the united states bill of rights, a wonderful documents from freedom of religion to private property rights. now, unions are pushing both democrats and republicans to sign on to a second bill of rights. this one includes what they call, our rights to full employment and to a healthy future. are these goals that uncle sam should guarantee, steve? >> well, the original bill of rights is to protect us from an overweaning and over powerful government. this guarantees more government where that's done in europe. and we need freedom, is how as lincoln put it improve your lot in life not guarantees they can't deliver on especially at the expense of young people. look at youth unemployment in france and spain, over 20%. they have wonderful guarantees, but recognizance wreck the economy in doing so. >> and the more you load this bill of rights, the weaker it becomes. >> it's an intellectual exercise, it would never have, you would need constitutional amendments to make it so. one thing, would like, health care become a right-- >> mr. trumka. >> and we're a natn where only a gun is a right and

eastern hour the former president of the united states, bill clinton, he's in south africa right now.s on nelson mandela and his legacy. he spoke exclusively to cnn in south africa today. we'll hear from bill clinton in our 6:00 p.m. eastern hour. so we got a lot of news coming up right here in "the situation room." >> great lineup. okay. wolf blitzer, thanks. >>> well, she's 83 years old. and she's suing the federal government over the defensive marriage act. she got hit with a $363,000 tax bill when her partner of more than four decades, thea spyer, passed away. they were married in canada in 2007. but since gay marriage is not recognized by the u.s. government, she was hit with the estate tax. i spoke with edi last hour and i asked her if the tax bill is what inspired her to take action. >> right after thea died i had a heart attack. and i was quite sick. and at the same time i'm devastated by the loss of the great love of my life and very sick. and had to deal with pulling together enough money to pay the tax. okay. and it was deeply upsetting. and there's a film about me and thea

was like talking to the president of the united states. >> bill: here is how bad it is if they wantedthe program and the university they could have quietly fired sandusky. they should have, of course, reported him to the authorities when the first allegation came up. that's what any decent person would do. they didn't do that as you pointed out. they enabled him to do more of it? >> more rapes happened. it wasn't theoretical more rapes did happen. maybe as many as 20. >> on his conscious and if there is an after life joe paterno is going to have to explain that because is he dead and his reputation is shot and he was once one of the most respected athletic people in the country. is he done. the other three may go to prison and they should go to prison. all three of them. this is almost exactly like the catholic church scandal almost exactly. the same mode dison her ran i do mind set is. in we're not going to embarrass the church. going to move these guys around, predatory priests and hope we can get away with it. >> same thing as the all access pass that sandusky was given. >> bill: e

united states. you don't pay any taxes. >> bill: you're an american firm. on territory of the united states and you don't have to pay taxes on it. >> and bringing it back to the united states. it is not like you're using it there to bolster your operations. and what that creates is essentially an incentive to move in some cases jobs and operations to low tax countries or lower tax countries. maybe countries that don't have any environmental regulations don't have a lot of worker protections, don't have union protections and so you move -- you can move jobs over there. make all of your money then you don't have to worry. >> bill: romney claims that his proposal would create 800,000 jobs. >> right right. >> bill: and? >> what the study shows professor at reed college who looked at it and said it would create 800,000 jobs in other countries. and essentially cost jobs, you know in the united states because there now would be an incentive to build these operations over other countries as opposed to here in the united states. >> bill: so in a sense it makes sense

the clerk: h.r. 3477 a bill to designate the facility of the united states postal service located at 133 hare road in crosby, texas. >> 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 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 yeas are 379, the nays are zero. 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. without objection, the title is amended. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will entertain one-minute requests. for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas rise? mr. crawford: permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. the speaker pro tempore:

later he was director of the office of international visitors for the united states information agency, bill codus. jack brennan was the marine aide to president nixon from 1969 through '74. later when the president went to san clementi after the presidency, he was his chief of is it a fact. he accompanied the president and mrs. nixon twice, including the original trip. hughes was the military assistant to president nixon. he was also his military assistant as vice president. he was commander in chief of the pacific fleet, knew the nixons very, very well, and we're proud and delighted to have him here. and of course -- and of course julie, who's author of the biography of her mother, entitled "pat nixon: the untold story", and also worked with her husband david eisenhower in writing "going home to glory: a memoir of dwight d. eisenhower 1961 to 1969." ladies and gentlemen, your panel. [ applause ] >> well, i hope we can get that video working before we're done because it's really good. we take it for granted these days that senior government officials travel all around the world, but that ha

how are we looking in your neck of the woods of the united states of america, bill, because you're as, but i'll personalize for you every now and then, luke. the humidity is different. the i-95 corridor for this little mini heat wave is a the although more humid than the last one. that was a dry heat. this one the humidity is up and the temperatures are up. a lot of people are going to feel it we had the thunderstorms roll through new england last night. those are gone. much of the country, we're rain-free, the sun is just going to beat down on us this morning. and it's going to get hot in a hurry. here's our latest installment of our summer heat wave. the worst of it today around minneapolis to green bay, both spots have a chance of hitting 100 degrees today. and then all the hot air is going to blow to the eastern seaboard. it's a three-day heat wave. it looks like today we're going to peak out somewhere around near 100 as i mentioned in the northern plains. not enjoyable from st. louis to indianapolis. even all the way through the east coast, 93 to about 96. let me take you throug

the clerk: union calendar number 461, h.r. 3803, a bill to amend title 18, united states code, to protect pain-capable unborn children in the district of columbia, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a five-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 220, 154 nays. 2/3 not being in the affirmtive, the rules are -- two voting present, 2/3 not being in the affirmative, the rules are not suspended and the bill is not passed. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that remove my name

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united states. >> so right? >> but apparently the most unconstitutional president in the history of the united states was bill clintonse he was impeached. i'm not sure exactly what he's talking about. >> comparing apples and oranges. does obama qualify as an unconstitutional president? >> i would yes for the following reasons. first of all as newt made the good point, he has taken powers unto himself that no president has attempted to do by cutting out congress. we simply don't amend laws by executive order. he's invoked a bunch of really phoney executive privileges to prevent congress to have proper oversight. it's very disturbing. one thing getting back to your point about some compromise. one thing he should do is stop the defense sequestration. woe get points for being tough on defense. it will impact the d. a. send out a bunch of pink slips in the fall. >> obama wants to take out the defense spending. he's a dove. he wants to embellish his credence shows going into the campaign for his far left base which won't be enough to elect him. doesn't obama want the defense cuts? >> he certainly does. look, like you said

united states. >> reporter: a house bill offered by representative trent franks, a republican from arizona arizona, would ban abortions in the district of columbia after 20 weeks of pregnancy. eleanor holmes northin said she was not allowed to testify at a hearing on the quill in may. >> when it goes to the floor, every member of the house will have a vote on a bill affecting only the district of columbia. >> reporter: in june, after the house voted down a different bill by franks, which would have criminalized the abortions, he made these comments. >> the other day when i tried to past the abortion restriction on this floor, mr. obama's comments went something like this. he thinks he should leave medical decisions to the individuals. >> reporter: arizona is one of several states in the past two years to ban abortion after the 20-week mark. the d.c. bill, which contains an exception for a threat to the mother's life s based on the claim that fetuses can feel pain at a gestational age of 20 weeks and older. last month, i tated district residents lined up outside of frank's office on the hill, urgin

united states to follow the widely accepted international labor standard for children. my amendment simply adds and i state simply adds a sense of congress language to the bill urging the united states to follow the standard age requirement for child labor that have been ratified by the united nations international labor organization. the association of farm workers opportunity program estimates that there are between 400,000 and 500,000 children working in the farming industry. some of these children are the age of 12 years of age. children who work on farms or fields spent the average of 30 hours, i state 30 hours a week working, even during the times of the year when they should be in school. so these children actually should be in school but are working on the farms which most of them don't end up graduating from high school so a lot of the dropout rates are there. it is estimated the department of labor that these children earn about $1,000 per year. we all know what happens when the department of labor tried to introduce regulations that limit the work of children can do on farms. i have no desire to revisit that debate in this amendment. i fully respect the role

something the united states has steadfastly refused to give. >> bill: let me ask you this question. net where the united states would ever say hey if you want to bomb them, that's all right. we'll back you up on it. would we ever say that to germany or to france or to spain or to south africa? >> no. the only way we've done -- >> bill: why do we do it to israel? >> the only way we've done this in the past is through the security council. >> bill: saying that to any country is outrageous. >> looking the other way. there is one -- we see an example over the last few decades, you might consider this britain in the faulkland islands. about as close as you come. >> bill: condemned at the time. i guess maybe we would say if north korea fired on south korea. if they fired first, they could retaliate. >> in response. >> bill: but in response, not a preemptive strike. and so there is -- i gotta ask you. joe cirincione ploughshares fund plowingshares.org. when it comes to -- mitt romney and republicans are making a big deal sheldon adelson's money that barack obama is somehow not strong enough

bill would have pushed it through the committee are. writing a tidal wave of self-righteousness they have imagine themselves to be secretary of state of the united states there is no rational justification for this bill as you pointed out the u.s. state department already and in fact in this case had exercised its right power to prevent forward nationals from entering the united states the u.s. government has these parts doesn't need them this is signaling out russia on alleged charges of corruption when the record of a large majority of countries in the world on corruption issues is vastly worse than russia says there is no rationality behind this act and the american business community did not support it they did they were very slow to realize it could pass but they don't want it why how can that impact because it's bad for business if it provokes an anti american reaction in russia serious people in america know this serious people in the american business community wants to invest in russia they recognize there's tremendous potential there. this flies in the face of american rational self interest the death of that man sergei magnitsky was t

sullivan solemnly swear or affirm that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> billgal. he didn't even have to be there. i wonder if he had his hand on a bible in hawaii or anything, right? >> who knows. >> bill: but i'll tell you, i would vote for that guy for maybe. anybody who is smart enough to leave alaska and go to hawaii for a vacation, right? this guy knows what he's doing. absolutely. all right. judd legum, think progress next. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." >>we talk a lot about the influence of money in politics. it is the defining issue of this era. the candidate with the most money, does win. >> announcer: heard around the country and seen on current tv this is the "bill press show." >> bill: 33 minutes after the hour on july 3rd. day before the big birthday celebration, the "full court press" coming to you live all across this great land of ours. on your local progressive talk radio station. and on current tv. of course brought to you today by the sheet metalworkers international association. the good men and women of the sheet metalworker

the united states doesn't disappear people. >> bill: he didn't want that because he wanted to do it secretly. thought he would get more al qaeda. >> khalid sheikh mohammed was pretty much past his intelligence value we were told. >> bill: why didn't cheney in your opinion when you had this difference of opinion. i'm sure you listened to his point of view. >> i did, of course. >> bill: why didn't he want a public exposition of what mohammed had done and where he was going. >> i don't know. >> bill: he never told you. >> his view was once started down that rude would begin to unravel the entire operation. we still had some of the people that we needed for intelligence value. but my point to him and the president ultimately agreed is that we had done nothing to be ashamed of. >> okay. so he didn't want any exposition of what the u.s.a. was doing at all. >> that's my recollection, yes, right. >> bill: okay. is he a hard guy, cheney. is he a tough guy. all right? and he wanted north korea to be terrorism list. you wanted to engage them, hope you could bring them into some kind of rationale. >> no

bill. >> the united states supreme court has done what none of us expected. they found an answer to the health-care issue which basically lead them to no decision at all. >> stephen: it's just-- it's just smart to cover your bases while you've got the camera crew there. i mean who knows the next time you'll have the opportunity to throw together a brick wall and an edison wax recorder. (laughter) folks, i love this. but my only criticism here is that the only options mourdock prepared for were overturned, not overturned, half overturned and no answer. but what about all the other possibilities? i mean i think we've got to be ready for anything. jim? >> the united states supreme court has done what none of us have expected. the mandate has been struck down. there's been another recount, and george bush is president again. (laughter) well, the united states supreme court in a hotly contested 5-4 decision has declared that carly ray-- call me maybe is the song of the summer. also no health care. >> today the united states supreme court did what none of us expect

>> well, bill, we've become the poster child for the anti-choice in the united states. that would say that if you happen to live in the district of columbia and be a woman, cue have an abortion here after 20 weeks. bill, if you lived anywhere else in the united states, roe v. wade which allows abortions beyond that would apply. first of all, how can you rip off any american citizens and say they're not entitled to the same constitutional rights? as others? well i think the first question, those who are pro-choice ought to ask is if there are -- some evidence that we ought to forbid abortions after 20 weeks, he is lerply want -- we certainly want to do it nationwide. why would we want to pick out any one jurisdiction, particularly when it looks like that's not constitutional. it is part of a propaganda campaign there. marching through the states. >> bill: is there such evidence? >> they claim with -- fetuses can feel pain. of course these are people who believe in personhood that from the moment of conception there is life. that is a very controversial matter. so controv

on civil liberties but supporters say it's going to help boost transparency that the united states has slammed the bill despite having an almost identical law on its books with more here's our correspondent in washington can. the west hurry to dump the proposed legislation is a kremlin crackdown on n.g.o.s for sure the money flow where is the money coming. toward you or your organization so you get transparency you get regulation. these are all things that. a sovereign nation is allowed to do u.s. officials were quick to express concern presenting it as an exclusively russian initiative but as the russian foreign minister said the concept and even the wording of the proposed law was almost entirely borrowed from the american bill called the foreign agents registration act if you were going. if you work for another country you have to register as an agent of that country. again that's that's not. represent the country and. if you. have a foreign nation veronica a question in nick of us says while in the u.s. she was forced to register as a foreign agent even though she was not involved in any political

both bills received significant bipartisan support in the united states senate, and i'm simply asking my colleagues in the other house to get their job done an get these bills passed. i'll start with the farm bill. minnesota is fifth in the country for agriculture, madam president. it means a lot to our statement it means a lot in the rural areas but it is also tied into our metropolitan area with our farm businesses, with our food producers, and it is clearly tied in with the rest of the country. this brings talk of crop burned away under the extreme summer heat. farmers and ranchers across the country are experiencing what the united states department of agriculture is calling the most widespread drought we've seen in decades. nearly 90% of the corn and soybean crops being grown in areas impacted by the drought -- the crop losses are being felt not just by our grain farmers but also driving up feed prices for our live stocks, for our poultry and for our dairy producers. as you well know, dairy producers have already come off some very difficult years. higher feed costs for cattle, p

bill gives the secretary the necessary authority to facilitate this transaction. this is a commonsense solution that will benefit both the state of south carolina and the united states. this bill and the underlying land exchange is supported by the governor of south carolina, the south carolina state ports authority and the secretary of the u.s. department of homeland security. the senate passed this bill by unanimous consent last month. mr. speaker, i urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan legislation and i'll reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. chu: mr. speaker, i rise in support of senate bill 2061, the former charleston naval base land exchange act of 2012. this bill authorizes the secretary of homeland security to convey a parcel of federal land in north charleston, south carolina, to the south carolina state ports authority in exchange for specified lands owned by the ports authority. the land to be transferred by the department of homeland security formally -- form early comprised a portion of the charleston naval base but is now vacant. d.h.s. currently leas

members will continue work on a bill that will cut taxes for multinational businesses that move jobs to the united states. the bill sponsored by michigan democrat debbie stabenow. it also denied tax reductions occurred from outsourcing jobs. majority leader harry reid wild to propose the bill yesterday. that sets up a book for tomorrow. we will go live to the senate now. as we do from a quick reminder coming up in about 30 minutes on c-span 3, live coverage of federal reserve chairman ben bernanke speaking to a house committee. live to the u.s. senate now on c-span 2. o lord our god, we turn to you for strength and courage and faith. we thank you for your promise to supply all our needs from your bountiful reservoir of grace. today, empower our lawmakers to find new opportunities for service. infuse them with such hope and purpose that their labors will bring a harvest of such goodness that justice will reign in our land and world. may our senators yield their attitudes and dispositions to your control so that they might work effectively with each other. we pray in your gracious name. amen. the presiding

state. this bill expresses the sense of congress that the united states should take specified actions to assist in the defense of israel. it amends the 2005 department of defense appropriations act to extend authority to transfer certain department of defense items to israel. and it amends the foreign assistance act of 1961 to extend authority to make additions to foreign-based defense stockpiles and lastly, it amends the emergency wartime supplemental appropriations act of 2003 to extend specified loan guarantee authority to israel. this is in the u.s. national security interest and i hope that the house overwhelmingly passes this important bill. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back the balance of our time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass senate bill 2165. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 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. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from flor

we are back in two minutes. . >>> round table guest here on united states farm report. we have bill, we have richard brock, brock associates. friday was a real down day on the markets. now what happened -- you told me the markets up for the week off camera. >> they were, had a great week. friday friday was down. profit taking. there was pressure from the outside markets. light. so we did take off some of the top end. 8 two cents hiver on beans, 51 on wheatt. was a huge week for agriculture. they were all lower. >> the markets on friday narcotic what drew the markets down? >> it was a big factor. >> how can be do that -- one day of trading we didn't do anything on the 4th of july. >> are in a classic weather market. this will continue with at least -- at least another month. this coming week's report will be a pretty big report and i think it'll be interesting to see what the u.s.d.a. does on the demand side as well and on the production side. i don't think they will cut the production as much as most of us are anticipating that the crop is already been hurt but real key will be on t

bill before us has ample exceptions for regulatory action. in fact, it has a catch-al waiver -- a catch-all waiver that will allow the president of the united states to seek approval of regulations, but he'll have to work with congress on them. after all, we're the ones that authorize the laws, the bills. and we should be authorizing and approving regulations. there's no limit to which ones the regulations addressed by this amendment would be fertile ground for the president to forward to congress for approval. so there are ample exceptions and waivers. i would also point out that as i indicated earlier, i'm not anti-regulation. it's the excessive and overly burdensome regulations that we are concerned with. we need reasonable regulations, common sense regulations. but the problem is, the system, the regulatory system has gotten out of control. so there are ample ways to deal with the issue addressed here under the bill and i believe this amendment is unnecessary and i oppose it. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. mr. welch: how much time do i have? the chair: you have two minutes. mr. welch: number one, we cannot have a one-size-

i'm not sure why -- how this helps him become president of the united states, mary katharine. >> he doesn't -- billsn't get a lot but the jewish vote does matter a lot in some places like florida for instance. he does not need to turn the jewish vote into a republic vote. i don't think that's going to happen. but taking some of those voters away from barack obama can make a large difference in florida. and i think in general he wants to be over there saying, look, i'm the guy who doesn't want daylight between israel and america. a lot of americans respond to that not just jewish voters. >> bill: you concur with that? is that why he did it, juan, that jewish votes in florida might be turned to his favor and it will be real close down there? >> juan: here is what the numbers show more than 66% of jewish voters are with obama right now. >> down double digits though. >> if you are looking into florida, mary katharine makes a rational point. it's a swing state. could make a slight difference. i think what he is doing here is just trying to play up the idea to a larger electorate. especially swing voters

all know i mean but this is an absolute public relations nightmare for the united states it feeds into al qaeda propaganda and bill let me ask you a question this is a let me ask you a question about eight let me ask you a question how to stand it let me ask you a question i mean what how can you make a legal case for this i mean under international law is there a legal case for the use of drones the way the u.s. is using them now do you think there is a case. i do think there is a case i think that you know this is a continuation of the threat that the u.s. is faced against from from terrorist groups that began prior to nine eleven these groups are operating and plotting to attack the united states as well as kill u.s. soldiers in in afghanistan and i believe that the case can be made legally i've spoken to someone who is it was an expert on this and he has made the case for it and you know so yeah i do believe the case can be made they just the administration wall and i think that this is wrong this goes all the you know the problem goes all the way back to the bush administration which really wanted to people t

. >> bill: but it is not any worse in chicago than it is in any other state in the united states as far as economics is concerned. tens of millions of dollars have been poured into the poor communities in the windy city. aid, state, federal has is gone in there for decades as you know. barack obama was a community organizer that was his job, get the money in and the money flowed in. it is the collapse of the family, reverend, you know he that. kids that don't have fathers. women having four or five babies, they are stacked into public housing. there is no super vision. the women are desperate that is absolutely correct but you when you raise children like that especially male children they are subjected to gangs that intimidate them to join and a they start to kill people for a little drug money or whatever. it is not about society. it is about solving the problem of the family and the problem for criminal be lem of the drug trafficking in chicago. that is what it is about. >> well, truth of the matter is we can't dodge reality that there have been some problems with the family in afric