of course. the british have a parliament with two houses. an upper house, the house of lords, lower house, house of commons. there's definitely parallels with our congress today. the house of representatives is very similarly set up to the house of commons. and then the senate would, therefore, be left to be based on the house of lords. we don't have dukes and earls and noble titles like that. we have states. every state is equal in the senate. so the states kind of take the place of our house of lords and our senate chamber. the british often using that green color in government. the colonies would use it and into the american government. but the red would be much more the house of lords kind of color. you will see red in that early senate here in philadelphia. definitely has that kind of look tore to it that seems higher end. the interesting thing about the senate is they are created with more power. the power is a tie to the president that the house of representatives does not have. treaties in the united states are with the advice and consent of the senate, approved by the advice and consent of the senate. the senate has to approve all treaties. the house does not. the senate does. so

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 381, the nays are 0. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion by the gentleman from new jersey to suspend the rules and agree to h.con.res. 75 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 75, concurrent resolution expressing the sense of congress that those who commit or support atrocities against christians and other ethnic and religious minorities are ing turkmen, committing and are hereby declared to be committing war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. the speaker pro tempore: members will record their votes by electronic device. th

, members of the united states senate and the speaker of the united states house of representatives. >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable paul ryan. [ applause ] >> good afternoon. i want to welcome all of you to the capitol visitor center. today we're honoring the foot soldiers of the 1956 voting rights marches. last year, we celebrated the 50th anniversary. but we felt that the foot soldiers' contribution to our country was so great that they deserve the highest honor in our possession, the congressional gold medal. so i am very glad to share this special day with you. we're also in the presence of some truly great americans. like my friend and colleague, congressman john lewis. [ applause ] we're also honored to be here with reverend f.d. reese and a man that i represent in wisconsin, paul simpson from elkhorn, i want to ask them and all of our living honorees to please stand right now and be recognized. [ applause ] i also want to thank the alabama delegation. hard to say that from wisconsin. i want to thank them for off

of the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 96. house resolution 639, resolution authorizing the speaker to appear as amicus curiae on behalf of the house of representatives in the matter of united states, et al v. texas, et al, number 15-674. >> mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. pohl mr. speaker, -- mr. polis: mr. speaker, parliamentary inquiry. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will state his inquiry. mr. polis: is the speaker not authorized to offer an amicus brief with current authority without the need to pass a resolution under consideration? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman may consult clause 8 of rule 2 for the role of the bipartisan legal advisory group. mr. bilirakis: mr. speaker, further parliamentary inquiry. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. will the gentleman please state his inquiry? mr. bill gutierrez: can you make the text -- mr. gutierrez: can you make the text available for all members to review three days prior to its filing? the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 649, the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the resol

this room serves for the house of representatives, the second floor of the building that we will see in a moment was the united states senate. the house of representatives, each representative at that point in our history represented 30,000 people. we had a population at our first census of about three and three-quarters million. we had 106 members of the house would sit in this room. and eventually, from 16 states. the story of philadelphia as the u.s. capital is the story where we take a new constitution and actually operating it, doing things like adding new states to the original 13. also the bill of rights would become a part of our constitution while philadelphia was the capital. in fact, secretary of state thomas jefferson would announce the amendments to the constitution by basically coming to congress here in this building and officially announcing that we've changed our constitution. which of course the bill of rights is a huge part of our history and will be in the future, a continuing talking point on political life. but also, it's the amendment process itself. we're provi

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 ote, the yeas are 219 -- the speaker: the yeas are 231 and the nays are 254. e previous question is ordered. he house will be in order. all members will take their seats. . e house will be in order the chair would ask all present to rise for the purpose of a moment of silence. the chair asks that the house now observe a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the terrorist attacks in brussels. without objection, five-minute voting will continue. all those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. >> i request a recorded vote. the speaker: 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. his is a five-min

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 march 16, 2016, at 9:20 a.m. that the senate passed senate 337. signed, sincerely, karen l. h.s.a. -- hass. -- haas. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon seek recognition? mr. walden: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill, h.r. 4596. the speaker pro tempore: without the gentleman -- from oregon is recognized for his -- to state his bill. the title of his -- mr. walden: mr. speaker, i ask that we call up h.r. 4596, the small business broadband deployment act. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 339, h.r. 4596, a bill to ensure that the small business providers of broadband internet access servic

of course. the british have a parliament with two houses. an upper house, the house of lords, lower house, house of commons. there's definitely parallels with our congress today. the house of representativesis very similarly set up to the house of commons. and then the senate would, therefore, be left to be based on the house of lords. we don't have dukes and earls and noble titles like that. we have states. every state is equal in the senate. so the states kind of take the place of our house of lords and our senate chamber. the british often using that green color in government. the colonies would use it and into the american government. but the red would be much more the house of lords kind of color. you will see red in that early senate here in philadelphia. definitely has that kind of look tore to it that seems higher end. the interesting thing about the senate is they are created with more power. the power is a tie to the president that the house of representatives does not have. treaties in the united states are with the advice and consent of the senate, approved by the advice and consent of the senate. the senate has to approve all treaties. the house does not. the senate does. so

house. he later served as speaker of the minnesota house. and then succeeded donald frazier, an esteemed member of this institution, in the u.s. house of representatives. martin was a well established, accomplished member by the time i got here in the late 1980's. he served as chairman of the house budget committee, and then was the inaugural ranking member of this subcommittee, when this -- he had offered leadership on appropriations in a number of areas, most notably transportation. but when this subcommittee was first formed, martin took on the leading democratic role on the subcommittee. and that's where i served most closely with him. and learned great deal from him as we figured out what the homeland security subcommittee was all about. and what this new department was all about. as we undertook that post-9/11 reorganization here in the house. so, it's with real sadness and very fond memories that we receive news of martin's death. and since this is the first subcommittee hearing since that has occurred, i think the appropriate that all of us pause to remember him and his service to our country. i thank you, mr. chairman. mr. carter: thank you,

house of representatives. oehner can't speak when he's there. does that mean that boehner's not running what's happening in the house of representatives? the speaker's not running? they run, they run what happens in different manners. they decide who is called on. they're meeting with people outside of the main sessions, working out the compromises. and if you follow the constitutional convention closely, you can see washington working very closely with benjamin franklin playing that role. that hadson would have all these -- madison would have all these ideas, and they'd be, and people who read the constitutional convention closely will often say how madison had the original plan, the virginia plan. and then he continually would get reamed on all the details. well, there was some truth to that. but washington wasn't. washington would sit there and work with the people and come up, say, with a great compromise that had the small states had -- the small states each get -- every state gets two members of the senat

. >> please welcome our honored guests, member of the united states house of representatives, members of the senate. >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable paul ryan. [applause] rep. ryan: today we welcome the foot soldiers of the civil rights marches. last year, we celebrated the anniversary. we felt that contribution was so great that they deserve the highest honor in our position -- possession, the congressional cold metal. to share the specialty with you. ofare also in the presence people like my friend and colleague, the honorable john lewis. [applause] we are also honored to be here frederick devrie reese. i want to ask them and all the living honorees to please stand now and be recognized. [applause] i also want to think that alabama delegation. i want to thank them for offering the resolution to honor the foot soldiers. i especially want to thank i colleagues. [applause] martha could not be here with us today, but she is with us in spirit. i want to thank you again for taking the time to join us. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the presentation of the colo

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 410. the nays are two. thirds third, 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 gentleman from kentucky, mr. whitfield, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3447, as amended. on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 3447, a bill to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project. the eaker pro tempore: question is, 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 national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the unite

and one of them, robert elliot, actually left the house to go back and be speaker of the south carolina house of representatives. so african americans did have a lot of opportunity because they were able to muster force at the ballot box in that reconstruction era. >> well, thank you. we've run out of time, but we'll be around if you want to ask questions. you can come up and ask us. before we leave, i want to give chuck a chance to come up and tell you about some of the other events they can coming up. thank you for your attention. [ applause ] >>> wednesday, american history tv in primetime continues with programs on the life, career, and legacy of president abraham linco lincoln. authors and historians took part in the event hosted by the abraham lincoln institute and ford's theater society. the li that's at 6:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span3. >>> the heritage foundation hosts a day-long event on the role of intelligence in national security and counterterrorism. speakers include michael hayden, mike rogers and other defense and intelligence officials from the george w. bush and obama administrations. that's

and now the how it's of representatives -- house of representatives has declared it o as well. i live in lincoln, nebraska, and i am privileged to represent the largest yazidi community in america. and it's not a community that i've gotten to know just recently because of all of the difficulties that they've had. we've worked with them for many, many years. many of these yazidi families were translators for the united states army during the height of the iraq war. and because of that, this body, by law, we gave them special to live ip options for here in america. and many settled in lincoln, nebraska. about a year and a half ago, a number of young men in the yazidi community came to see me. they were on the verge of tears . they spoke passionately, even angrily, and i don't blame them for being angry, congressman, do something, our mothers, our sisters, our families, they're trapped in sinjar. and isis is coming for them. we don't have the capacity to stop them. help us. you're the only ones who can. help us. please. do something. there is no more time. the yazidi community also

could the house of representatives, could they pick anyone and could they pick someone who didn't runpresident? >> right. there's always a concern, can they open a phone book or pick one of their own to be president and the answer is no. the house, if they were to pick, would only be able to pick one of three candidates who got the most electoral college votes so they couldn't pick a random. they have to pick one of the actual candidates who is a top three finisher to rein them in a little bit. >> let's throw ah phi out there -- a few out there. who might they pick? >> we can certainly talk about this. according to the "new york times" former candidate rick perry is being discussed, also former oklahoma senator tom coburn. other names like mitt romney, paul ryan and even john kasich bound to be in the mix as this potentially becomes an actual strategy. so we are about to have a break between elections but make no mistake, the bombs will keep dropping, the rallies will keep happening and the chest pieces will keep moving and we will keep you informed right here. >> all right. >> thank

dominance of donald trump. but, we begin locally with the republican primary for the ohio house of representatives seat in district 27. which covers hyde park, mount lookout, mt. washington, and inside the city of cincinnati as well as anderson township, indian hill, tara! , outside the city. tom, a resident of matt lookup is a republican incumbent in this race. he served for tomas jurco and the ohio house between 2000 and 2008 when he was term limited out. he was one of the founders of coast, the coalition opposed to additional taxing and spending. he won the seat back two years go in 2014, defeating peter solberg. heidi hubert, a resident of anderson township is challenging brinkman this year for the republican nomination. she has been active as a 20 years, especially in the last 10, focusing on a variety of conservative causes, including efforts to overturn common core, founding of violence against common core, and other issues. welcome to newsmakers. >> and welcome back in your particular pace. . heidi, let's begin with you. >> okay. >> tom has long time been seen as a sort of one of the leade

house of representatives. please welcome kerry shefield founder of bold.global. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome speaker of the u.s. house of representatives, paul ryan. >> how are you doing today mr. speaker? i wasn't sure what it was. >> ac/dc. we just dated each other. >> great to see you. i'm even more glad to see that our beard is gone. boo. boo. who is pro beard? yeah. right. >> i don't know. i mean, you may run the party of lincoln or be pretty high up, but you can't do the beard of lincoln, i think. i mean, -- >> i'm a bow hunter. it's what we do in deer season. >> we'll give it to you. so i wanted to line things up a little bit because we are going to talk about a pretty heavy and serious topic today. it is about how do we win the war on poverty? how do we expand opportunity for everybody? and you've been working on this issue intensely for the past three years. you're pretty low-key guy hiding behind the beard and all that. so a lot of people haven't heard about what you've been doing in terms of fighting poverty and reaching out to communities who h

speaker of the house posted a congressional gold medal ceremony the drink -- ceremony reis.ing frederick d this program is about one hour. as the chaplain of the u.s. house of representative's, father patrick conroy, gives the indication. conroy: let us pray. god of justice, god of mercy, we call upon you to send your spirit upon us now as you have so generously done in the past. those, your honor servants, who marched years ago so that we americans today find it unacceptable that many still do not have easy access to the vote. in the 50th year since their brave determination was on display, we bestow the congressional gold medal on those men and women who changed, not only alabama, and america, but the world. so many people, worldwide, have been inspired, to struggle for their own freedom, thanks to the fellow countrymen so many years ago. as we gather to inspire and a knowledge that the struggle to vote continues in our own time. i history of elections demonstrates that exclusion from the voting rolls, not fraud, has been the greater scandal. may the kurds of the foot soldiers then be hours now -- the coverage of the foot footourage of the soldiers be ours now. we make ou

the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir. pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the ruse of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on march 15, 2016, at 9:29 a.m. appointment, united states commission on international religious freedom. ith best wished, i am, signed, sincerely, karen l. h.s.a. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, at the direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 640 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 95. house resolution 640. resolved, that upon adoption of this resolution, it shall be in order to consider in the house he bill, h.r. 4596, to ensure that small business providers of broadband internet access service can devote resources to broadband deployment rather than compliance with cumbersome regulatory requirements. all point

announcer: all mps both in the house of representatives and the senators in the reviewing chain and thee up for reelections. there are two theories why he is doing this, one official and one unofficial, the official reason the prime minister gave is he is fed up with the senate and blocking relations he wants to get through and says unless they as that legislation and the double election will put all their positions up for tender and hoping they will pass legislation and the other reason is he is hoping they do continue to block this legislation and can have the earlier election which he thinks he can win opinion polls suggest but soon he and his party will problem win it and win it in the senate as well as in the house of representatives because of new voting laws that came into even just last week that would ensure that tiny micro parties and independence and much harder to get seats in the senate and established parties would find it easier to get elected in the senate and have a clear run in the house of representatives and the senate that is why many people here are saying he wants

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 174. the nays are 235. the motion is not adoptedment the question is on passage of the bill. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. mr. conyers: mr. speaker, on this i request 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 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 of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speake

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 381. the noes have zero. 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. members are encouraged to take their conversations off the floor. the house will be in order. the speaker pro tempore: members are asked to take their conversations off the floor. for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i request permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> madam speaker, last week a gunman shot his way across south central kansas and then inside excel industries killing three people and jurring over a dozen. it's impossible to make sense of such violence a

that means that all mps, both in the house of representatives and the senators in the reviewing chamber, the senate, are up for election. ordinarily half of senators are elected each round. there are two theories for that. the official reason that the prime minister gave is that he is fed up with the upper mouse blocking some key legislation on industrial relations that he wants to get through. he says that unless they pass that legislation, this double disillusion will put all positions out to tender. the unofficial reason is that he is hoping, perhaps, that they do continue to block this legislation and he can have this early election which he thinks he can win. opinion polls suggest that if there was an election soon, then he and his party would probably win it, and win it in the senate as well as in the house of representatives because of new voting that laws that came into effect just last week that would ensure that tiny micro parties and independents would find it hard to get into the senate. that means he would have a clear run in both the mouse of representatives and in the sen

tourists used to visit the house of representatives and the capitol complex in washington. it is easter monday, a public holiday in france. there were fun and games on the white house lawn today hosted by the president. how many people are on the site, would you say? in terms of the capital, how many people are there today? correspondent: there are thousands. roll is happening on the south lawn, and it looks like the secret service decided not to stop that. it would have been very difficult to get anybody off the grounds without a panic. an e-mail was sent out to all congress inmbers of the house of representatives and in the senate to shelter in place. again, what that means is if you are in a room, go to the middle of it. cover. that is what people have been , and tell capitol police made the announcement of a a suspect,custody, rather, in this case. at one point, a police officer was injured. that is what we are hearing from capitol police. host: thank you very much, philip krauser, our white house correspondent in washington, d.c. we have been showing you images of the s

political institutions opposed the presence of this government here in libya, mainly the house of representatives, actually, members of the house of representatives, and a minority of the members of the parliament. and the government in the city of -- [ unintelligible ] the members of the general national congress, as well as the government of the national government. all of these for political institutions, again, the existence of the government here in the capital of tripoli, and as you know, each political institution has their own military on the ground. they have been shown firing at muslims if i may say in the last couple of days in tripoli, but so far, no flashes in the government of tripoli. >> thank you so much. syria's president, bashar al-assad, has outlined his plans for a government, discussing his hopes for the next round of talks in geneva he says that the country needs a national unity government rather than a transitional body. the opposition is insisting that he must step down before a transition can begin. >>> james bays joins me live from headquarters in new york, and so it do

you don't see too many unanimous votes in the house of representatives these days.nd kerry just met that deadline for the u.s. to take a stand, and, you know, it comes as the u.s. has been condemning isil's brutal executions for years, but this is the first time they have issued that formal declaration that isil's murder, torture and rape of targeted groups amounts to a crime against humanity. >> so how could this alter the u.s.-coalition fight against isil? >> reporter: probably not a whole lot, because the u.s. already says it is doing everything it can, short of sending in its own troops. excuse me. secretary of defense carter and the joint chiefs chairman are up on the hill today testifying about the counter isil effort and what the u.s. is trying to do to accelerate it. but both the secretary and chairman have admitted that it is going to be sometime before isil's de facto capitol in raqqa can be lib -- liberated. so it increases the moral imperative. kerry also called for some further investigations, but in terms of the military action on the ground, it doesn'

and the same in house of representatives. only a few number of parliamentarians are opposing the government of national accord, and they have certain demands, like demanding the -- >> it is a very complicated situation, from what you described -- >> outside of the parliament. >> yes, it's very complicated because even the existing government in tripoli that you would expect would be in opposition to the u.n. backed government, that opposition in itself is very split and fragmented and what does this mean for the coming days and weeks in tripoli? what do you expect in the coming hours? could there be further unrest? >> well, to begin w. the fact that the position has finally reached the capital. and here at the navy base here in tripoli, that's a big step ahead. but on the other hand, each political institution here, either with the government, or against it, the new government, each political institution, they have their own military on the ground. like what happened today, we heard that shooting in the streets from brigades,

we can afford to do anything about it. >> right in the bill to put climate change to the house of representatives ended up dying something like 90 or 100, and forget the numbers of house members all republicans would sign this pledge and climate tax pledge. >> it's now 156. how does a private interest the couple of really in their subject policy? the kochs have an organization called americans for prosperity which is supposed to be a grassroots citizens group which they founded and helps fund and it spreads across the country. it has a pledge and candidates who want to get backing from their organizations have to sign a pledge saying they will do nothing about climate change unless it costs nothing. 156 members of the congress have now signed this pledge. it's a private agreement practically with sub live type industries which is pretty incredible when you think about it via. >> it is also the same year they did this with a pledge in blocking the legislation they also, they were all doing other things with universities. this is a full-court press on multiple levels and of course we have tracked t

the last room we will see is the old house of representatives. there are a hundred and five chairs. . froms to them in this room 1851 to 1985. this room is used on a continuous basis. the main purpose today is for the governor of alabama to deliver his or her state of the state address. there has been address delivered in alabama since 1851 we will continue that. it tells the story of the entire southeast. >> civil war and civil rights is the focus, and america's civil war is the most studied subject in the world: by the american civil rights, and they both happened here. tour staffthe cities recently traveled to montgomery, alabama to learn about its rich history. learn about other stops on the ur at c-span. work. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend. announcer: each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn what artifacts revealed about american history. next, we visit the alexandria apothecary museum located in virginia just outside of sh

this would be a bit of a different scene if the house of representatives were in session. are the house steps, right directly up from you. pete williams has more? >> reporter: brian, now we have confirmation of who this person is. several officials tell us his name is larry russell dawson of antioch, tennessee. and the reason he's known to capitol police officers is that last october, he disrupted a proceeding of the house. and i'm looking at court documents, he was charged with disorderly and disruptive conduct on capitol grounds and also resisting or interfering with a police officer. the charges said he assaulted, resisted, opposed, and interfered with a law enforcement officer in washington, knowing that person was a police officer. apparently, he shouted out during a proceeding of the house, and disrupted it while it was underway. he shouted that he was a prophet of god, as congressmen were speaking. he was escorted away by police so that's why he was known to them. the charges i'm looking at here were filed in the washington, d.c. superior court, not the federal cour

of americans. that's passed this house in one form or other 64 times. so 64 times the house of representatives has voted to repeal the affordable care act. that's clearly what people who have been leekted to the house have decided to do -- elected to the house have decided to dofment the house of representatives alone doesn't get to make the law. we have the united states senate and we have a president. the united states senate usually requires, as procedural matter, 60 votes to move legislation forward. of course even after a bill in the same form passes the house and the senate for it to become law the president needs to sign it. if the president vetoes it, it immediately comes back and will require 2/3 to override the veto. what we are talking about with this bill around kilns like this one here, we are talking a bill that probably will pass the house. i expect that's what we are spending a whole day on. i don't think the republicans would want to spend a whole day on it if it's going to fail. i have heard no indication whatsoever that the senate is going to take this up in any way, shape,

our house of representatives voted for ratification of e.r.a. three separate times. n 1972, 1975 and 1979. but our senate remained more divided on the issue. a columnist for "the tallahassee democrat" recently opined, it was still a very different world , where a member of the legislature walked around with a toy pig under his arm, proudly, proudly proclaiming himself a male shovenist. it was a different world. one still changing. but i'm proud to say there were men who stood up for the women of our state, in the state senate. one of them was my father, bob graham. who bucked his own democratic party leadership to support the e.r.a., a move that helped earn him the title of dog house democrat. after repeated failures in the senate, some thought the e.r.a. was dead. but it resurfaced in florida in 1982. that summer, just a few weeks remaining before the ratification deadline, more than 10,000 men and women marched on our state capitol in support of the amendment. hearing their call and supporting their cause, my father, who had moved out of the dog house into the gove

jeffries: it's an honor and privilege for me to once again stand on the floor of the house of representatives along with my distinguished colleague from ohio, representative joyce beatty, to co-anchor this c.b.c. special order hour this hour of power, where for the next 60 minutes we'll have an opportunity to speak directly to the american people about an issue of grave importance to the integrity of our democracy. and that is making sure the united states senate fulfills their constitutional obligation to advice and consent as it relates to considering any supreme court nomination that president obama sends up to that body. we know that justice antonin scalia has moved on after a long and distinguished career, though i disagree with almost every single judicial opinion that he has issued, he served this nation well. now that he's moved on, the supreme court, which is contained in article 3 of the united states constitution, has a vacancy. and it is the obligation of the united states senate to fill that vacancy by considering whatever nominee president arack obama sends forward. members of t

does that leave that he is not ready in the house of representatives? the speaker is start running? it happens in a different winner. is to work out the compromise is.n would have all and then working very closely with benjamin franklin and those who read that closely there is some truth to that but washington would sit there with the great compromise so everybody gets to members ofof the senator cohosh -- so the house of representatives is proportional they lacked the said then they elect the president if that is pushed back because the big statestione to control the house of representatives.s. that is truly a compromise to get around slavery. and that is why it has cop that is what was what pennsylvania was pushing for.r. but that leaves the small states out and harms the southern states but if you use the electoral college now they get more votes but also they get a disproportionate votes it is all a compromise it tended to be the rube goldberg. or ben franklin and and then handed it off better coming from a small state had his day. thes buchanan looked back at the always cal and

members of the house of representatives and of the senate, doctors, judges, barristers and attorneys, chew tobacco almost as generally as the laboring classes in the old country. even in a court of justice, more especially in the western states, it is no unusual thing to see judge, jury and the gentlemen of the bar all chewing and spitting as liberally as the crew of a homeward bound west indiaman. so you had the house of representatives, you have the senate, you have judges, everyone is chewing and spitting. it's incredible to think about it if you were sitting in the congress in 1840, you would be hearing the spitoon, the cling of the spitoon as commonly as you would be hearing the voice of politicians but actually it was the other form of tobacco i found in the u.s. senate was more common. this is really kind of incredible to think about, because this is really kind of a nasty habit. it's called snuff. this is from a book from 1840 that i found called "a pinch of snuff." here's what this author said. a man's character may often be judged by the manner in which he takes snuff. we de

ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. r pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 5, 2016, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. the chair will alternate

we will have exclusive reaction from intelligence chair in house of representatives, devin nunes and ted cruz but first, to the senior foreign affairs correspondent in brussels. greg? >> yes, an emotional easter sunday here in brussels as the crowd is gathering in front of the makeshift memorial to the victims of the attacks this week. the crowd is growing in side and in noise amid news of a break in the investigation into the attacks. you are right, police now think they could have the other airport bomber, the man seen in the surveillance video, in a hat and a jacket with two other bombers. he fled the scene and the bomb did not go off. it is believed the man is faycal cheffou said to be an independent journalist, but, really, what he is doing is pushing radical islamist causes and he is charged with terrorist murder. and sadly it has been confirm god more americans were killed in the attacks this week, 30-year-old justin shults and his wife, 29, stehpanie, from tennessee and kentucky and they both worked for companies here for the past couple of years and they loved exploring europ

redistricting for state legislatures as well as the house of representatives creates districts that are pretty safe. there are only 21 seats in the house right now that are estimated to be competitive out of 435. many of the state legislatures are dominated by one party. they are becoming polarized. reinforces this by having people go to places where valuesree with their own and not being challenged. the courts at the lower-level are becoming a bit polarized as well. there is this polarization that goes on that creates a phenomena. the left and the right fighting each other with very few people in the middle. a statistic on that. in 1970's and 1980's, the house of representatives and the senate had a bout a third of its members voting together. anything we call common vote analysis when they vote together. a third. that was a governing coalition that created moderation and got things done. today, only 4% of the house and senate vote together. therefore, it is hard to get anything done. you have constituencies out there where the primary is the real election, and they are therefore, it i

one of them, robert elliott left the house to be speaker of the south carolina house of representatives. african-americans did have a lot of opportunity because they were able to muster force at the ballot box during the reconstruction era. >> we have run out of time. we will be around if you want to ask questions. before we leave, i want to give chuck a chance to give -- tell you about the other events they have coming up. think you for your attention. -- thank you for your attention. [laughter] >> i am a history buff. i do enjoy seeing the fabric of our country and how things -- just how they work and how they are made. >> i love american artifacts. they didno idea history, that is probably something i would enjoy. >> american history tv gives you that perspective. >> i am a c-span fan. >> so many of my former books were horizontal studies. many countries across the whole region. -- thewer of the earth ends of the earth, covering a minimum of six countries, here i look at one country in depth. i use it to explore great themes, i think right themes. -- great themes. the holocaust, the

the front page of the "washington post" talks about the house of representatives, not the senate, bute of representatives potentially being endangered by a trump candidacy. the only good news is that there's still enough primaries left for the republican party to come to its senses and understand that this is a disaster in the making for our party. >> but is there enough time for republican voters to change their attitudes? >> there's enough time. whether they will or not, i don't know. i am for john kasich. i served with him in the house of representatives but i can objectively say anyone who saw him interviewed said there's a person who talks sensibly that can be president of the united states. he can beat hillary clinton if you look at the polling. republicans have a stark choice in front of them. >> senator hutchinson, you've been to a lot of republican conventions. what do you see happening? what could take place between now and the convention as delegates are selected? zombie delegates. marco rubio asking people to hang tight in 21 states and not go over. but the cruz campaign t

i was serving in the florida house of representatives. i read some of of the transcripts.itt romney has his own opinions. those are not the opinions of the republican party of florida. if mr. trump is the nominee, we're going to get behind mr. trump and help him get elected. >> what about the fact marco rubio is not running for reelection, if he drops out of the race, and i believe you would agree then it's time to get out of the way? >> well, that is going to be up to marco rubio and his campaign. i can't say what he will or won't do. i think the race is going to be competitive. yes, marco rubio is behind now, but if anyone can win as an under dog and come behind in this state, marco rubio can. he did it in 2010. as far as him staying in the race, after that, that is a question only marco rubio can answer. >> he's given up his senate seat and there is talk of carson being brought as a candidate. i have to come in at a hard break here. have you heard that? carson running for senate? >> yes. i think i've heard that more on media reports. i have not heard from that grass roo

i know they controlled the house of representatives by putting funds, supporting party, tea party ears and stuff like this who got in there and now they are controlling who or when the supreme court, also gone into the senate, really jumped up a step. >> host: let's see if we have a comment. >> guest: people don't control the supreme court but the briefs are filed in many cases, koch funded groups are very involved in many supreme court challenges. you can also see they helped fund the right wing legal movement, the federalist society, the economic movement and helped generate a number of cases that their money supported organizations the funded a number of cases including the citizens united case. there has been campaign finance limits for a long time. a push to get the law revisited by the court. you can definitely see the influence of koch funded organizations in generating cases. >> host: a lot in the media koch brothers are active in criminal justice reform. >> guest: they funded the judicial crisis network. to t -- keep the democrats from obama specifically from naming or confirm

house of representative. whether you select a person or the same thing happened during the early voting. he said 55,000 people cast ballots in mecklenburg county and said they were successful in locking in their votes for all of the other races. some people seem to understand the id you are -- id requirements. if you don't have one on you at the time you go to the polls he wants you to vote. instead of using a machine you will fill out a paper ballot. >> if you don't have one because i lost my driver's license you will vote a provisional ballot and after the election we will do the research and vote your ballot after that. >> reporter: if you did file a provisional ballot you will have until next monday to show a valid id. in charlotte, pamela escobar, wbtv on your side. >> maureen: you have lots of time to get out and vote tomorrow. polls open at 6:30 in the morning and close at 7:30 tomorrow night. also holding kasich's home states. rubio said kasich was the best chance to beat donald trump in ohio. when as

this will now go before the full house of representatives. 3 the state's longest serving representative in the state house says he is retiring. grady brown made the announcement yesterday on the house floor.the democrat has represented lee, kershaw and sumter counties for more than 32 years. brown is among at least eight lawmakers not seeking another term in the general assembly.all house and senate seats are up for election this year. candidates must file with the state election commission between primaries will be held june 14. 3 3 the violent incident involving now former spring valley high school school resource officer ben fields and a student last october has sparked a national conversation asking what the role of a s-r-o is when it comes to disciplining students. community members along with usc professors held a discussion last night on way to reshap poilcies and fine the line between disciplinary action and criminal punishment. the head of the richland county sheriff's department sro program says the 85 different sro's everyday. 3 "it's fairly difficult. however, we frequently

edwards: well, i worked across the aisle in my time on the house of representatives. i had to negotiate a bipartisan solution to authorize nasa. when it broke down on party lines, i went to my colleague from mississippi and said, let's sit down and work this out and, guess what, we did. we came up with a bipartisan bill to authorize nasa that passed unanimously out of our committee and out of the house of representatives. i've worked with barbara comstock from virginia on metro safety and on transit-oriented development, and so i think it's actually inaccurate and i think the way you d not seeking a name on a committee but being there on the ground willing to work with people who may share a different vision or a view than you do but a willingness to do that. and long before i came into the congress, i worked across the aisle to pass a bipartisan violence against women act where i had to go and recruit our republican counterpart to make sure we could get that legislation passed. scott: congressman, the question is about examples in which you reached across the aisle.

they picked up 537 legislativene that year for the republicans.hs they overwhelm the house of representatives of course. people remember it was a republican side and they redistrict it. the amazing thing about the redistricting that took place was that in 2012, in total america cost more votes with democrats and republicans but more republicans were represented or elected in the house of representatives. the districts were so expertly gerrymandered that even though the majority voted for the democrats the republicans ended inches they did an amazing jobe is very skilled and deliberate. there is there is a lot of secret money that went into it. it was smart.th the thing about the trend koch is that they are not mushy thinkers, is something doesn't work they go back to the dry board and figure out what went wrong and try it again and a different way. they did a great job in 2010 of grabbing both legislative.over i now, again. >> host: do you get to pick the topics you cover in the new yorker. >> guest: sometimes. sometimes others have a goodea idea and i welcome that. often one story leads tot

today i serve in the house of representatives with 84 women. and as you've just heard, we are as diverse as the places we represent and yet, as i talk to my colleagues, we all agree on one thing, we have much more work to do. and even though there are a record number of women in congress, we're still just 20% of the total. we're not alone, however, in that gender disparity. from congress to state legislatures, to governors and mayors' offices, women represent about one in five elected officials. that figure has remained relatively consistent since the 1990's, we've plateaued. and the not just in congress. that same gender disparity can be seen at the emmy awards, and the executive board room, and in the news room. this women's history month, instead of just focusing on all of the incredible accomplishments and achievements of the women that have come before us, i also want to mention just for a short time about our hopes and our goals for the future. our dreams for what women will be able to accomplish in the next 100 years. more women are now e