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 representives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on march 26 at 10:15 a.m. the senate passed with an amendment h.r. 1868. appointments, senate national security working group for the 117th congress. members of the commission on security and cooperation in europe, helsinki, during the 117th congress. advisory committee on the records of congress. migratory bird conservation commission. with best wished, i am, signed, sin -- wishes i am, signed, sincerely, cheryl l. johnson, clerk. the eaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following enrolled bill. the clerk: h.r. 1799. an act to amend the small business act and the cares act to extend the covered period for the paycheck protectn program. and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house the following communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, hou

house is gaveling in now. legislative work will resume on tuesday. live now to the floor of the u.s. house. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c., march 12, 2021. i hereby appoint the honorable david j. trone to act as speaker pro tom por reon this day. signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be led by chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me. almighty god, humbly i beseech you to receive each and every prayer i offer. as one grounded in love for you and your truth. in submitting myself to your will to serve in these halllowed halls, may the words of my mouth or the meditations of my heart be acceptable to you. search my heart and forgive my hidden faults. convict me for any malice or offense that i may inadvertently inf

vote because they were negotiating on stage so it will be a messy couple of days in the house of representatives but nancy pelosi, speaker of the house, is the best vote counter that walked in the door of the capital since the 1950s and 60s. she has a calling card of passing bills with narrow margins. she proved that last saturday. the question is can she do it again? this is the challenge for joe biden, a phone call to liberal democrats who might balk especially when they are staring at losing yet another democrat in the house of representatives with marcia fudge and her confirmation vote on wednesday. one last thing, this portends another problem down the road. this much trouble to pass a coronavirus bill in the house with these narrow margins, what does it mean for immigration reform, gun legislation, a panoply of other progressive policy initiatives? they can't do those things with these narrow margins. this might be the only thing they are able to do. they might be able to move something through the house of representatives, that's and margin. in the senate you need 60 votes. avail get 50 v

of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable, 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 from the secretary of the senate on march 16, 2021, at 11:24 a.m. appointment, chairman of the senate delegation to the canada u.s. intraparliamentary group during the 117th congress, united states senate caucus on international narcotics control, vice chairman of the senate delegation to the canada-u.s. intraparliamentary group conference during the 117th congress. senate national security working group for the 117th congress, signed, sincerely, cheryl l. johnson. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. madam, a short time from now i will be sworn in as the 54th secretary of the u.s. department of the interior. as such, i respectfully offer my dess rest ig nation from the seat representing new mexico's first congressional district

of interns in representative swalwell's office. he has not have binge involved in public reporting whereas clause one of rule 23 of the rules of house of representatives provides a member, delegate, resident commissioner or employee of the house shall be behave that shall reflect credit apply and eric swalwell should be removed in light of conduct he has exhibited. now therefore be it resolved that the following member be and be removed from the following committee of the house of representatives. permanent select committee on intelligence. mr. swalwell of california. the speaker pro tempore: the resolution qualifies. for what purpose does. the clerk will motion the desk. the clerk: the resolution be laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: question occurs. favor. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. >> madam speaker, i ask for the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3-s, the yeas and nays are 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 represe

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: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? mr. stanton: as the member designated by mrs. kirkpatrick, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mrs. kirkpatrick will vote yes on h.res. 198. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. steube of florida, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. steube will vote no on h.res. 198. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from illinois seek recognition? ms. underwood: as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on h.res. 198. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. kelly: mr. speaker, as the member des

hello i'm a curator for the house of representatives. that means i'd take care of a lot of the artifacts. the objects in the artwork, show the rich heritage. >> i'm the historian of the house, and my job is to collect biographical information on members, and to gather data in historic lists, and to conduct oral histories. we answer questions in our office that come from on the hill and off the hill and we try to tell the story of the house which is this very big and very old institution in a way in which people can kind of connect with it at a human level. we do that through telling biographical stories, the and oral histories, that give people a kind of a human sense of a very large institution. . today we thought we would try to do that with you, by telling you about the history of women in congress. which is a history that dates back to the early 20th century. >> so this is a nifty piece of campaign if amara. the this is the it's clear booth. it's a reelection campaign. and uses column one voting for her. and it shows when you go into

we begin in the us, where the house of representatives, the lower house of congress, is expected to passjor stimulus package. it is worth $1.9 trillion. the plan was approved in the senate on saturday despite every republican voting against. here are the pictures from the house of representatives. it very much locate will pass on party lines. before the vote, there was a debate for several hours. this is what we heard from one democratic congresswoman. this is a historic day. it is the beginning of the end of the great covid depression. it also marks the end of a decades—long successful battle by big corporations and the super—rich in this country for trickle—down economics. the idea that the rich getting richer will somehow make us all do better — wrong. the bill's aim is primarily to address the impact of covid on the us economy. but there are broader ambitions to tackle longer—term causes of poverty. here are some of the details. the so—called american rescue package will give one—off payments worth $1,400 to most americans. it allocates $350 billion to state and local governments and

instead she decided to take the challenge directly to the house of representatives, controlled by democrats and, of course, that now makes this look like a highly politicized fight. republicans are calling on speaker pelosi to dismiss the case. they say speaker pelosi is ignoring the will of the voters to widen her majority. some are calling hypocrisy after the house gop objected to the electoral college count on january 6th. joining me from davenport, iowa, my nbc colleague diane caldwell, part of the second district there. from the very beginning, i have not understood the rational for bypassing the state process here the way democrats have done. they wanted go down this path. it seems like it was always a politically precarious path. the last time this was used like this one could argue the house has neff been the same since. >> yeah, well, chuck, republicans are extremely happy to have democrats challenge this in the house of representatives, especially after democrats continuously pouncing on republicans for trying to overturn the election results on january 6th of the former president

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 from the secretary of the senate on march 1, 2021, at 1:35 p.m. that the senate passed senate 422. signed, sincerely, robert f. reeves, deputy clerk. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess subject to the call of t >> watch the communicators tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >> listen to c-span's podcast, the weekly. china relations with china editor for the economist. he offers a warning about possible conflict between china and taiwan in the future. >> if china decides in the next five years or even further out that it wants to reincorporate taiwan into the people's republic by force, that is the kind of challenge that is going to be, you know, transformative , to say the least, in geopolitics. and it could lead to a military complication between the u.s. and china and it's pr

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: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts seek recognition? ms. clark: as the member designated by ms. meng, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. meng will vote yes on the pressley amendment. as the member designated by ms. frankel, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that ms. frankel will vote yes on the pressley amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. ruiz, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. ruiz will vote yes on the pressley amendment. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. huffman, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that

the house of representatives has 435 members, elected by the people of the states in accordance with the house originates appropriation bills and brings impeachments. the capital building itself symbolizes the making of our nation's laws but only a part of the work takes place under its dome. here are the house office buildings where congressman have their offices and do much of their work. they're also meeting rooms for committees, both a large and small. this is the library of congress, which holds one of the world's largest collections of reference books at the service of our lawmakers. to the north is a senate office building where senators have suites of offices for themselves and further assistance let us go in and walk down one of the corridors. senator margaret smith at maine, senators thomas, from oklahoma, senator green of rhode island, senator taft of ohio here is a senator himself his daily work typifies that of all lawmakers. half of his average day is spent in reading and answering letters from his constituents. this is as it should be for these constituents are his neig

the house of representatives has 435 members elected by the people of the states and according to its population. the house originates appropriation bills and brings impeachments. the capitol building only part of the work takes place. here are the house buildings where congress men have their offices and do much of their work. there are meeting rooms for committees, both large and small. this is the library of congress that holds one of the world's largest collections of reference books at the service of our lawmakers. to the north is a senate office building where senators have suites of offices for themselveses and for their assistants. let us go in and walk down one of the corridors. senator margaret smith of main, senator tomas of oklahoma, senator green of rhode island, senator taft of ohio. here is the senator himself. his daily work typifies of all senators. reading and answers letters from his constituents. this is as it should be are his neighbors and those that support made him a senator. this pile of 10,000 letters was received in two weeks. many constituent come to call i

standard in this bill, that was stricken from the legislation when it came over from the house of representativesis is going to produce some headaches for nancy pelosi, speaker of the house, and also president biden as they try to move this final version through the house of representatives next week. alicia? alicia: you mentioned the senators are exhausted, you're there too, i don't know how you do it. thank you so much. we'll keep checking back. chad pergram. griff? griff: pressure is mounting for president biden to take action as a wave of immigrants make their way towards our southern border. christina coleman is live with more, but you're looking there at a shot in mcallen, texas, in the rio grande valley sector, that bus going past that fencing and just over that fence with that bus will go, it will come to a temporary tent facility where the migrants who have crossed the rio grande river are being processed. they're coming peacefully, and they're coming in droves. there was more than 1800 that came yesterday, i'm told the number here in the last 24 hours actually 1500 or so. the entire sec

it is called the house of representatives. ck you're held to account for things that you have done. and nancy pelosi is running the house of representatives like a dictator this is really absolutely shocking when we come back congressman, i want to talk to you about these -- so-called relief bills. trillions and trillions and trillions of dollars. we'll be right back. a lot of people think dealing with copd is a walk in the park. if i have something to help me breathe better, everything will be fun and nice. but i still have bad days flare-ups (coughs), which can permanently damage my lungs. my lungs need protection against flare-ups. so it's time to get real. because in the real world our lungs deserves the real protection of breztri. breztri gives you better breathing symptom improvement, and flare-up protection. it's the first and only copd medicine proven to reduce flare-ups by 52% breztri won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. it is not for asthma. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or hi

the house of representatives has 435 members elected by the people of the states, in accordance to itsation. the house appropriations bill and brings in impeachments, the capital house itself symbolizes the making of our national laws but actually only a part of the work takes place under its home. here are the office buildings were congressman have their offices. they do much of their work. there are also living rooms for committees both large and small. this is the library of congress, which holds one of the world's largest collections of reference books at the service of our lawmakers. -- we are senators have sweets and offices for themselves, and for their assistance. let us go in and walk down one of the corridors. senator margaret's mitt of maine, senator green of rhode island, senator taft of ohio, there is the senator himself. his work applies that of all lawmakers. half of his average day is spent reading and answering letters from his constituents. this is as it should be, for his constituents are his neighbors, and the voters whose support made him a senator. this pile of 10

the house of representatives has 435 members elected by the people of the states. se elects appropriation bills. only half the work takes place under its dome. here is where congress has their offices and do most of their work. there are also meeting rooms for committees, large and small. this is the library of congress which holds one of the world's largest collections of reference books. to the north is a senator office building where senators have suites of offices for themselves and for their assistants. let us go in and lockdown one of the curators. senator green of rhode island, senator taft of ohio. he is a senator himself. half of his day is spent reading and answering letters from his constituents. this is as it should be, because these constituents are his neighbors, and the voter who t who received. many come and ask favors or to make proposals. letters must be given a certain attention. many letters must have answers, and if they come, they have answers. >> a million here, a billion there. >> in newspapers whether read in the news or editorial columns. a

house of representative session won't be going ahead on thursday reportedly because of fears of a possible attack it's 8 weeks since the world witnessed the storming of the capitol by supporters of donald trump law enforcement officials to face criticism in congress because help wasn't sent for hours on official reports from washington d.c. . there's been tight security around capitol hill since the day the complex was attacked high fences research national guard backing up several police services no. there's to be increased security after the f.b.i. and others picked up reports of another possible breach the idea is donald trump will be installed as president on march 4th the date of the fust inaugurations in the u.s. until it was changed in 1933 the rumor spread on conspiracy websites and there's talk of a protest to back it up the current security posture or the capitol and he wants we are working with law enforcement partners as well as the national guard to provide a robust security around the campus of course that security posture in the air we have an outer perimeter as well as an o

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: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from indiana seek recognition? mrs. walorski: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. brawn -- sorry -- mr. baird, indiana four, will vote yea on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what reason does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition? mr. garcia: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. grijalva of arizona, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. grijalva will vote no on the motion to recommit. the speaker pro tempore: for what reason does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by chairwoman eddie bernice johnson, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that chairwoman johnson will vote nay on the motion to recommit. as the member designated by chairwoman zoe lofg

that threats are up 90 percent to members of the house so i think it's reasonable that we just went ahead and finished our work the u.s. house of representatives has passed a bill aimed at preventing police misconduct that includes restricting funds to local governments but a lot of officers to use chokeholds the house passed the george floyd just as in policing act days before a former police officer goes on trial for his murder last year it's uncertain whether the senate will approve it george floyd's killing sparked a nationwide protest against police brutality and racism protests as a back on the streets across me in mar after 38 people were killed in the most violent day of the crackdown a funeral is being held for one of the demonstrators who died on wednesday. was killed during confrontations with security forces this is reported seeing soldiers firing into crowds with little warning despite the deaths demonstrations out again getting underway. well the u.s. has imposed sanctions against the military leaders and is calling on all the countries to take action. we are uphold and revolt to see the horrific violence perpetrated against the

possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition? >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the member designated by mr. perlmutter of colorado, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. perlmutter will vote yes on ordering the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. gonzalez, the member from ohio, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. gonzalez will vote nay on the previous question. >> mr. speaker -- mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. garbarino, from new york, district two, h.res. 8, form -- pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. garbarino will vote nay on the previous question. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gen

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: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new jersey seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. schneider, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. schneider will vote yes on h.r. 1620. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. lynch: good afternoon, madam speaker. as the member designated by mr. james langevin of rhode island, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. langevin will vote yes on final passage of h.r. 1620, the violence against women re-authorization act of 2021. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. young from alaska, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the ho

house of representatives is debating a $1.00 trillion dollars over $1000.00 relief bill one of the largest in the country's history the bill will provide $1400.00 checks to millions of americans as well as extended unemployment benefits and tax breaks it's already been approved by the senate once it passes the house the bill needs to be signed by the president around $10000000.00 people in the united states economy unemployed a number that has risen sharply since the beginning of the pandemic our white house correspondent kelly healthcare his following events for a city it's nearly a done deal kimberly. yeah the debate is under way in the house of representatives that's where this bill was 1st passed it went to the senate or was modified somewhat so that's why the house is now taking another look at it but we don't expect that this is going to take long because already we know this is going to go likely down party lines maybe just one democrat who will oppose this and then it will swiftly be signed into law according to the white house press secretary we don't have an exact time but this w

house of representatives it's one of the largest economic rescue packages in u.s. history and the 1st major legislative victory for the biden if ministration the president will sign the bill into law on friday it includes $1400.00 checks to individuals earning less than $80000.00 a year or couples unless that 160000 the bill also has the biggest increase to federal health aid since the a-bomb era affordable care act around $34000000000.00 in subsidies will go to expanding that coverage around $55000000000.00 will be allocated to increasing covert $900.00 testing the public health workforce and vaccine distribution while $350000000000.00 will go to state and local governments struggling with huge tax revenue shortfalls well alan fisher is in washington for us now this is being called the most progressive bill in u.s. history but beyond receiving a few $100.00 checks what changes will the american see to the lives. well obviously the financial aspect of this is pretty big 1st of all it protects unemployment benefits all the way to later in the year so those that were

house of representatives list of old on the cover 1000 relief package worth almost 2 trillion dollars that's been approved by the senate. last week a push for equal access to covert 1000 vaccines south africa and india appealed for the suspension of peyton's at the world trade organisation and astore except for libya a rival factions agree on a unity government after years of war. we begin in brazil where former president lula is due to address his supporters for the 1st time since corruption charges against him were overturned monday's decision by a supreme court judge who has chances to make a political comeback the conviction in 2017 saw him serve 18 months in jail and barred him from running for office he could become president main left wing rival in next year's election let's speak to monica and ikea who is in rio de janeiro for as monica is due to speak any moment now what are we expecting him to say what tone and what message are we expecting to hear from him today. well he's going to address an audi a big audience there's the local press the international press its supporters

president joe biden says will give millions of americans a fighting chance the house of representatives has approved a $1.00 trillion dollars over $1000.00 relief bill one of the country's largest economic relief package as well official has more now from washington d.c. . if you're going to pause the house deliver joe biden's twice significant victory as president or $1.00 trillion dollar covert relief bill and all done without a single republican vote in support this is a momentous day in the history of our country because we have passed historic consequential and transformative registration thanks goes to the senators who are standing here are great committee chairs and all of our senators who pulled together as one unit beating back killer amendments making sure the bill was as strong as possible the bill has overwhelming support across the country 61 percent approval but republicans claim it spends far too much and delivers far too little we are here today mr speaker because democrats made a choice. i choice to put their own partisan political ambitions ahead of the needs of the wo

president joe biden says will give millions of americans a fighting chance the house of representatives has approved a $1.00 trillion dollars cave in $1000.00 relief bill it's one of the country's largest economic relief packages an official joins us live now from washington d.c. so allan that this will come as welcome news to millions of people. already been welcome by wall street the numbers there are up but as we know the stock market isn't the full economy in the real world there's some good news for workers already american airlines which is going to lay off 13000 workers have essentially sent out a note to the malls saying you know that note we sent that there could be changes come march rip it up we're no examining what exactly has happened with the house passing this bill joe biden believes this will benefit millions and millions of americans and i'll know be up to him to sign it into law. thank you scott applause the host delivered joe biden's wife's significant victory as president a $1.00 trillion dollar covert relief bill and all done without a single republican vote in supp

in fact, i did not get into the details although he was a neophyte in the house of representatives he was the key player in this disputed election case involving new jersey. he was well aware of the organization of things in the house. clay was a different guy. >> it seems like what we're talking about today was the centralize power. the power centralized in the office. vr-jl■ uú;+ofp?sp house and i think there is a lot of truth to that, having said that, the members act as, if even during the period we know this observational-y that the committee sometimes will just do, just wildly unpredictable things. the speaker of elections will proceed as the speaker is -- , it's striking as you know. bibliography, here -- one of the most famous books in congressional history. he has a great section about henry clay, in which he says clay is seen as the father of parliamentary power, but they swept the floor with him so many times. he lost so many things. he couldn't stack committees to save his life, he's got so many failures and yet he is held up as a strong speaker in the antebellum period. t

you show up in this house of representatives. ion of off republic. the bigger point is that democrats never ran on this joe biden never ran on this bill about defunding police, they never ran on taking over the election process at federal level or shutting down keystone pipeline or opening southern border, only thing they ran on was quote, unquote, saving our democracy, which i still don't know what that means, i tell i having been in nation's capitol for two months, what they're doing is they are destroying republic, cannot survive where no one has input on everything, this is radical policy after radical policy that american people were never told about during the election process. mark: and the american people do not have a say. , i have a few thoughts and questions. you tell me, all top down, happened out of the speaker's office, she pushes it through, forces a vote, and that is vote? >> that is right, that process. i didn't care about politics growing up, we were registered democrats, i grew up in brooklyn, new york. i came t

house to foil the attempt to get african americans their right, stevens becomes one of the active advocates of his impeachment. and pushes hard for the impeachment but does occur in the house of representativescause becomes one of the houses and managers in the senate i'm bringing johnson to trial. they come within reach of removing johnson from office. it is only because a handful of so-called moderate republicans refuse to go along that johnson escapes condemnation and manages to serve out the rest of his term. nonetheless, stevens continues the struggle. pushes through legal provisions granting equal rights, equal civil rights. and then demands that voting rights as well be extended to african-american men. by the time he dies though, that does not pass. does not even find its way into the 1864 republican platform which stevens finds astounding in which he denounces. but before very long the republican party after stephen's death does change as point of view. does it change position, introduces the 15th amendment whose purpose is to grant the right to vote to black people. even in death stevens is pointing the way forward for his party. >> absolutely. i think you show beautifully in this

the state of tennessee in between the most powerful chambers in our state and that's the house of representatives and the senate. and every day i have to walk in to make legislation for all people of tennessee, i have to walk past a klansman before i go into the people's house. i think it's important because many people don't get the opportunity to visit the state capitol, especially during a pandemic. but you need to see that our state capitol is recognizing and supporting the first grand wizard of the kkk in a building that should be a building where

house of representatives. >> it doesn't matter how charitable it is, it doesn't matter how rigorously argued it is, it comes to a politically incorrect conclusion. that is what the activists on the left don't like about the book. reporter: opponents of book say thinly researched, does not advocate for the medical care transchildren deserve are happy with amazon, tweeting, we can only hope fewer people write

instead what republicans are making the point of, she went to a democratically controlled house of representatives, where the house could if this process continues down the path that it is continuing on, take a vote on whether to overturn this election. again, putting moderates in a very difficult position. but also, chuck, i have been on the ground here today and i have been asking a lot of people who live in davenport and iowa's second congressional district what they think about this, and most of them aren't paying attention. they -- >> i didn't think they would be. >> not really following it, heard about it. this is something that's very big inside the washington beltway and also for political activists, especially republican political activists who are raising a lot of money off of this, chuck. >> but this will define the political terrain in iowa's

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: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? ms. matsui: as the member designated by mr. desaulnier, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. desaulnier will vote yes on ordering h.j.res. 17. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. timmons of south carolina, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. timmons will vote no on h.j.res. 17. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: as the member designated by mr. liu, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. liu will vote yes. as the member designated by mr. blumenauer pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. blumenauer will vote yes. as th

were not counted when iowa did the count, then perhaps she would win that election and the house of representatives, the full body, could potentially vote on this issue down the road. but republicans are seeing a big political opportunity here. republican leader kevin mccarthy is in davenport today holding an even with republican representative miller-meeks where they're going to say that speaker me ler pelosi is trying steal miller-meeks seat away from her. the nrcc campaign arm say they have good polling on this issue, this is resonating with those critical independent and suburban voters in battleground districts, especially when republicans use the word that pelosi is being a hypocrite, trying to overturn an election. but i will say that there might

changes that were made, and there were quite a number of them, it will have to go back to the house of representativesthere and we think that will be on tuesday, that is what the leader of the democrats in the house of representatives is saying. democrats are racing to get this tojoe biden�*s desk for him to sign by the 14th of march. that is because there are some key unemployment benefits that expire on that day. so we are likely to see them push quite hard to get that done. by my calculations it is eight days from today they have to get it tojoe biden to sign. the group representing health service trusts in the uk — nhs providers — hasjoined unions in saying the government's proposed 1% pay rise, for health service staff in england, is not enough. ministers have defended the rise, saying the pandemic had placed unprecedented strain on public finances. here's our political correspondent, iain watson. if government ministers thought nhs staff in england would be grateful to be exempted from a public sector pay freeze, well, the reality looks rather different. those who run hospital trusts as well as

you know, in the congress, the house of representatives last week, for the second time, we passed two important initial pieces on gun violence prevention. the problem is in the senate. even with the slim majority, because of the filibuster, it's going to be very, very difficult to get anything done. the filibuster to many of us is a tool, an instrument for government gridlock. and we need action and we need it right away. >> so what are you calling for

house of representatives has approved a $1.00 trillion dollar pandemic relief bill that provides stimulus checks for millions of americans as well as in stand unemployment benefits and tax breaks. international pressure is building on myanmar as military overt its crackdown on anti-government protesters the u.s. is imposing sanctions on 2 children the country's military leader but the u.n. security council has condemned the violence. libya's parliament's approved a new interim unity government which will oversee elections in december libya's been divided between 2 rival administrations until a recent u.n. banks deal thursday has been declared a national day of mourning in senegal for those killed in anti-government protests then rest was sparked when police detained opposition politician was called last week he's told al-jazeera he's committed no crime there because hoc sat down with him in the capital dhaka. for some months on go is one of senegal's rising opposition leaders for others including the state prosecutor he's a rapist responsible for public disorder after protesters upped it

of the people we have had on this stage -- mike pompeo had an outstanding record in the house of representativesdesantis, someone i call america's governor -- [applause] what i'm learning is when you see conservatives get put into positions of power, what you realize about the conservative philosophy is it just makes a lot of sense. what is wrong with these colleagues of years on the others of the aisle and i hear them talk and it's like where did they grow up? where did they learn this stuff? >> you have two wonder where they come from in america when they don't like america like we do. that's what i'm reminded why we are the right party, why the republican party is on the right side of history. we heard a lot about the cancel call serve -- cancel culture these days. if you identify as an american, you belong in the republican party. [applause] >> i chair this group called the american conservative union. i love the name because they invite us to their parties and then they find out we are not -- i love the fact of being a conservative but i don't know what your responses but sometimes i think

the george floyd justice in policing act cleared the us house of representatives on wednesday, and will now head to the senate. the trial of derek chauvin, a white officer charged with murdering george floyd, is due to begin in minnesota on monday. at a press conference earlier for the newjustice in policing act, george floyd's nephew said derek chauvin must be held accountable. i think when you look at my uncle's murderer, a police officer kneeling on his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds, we have to hold that accountable. either he is a murderer, or he is not qualified to do his job correctly. either way, somebody needs to be held accountable. there is no way a police officer can get a call on an alleged counterfeit $20 bill and the man, a loved one of ours,

the bill, worth nearly $2 trillion, will return to the house of representatives for approval within daysued with a public mass at a cathedral in baghdad. the pontiff will visit a church damaged by the islamic state and hold a mass for 10,000 worshippers. in myanmar there have been further allegations of police brutality after security forces used stun grenades and tear gas against anti—coup protesters, who have again taken to the streets.

house of representatives has appointed a $1.00 trillion dollars pandemic relief bill that's going to provide stimulus checks for millions of americans as well as extend unemployment benefits and tax breaks. international pressure is building on near mars military over its crackdown on anti cool protesters the u.s. is imposing sanctions on 2 children of the country's military leader while the u.n. security council has condemned the violence. libyans parliament has approved a new interim in unity government which will oversee elections in december libya's been divided between 2 rival administrations into the recent u.n. tax deal. brazil has recorded its highest number of deaths from corona virus in a single day nearly 2300 were registered on weapons day and chile is seeing a rise in cases despite leading the world in vaccinations are luck in america added to the sea and human reports from santiago. 75 year old lida his wife and his granddaughter arrived to get their 2nd jab at this and pavel vaccination center. all of us medical students are being inoculated sure that we can help out in

the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam. pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the fog message from the secretary of the senate on march 8, 2021, at 9:10 a.m. that the senate passed senate 164. senate 578. senate 579. senate 590. signed, sincerely, cheryl l. johnson. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess subject t >> search c-span's coverage of news conferences as well as remarks from members of congress. use the interactive gallery of maps to follow the cases in the u.s. and worldwide. go to c-span.org slash coronavirus. >> tonight on the communicators, antitrust analyst, sally hubbard and brent, talk about the efficacy of antitrust laws and they should be reformed. >> we have these antitrust statutes were passed, the sherman act passed way back in 189 o. the clayton act in 1914. the sherman act makes it illegal to monopolize. the clayton act says any merger that may substantially lessen

the house of representatives, the lower house of congress, has passed a major covid—19 stimulus packagetrillion. the plan was approved in the senate on saturday, despite every republican voting against. and the same thing has happened in the house — every republican voted against, along with one democrat. the measure will be signed into law by president biden on friday. here's house speaker nancy pelosi announcing the result. on this vote, the yeas are 220. the nays are 211. the motion is adopted. applause the bill's aim is primarily to address the impact of covid on the us economy. but there are broader ambitions to tackle longer—term causes of poverty. here are some of the details. the so—called american rescue package gives one—off payments worth $1,a00 to most americans. it allocates $350 billion to state and local governments, and $130 billion to schools. it also provides $49 billion for expanded covid—19 testing and research, as well as $14 billion for vaccine distribution. and the bill extends unemployment benefits of $300 a week until september. millions of americans had been se