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 cbo says the various republican health care law revision plans would knock millions of people off of health insurance. so there has been an amendment by the pennsylvania republican to cut funds in half. mr. perry says the same percent cbo was off in enrollment numbers. let's show you this from earlier today. . . the chair: on this vote, the 107,are 107 therge nays -- the nays are 314 this amendment is not adopted. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from virginia, mr. griffith, on this plo -- on which proceedings were postponed. the clerk: amendment number 5 printed in house report 115-259. oured by mr. griffith of virginia. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vot

possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 194. the nays are 232. the amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 2 printed in house report 115-229 by the gentleman from new york, mr. tonko, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 2 printed in house report 115-229 offered by mr. tonko of new york. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. members are reminded this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the nationa

possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote, the are are 182 and the nays 246. he amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 2 printed in 235. b of house report 115- the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 2 printed in house report 115-235 offered by ms. tsongas. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise, a sufficient number having arisen. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.

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 77, the nays are 326. the motion is not adopted. he house will be in order. has ntleman from alabama 25 1/2 minutes. the gentleman from massachusetts has 20 1/2 minutes. for what purpose does the gentlelady from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i present a privileged report for printing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: weck. -- without objection. the gentleman from alabama is recognized. mr. byrne: thank you, mr. speaker. now that the gentleman's motion to adjourn has been defeated by a wide bipartisan majority, the house can get back to work and do the people's business. i want to go back over some statistics we talked about earlier. this rule makes in order for floor consideration 210 amendments, which are on top of the 275 amendments that were offered i

says that there's a european commission delegation in washington right now talking with the house of representatives because they'll be voting on this issue on tuesday so that just shows you how seriously how worried europe is over this new set of sanctions. well let's discuss this further now with martin mccauley author and political analyst he joins us live now thanks for joining us here on the program martin now do you expect the european commission delegation to change u.s. lawmakers mind ahead of the voting on new sanctions. it's unlikely because there's a majority in the house of representatives for increased sanctions and there's also majority what is passed it's expected to go through tomorrow then will go to the senate and there's a majority already in the senate for increased sanctions so it looks as if it's a done deal from the american point of view and all the all the european commission officials can say is this is going to damage us because one of the things that. the americans will target will be the construction of the gas pipeline from russia to germany through the baltic states th

possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 198. the nays are 220. he amendment is not adopted. he house will come to order. he house will come to order. the chair would like to remind all members that coming votes are two-minute votes. the chair would also like to remind members that would mean that you need to stay close to he floor for two-minute votes. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 3 printed in house report 115-217 by the gentleman from colorado, mr. buck, on which further proceedings were postponed and which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk: amendment number 3 printed in house report 115-217 offered by mr. buck of colorado. the chair: a recorded vote having been requested, those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient n

of republican men and women in office. >> that is the interesting dynamic at play in the house of representativesu probably have 252 republicans in the house. you probably have 50 or 60 of them who represent moderate swing districts in the states. are too closely aligned with the president, they might think, my reelection prospects are in peril. however,nate, republicans only have to defend nine seats. democrats have to defend the remainder. the house of representatives on average, you are going to lose 30, 31 seats. i think they hold on. i think they hold on in the senate. they are going to have far smaller numbers, a much smaller republican majority than what we have now. rajini: ron christie, thank you for joining us on the program. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. a report into a world famous school in germany found more than 500 people were the subject of physical or sexual abuse over a period of nearly 50 years. for much of that time, the cathedral was run by joseph ratzinger, a brother of the former pope. the venezuelan government says it will go ahead with plans to elect

the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, pursuant to section 703-c of the public interest declassification act of 2000, 50 u.s.c. 3161 note, i hereby apoint mr. john f. tierney of massachusetts to the public interest declassification board. thank you for your consideration of this appointment. signed, sincerely, nancy pelosi, democratic leader. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess until approximately 4:00 p.m. today. including the national defense authorization act and the backlog of critical nominations that have been mindlessly stall by democrats. the majority leader, mitch mcconnell, going on to say, in der to provide time to complete action on important legislative items and process nominees that have been stalled by a lack of cooperation from our friends across the aisle, the senate will delay the start of the august recess until the third week of august. giving them at least 10 more legislative days. no word on the house yet. although the freedom caucus

the house of representatives vote on sanctions, people might be thinking more sanctions on russia in n, but members of his own party, a vast majority, on capitol hill couldn't have made it clear red they don't trust the president on russia. absolutely. what this is doing is it is taking power away from the executive branch to lead on foreign policy and putting it in the hands of congress and the white house objected to this for one because the president wants a good relationship with russia, they say it in the best interests of they say it in the best interests of the two countries to work together and he's trying shift and on the other hand because the legislation would make it that the president could roll back those sanctions without congressional approval, so a big blow to his ability to drive foreign policy. it's really clear that senators even from his own party were so concerned about the best gauge and is into his campaign pass possible ties to russia —— investigation. it was a blow to president trump despite the fact he objected again to this and made his views known. the whi

house of representatives the european commission president things they could damage energy sector the us bill could have unintended unilateral effects that impact the energy security interests america first kind of mean that europe's interests come last russia has given its reaction to the latest us bill expressing disappointment in terms of their bilateral relations. in terms of russia u.s. relations and their development perspectives this news is quite sad no less disappointing regarding international law and trade relations. the new u.s. sanctions threaten to punish companies doing business with russia's energy sector and that's causing concern for the e.u. and one major joint project with russia the nord stream two pipeline it's aimed to bring gas from russia to europe through the baltic sea for germany austria france and the netherlands agreed to pay hoffa of the cost of the pipeline and invest almost five billion euros to the project the list of companies fear being affected include some of the world's biggest players in the industry has some of them including anglo dutch shell

house of representatives let's bring in max keiser the host of artes to report hi there max one of the things that was being highlighted the start of the program this isn't how you do it this isn't just to do with sanctions against russia but it might be america trying to steal a march on europe's energy market is there actually any market for the u.s. to sell its liquid gas in europe. well you know the comments recently of jamie dimon the c.e.o. of j.p. morgan apologizing to the world for the stupidity of america the stupidity of politicians in washington and for once i agree with jamie diamond on this this is a very stupid policy it's like america committing economic suicide it's similar to bragg's it in a lot of ways breaks it is economic suicide for great britain this type of sanctions imposition is economic suicide for america because they're pushing germany into the arms of russia and germany is the centerpiece of nato and they will disintegrate and america's hope to control ukraine with genetically modified seeds which of course russia is vietnam lee against it is going to go up

, pursuant to clause 2-a-1 of rule 9 i rise with mine tent to raise of privileges of the house of representatives. the form of the resolution is as follows. expressing the sense of the house of representatives that the president shall immediately disclose his tax return information to the house of representatives and the american people. whereas -- the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. he house will be in order. the gentleman will suspend. he house will be in order. the gentleman is recognized. mr. cicilline: whereas, according to the tax history project, every president since gerald ford has disclosed his tax return information to the public. whereas the chairman of the committee on ways and means, joint committee on taxation, and the committee on finance have the authority to request the president's tax returns under section 6103 of the internal revenue service code of 1986. whereas pursuant to article 1, section 7, clause 1 of the constitution, often referred to as the origination clause, the house of representatives has the soul authority to initiate legislation that raises rev

and the house of representatives vote on sanctions might be thinking, yes, more sanctions, on russia ers of his own party on capitol hill could not have made it clearer that they don't trust the president on russia. absolutely. what this is doing is it is taking a little bit of power away from the executive branch to lead on foreign policy and putting it in the hands of congress. and the white house really objected to this. one, because the president wants to have a good relationship with russia. theyis a good relationship with russia. they is in the best interest to make their share. and this would also make it difficult for the president to roll back the sanctions without congressional approval. so that would be a big blow to his drive for foreign policy. it is clear that senators, even from his own party, we re senators, even from his own party, were concerned over the investigations into the ties with russia. so they felt it was necessary to have that portion in the bill. the fact that they had such broad bipartisan support was a big blow to donald trump, despite the fact that he

determining methods by which they can disrupt the house of representatives and feet ideas to the white house, assist in the election of a few members. also to ensure the publicity which indicates our viewpoint that the democratic party is the oppressor. and the two key events, one of whereyou just heard about these speeches are used to elicit a response, that was intentional. to turn the cameras and break all the members saying this is exactly what we about theg about democratic majority. a contested election in 1984 in is ana, the district election where the outcome is unclear. 1985 as the house tries ,o determine the election essentially trying to steal from mcintyre. the majority leader is a the person in the democratic operation, along with tony. during this confrontation cambridge and other republicans of hows as another democrats don't play by the rules. republicans are very effective at doing some staged theater, locking out when he is about be seated. leaving democrats with a clear set of where the republicans were going. came to ahole issue resolution, there is another great q

possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: the yeas are 2012 and the nays are 221. the amendment is not agreed to. the question is on the amendment in the nature of a substitute as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. adopted. ent is accordingly, the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: mr. chairman. the committee of the whole house on the state of the union has had under consideration h.r. 23 and pursuant to house resolution 431, reports the bill back to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house of the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration h.r. 23 and pursuant to house resolution 431, reports the bill back to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. under the

today, he will face investigators from the house of representatives. alexander hirst has more details. while donald's son-in-law acknowledges he may have had for interactions with russian representatives, he says none of them came close to collusion. that is the testimony he resented him two hours to the senate intelligence committee on monday. i did not collude with russia, nor do i know anyone else in the campaign who did so. i had no improper contacts. i have not relied on russian funds for my businesses. and i have been fully transparent in providing all requested information. alexander: among the meetings that kushner admits to having, several were initially left out of his official disclosure forms. in november, he met with russian ambassador sergey i. kislyak, first reported by "the washington post." days later, he met with the owner of unesco bank -- unescom bank, subject to u.s. government sanctions. he later met with an attorney, in which emails claim he tried to receive damaging information from the russian government about hillary clinton. h

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 233. the nays are 185. the previous question is ordered. the question is on the adoption of the resolution. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. he ayes have it. -- a recorded vote has been requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 230. the nays are 196. the

houses of congress, the senate. they have the house of representatives. they have the white house. and their message, that obamacare or the affordable care act is dead, sort of covers up the fact that they owe the insurance industry $8 billion that we in the affordable care act promised to give to the insurance companies while they sort of figured out how much premiums would cost in this new market. they have sued the federal government because they say that the subsidies that we're paying for poor people are unconstitutional. and of course insurers, not knowing whether or not we're actually going to appropriate the affordable care act, because they don't know whether we're going to do it or not, that causes destabilization in the market. they are threatening in their bill to eliminate the individual mandate, which of course the individual mandate s a great source of revenue. they are gutting the taxes on the wealthiest people in the affordable care act, to pay for some of the cost sharing expenses. and of course insurance companies have no idea. and in order to set appropriate rate

it did pass the house of representatives by a vote of 419 to three. it's unlikely to not pass the senate. these are vetoproof margins, which means even if president trump or to veto this bill, it would fly well again when it goes back to congress. the year pn version of events is not on the radar. this is something the congress can easily pass. >> we heard today from some german political leaders there had been no consultation with brussels about the sanctions. why is there no transatlantic coordination taking place? >> this bill came from an internal domestic push. a lot of americans were very concerned after the 2016 election about this russian meddling. this is still a daily story. we have multiple investigations going on into the collusion. we have paul manafort and his son testifying before a senate committee about their role in this. it is a ball that keeps rolling. a lot of americans said what can we do, please do something. this is a political victory for congress to show they are trying to do something about russia no matter the cost to europ

under a rule that will allow it to pass here on the floor of the house of representatives. democrats are not going to help us pass this bill. only a handful of them will do that. so republicans have to do the right thing. and we should stop dividing ourselves, we should stop letting america be embarrassed in front of the world for a ridiculous decision that was made today. so i urge, i urge a correction to the ndaa. and i urge english to be adopted as the official language of the united states of america. because it unifies us and helps us communicate with each other, a common form of communicationses currency is the most powerful unifying force throughout the entire istory of the world. with that, mr. speaker, i would yield back the balance of my ime. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain a motion. from the gentleman from iowa. mr. king: mr. speaker, i move the house do now adjourn. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on the motion to adjourn. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the motion is adopted. accordingly, the house stands

ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will now 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 recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize 16 individuals from the pennsylvania fifth congressional district who received prestigious fullbright awards during the 2016-2017 school year. congress established the program in 1946, promotes friendly and peaceful relations between americans and the people of other countries through international educational exchange. each year more than 3,000 u.s. stude

but there are many, many republicans in the house of representatives and the senate who have come outis morning and said this shouldn't be the policy of the united states military. ken buck, john mccain, richard shelby steele, orrin hatch, joanie, a senator from iowa and former military woman. recently in the house of representatives this was representative vicky hartsler who was on this program this morning. it is her efforts and her singular efforts with a very small kabl in the house of representatives who have been trying to strip funding to transgender military service members since the defense authorization act has been passing through congress. 24 republicans along with all the democrats on house of representatives defeated that effort on the house floor two weeks ago. then she went to the defense department to try to get secretary mattis to support this bullying policy towards transgender service members. she that had no luck there. somehow she got to the white house very quickly, somehow in the last 24 hours and president trump or somebody crafted these tweets -- i actually d

our top stories: the us house of representatives votes overwhelmingly for new sanctions on russia, iran and north korea. moscow says it will "complicate relations." after the migrant crisis, europe's top court to decide if refugees must file for asylum in the first country they reach. another milestone for green motoring: the uk's set to ban new diesel and petrol vehicles from 2040. and i'm rachel horne. and in the business news: after the disappointing growth outlook the uk received from the imf last week, today we get some real numbers for the british economy. and after "emmissionsgate" is a new scandal brewing for vw? if so this time it's not alone, all the main german car makers are accused of having operated a cartel. but did they? hello. thank you very much for being with us here on bbc news. just as president trump has been trying to improve relations with russia, the us house of representative has voted in new sanctions against moscow, and they've done so in a way which makes it very difficult for mr trump to do much about it. the sanctions target key russian officials in retali

, surrendering to the house of representatives. what's the point of being a u.s. senate if you're actually not going to make policy, if you're going to hand over the keys of policy making to the representatives. this is the united states senate, and i disagreed with senator mccain's vote yesterday, but i heard the speech that he gave to us, that this should be the place where we should make the big, tough decisions about the future of the american economy. and the senate will put an out of business sign on the outside of this chamber if we pass a scaled-down version of this bill that admits we can't come to a conclusion. what's the point of being a united states senator if you just hand this debate over to the house of representatives? and by the way, that is what will happen. if the senate goes to conference with the house of representatives, and there is only one bill in that conference and that's what will happen, if a stripped down-down bill goes to conference, the house bill will be the only one in the conference committee and

we know members, and this includes the house of delegates in virginia as well as the house of representatives travel back to their districts. they also bring petitions with them. we can't see all the signatures and how many were a little less worried about the virginia house of delegates. committeeia religion is popping right out of the centers of the war. they are coming up with a whole bunch of language immediately. case, we haveers tried to read code whether petitions on tariffs were coming in. it is a mix of these two stories you were talking about. tariffs a big petitioning boom in the 1820's, facilitated by the fact that everyone has a position to take these two. the longer trick is in terms of causal inference, if we want to there are a whole bunch of things we do in the stricto try to rule out -- doing introducing greater causality testing? you are pointing to a different problem. it is not the committees calling for a petition, it is the members, and that is hard to get a handle on. other engines?ny do we have any other questions? thank you all. the next panel will start right at 11.

we thought this would get support from the house of representatives in terms of imposing sanctions againsthearing from where you are? certainly, overwhelming support in the house of representatives. this was the slightly less controversial part of the proposal. we are expecting tougher sanctions on north korea, particularly targeting the shipping industry and forced —— labour overseas. we are also looking at the possibility of the administration putting north korea back on the list of states that sponsor terrorism. there is a separate un security council resolution that is being re— drafted, it looks like it is probably going to have the support of china, a key player. we have not got any reaction yet out of north korea. i think there will be relief in seoul. the new president is pursuing a new policy, extending the arm to open military negotiations with pyongyang, which have not been responded to officially. but he has made it clear that the door is open. at the same time, they are pursuing a policy of sanctions. so, the news out of washington overnight will be very welcome here in seoul.

sin the united states four hundred and nineteen to three this passed by unanimous in the house of representatives and those that voted for it though well among all the people that want to push us liquefied gas and louis gas onto the u.s. onto a big part of the e.u. energy sector pushing russia to one site in california we must continue to focus on how we get our gas here in the united states our natural gas to europe to our allies so they're not so dependent on russia. so what can happen next well the unlikely and perhaps nuclear option for me e.u. if this bill is adopted which it almost looks certain that it will be is to impose sanctions on the united states now these could if they went for down that route take the form of the banks freezing the ability of u.s. businesses to take short term loans highly unlikely but certainly incredibly dramatic of that did happen alternately now though the ball is in u.s. president donald trump's court the bill got such high numbers behind it that it's completely on veto a bill it does seem however whether he puts his signature to it or not could. give us an i

the us house of representatives has voted overwhelmingly to impose new sanctions on russia, iran andth korea. moscow says the move would, as they put it, "complicate relations." the european court ofjustice is expected to rule whether refugees must file for asylum in the first eu country they arrive in. it could decide the future of several hundred people who entered europe during the migrant crisis of 2015 and 2016. in the uk, the government's expected to announce that all sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040 as part of efforts to reduce air pollution. one of the vatican's most seniorfigures, cardinal pell, has appeared in court in australia to face multiple charges of historical sex abuse. the former archbishop of sydney and melbourne insists he's innocent. details of the charges haven't been made public. 0k, time, now, forworld 0k, time, now, for world business report, with rachel. up or down? after the disappointing growth outlook the uk received from the imf last week, today we get some real numbers for the british economy. and, after "emmissionsgate" is

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john mccain who i served with in the vietnam war, came to the house of representatives together, we work -- he was -- i was with a bunch of my colleagues. john mccain stood right over here a couple of days ago. we were all happy to see him back, welcome him back as we need him, his leadership. he said a number of times during his remarks, what we need is regular order, regular order. my guess is people who have been watching on c-span are saying, what is regular order. we have a new crop of pages here. let me say to our pages who are rising juniors and come from states all over america. they do a great job to be make sure that this place doesn't get too messed up. regular order, whether it's defense, health care, or agriculture, i tried to introduce legislation most times with bipartisan support. i've learned that you get better results in the end if you do that. the idea of regular order is to introduce legislation that reflects and addresses a need or an issue. that bill is introduced here in this chamber, it's assigned by the parliamentarian to the committee of jurisdiction and the sp

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 234. the nays are 183. the previous question is ordered. the question is on adoption -- the previous question is ordered. the question is on adoption of the resolution. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. he ayes have it. mr. hastings: mr. speaker i ask for a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman asks for a recorded vote. 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. [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

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 house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on july 27, 2017, at 6:33 p.m. that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 3364. ith best wishes i signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain up to five further requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize the 200th anniversary colonel stair entering west point as a fifth superintendent of the united states military academy. mr. shimkus: he served 16 years as superintendent and is remembered as the father of the military academy. he is responsible for innovations that evolved the academy into the premiere world leader in d

house resolution 469. resolution, resolved, that the clerk of the house of representatives requests the senate to return to the house the joint resolution, house joint resolution 76, entitled granting the consent and approval of congress for the commonwealth of virginia, the state of maryland, and the district of columbia, to enter into a compact relating to the establishment of the washington metrorail safety commission. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on motions to suspend the rules previously postponed. h.r. 3180 by the yeas and nays. s. 114 by the yeas and nays. h.r. 3218 by the yeas and nays. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote. remaining electronic votes will be conducted as five-minute votes. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from california, mr. nunes, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3180 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the cle

remember, the house of representatives voted for them last night.ission president jean—claude juncker said they brought "unintended unilateral effects that impact the eu's energy security interests" and warned that if these concerns aren't acknowledged, the eu will "stand ready to act appropriately within a matter of days". here's jasmine taylor—coleman on why the eu has taken this position. the eu says it supports sanctions on russia. the annexation of crimea from the ukraine in 2014 and allegations of russian interference in the us election. the problem is when it starts to harm the economic interests of eu countries, especially germany. germany is powerful within the eu and it is involved in building a natural gas pipeline from russia to germany. germany doesn't like the idea that its companies can be harmed by some of these us objections, they may have limited access to us banks if they keep working with russia. germany says the us does not have the right to tell other countries with whom to do business and they say that the us is using economic

back in the spring, donald trump presented himself as the maestro when the house of representatives votedo repeal and replace 0bamacare. this is a repeal and replace of 0bamacare, make no mistake about it. but the fist—pumps and hugs were premature. divisions between right—wing and moderate republicans meant he could not get the measure through the senate. and so, today, a stony—faced president tried to distance himself from this embarrassing defeat. we will let 0bamacare fail. we're not going to own it, i can tell you the republicans are not going to own it. we will let 0bamacare fail, and the democrats will come to us and say, how do we fix it, or how do we come up with a new plan? this debacle says a lot about the health of american democracy, and the paralysis of the body politic. for much of the 0bama administration, it was because of divided government. the democrats had the white house, the republicans blocked them on capitol hill but now the republicans control the white house, the senate, the house of representatives. it was their disunity which led to this failure. donald trump

the house of representatives approved the bill earlier this week, also by an overwhelming majority.ambers, it will be sent to president trump to veto or sign into law. and one other point to note — the house of representatives has approved a big increase in military spending for next year. packaged with that bill is $1.6 billion, specifically for the us—mexico border wall. mexico has flatly refused to pay for the wall. the president also admitted there are areas not suited for a wall. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we'll be taking you away from the washington bubble to mount rushmore — donald trump jokes he should join america's greatest presidents on the famous monument. but do visitors to the site agree? cheering the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh. once an everyday part of the soldiers' lot, drudgery and danger, now no more after almost four decades. if one is on one's own, in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i don't really see

mccain voting on a belief never read and saber rattling cold war style sanctions in the house of representatives is c.n.n. in newsweek declaring that russia's supplying arms to the taliban in afghanistan at least that's what their headline implied but it's not exactly what the evidence proves newsweek's damian sharkey of reports that according to what a taliban splinter group told c.n.n. they acquired their guns as spoils of war after a bank wishing a local taliban rival group to receive the russian arms via moscow's military ally iran. which i eventually must be the arms dealing equivalent of the old i heard from a guy you heard from a guy who heard from a guy who bought it from his sisters brothers nieces nephews fiance but c.n.n. also has video proof ladies and gentlemen yes video proof that shows a kalashnikov style rifle in the hands of the taliban fighters in afghanistan. think about that one for a minute all you history buffs out there i want you to think about that for a moment a kolache nick rifle in the hands of a fighter in afghanistan yes wow earth shattering evidence of something th

still in committee that would put limits on advertisements from consumer lawyers what the house of representatives working on would be a massive giveaway to corporations that fund political campaigns while stripping american citizens of their right to hold negligent corporations and doctors accountable when they kill or when they cripple americans so tonight we'll explain exactly how congress is using legislation to take away the rights of all of us and later in the show we'll talk about california's recent actions to take on monsanto's toxic profiteering as it listed life or say as a core senator don't go anywhere america's lawyer starts mail. for. the nine hundred seventy one future supreme court just. as lewis powell drafted the memo to the us shame of camp of congress laying out a path for businesses to follow that would allow corporations to gain massive influence over the us government he told them that they needed to focus their attention on electing pro corporate politicians but doing so meant that they'd have to diminish the influence of consumer groups and the one group that powell singl

atlantic put ultimately now the ball remains in donald trump's court it's been passed by the house of representatives it needs the signature of the president to come into law. to wait and see if he signs are not thanks peter oliver there in berlin. the new bill was met with strong words from moscow russia's deputy foreign minister says washington's actions defy common sense that the authors of the sanctions are seeking to destroy any potential for better relations with russia. and here's one of the main business concerns for the north stream to pipeline its aim to bring gas from russia to europe through the baltic sea companies from germany austria france and the netherlands agreed to pay haul of the cost of the pipeline and invest almost five billion euros to the project labor rights lawyer dan kadlec also told us the sanctions could be a way for the u.s. to get a share of the european energy market. they do not believe this is about protecting democracy the us democracy or anyone else's this has a lot to do with the us wanting more of a share of the market in europe for its natural gas i think this

the house of representatives approved the bill earlier this week, also by an overwhelming majority. trump to veto or sign into law. and one other point to note: the house of representatives has approved a big increase in military spending for next year. packaged with that bill is $1.6 billion — specifically for the us—mexico border wall. later in the programme, we'll be asking what that means for one of donald trump's high—profile pledges. stay with us on bbc news. we'll be taking you away from the washington bubble to mt rushmore. donald trump jokes he should join america's greatest presidents on the famous monument. but do visitors to the site agree? i think he was the right guy at the time to shake things up and move things forward, but he is causing too much chaos and not bringing in a ford into government. —— bringing enough order. cheering the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh. once an everyday part of the soldiers' lot, drudgery and danger, now no m

possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on this vote the yeas are 208. the nays are 217. the amendment is not adopted. the house will come to order. the house will come to order. the committee will come to order. the committee will come to order. the chair wishes to inform the body that we are about to enter two-minute votes. please respect the membership and vote within the two-minute vote as we continue from this point. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 15 printed in house report 115-217 by the gentleman from colorado, mr. lamborn, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 15 printed in house report 115-217 offered by mr. lamborn of colorado. the chair: a recorded vote having been reque

of the house. we passed 270 bills already. we passed more bills out of the house of representatives in the first few months of the trump residency than the first 6 months of the obama presidency, the clinton presidency and bush presidency, we have already enacted the biggest increase in border security in law in 10 years, we had a big down payment in our military, overhauled the veterans administration. 14 congressional review acts repealing that oppressive regulations of the 15th on its way to the president's desk. we have done more things in the past 6 months that nobody knows about because wall-to-wall coverage on russia and tweets and countdown clocks and this other stuff. even though there may be distractions in the media, we are here getting our work done. maria: i know you have done a lot particularly with regulations as well. that does move the needle on economic growth but it is a fair question to ask do the republicans want to see this president succeed? >> of course we do. maria: look what happened in the senate. lisa murkowski voted to repeal obamacare years ago and she won't vote yes here. >> if you're asking outnum

one was in 2003, a vote in the house of representatives that started at 3:00 in the morning and ended just before six that morning on a prescription drug benefit. the longest bow ever held in the house of representatives. it was a tied vote, it went on forever and ever, and then you had the failed tarp vote. during the financial collapse of late 2008. the vote failed in the house of resented us, and the dow jones industrial average lost 777 points in synchronicity with the votes. that is a perfect example of a bill failing before it passed. it obvious we had to pass later where the country's economy was going to be in the tank. this had that level of drama to it here tonight. >> i have to say, you must be an awfully patient man. your wife must love you a lot to sit around and be able to wait like this. you've been there all day, closely following this. we have been receiving email after email from you following what's going on there. at one point, you said they brought cots end. do they actually use those clots, or is that just for all the fanfare? >> this is one of the great pieces o

of representatives as it is written down. -- will not advance out of the houseentatives as it is written. they are beginning to grapple with what will come next? the senate advances legislation is one step in what could potentially be weeks or months of a process. mark: how did you get that through the house and senate then? in the house of representatives, they would have to head to a conference, and there would be a lot of deals going on. yesterday, the jockeying on the transgender ban of the military and with the religious freedom lot is important for political freedom watchers because it would suggest there our negotiations going on with conservative members. with that said, i can tell you that the window of opportunity for there to be a significant legislative approach on health care reform will begin to close at they are not able to do this i the august recess. vonnie: yeah. mitch mcconnell want something done tonight. it will be a long night. what would be a win for him on this particular day, kevin? kevin: health. that is the bottom line. get this back t

the first job described in the constitution is member of the house of representatives. the second job specified in the constitution is speaker of the house of representatives. the third is united states senator. the fourth job mentioned is the vice president. the vice president's first mention is only in his role as president of the senate with the right to cast a vote in the event of ties in the senate. the fifth job mentioned is the temporary president of the senate when the vice president is absent from the senate. and the sixth job, the sixth job mentioned in the constitution is the president. and that very first mention of the president in the constitution is about impeachment of the president, something the founding fathers expected to happen. the founding fathers expected the voters at some point to be tricked into electing presidents who would have to be removed from office, presidents who would commit crimes, presidents who would abuse power, presidents who would violate their oaths of office. the founders knew that that would happen, and they make that very cle