there is a wonderful group who did over 200 years ago. in fact, not only did they put the ideas up, they contended for those ideas to the point of their blood, treasure, family. they laid everything online. i think at and around right now with fellow patriots who are willing and to have laid it all on the line, and i thank you. at thank you. [applause] there is temptation in our movement. i have seen it, and perhaps you have to. at a defeat -- and we get them. at 80 feet when things to not go our way sometimes we can tend to take our marbles and want to go of. have you ever been there, fell like that? is th

has had control over the house of representatives for most of the past two decades in other words the republican spending close strategy has worked and it's worked in two ways one as i just mentioned is by turning the republican party into the tax cuts in a close the other is by starving the government of revenue. look at history and you'll see this and the republicans are in power they run up huge national debts and people like dick cheney say things like reagan taught us the deficit so i'm out of the day that a democrat becomes president suddenly a republican they're all screaming about the national debt and pushing the democrats to shoot their benefits base santa clause that's why republicans have been whining about the debt the deficit since day one of the obama presidency. most triple the national debt now to be out of the republicans clinton came into office all of a sudden republicans had their hair on fire about the national debt forcing clinton to end welfare as we know it something that actually is hurting a lot of families right now during this recession similarly george w.

. >> one paycheck fairness that is has been passed twice in the house of representatives. nce at? >> it's been an issue for a long time. >> it's time has come. paycheck fairness passed under the leadership of speaker pelosi twice in the house of representatives and including i might add 14 republican colleagues. on the first go-round in the senate we lost by two votes. i won't tell you who the two were in any case. we lost the second time in the senate because of a filibuster but i also understand her colleagues on the senate side are raising the issue again and we are ready. we have 200 democrats and i'm trying to get some republicans on the legislation for 200 democrats have signed on for paycheck fairness. it's an idea whose time is long overdue and we can do it. >> i was just going to say that there has been recent polling of the women's economic agenda whether it's childcare, paid leave for equal pay. among women and there's so much discussion about republicans and democrats and who is going to get the women's vote, among women across every single demographic rip acros

the house of representatives in the u.s. state of kansas has come under fire after overwhelmingly approving a bill which would legalize the discrimination of game vigils over the state senate now plans to kill the proposal that is going to just went to see what people in the u.s. capitol think about this legislation. kansas lawmakers have outraged the gay community here in the u.s. says you know last year the u.s. supreme court ruled that the ban on same sex marriage is unconstitutional so you have states that have embrace this ruling and you have states that are trying to shield themselves from that ruling and here's how kansas is doing it kansas lawmakers have passed a bill that would allow businesses and state government employees to deny services to same sex couples if quote it would be contrary to their sincerely held religious beliefs so according to these lawmakers forcing businesses or state employees to deliver services to same sex couples is a violation of their freedom of religion and speech gay rights advocates ar

in other news this hour the current us house of representatives approved legislation that would legalize the discrimination or gays on the grounds of people's religious beliefs and. i will survive it all but if only my son came home with the family members on the floor of a russian jail than big was to say he's still not receiving medical help despite claiming his close the hottest time. international news and comment live from moscow you're watching out international with me here national banks for joining us. unrest has reignited in kiev just a day after the government's amnesty for protesters came into force actually has clashed with police on the streets of the ukrainian capital with reports of injuries on both sides and as you can see in this speech it's increasingly difficult to understand who's fighting whom the footage shows ukrainian riot police being a target by unknown men in uniform this video apparently shows the first victims of today's massive clashes between protesters and law enforcers up to five activists have reportedly been killed as get the latest now from. this live

it is not possible given the house of representatives. we only made one change in the whole thing. we did not do anything that the house of representatives had passed. have $20 or more in feeding help a year, nothing changes for you. you get this heating deduction. if you have less than $20 a year that you are receiving, you have to produce the utility bill to get a credit. people who aree renters who do not have the ability to show they have up utility payments. to ane made a commitment outreach program that will help people show that they have heat as part of their rent. cannot look at somebody with a straight face and say it is ok for somebody to get a utility credit if they do not have a utility bill. that is the change we made. when we did the dairy reform, one of the great things that we , the usda can now buy milk for programs for children and the needy and for food banks. we have increased the money to food banks and have said if you buy fresh fruits and vegetables with your food assistance money, we will give you double the value of the food assistance. we want people to be

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 222 and the nays are 195. the previous question is ordered. the question is on adoption of the resolution. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. mr. polis: mr. speaker, on that i request a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from colorado. mr. polis: on that i request a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requests. 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 ho

made a series of erratic rulings that flouted the authority of the federal government the house of representatives decided to take action and so and you know three speaker of the house and then i'll make and slapped him with four articles of impeachment those articles accuse pickering of quote intending to defeat the just claims of the united states and disregarding the authority of the laws and wickedly meaning and intending to injure the revenues of the united states can quote also charge him with being a man of loose morals and intemperate habits who did appear on the bench of the said court for the administration of justice in the state of total intoxication reduced by the free and intemperate use of intoxicating liquors and did then and there frequently in a most profane and indecent manner invoked the name of the supreme being to the evil example of all the good citizens of the united states in other words pickering was sort of like the jefferson errors version of charlie sheen not surprisingly the house of representatives found this behavior unacceptable and voted to impeach pickering in ma