the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam. this is to notify you formally pursuant to rule 8 of the rule of the house of representatives that i, niinimaa reandrews, have been served with a subpoena for testimony issued by the u.s. district court for the district of columbia. after consultation with the office of house employment council, i determined that compliance with the subpoena is consistent with the privileges and rights of the house. signed, sincerely, niinimaa reandrews, special assistant, office of the 28th district of texas. the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam. this is to notify you formally pursuant to rule 8 of the rules of the house of representatives that i, travis knight, have been served with a subpoena for testimony issued by the u.s. district court for the district of columbia. after consultation with the office of house employment council, i have determined that compliance with the subpoena is consistent with the privileges and rights of the house. signed, sincerely, travis knight, leg

the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. madam, 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 there the -- from the secretary of the senate on march 5, 2020 at 2:31 p.m. that the senate passed senate 893. that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 6074. with best wishes i am, signed sincerely, cheryl l. johnson. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 4, rule 1, the following enrolled bills were signed by the speaker on thursday, march 5, 2020. 5671,erk: h.r. 5214, h.r. and h.r. 6074. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam. pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, i have the honor to transmit a sealed envelope received from the white house on march 6, 2020, at 10:58 a.m. and said to contain a message from the president in accordance with section

consultation with the house of employment counsel, i have determined that compliance with the subpoena is consistent with the privileges of the house. igned sincerely, office of house of representatives henry cuellar. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-hmp of rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on march 16, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. that the senate passed with an amendment h.r. 4920. that the senate agreed to without amendment house concurrent resolution 87. with best wishes, i am signed sincerely, cheryl l. johnson. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a commune occasion. the clerk: the honorable, the speaker, house of representatives, madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the message from the secretary of the senate at 6:24 p.m., that the senate passed senate 3501, with best wishes, i signed sincerely, cheryl l. johnson. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to 7-b. the house >> that wraps up tonight quick how sessio

it was passed the next day by the house of representatives. now, i understand why a simple majority of the house of representatives might well decide to defer to speaker pelosi and gerry nadler and adam schiff. after all pelosi, nadler, and schiff themselves run a very substantial portion of the democratic party's operations in the house of representatives. i understand why a whole lot of members would like to defer to them. what i don't understand is why, number one, republicans in the house of representatives would also want to defer to pelosi and nadler and schiff. nor do i understand why even if some republicans in the house of representatives would foolishly defer to pelosi and nadler and schiff, why that in any way, shape, or form binds me or anyone else in this body to do what pelosi, nadler, and schiff decided to do. we're not a rubber stamp. we're not a rubber stamp for the house of representatives. we're certainly not a rubber stamp for the deep state. this gives me some hope, i suppose, gives me some hope that given the fact that the

within a few hours, we involved the speaker of the house of representatives nancy pelosi. time and again i've noticed over the last several days senator mcconnell and others have come to the floor and complained that speaker pelosi was part of this negotiation process. if you go back to that pamphlet how laws are made can we understand this is not a unicameral legislature, the house and the senate need to pass a measure for it to be sent to the present ...... in . i think she should be part of it. she has been following the progress that's being made with senator schumer, and esther mnuchin, mr. mcconnell and hopes we can reach a point where we have the bipartisan agreement, and that would speed this up as it should be solely involve the house of representatives in the conversation at the earliest stage of after we finished the issues senator mcconnell wanted to bring too the florida after e complete a bipartisan measure that is one that she may be able to take to the house of representatives for cconsideration and maybe even unanimous consent on the floor so what are the i

of power. i would say he represented the apex of power in the speakership in the house of representatives. was the chair of the rules committee, which is the committee that decides what can come to the house floor and what terms it can come to the floor. and there were only three members on the committee. so he effectively could decide what bills came to the floor and what did not. it was entirely up to him. he was also not afraid to use his power in the rules committee to block legislation even if a , lot of members wanted it. he was also not afraid to punish members of his party who he felt were insufficiently loyal. he famously punished some insurgents in his party who were causing him trouble, kicking them off committees, moving them to bad committees. he famously moved one member to the committee of ventilation and acoustics, which is probably one of the worst committees you could be on in the house. susan: it does not exist today. professor green: it does not exist today. there is a story, it is probably apocryphal, but there is a story about a member of congress who got a letter fro

economy afloat and will now go to the house of representatives for a final vote spain has overtaken china to record the 2nd highest number of kona virus deaths with nearly 3 and a half 1000 victims that's half the number in italy where the death rate in the worst hit area appears to be slowing and the united nations is appealing for $2000000000.00 to support humanitarian efforts worldwide to fight the pandemic in an exclusive interview with al jazeera secretary general antonio the terrorist says it's in everyone's interest to help the world's poorest nations. now life is slowly returning to normal for the 60000000 people living in china's hu bay province the corona virus outbreak began there last year and residents have been under strict lockdown measures but now restrictions are easing and many are leaving the area for the 1st time in 2 months katrina you reports from beijing. back on the road cars are lining up to leave and the current virus locked down behind after 2 months of empty words and closed borders government travel restrictions on most of the province are being lifted but the

again, this is not about power for the sake of grabbing more power for the house of representatives, for the congress, this is about making sure that we are covering the people we represent. again, i think in the house of representatives, we are the most direct link to the people of the country. >> let me turn to billy house, bloomberg news. >> a lot of these executive actions can be voted against in congress. but the veto was always there. that seems to be one of the main problems to anything you guys might be able to come up with. are we actually talking a possible constitutional amendment attempt? >> i think there are other things short of a constitutional amendment that we could explore. i hope that's what these hearings do. but look, i mentioned the war powers issue earlier. to me, there is something wrong with the fact that it's easier to declare war or get involved in a war than it is to actually get to peace. you just need a simple majority to vote to authorize the use of military force. but knowing that the president would veto an action by congress to end the war if he or sh

that would throw it into the house of representatives. they chose the house because it is considered the people's house. the frequency of the elections, of course, make it more responsive to the will of the people. this was the mechanism envisioned. now, if someone did receive a majority in the electoral college originally, that person would become the president. the person who came in second would become the vice president but that election of 1800 obviously illustrated that that wasn't practical and so the changes brought on by the 12th amendment to the constitution resulted. in that 12th amendment, it provided for separate elections for president and vice president and in the event that there was not a majority, the top three candidates would then go before the house. the house would vote by states. each state having one vote. the rationale for that was the same as for the electoral college. it was to prevent the larger states from dominating the elections. a simple majority in the house would then provide the victor. the physical proce

with a house of representatives is voting on a relief bill we'll be with you shortly kimberly want to start with jonah how with more from london jonah within what was it an hour of boris johnson saying that he had coronavirus you here the health secretary as well. that one called the health secretary has also tested positive with corona virus and he's also self isolating of course the 1st thought after receiving that news about boris johnson's. positive test result would have been the ministers closest to him in confronting the coronavirus crisis among them but hancock also the chancellor of the exchequer who of course lives next door in downing street rishi soon as he is not at this moment said to be self isolating that may change in due course also we're told that some stuff inside number 10 among those who weren't already working from home some staff of since gone into self isolation displaying mild symptoms no positive tests have come back yet no further positive tests that is we're told by a number 10 spokesman that boris johnson has moved in to sue knox office number 11 downing

of the house. as many of us said when we eulogized him in the statuary hall of the house of representatives how appropriate , he would be sent off in congress in such an important way. i don't remember any house member ever was lying in state in the house and so many thousands of visitors coming to say good-bye to elijah cummings. mr. chairman. he was in a room of a statuary hall where so many patriots and heroes were memorialized. and elijah too. the people from both sides of the aisle, people from both sides of the capitol. it was beautiful, a beautiful thing. and then we all had the honor of celebrating elijah's life at new solemnist baptist church, and i was glad to make the cut. because i could tell them there of some of the things happening here in reverence in which he was held. this beautiful, saintly man, others have spoken about him saying we're better than this. he was always about the children. the children, our living messengers to a future we will never see. he said over and over again. you heard him say that, right? did you teach him that? >> no. rep. pelosi: [laughter] future we would never

-centric house of representatives bill. that's the way we can actually get this done and help our people grit through this time of unprecedented economic >> it is free, easy to use, all there at c-span.org/campaign ll 2020. >> it is easy to follow the federal response to the coronavirus outbreak at c-span.org/coronavirus. maps andractive charts, watch briefings and hearings with public health specialists anytime unfiltered at c-span.org/coronavirus. governmentederal continues to work on the coronavirus economic aid package, governors from across the country are providing updates on how their states are responding. here is what some of them had to say starting with new york governor andrew cuomo. >> good morning, happy st. patrick's day. everybody knows james our great theth commissioner, secretary to the governor and the budget director. .et me go through an update as you know the situation changes daily now. which is

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 378. the nays are seven. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from rhode island, mr. cicilline, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4508, as amended, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: h.r. 4508, a bill to expand the number of scholarships available to pakistani women under the merit and needs-based scholarship program. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4508, as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this

that's what happened last night in the house of representatives. they tried to pass a 90-page fix to 120-page bill that was supposedly really urgent last week. and oh, by the way, when you talk to the architects of that legislation in private, when the cameras aren't rolling and you ask them hard questions about how their policy actually works, everybody starts pointing at everyone else, and a lot of people admit that the bill might actually accelerate layoffs from small businesses. think about that. the reason the first bill, if it ends up remaining independent, and isn't bundled with the other ideas down the road in the form of industry specific bailouts. the first bill which is supposed to slow the pace of layoffs from small business when you ask questions about it, the architects of the bill will admit to you in private it might actually accelerate the pace of layoffs from small business. nonetheless, despite admitting that today's version of the rup goldberg policies, the answer you get is we have to go very, very fast, that is wildly irrespons

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 -- the chair: on this vote the yeas and the nays are one. the amendment is adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on in dment number 9 printed house report 116-411 by the florida, ms. om mucarsel-powell, on which proceedings were postponed and on which the ayes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. 9 clerk: amendment number printed in house report 116-411 ffered by ms. mucarsel-powell of florida. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national caption

signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2020, 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 with time equally allocated between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. this morning. the chair recognizes the gentleman from indiana, mr. pence, for five minutes. mr. pence: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize four outstanding agriculture students from eastern hancock high school for winning the 4-h livestock judging contest at the western national roundup. connor, hunter, reed, and ashton represented the state of indiana with integrity and skill. this team competed against 27 other teams from across the nation and came out victorious. congratulations to these future farme

possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 394, the nays are 13. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to -- the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 395, the nays are 13, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and resolution is agreed to and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the question on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal, on which yeas and nays are ordered. the question is on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. 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 representative

help frontline health workers and to keep the economy afloat and will now be sent to the house of representatives for final of 4 mike hanna has more from washington. now up until this point a this is a bipartisan action both republican and democratic senators have been supporting this particular bill but in the house the governor of new york saying he's speaking to members of the house of representatives saying that he wants them to argue for an amendment giving wall funds to new york city so going to the house what was going to be a straightforward debate is not likely to be so anymore the house speaker knowledge ng that where before it could have been possibly by a unanimous vote this may not be the case anymore spain has now overtaken china to record the 2nd highest number of corner virus dess with nearly 3 and a half 1000 victims as still half the number in italy where the death rate in the worst hit area appears to be slowing the united nations is appealing for $2000000000.00 to support humanitarian efforts worldwide to fight the pandemic in an exclusive interview with al jazeera secretary g

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 415, the nays are 0. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentlewoman from new york, mrs. lowey, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 6074, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: h.r. 6074, a bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2020, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioni

i cing with the most covid-19 cases in the world, as the house of representatives brings the historic rescue fwoil fin passage. then more states cry out for more medical ventilators. and the president on how he's handling that. >> there are not enough ventilators for the need we anticipate tomorrow andhe days coming as this continues to grow in my state. judy: and it' friday. david brooks and ruth marcus analyze another historic week. and the uncertainty we all sti

members in washington right now in order to do this roll call vote their 435 members in the house of representatives they need at least 216 right now when they opened up this morning they had about 50 and they were all sort of spread apart social distancing hoping they could push this through so donald trump not very happy about this in fact he railed against this member of congress calling this a publicity stunt particularly angry it's a member of his own republican party even calling him a 3rd rate ground stander and just in the last hour or so donald trump getting some support from former secretary of state former presidential democratic candidate john kerry who is tweeting that it is the one thing that both can agree on is that representative massey the man that is holding this operate now from being fast tracked and signed into law is they say a 3rd rate grandstander so that's where things stand they're looking at the floor of the house of representatives right now still debating unclear when this vote is going to happen and if they have enough members in order to make it possible thanks to tha

in other words, gathering the house of representatives right now is a decision, the speaker and the republican leader will have to make. i'm not going to prejudge what they might decide, but when you have people who have tested positive and people have been exposed to them, self-quarantining, it is hard for me to imagine right now people gathering in the normal way. maybe there is a way to gather through more social distancing but i think this is an example of where remote voting is necessary. in extreme situations like this.

north carolina democrats are trying to take the house of representatives and senate in the state as well as there is a gubernatorial race. there is a lot on the ballot today. host: how many delegates and talk about the process. guest: there are 110 delegates the third most behind california and texas. 38 of those ghosts of the statewide winner in a proportional -- goes to the statewide winner in a proportional way. anyone over 15% is eligible. each of the 13 congressional -- congressional districts add up to 72, but they are not evenly proportioned. the heavily democratic districts are worth more delegates. if you win raleigh and charlotte delegates.k up more

house of reps. with the u.s. house of representatives sorry has just voted to pass a 2 trillion dollars stimulus bill let's get more from our white house correspondent can be help at who is live for us in washington d.c. kimberly so this is passed what happens next. yeah well it was pretty interesting how it almost didn't pass there was a bit of drama in the house of representatives on the floor as representative massey a member of the president's own republican party tried to kind of halt the fast tracking of this and demanding a roll call vote here's the problem there aren't really enough members in the chamber right now that i could see in my county talking to other reporters they would have needed 216 members on the floor of that 435 member body that seemed like they were really little more than 100 so both leaders of the republican and democratic party said they wanted to do a voice vote because they knew they had the majority in terms of support for this and that it was bipartisan legislation they were pushing ahead with the voice

we need to send joe cunningham back to the house of representatives. heers] all then: all of us, bidens thank you. thank you for everything you've done for us. folks, so here's the deal. let's get back up. we are brave, we are resilient people. we can believe again. we are better than this president, so get up, take back our country. it is the united states of america. there is nothing beyond our capacity if we do it together. god bless you all, and may god protect our troops. [applause] ♪

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: the house will be in order. the chair wishes to make an announcement to the house regarding practices. members are reminded of the unique tradition and dignity of the house that sets it apart from other institutions and workplaces. members should refrain from trafficking in the well when another member, including the presiding officer, is addressing the house. the rules establish 15 minutes as the minimum time for electronic voting in the ordinary case and five and two minutes as the minimum time in other cases when members are already in or near the chamber in response to an earlier vote. as a reminder, members should attempt to come to the floor within the 15-minute period as proscribed by the first ringing of the bells. as a point of courtesy to each of our colleagues, voting within the allotted time woul

to be taken away from the preparedness to stop other pandemics like boehner and so on the house of representatives there has now passed by in a bipartisan fashion an $8300000000.00 budget for the current virus of which $3000000000.00 will be for r. and d. and vaccines and diagnostics one point $3000000000.00 to usa id to help the global fight against the virus that's interesting i mean again it's interesting because the top administration is going to cut some of these programs anyway also just to get into that that issue of whether people can even afford the vaccine if there is one found $300000000.00 to help ensure the vaccine is available regardless of whether someone can afford it to have administered again this is a particular american phenomenon because of the for profit health insurance industry that was a sticking point with republicans but it did get $33000000.00 which means that they radically everyone who needs a vaccine can get one. thank you. well the number of known coronavirus cases in india has risen sharply from 6 to 28 india's health minister says the new cases include 16 tourists

declared a national emergency and his promise to sign a sweeping bill just passed by the house of representatives of the provide paid sick leave and free widespread testing once the bill reaches his desk trump has been accused of playing down the seriousness of the pandemic which is there as i'm fishing reports from washington from the u.s. president a dramatic announcement officially declaring a national emergency. 2 very big words with more than 40 dead and the number of infected growing the president has opened up funding include states to take important steps to blunt the spread of the virus emerging every state to set up emergency operation centers effective immediately i'm also asking every hospital in this country to activated some urgency prepared this plan so that they can meet the needs of americans everywhere the hospitals are very engaged but the president refused to accept the crisis is know much greater because testing wasn't more widely available no i don't take responsibility at all because we were given a. a set of circumstances and we were given rules regulations and specificati

signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: please be seated. pursuant to thed orer of the house of january 7, 2020, the chair will now remember recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour detpwhafmente chair will alternate recognition between the parties with time equally allocated between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. green, or five minutes. mr. green: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, and still i rise, proud to be an american, proud to be a member of the u.s. house f representatives. i rise because i refuse to accept the notion that we should get back to bigotry as usual in the house of representatives. i'm one who has fought bigotry most of my life and i will continue to fight it for the rest of my life. today i want to talk about bigotry not only within the c

were moved to the democratic side where nancy pelosi was made speaker in a sense in the house of representatives again and there's real fear i think that that the policies in positioning the platform in sort of the rhetoric of senator sanders might endanger those positions in those 'd. seats that have been won in 2018 and really puts into jeopardy the overall democratic majority or governing majority that would be required to move any real agenda forward no matter who was elected president and so there's a concern there about that for senator sanders and and i think we really have to do think about have to think about how do we actually govern. not just talk about our platform right adolfo talks there this real fear that democrats have of bernie sanders any 2016 it was almost similar with donald trump i mean americans were lectured about voting for donald trump and yet they still did do you think this push by the democrats to sideline bernie sanders will backfire as was the case in 2016 with top. well i think they're going to be careful it's not for me to give advice to the democratic party but

[applause] >> fellow citizens of the senate and house of representatives, since your last annual assembly, andher year of health bountiful harvest has passed. while it has not pleased the almighty to bless us with a return of peace, we can but press on guided by the best light he gives us, trusting in wise- in his own time and way, all will yet be well. buss, that is from c-span's archives of you training abraham like him. what is the value to understanding history of the reenactment? >> it reaches a population that might not pick up a book, but they want to have the experience. reportedhat they have over the years. that they are not readers. they are not picking up the written word, but they went the experience. >> how many years have you been portraying abraham lincoln? >> 33 this year. started extremely small, but i wish i could tell you there was a grand plan and it is certainly not mine. >> how did it get started? >> i was on the board of the illinois education association. one of the board members came up to this skinny man with a black beard and said, you know if you dressed, we co

they want to know what this bill says that passed the house of representatives. if there's medical leave for them if they are sick and can't work and if there will be assistance for them in times of trouble. why would we wait to take that up? why would we delay that decision and leaf more -- leave more uncertainty across illinois and for the people of america. there is no reason for that. let's get that done. secondly, this measure says also that we're going to continue to work on a bipartisan to solve this problem. let's take this up tomorrow morning. as was noted before, we raised in the initial bill to deal with this pandemic, the president's asked for $2 billion to $8 billion and did it on a partisan basis to put the medical and health care work. we did it with a minimum of debate on a bipartisan basis. the second bill in the package should have been treated exactly the same way. it should have moved through the senate without asking all the senators to return, the staff to come here, the capitol hill police and others that protect us and all the staff who sup

i came here to vote on a package passed by an overwelcoming bipartisan majority in the house of representatives. and that overwhelming bipartisan spirit should be what animates us as we seek to save lives and livelihoods. we're on the cusp of an existential crisis in this country that will transform the lives of almost every american, of almost every age and background and religious and cre creed, and yet, in the face of that crisis, we will have no vote tonight. and that is disgraceful. it is shameful. in the course of travelling around connecticut i have visited hospitals in milford, and hartford, in other places around the state, local health departments and local officials who have said to me that there still is inadequate testing because the federal government still has failed to fulfill its promise to provide that testing. there are fears that the surge of health cases as a result of coronavirus will deplete the resources of hospitals and other health care facilities because there are insufficient numbers of icu's and ventilators and still the federal government has failed to provide them

we need to send joe cunningham back to the house of representatives. [cheers] mr. den: all of us, all the bidens thank you. thank you for everything you've done for us. folks, so here's the deal. let's get back up. we are brave, we are resilient people. we can believe again. we are better than this president, so get up, take back our country. it is the united states of america. there is nothing beyond our capacity if we do it together. god bless you all, and may god protect our troops. [applause] thank you, thank you, thank you. ♪ [cheers and applause] >> here is some of what is coming up on c-span. our daily washington journal program is next. with jim newsmakers mcgovern and tom cole. they will talk about efforts to reassert congress' constitutional authority and the coronavirus response. portions of congressional hearings on the coronavirus and the federal response to the outbreak. and then mark as part testifies before the house armed services committee about the pentagon's budget request. 2020 democratic presidential candidate senator bernie sanders speaks to v

house of representatives has passed a 2 trillion dollar stimulus bill to take gentlemen a gentle way to the business of a baby. i'm going to give your guy. a bill is aimed at propping up the country's economy suring the coronavirus pandemic fund which was approved unanimously by senators on wednesday includes business loans help for state governments and payments to individuals as individuals and let's get more now from our white house correspondents kimberly how kids can believe the bill has finally passed and that will come as a relief to many. yeah because it almost did there was a little bit of drama in the final moments because what this was was a bill that was supposed to be passed through a voice vote it was a rare moment of unity between democrats and republicans in the house of representatives but there was one republican member that decided that he wanted a roll call vote and there is a bit of a problem with that you need a quorum you need 216 of the 435 members and there wasn't that number in the chamber because they had been in recess and also because of coronavirus not on

hope on capitol hill as the can move something through this and it and get it through the house of representatives. also concerned about bringing all of these house members back devote some are pushing for remote voting. that's probably not going to happen. in the 70s it took three years alone to develop the current electronic voting system that they have in the house of representatives. nancy pelosi ask them to put together a report on remote voting, the pros and cons, it's out there to try to quiet those pushing for remote voting when they probably attempt to move this through the house sometime in the coming days, they will d it with a skeleton crew. >> we will scroll it again, thi is the wish list. nothing to do with coronavirus or are displaced workers and small business, restaurant workers, owners, big businesses the cruise line industry, airline industry. clearly congress has a 22 percent google reading for a reason. tonight americans have lost all trust in the mob, immediate for good reason. and now now some in the dishonest press are more interested in lying about the president and more i

place before the vote takes place even when that happens it still has to go through the house of representatives and there's a little bit of a hick up there given it's not even in session so nancy pelosi the house speaker kind of sitting on the fence in terms of when she might schedule that vote she's watching the senate very carefully at also watching very carefully how this is going to be received because the bottom line is there's an awful lot in this historic package nearly 2 trillion dollars the largest rescue package in american history it is going to put about $500000000000.00 in liquidity into the u.s. economy bailouts for the airlines albeit with oversight interestingly downturns businesses won't be able to benefit that was one specific of this legislation but in it there are checks for ordinary americans a family who's earning about under $70000.00 a year would be able to get a shack or number of checks of a total almost $3000.00 or more so it's a big boost their health care system $130000000000.15 for state and local governments so a lot in this legislation but again just because it p

house of he representatives. uide the members along right pathways. always alert to the reality of us.threats facing give our leaders calm assurance you.biding trust in amen. the speaker pro tempore: to section 7-a of house the journal of the last day's proceedings is approved. lead the will now house in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. of rule 1, clause 4 the following enrolled bill was pro d by the speaker empore brown on friday, march 2020. the clerk: senate 3503, a bill to authorize the secretary of to treat ffairs certain programs of education converted to distance learning emergencies and health-related situations in the same manner as programs of pursued at educational institutions and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule chair declares the house in recess subject to the call of the chair. the upper chamber will try again today when they gave

centric house of representatives bill that's the way we can actually get this done. and help our people grip through this economic uncertainty. thank you, madam president. . >> it's easy to follow the federal response to the oronavirus outbreak at c an.org/corona -- c-span.org/coronavirus. at ow c-span.org/coronavirus. c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, we'll discuss the latest on the coronavirus and the u.s. response to the outbreak. with the university of maryland security director michael greenberger on the state, federal and local response. efforts to slow down the spread of the virus with director drew harris of thomas jefferson university. watch c-span's "washington journal" wednesday morning at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. >> as the federal government continues to work on the coronavirus economic aid package, governors from across the country have been providing updates on how the states are responding to the coronavirus. here are what some of them had to say starting the

i also am proud of my colleague in the house of representatives, congressman sarbanes, who is the lead sponsor of h.r. 1, which is the we the people act, which passed the house of representatives a year ago and no action on the floor of the senate as a result of the majority leader's decision not to bring these bills to the floor. as i said, it includes a lot of different bills but all deal with america's values. these are the values that are the strength of this nation -- free and fair elections. that's what we promote globally because we know that is key to a stable democratic society, and yet when you look at the way that we conduct elections in this country, we're not setting a very high example. look at how much money is involved in elections in this country, from the president to our local offices, too much money speaks to who's going to be able to get the attention of the voters. we need to change that. we know that suppression of voters has been institutionalized as a strategy to win office. that should have no place in america. we should want the maximum amount of voters to pa

speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 230, expressing the sense of the house of representatives that the united states condemns all forms of violence against children globally and recognizes the harmful impaths of violence against children as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the ressluge. the clerk: resolution expressing the sense of the house of representatives that the united states condemns all forms of violence against children globely and recognizes the harmful impacts of violence against children. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, scrasm rhode island, mr. cicilline and the gentleman from utah, mr. curtis, each will control 20 minutes. the chair regular nieses the gentleman from rhode island, mr. cicilline. mr. cicilline: i ask unanimous consent that members may have five legislative days to include extraneous material on house resolution 230. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. cicilline: i yield myself such time as i may recognize. i would like to submit an exchange of letters between chairman engel and chair of

a seat we had to take to win back the house of representatives. s and applause] seat, and we won more seats, and we have the majority in the house, and we are still in the fight for the soul of our nation. and joe biden is going to win that fight. [cheers and applause] recently, my husband and i were looking at the blank spot on the wall, and we thought to ourselves, maybe we should look for some campaign posters. and so, searching on ebay and ansi, we came across this poster from 1940 from fdr. and it says "the man with a heart and the party with the soul." the man with the heart and the party with the soul. and i can tell you, that has never been true in 1940 then it bidenay in 2020 about joe and about the democratic party. [cheers and applause] and recently, my mother-in-law passed away suddenly. we went to kentucky for the funeral, and we buried her in indiana and came back home and it was very somber. and as i do when i come to the door, i grabbed the mail out of the mailbox. and what did i find of the mailbox? i found a handwritten note from

vote which is a lot more difficult given the fact not all the members are here in fact the house of representatives had to be hastily assembled to get this it wasn't recess and some of the members are not coming back because they're in self isolation concerned they've been exposed to someone that has coronavirus back to members have even tested positive so this is not going to stop the legislation what it's going to do is delay it again the u.s. president not happy tweeting about it talking about how the members just need to accept what's in this deal not everyone likes it but it's important to get it through to help american workers he says it is hell dealing with the dems had to give up some stupid things in order to get the big picture done 90 percent great then he goes on to say win back the house but throw massy that's representative massey out of the republican party so again not very happy why is the president pushing so hard on this he was to see this money injected into the economy remember that's a big thing that donald trump was pinning his reelection hopes on of course it's tanked in re

been passed virtually unanimously in both the senate and in the course of the day in the house of representatives well that will that is one of the big news lines from today in the president certainly very pleased indeed in terms of it does come amidst all these makes messages do you think that this deal that has been signed it see point 2 trillion dollar deal will have the effect it will have the effect it trumps looking for is this likely to be a turning point because we do hear these positive noises coming from president trump and then we hear from the state governors and it's a very different picture that they're painting. indeed yes and we've heard from the governor of the state of new york for example saying that the money awarded to new york state in terms of this bill is just a drop in the bucket what new york city and new york state are dealing with is something that the governor of new york state believes this just simply insufficient funds being allocated by the the stimulus bill it's very difficult to see what impact it will have on the economy at this particular point of course the s

what qualifies you to be in the house of representatives? what exactly should we do about the difference between executive authority, titles, and powers under the constitution. that all plays out in a lot of the adams-rush correspondence. >> plus a lot of gossip. >> deliciously gossipy. that adamthe things says repeatedly, is his disbelief and what has taken the place of kingship in america is fame. he can't believe that benjamin franklin and george washington are so much more famous than him. [laughter] >> there is a rift that goes through the letters, he does it four or five times. is thatr disbelief history would remember that george washington would smoke with benjamin franklin's electric rod, and the two of them did everything to save the country. we take for granted the other founding fathers. much didn't matter as until after the second world war. >> abigail or john? >> either of them, as characters in the public domain. we grew up during the adams chronicles on pbs. history,e history of there is like a hundred years were so much of th