up next in our spotlight on magazine series, paul krawzak toys us, and hit -- paul krawzak joins us trade first a news us back from c-span radio. -- first, a news update from the c-span radio. 4% in thenomy grew june quarter. the second quarter rebound follows a sharp 2.1% annualized drop in economic activity in the first quarter. last quarter's rebound was broad-based with consumers, businesses, housing industry, and state and local governments combining to boost growth. congress expects the momentum to continue for the second half of the year. they forecast a growth of 3%. congressional investigators say the government is underestimating the threat of a chemical attack on densely populated cities and has failed to inspect virtually all chemical facilities it considers particularly vulnerable to terrorists. committee investigators say archer metropolitan regions like los angeles, chicago, new york, and philadelphia might be more vulnerable to that kind of attack. investigation was conducted by the homelandaff on security committee. cnn reports north korea has hired four projectiles into

and cq weekly staff writer paul krawzak will talk about the 1974 budget act. washington journal is live c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. you can join the discussion on facebook and twitter. >>> earlier today secretary of state john kerry and ukrainian foreign minister spoke with reporters on the conflict between ukraine and russia. secretary kerry was asked about the ongoing violence between israelis and palestinians. here's more now. >>> a cease-fire under the egyptian formula of no preconditions, cessation of hostility, negotiations to take place in cairo. that's exactly what we have been talking about, no variation, no deviation. we've been in touched with the egyptians. we honored the egyptian concept. if there's a negotiation it would be in cairo. entirely without preconditions. it would not prejudice israel's ability to defend itself. so there's a little bit of energy being expended here unnecessarily and i do think we'll continue network with our very close friend and ally and i'm not going to worry about personal attacks. i think that president o

host: paul krawzak works for "cq weekly." he has the cover story, the 1974 budget act, the budget resolution. that is our show today on the "washington journal. :"we now take you live to the floor of the house of representatives. washington, d.c., july 30, 2014. i hereby appoint the honorable chris stewart to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, john a. boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2014, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour ebate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip each, to five minutes t in no event shall debate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. the chair recognizes the gentleman from north carolina, mr. butterfield, for five minutes. mr. utterfield: thank you, speaker. mr. speaker, with the stroke of a pen, 49 year