democrat turned republican parker griffith. he's saying there is no way he'll be voting for this thing and also one person who is undeclared texas democrat henry cuellar. we'll find out exactly if he's still undeclared or if he is still undecided. you'll hear from all of them on a special half hour of coverage at 9:00 eastern. >>> all right. waiting and watching in minnesota as the red river rises. governor tim pollenty is confident flooding but they're not taking chances. 7,000 sandbags are being used to fortify the area with an extra 300,000 bags ready if needed, but engineers are keeping an eye open for any leaks. >> just so you have a joint every six feet. those joints, we believe, started failing and so we started getting water on the dry side of our levee system. >> we're kind of at ground zero right out of our back windows. >> reynolds wolf is live in moorehead, minnesota where the river is expected to crest this weekend. reynolds, are you there? >> i am right here. we're looking at -- >> i have a question for you reynol

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alabama congressman parker griffith sponsored a resolution to require a vote and he joins me now.e it. we lost it by maybe 15, 19 votes, but it showed how powerful, how powerful the people are feeling about the disrespect shown by the slaughter rule. will democrats push it through without requiring the members to raise their hand and be recorded about how they feel on this matter? >> i think that the democratic leadership right now is in a desperate situation. i think that the problems being made are dubious, will they'll be kept or not. i think they're prepared to throw anybody under the bus at this point in time for the sake of the bill, but the disrespect that's being shown to the american people, i think, is absolutely waves of bitterness and anger are out there. >> brian: i'm a journalist and i believe one of the things we as journalists are supposed to do to hold members of congress accountable for their votes and it's awful hard for to us do that if we don't know how the people voted. i'll let that statement stand without necessarily needing a comment from you. but i think

that, we will take the initiative that has been launched by our newest republican colleague, parker griffith, who has come forward and offered a proposal to say that if we are going to debate this health care bill, which should have an upper down vote and an extended debate. this would not allow one single minute of debate on the floor of the people's house to debate the health care bill. the only thing that we would debate is 30 minutes on either side on the special role that would come to the house floor. i urge my colleagues to vote no on the previous question and when we do that, we will bring up and allow a vote on the proposal that will ensure that it will have an up or down vote on health care issue and the kind of free-flowing debate that the american people to serve. i yield back the balance of my time. >> the gentleman yield. for what purpose does the gentleman from massachusetts rise? >> give me a break. somehow republican ideas have helped anybody in this country dealing with the high cost of insurance? it is ridiculous. in california alone, 8 million people went without health i

we do that, we will take the initiative that's been launched by our new republican colleague, parker griffith, who has come forward to offer a proposal, if we are going to debate this health care bill, we should have an up or down vote and have extensive debate. the process that's being contemplated right now would not allow one single minute of debate on the floor of the house to debate the health care bill. the only thing we would debate is 30 minutes on either side on the special rule that would come to the house rule. so, madam speaker, i urge my colleagues to vote no on the previous question and when we do that we will bring up and allow a vote on the griffith proposal that will ensure that we'll have an up or down vote on the health care issue and the kind of free flowing debate that the american people deserve. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. for what purpose does the gentleman from -- the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: give me a break that somehow republican ideas have helped anybody in the countr