why am i so critical of the house of representatives? ot because of the traditional rivalry between the chambers but because yesterday the congressional budget office took a look at the bill that passed the u.s. house of representatives three weeks ago by two votes. it was all republicans voting for and passed by two. a number of republicans refused to support it. it had no support from the democratic side. it was an unusual bill because it went out of the regular order of business. the regular order of business suggests that when you're going to do something that might have an impact, a large impact on america, you should go to an agency that is nonpartisan, expert in the field that will analyze your bill and tell you what impact it will have. most of us think we have pretty good ideas for making america a better place to live and good ideas for legislation, but luckily we have something called the congressional budget office which sometimes brings us back down to earth and says it might not work exactly as you thought it would work. and

house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to 15 further requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, i rise alongside my good friend, congressman mike johnson, to recognize dr. david raines, a louisiana ledgend in the field of gastroenterrol gy. he's worked with patients across the united states, including a gastroenterology fellowship serving our veterans at the walter reed army medical center here in washington. he's a pioneer in the field of gastroenterology and almost single-handedly responsible for bringing freestanding endoscopy to louisiana, because of him patients can get these important lifesaving procedures in a cost efficient and convenient outpatient basis. he's admired among the pearce, me being one of those. mr. abraham: not only for his professional accomplishments but also for the way he has cared f

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 may 16, 2017, at 9:40 a.m. appointment, health information technology advisory committee, signed, sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to sclause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately 4 los angeles mayor an transportation officials from oklahoma and virginia will testify. you can see that live here on c-span when it gets under way at 3:15. right now, a conversation from this morning's "washington journal." s. host: congressman mike doyle, democrat from pennsylvania, joins us now, one of the senior democrat on energy and commerce committee, one of the key committees that republicans moved their health legislation through. just on this reporting yesterday from the --

the health care bill that emerged from the house of representatives did none of those things. c.b.o. has not come out with its final estimate. unbelievable that the house voted on a recording of 1/6 of the american economy without a c.b.o. estimate, but we can pretty much be assured that the first c.b.o. estimate will hold in that it will say the premiums are going to go up by 15% to 20% immediately for everybody, and then for the nonyoung healthy and wealthy, premiums are going to go up even higher. it didn't take care of preexisting conditions. it did the opposite, allowed every state to be able to walk away from the protection in the affordable care act that makes sure that people with preexisting conditions, which would be one-third of all americans, can't be subject to higher rates, and it substituted that requirement with a high-risk pool that is dramatically underfunded to the point that it is laughable, in the opinion of many health care economists. here's what donald trump said earlier this year. we're going to have coverage for everybody. people covered under the law

it's a win in the house of representatives. julie pace is the chief white house country for the associated press. cnn inside politics contributor. julie, we understand the president was watching the vote come in with some of his top aides in the oval office? >> which isn't a huge surprise, considering this president is frequently watching television. so this time he was watching something actually pass, which is a change for him. but, you know, for this president, this is kind of a reversal. after the first healthcare bill never even made it on to the floor, he was willing to walk away. he said he wanted to move on to tax reform. i think what you saw happen is it really sunk in for him and for other republican leaders this is something they promised. and the impact of having full control in washington and not being able to pass an obamacare repeal, at least out of the house, could have been potentially devastating for them. >> was there any real fear based on everything you heard over there that this could go down to defeat? >>

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house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 350, permitting official photographs of the house of representatives to be taken while the house is in actual session on a date designated by the speaker. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to consideration of the resolution? without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to -- and the motion to be considered is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from mississippi seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that committee on house administration be discharged from further consideration of senate concurrent resolution 14 and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. torp the clerk will report the title of the concurrent -- the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. the clerk: authorizing the use f emancipation hall in the capitol's visitor center. the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the concurrent resolution? without objection, the concurrent resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider s laid on the table. the chair will now enterta

more now on 0bamacare and the vote from the house of representatives. go to gary 0'donoghue in washington. it squeeze through. we can go to gary 0'donoghue in washington. it squeeze throughm four votes. 217 and 213. the house of democrats voting to vote against —— planning to vote against it so it like some republicans defied their own party. that's what it takes, a simple majority. it's as good as anything as far as the republicans are concerned, and they will take it. also getting on and heading for a little party in the rose garden at the white house as we speak. the president is holding that for them. they will see this as a day to celebrate, a big day. they failed to do this twice early in the year and 110w do this twice early in the year and now they've got it through. it's a victory but it's not the end, because the bill now has to go through the senate, the upper house of congress, and air, the majority of congress, and air, the majority of republicans is much tighter. 5248. some are already planning to change this bill in terms of the bits they

in the house of representatives for the republicans, if you don't succeed, try, try again. they clearly succeeded on this day, 217-213. take a look at the live pictures we're getting in from the white house right now. you see members of congress arriving and others, they're going to be walking into the rose garden, the president, about an half an hour, the president will go into the rose garden himself make a statement. we'll see if they take questions. i suspect they won't be taking questions for reporters. we'll see what the reaction is there, a very, very happy president of the united states. we'll have extensive live coverage right after this. i joined the army in july of '98. our 18 year old was in an accident. when i call usaa it was that voice asking me, "is your daughter ok?" that's where i felt relief. we're the rivera family, and we will be with usaa for life. ray's always been different. last year, he said he was going to dig a hole to china. at&t is working with farmers to improve irrigation techniques. remote moisture sensors use a reliable network to tell them

going up to the white house for a public celebration of the passage of a bill in the house of representativesnly. we have never, ever seen that before. members of congress do not go up to the white house to celebrate the passage of a bill until the bill is ready to be signed by the president. in other words, until it's passed the house and the senate. the bill signing at the white house is the first and the last celebration of the bill at the white house. the republicans have so little confidence that there will ever be a bill signing at the white house that they decided to have their big celebration today. at the end of the first inning. the bill that passed the house today now goes to the senate. the senate is absolutely not going to pass the bill that the house just passed. >> is there any chance for an up or down vote in the senate on the bill as written to get it quickly passed and move quickly past the issue for republicans? >> no. >> zero. >> i love talking. that's not the way it's going to work. >> if some kind of obamacare repeal and replace bill does get through the senate, the bill

house of representatives is looking at this different than the senate. in the house of representatives, things that deal with sources, methods, intelligence, that's done by house intelligence committee. i would need to leave it to that committee. as it relates to other investigations be some of the stuff with general flynn then the oversight committee has taken the lead. but this story would be for the house intelligence committee, not the committee that i chair. >> you did play a very important role in the e-mail investigation by publicizing comey's letter informing you that the investigation would be reopened right before election day, 11 days before the election. you've been outspoken about going after leakers. do you consider yourself a leaker for publicizing that letter he wrote to your committee? >> no. that was a nonclassified letter that was sent to lot of different people. so yb no, it is unclassified information. i thought the public had the right to know. we had had a hearing in july where we had the fbi director make a commit amount that if th

the house of representatives narrowly passed the replacement obamacare. from the country's second city, mosul. it isa the country's second city, mosul. it is a major shift in tactics as the battle has slowed in recent weeks. now it is time for our news review. le figaro leads with the french presidential election reporting emmanuel macron is the frontrunner, declaring him the winner in his final debate with rival marine le pen. the irish times reports us president donald trump has scored his first legislative victory after the house of representatives voted to replace the affordable care act, more widely known as obamacare. the new york times asks did uk tabloid newspapers help in persuading the british public to vote brexit? the paper says as the uk prepares to cut ties with europe many uk politicians are courting the tabloids out of fear they'll turn against them. the south china morning post says a war of words has escalated between north korea and china. the row, the paper says has been prompted by beijing working more

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 .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., may 11, 2017. i hereby appoint the honorable steve chabot to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, reverend dr. scott wilson, capitol hill presbyterian church, washington, d.c. the chaplain: let us pray. gracious and loving god, send your spirit once again to these halls of power where so many have come to participate in the difficult but glorious process of governing by consent of the people. be especially with those blessed with this awesome authority that they may wield it with humility and grace. amid the many voices

in the house of representatives lawmakers have passed a new health care bill drawn up to replace obamacare. health care reform was one of his election promises. it suffered a setback when republicans refused to support their own administration. the latest is a compromise to get republican skeptics on board. it has to pass the senate where it could face public and resistance. after the house vote a triumphant donald trump addressed republican lawmakers in the rose garden of the white house. here is some of what he had to say. flex this is a great plan. as leader will get better. this is a repeal and replace of obamacare. make no mistake about it. most importantly, premiums will be coming down. deductibles will be coming down. importantly it is a great plan. ultimately that is what it is all about. >> let's pull in our correspondence. good evening. i have to say, i can't remember when the passage of part of the bill through the u.s. congress was celebrated in the rose garden of the white house. the president is selling this as a major achievement. how significant of a victory is this? >> thi

frelinghuysen: i'm pleased to recognize the speaker of the house of representatives for -- the speaker of the house for one minute. the speaker: the speaker is recognized. the speaker: first of all i want to thank the chairman, the ranking member, and the ranking members, and the chair. subcommittees and alt staff for their very hard work -- all the staff for their very hard work in putting this big body of work together. i urge all my colleagues to support this package. i want to explain why. a few things is that many of our priorities, not all, but many of our priorities are advanced in this and that's because this is a bipartisan piece of legislation. and so each side doesn't get everything they want, but we're able to come together and find a package that advances many of our important goals. for me, i think it's important because it turns the page on the last administration. on the obama years. it completes the unfinished business of the previous administration. remember, we came to december, we this continuing resolution, we're halfway through the fiscal year now. we have to do t

that's why the american health e care act that just came out of the house of representatives includes an individual mandate. so let's not pretend like this is a partisan issue. the right-wing american health care act that came out of the house of representatives two weeks ago includes an individual mandate. it's in there. because they know the same thing. if they want to preserve any modicum of protection for people with pre-existing conditions, you have to require people to buy insurance. they just put the mandate in a different mace. in the affordable care act, the penalty kicks in you don't buy insurance. ifin the house bill, the penalty kicks in after you've lost insurance and you try to sign up again. same mandate. same penalty. just slightly different timetable for payment. here's what trumpcare does. higher costs, less care, tax cuts for the rich. i want to talk about the c box score that came out last -- cbo score that came out last night. not major adjustments from the first cbo score, but there are some important amendments that they make. the bottom line is that if you care

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 229. the nays are 191. the previous question is ordered. the house will come to order. members and staff, please take your conversations off the floor. the speaker: the house will come o order. the house will come to order. the chair would ask that all present rise for a moment of silence. the chair asks that the house now observe a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the terrorist attack in manchester, england. without objection, five-minute voting will continue. the question is on adoption of the resolution. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the gentleman from massachusetts. mr. mcgovern: i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will ri

but the house of representatives has a duty that it can take up and that is of impeachment. i stand for impeachment of the president. how can you weigh in? well you can contact my good friends over at free speech for people and at this organization they have a petition. the petition would allow you to weigh in and become a part of the nearly 1 million people who have already said the president ought to be impeached. you can weigh in at impeachdonald trumpnow.com. and believe me, if a purr ralety of the people are saying it now and that's the poll i really put my emphasis on, the one that says a plurality says that the president should be impeached we more than 40%. that can grow. once you weigh in, american people, there will be a difference in the attitudes about this. i want to thank you, mr. speaker, for this opportunity because but for this opportunity you might not hear any voice. i am a voice in the wilderness but i assure you that history will vindicate me. i assure you that righteousness will prevail. i assure you that no life can live forever. i yield back my time.

of rules. >> appropriations and budget for cq roll call. thank you for joining us. congressman sat down with c-span for a house freshmen profile interview. he represents the second congressional district of florida. , whatgressman neal dunn were you doing before joining the u.s. house of representatives? >> i was a surgeon in panama city. i have been doing it for 25 years. >> what was your practice, and why did you decide to go to panama city to open it? that wife and i chose after careful thought after i got out of the army in 1990. we wanted to please friendly to the military. the country has not always been friendly to veterans. it is now. the gold coast of florida has always been very friendly to veterans of all sorts. we felt immediately at home in panama city. before you left the military company were dr. in the military . tell us about your military career. >> straight into the military out of medical school and served in a number of different places around the world. had a chance to do all types of different surgeries and settled on kidney, bladder, and prostate. specialty. my when the berlin wall fell, they called all the surgeons in. they sa

you also spent some time here in washington before coming here now as a freshman in the house of representatives. rep. dunn: i was studying -- neurology. my wife is working as a contractor for the government. it was fun. we met and she had a military background as well. we kind of clicked. one thing led to another and here we are 35 years later. >> how many kids? >> three children and three grandchildren. >> you are from a military family as well. did your mom serve? >> no, just dad. in one of our sons. children of the military, and parents, proud parents of a military officer. >> what was your lifelike with a father that served in the military? >> it was not painful. we thought everybody did it. sure, we had footlockers back then. they did not have cardboard boxes. we knew where everything went. we just packed it up and moved to the next station, wherever it was. it was fun. every military family is like a. -- is like that. it's an ongoing community. new people every year. you had to teach yourself. we had to go all over the world. we were in southeast asia during the war. my wife was, too. thr

and republicans in the house of representatives are going to vote tomorrow on how many more children should be deprived of the health care that jimmy kimmel's baby received last week to save his life. jimmy kimmel's son billy now has a preexisting heart condition that he will have for the rest of his life. his family will be able to get him the best medical care throughout his life. but if billy were born into a family with health insurance subsidized by the affordable care act, republicans in congress would take that health care away. they would make health insurance for kids like billy kimmel prohibitively expensive if they're born into the wrong family. they would put lifetime limits on how much that health insurance will pay up. kids with billy kimmel's condition could easily hit their limits by the time they're teenagers. tonight republicans say they have the votes to repeal and replace obamacare in the house. >> so anybody who has a preexisting condition under trumpcare, they're going to be fine? the president has made it very clear on numerous occasions that he is going to make

of the house. the form of the resolution is as follows -- expressing the sense of the house of representatives that the president shall immediately release his tax return information to congress and the american people. whereas in the united states system of checks and balances, congress has a responsibility to hold the executive branch of government to fair and equal standard of transparency, ensuring the public interest -- ms. sanchez: whereas according to the tax history project, every president since gerald ford has disclosed their tax return information to the public. whereas tax returns provide an important baseline of reasonable information, including whether the president paid taxes, ownership interests, charitable donations made and whether tax deductions have been exploited. whereas disclosure of the president's tax returns could help those investigating russian influence in the 2016 elections understand the presidential ties to the russian federation and russian citizens, including debts owed and whether he has any equity interest, joint ventures or lng agreements with russia or russians

ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the message. receive a the secretary: mr. speaker, i am directed by the president of the united states to deliver to the house of representatives a essage in writing. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now recognize embers from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to highlight a truly wonderful business k.c.f. technologies. i had the honor to go to k.c.f. as they hit a milestone of hiring their 50th employee. it was founded by three penn i and researchers, gary, w frank. it's a

host: he was on the floor of the house of representatives where our next guest went to the floor and call for the impeachment of president trump. here's a bit of that statement. [video clip] >> i arrived today with the sense of responsibility and duty to the people who have elected me, a sense of people to this thetry, a sense of duty to constitution of the united states of america i rise today, mr. speaker, to call for the impeachment of the president of the united states of america. justice.uction of host: are guesses representative al green, democrat from texas, who serves the city of houston. what led you to believe that this was the right thing to do? guest: first, if i may, let me tell you this. i think is important. this is not something i wanted to do. it is something i feel compelled to do. i feel that i must do this because the president has obstructed justice. when the president fired the fbi director, who was investigating him, and then went on to tweet what might be considered some threats or some strong admonitions, that was obstruction of justice. there are many other t

he did technically win in the house of representatives.e got the vote only by one that it is still a victory, a huge victory. it may not go through the senate but we may be looking for... 100 days no big legislative push through so this is something. you have to admire the businessman in him. he is hoping former mentor. what do you think he's going to say? laughter do you think the republican side shot themselves in the foot given that there are many aspects of obamacare that were popular. he is meant to stand up for the little man and women and that is what obamacare is for. i used to work in congress and what i learnt is that the percentage of congressmen who our re—elected is 90% or something like that. when the midterms election happen next year, although i think the democrats will ta ke although i think the democrats will take control of the house because of these anti—trump sentiment and therefore making a name donald duck 18 months from now, 12 months from now, nevertheless, ido 18 months from now, 12 months from now, nevertheless,

i want to remind you you're seeing on the right of your screen the house of representatives. bout an hour away from a critical vote here in the trump administration. house republicans believe they finally have the votes to pass a key legislative priority of the gop repealing and replacing obamacare. they're going to do so without details about how much it will cost, how many people could lose their health care. a bit of the rush by the house leadership to get this done before lawmakers before they leave for the break. we'll bring you that interview. in the meantime, here is an interesting political fact for the republicans. they have wanted to do this since the day obamacare was enacted. look at our polling . it's actually fairly popular. 47% say they like the health care law. if you look at march 2010 perry made note of this before when it was passed because of the month long debate it was pretty unpopular. now that the american hear republicans might take things away, they might disrupt the system, this is much more dicey. she's retiring. she's not a rebel rouser. this is wh

of sound. nancy pelosi has a different take. listen. >> just to see this person who wants to be the one representative to the house of representatives from montana be a want-to-be trump. that is his model. we have to say come on.

house of representatives? >> i was a surgeon in panama city during neurological surgery and i've been doing that there for 25 years or so. >> and what was your practice? and why did you decide to go to panama city to open it? >> oh, so panama city my wife and i chose that after careful thought when i got out of the army back in 1990. we wanted to go to a place that was friendly to the military. you remember that the country hasn't always been friendly to veterans. it is now, but in that era around bay county, all along the coast there of gulf coast of florida has always been very, very friendly to veterans of all sorts. and so we felt immediately at home in panama city there. >> and before you left the military, you were a doctor in the military. >> yes, that's right. >> tell us about your military career. >> i was actually -- i went straight into the military right out of the medical school and served in a number of different places around the world. and had a chance to do a lot of different types of surgerie

of working with over the years. representative pramila jayapal is the first indian american women in the house of representatives. she spent the last 20 years working for women's immigrants civil and human rights. we worked with her as a state senator and are excited to welcome her to congress this year. i also like introduce congresswoman nanette barragan from california. she too began her career this year and thehouse of representatives . born in harbor city california she is the youngest of 11 children raised by immigrants from mexico. she beat the odds and put herself through the ucla law school. she they'll be joined by our moderator for today's event, judith warner who's a senior fellow at action and who what out a paper just last week opening the gates, clearing the way for more women to hold political office. i urge you to pick up a copy. these join me in welcoming the congresswoman and judy to the stage. [applause]

ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair now will recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from florida, ms. ros-lehtinen, for five minutes. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you, mr. speaker. last night i had the honor of presenting the international republican institute's 2017 freedom award to great freedom fighters in my native homeland of cuba, the ladies in white. although my dear friend, the leader of the ladies in white, was not able to be there. why? because the cuban regiege re-- regime refused to allow her to leave the island. while we were lucky enough to have one

why am i so critical of the house of representatives? ot because of the traditional rivalry between the chambers but because yesterday the congressional budget office took a look at the bill that passed the u.s. house of representatives three weeks ago by two votes. it was all republicans voting for and passed by two. a number of republicans refused to support it. it had no support from the democratic side. it was an unusual bill because it went out of the regular order of business. the regular order of business suggests that when you're going to do something that might have an impact, a large impact on america, you should go to an agency that is nonpartisan, expert in the field that will analyze your bill and tell you what impact it will have. most of us think we have pretty good ideas for making america a better place to live and good ideas for legislation, but luckily we have something called the congressional budget office which sometimes brings us back down to earth and says it might not work exactly as you thought it would work. and

yes, the house of representatives will start that vote shortly.re seems to have been some glitch. we expected it in the last few hours. it isa expected it in the last few hours. it is a vote on president 0bama's most important legacy. president trump promised to get rid of it. in the end of those members of congress are taking a vote, not knowing how much the replacement bill would cost are many americans will lose their health insurance. here is a democrat and republican. any health—care bill that came to this floor should be about expanding coverage and lowering costs. we want to work with you on that. instead, you bring a bill that will rip out ca re you bring a bill that will rip out care away from tens of millions of people. how can you do this to the american people? how can you do this to your constituents? this is a terrible, terrible bill. you should vote no. if we want to talk about misleading the american people, it started seven the american people, it started seve n years the american people, it started seven years ago and it ends tod

uni that passed by the house of passed by theat house of representatives. mitch mcconnell, who i think for the time being is not going to be amongst the three that is going to join us -- [laughter] shakur.phy: he has a lot of control about that agenda, so it is very difficult. you would likely have to have well more than three because you have to create a real tempest within the republican caucus that would cause, to set up a series of things on the floor that would bring that ultimately to a vote. political gravity has applied to this administration. michael flynn did eventually to be forced out. jeff sessions did have to recuse himself. it is not outside of the realm of possibility that as the story continues to unfold, there will have to be a special prosecutor appointed if we continue to keep the conventional pressure up. that did ultimately work with respect to flynn and sessions. it is not inconceivable that it would not work with respect to the independent prosecutor. >> thank you. i'm from stanford, connecticut. i will try to be brief. aviation is a

jim cooper of tennessee, those of us, and there are in fact 33 eagle scouts, 23 from the house of representatives and 10 from the senate, currently serving in the united states congress. but just as importantly, there's 150 members of congress who experienced scouting. whether as a youth, perhaps in the case of 33 progressing to the rank of eagle scout, or currently, as myself, serving as an adult scout leader. scouting is important to many of us growing up and i think when a lot of us look back on our lives and say, what was one of the larger impacts we had, i can tell you in my case it was scouting. the same is true for my 24-year-old eagle scout son. my son and i, i can't tell you how many different camping trips we enjoyed together. what a great bonding experience for a father and a son connelling right up through cub scouts. so for all of those scouts today, as eagle scout pete

a big vote in the house of representatives for the republican passing their health care legislation package by a couple of votes. i am wondering about the politics and policy of this as it moves into the united states senate. in the senate, 10 senators face election in states that president trump won. what are your concerns as this legislation moves on? rep. defazio: this bill is not a factor in the races for those senators. look this was a really bad will , -- which was immensely unpopular in polling. it was rejected by the american

through this vote today the way they could win back the house of representatives. >> republicans came together all of the sudden two days ago. it was like magic. >> welcome to the beginning of the end of obamacare. [ applause ] >> the trickle-down crowd is now having a beer party in the rose garden. >> make no mistake. this is a repeal and a replace of obamacare. thinking bill is a moral and intellectual dumpster fire. >> premiums will be coming down. deductibles will be coming down. >> this bill comes nowhere close to that promise. >> i know that our friends over in the senate are eager to get to work. [ laughter ] >> frankly haven't paid that much aenon >> the senate, there is so much spirit there. >> this is going to be toxic in the districts. >> you have every provision of this bill tattooed on your forehead. you will glow in the dark on this one. >> vote them out! vote them out!

president trump moves a step closer to replacing obamacare, as the us house of representatives passesew healthcare bill. emmanuel macron and marine le pen are back on the campaign trail in france following their hostile tv debate ahead of the polling day on sunday. and coming up at 11:30, we'll take a look at tomorrow morning's front pages, including the sun on the prince of edinburgh, "he's had his phil." good evening, and welcome to bbc news. in the past hour voting has ended in local and mayoral elections across england, scotland and wales. nearly 5,000 council seats are up for grabs. six new metro mayors, with extensive strategic powers, are also being chosen in england, including the west midlands and greater manchester. the first results are expected in the next few hours but many areas won't start counting until tomorrow morning. let's get the latest from some of the local election battles across england. in lincolnshire the conservatives are looking to gain control of the cou nty are looking to gain control of the county council. let's speak with the bbc political editor. what

the republican-dominated house of representatives has voted narrowly to repeal the bill, but it must now be approveved by the senate. if successful, it will be president donald ramotar's first -- donald trump's first major piece of legislation. the day after the first major has --g debate, macron change inns for algeria are low as the country holds parliamentary elections. the ruling party has held power for the last six decades and is expected to maintain its grip on the national assembly. those are our top stories this hour. let's get some business news for you. kate moody is with us in the studio. starting with a look at the markets, which have been affected by the vote i was just talking about on health care. kate: that's because it is seen as a crucial legislative test for president donald trump. when he failed to push his first failed -- first attempt through congress, stocks fell, because it was seen as a sign that he might struggle to get other business-friendly policies passed into law, things like reforming taxes and loosening regulations. the second attempt appears to have

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that's where the legislation goes now that it passed the house of representatives. en to nancy pelosi, the minority leader, democratic leader, in the house on the floor today. >> our members, our colleagues who have the mantle of being a mod ramt, y moderate, you vote for this bill, you have walked the plank from moderate to radical and you are walking the plank for what? a bill that will not be accepted by the united states senate. why are you doing this? do you believe in what is in this bill? some of you have said, women, they'll fix it in the senate, but you have every provision of this bill tattooed on your forehead. you will glow in the dark on this one. >> nia, is she right? did some republicans just walk the plank? >> quite possibly. in the senate there's a lot of focus on those republicans who represent districts that were won by hillary clinton. 14 of those 23 or so voted for this bill, so i think those are the people that are really going to be targeted by democrats. you know, i think democrats feel very giddy about this, even though nancy pelosi there sor

i will go to our correspondent john carl as we keep our eye on that right there on the house of representatives where they have 217 votes, enough to pass that bill. only 20 "no" votes on the republican side. a big win for speaker of the house paul ryan and president trump, john. >> a big win for the president and this is one, george, where it looked like he had lost. he was about to do this in march, didn't have the votes. they pulled the bill and they tried again to do it last week and pulled the bill before they got to a vote. this was the president bringing back a bill that many, including many in his own party, republican leadership on capitol hill had essentially thought was dead and gone. his first major legislative victory, but george, this is also something that he will have to defend in the years to come. very interesting speech on the floor right before the vote came from nancy pelosi who said republicans will have the provisions of this bill tattooed to their forehead. they will have to defend that. >> there we have it right there. the gavel comes down. the bill has passed, 217 "yes

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it is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where the us house of representativesas narrowly passed a republican party proposal to repeal barack 0bama's affordable healthcare act. after suffering an embarrassing setback in march, president trump finally notched up his first major legislative victory. the vote in the house of representatives was tight, though. 217 to 213 with no democrats voting in favour. but quite how quickly this will become law is a very different matter, as it still faces a steep hurdle in the senate. he is our north america editorjon sopel the momentjust after 2pm in washington this afternoon when trumpcare washington this afternoon when trumpca re became a washington this afternoon when trumpcare became a thing. the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. shame! outside, a rather different tune as protesters giant shame. this fight isn't over yet. getting the measure through the senate will be every bit as tight because as today's debate showed this is a deeply divisive issue. so i ask you, my col

lawmakers inhat the house of representatives will look to advance this bill. 12 nore anticipating votes. it is well within the margin of what they are going to be able to do. the white house is hoping to have momentum. this bill is not exactly right and could pose a new political risk for president trump's health care ambitions. >> what does this look like? what has the congressman been up to? kevin: reince previous has been the point person on these negotiations. from the march 22 failure, when they first tried to advance health care legislation. but in addition, vice president mike pence has been with top republicans since this is someone who has that congressional background. president trump himself working the phones. in thewhat our sources white house saying about that outreach? the chief being on capitol hill? obviously, there are a few things following more closely. they are desperate for a win on this. it could be great embarrassment that haunted them. especially as they try to tackle things like tax reform, which is the other big one. wait until he gets overhauling the tax syst