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 chair: on this vote the yeas are 183, the nays are 225. the amendment is not adopted. there being no further amendments under the rule, the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has under consideration the bill h.r. 4795 and pursuant to house resolution 756 reports the bill back to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. under the rule the previous question is ordered. the question is on adoption of the amendment. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. the question is on the engrossment and third reading of the bill. those in favor will say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. third reading. -- in obtaining necessary

united states. >> you know congressional politics right now, what does this do? >> i like to remind everybody under george bush and under barack obama, the united states house of representatives the senate had 16 years twice the bill has passed the senate and it's not happen in the house. he's worked on this for years. he's worked through this. he's cajoled. i don't think 5 million people can wait much longer. any legislation can supersede this. >> other publicans going to give political options? >> they will complain, and up with a lawsuit, and end up with reality. >> why don't we see business leaders, religious leaders, out there? why not go out there and support the president? >> it's a good question and i don't know why. >> rahm is as mystified as we are on the round table in the chamber of commerce. he clearly thinks republicans do not have an obvious play here except her haps t -- perhaps to sue. is going to be complicated for these republican governors if people in their states start to come forward what do they do? no affordable care act and there will still be a lot of interaction with state government for new people coming out of the shadows. >> you remember well ba

we elect ten governors over 60 women to the united states house. we've been able to build a pipe lane to women. it's not just the idea of having women at the table. this is about bringing a woman's perspective, when we have so many issues facing our country that impact women and families, raising the minimum wage, education, it could go on. these are all incredibly important issues for women. and having a woman's voice at that table is critical. it's been an incredibly difficult political climate in washington these days. i don't think anybody would argue with that. but if you look at the last year alone what has been done in the united states senate? whether it's tackling military sexual assault which is senator gillibrand. we've seen women being able to get things done in the united states senate that hadn't been able to get done before. we need more women and that's what this opportunity it. >> you have about a half minute. >> women may be the solution to what people see as the biggest problem in government: gridlock. men are highly combative. t

i'm simply going to tell you that one of the best people that ever worked in the house of the united states -- representatives, and one of the finalist persons on the rules committee who understands not only rules but is a friend to every single person who works in this house and beyond, who could always be counted on as a friend, as someone with extraordinarily gifted intelligence as being able to work his way through the most ngerous knot, don is a man for all seasons. i wish him the very best of everything but say to you without a doubt, the loss for our side, for our office, for ur friends is profound. nonetheless he's going to go. i want the white house to understand what a jewel they're getting. thank you very much, mr. mcgovern, for yielding me the time. thank you, don if your service and you'll always have a place here in this house. thank you very much. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. he gentleman -- the gentlelady yields back. the gentleman from massachusetts reserves. the gentleman from texas. mr. burgess: i would just like to join the gentlelady from new yor

thing to consider is what happens once republicans do have control of the united states senate as well as the united states house of representatives. if they have complete control of congress, what are they going to want to do with it? no idea. texas senator ted cruz dipd a washington post interview whether he said he's already not sure whether he will vote for the majority republicans in the senate. they're already fighting over the booty when they haven't even raided the castle yet. if republicans do meet history's expected tagszs and they do take complete control of congress tomorrow, well, okay. this is the legislative record u the quantitative legislative record of achievemented for what is known as the do-nothing congress. after world war ii, 1948, harry truman branded the congress that year the do-nothing congress. in that famous picture holding up a newspaper, dewey got the election results wronk. other than that headline, do you remember anything else about tom mass dewey? are you even sure that his first name was tom mass? >> no, nobody remembers anything about thomas dewey. harry trksz ruman didn't ev

speaker, it is my pleasure to welcome dave to the united states house of representatives. joining us today are fellow members the virginia delegation who welcome you and look forward to working with you. i yield to the gentleman from virginia, mr. scott for his , remarks. welcome, congressman brad to , the people's house and to the virginia delegation. our delegation has a long history of working together. our former long time dean senator john warner set the manner for working together. while we may not always agree on every issue we will always try , to work together for what is best for virgini nation. it is the virginia way. dave will be replacing majority leader eric cantor and at end of the congress our delegation will lose two of its more senior members, frank wolf and jim moran. with their departure, our delegation's clout may wane a bit but will be reinvigorated by new members committed to working together for the commonwealth. mr. speaker dave comes to , congress after a career as an economics professor. he has been appointed to state boards and commissioned by s

some of the youngest republicans ever won seats to the united states house and senate on tuesday.y show's john stewart offered his take on how the democrats can compete with a younger, fresher, republican party. >> republican tom cotton defeating democrat mark pryor. >> he will be the youngest senator at the age of 37. >> at 30 becoming the youngest woman ever elected to congress. >> the democratic party's leadership is going to look old and stale, in comparison to where the republicans are. >> oh, please. old and stale! oh, my god! someone put the bandages back on those mummies. oh, my god! if they want to compete with new young republicans, harry reid is going to have to get sleeve tattoos and a vest stat. >> i don't think that shade of pink suits harry reid. meanwhile steve colbert played off his party's election with a celebration only he could call humble. take a look. >> i want to be sensitive to all my liberal viewers. i've been told some liberals watch the show. i don't know why. it's a free country. so as happy as i am that america is now headed in the right direction, i'

thing to consider is what happens once republicans do have control of the united states senate as well as the united states house of representatives. if they have complete control of congress, what are they going to want to do with it. no idea. texas senator ted cruz did a "washington post" interview where he said he's already not sure about whether he'll vote for mitch mcconnell as majority leader for the republicans in senate. they are already fighting over the booty when they haven't raided the castle yet. one thing does seem clear. if the republicans do meet history's expectations and take complete control of congress tomorrow, well, okay. this is the legislative record. the quantitative legislative record. the record of achievement for what is known as the do-nothing congress. after world war ii, harry truman branded the congress that year the do nothing congress. that famous picture of harry truman gleefully holding up the newspaper, dewey defeats truman. the "chicago daily tribune" got the election results wrong. other than the newspaper screwing up the headline, do you remember anything else about thomas

. >> the united states house of representatives and the senate had the opportunity to vote on this andheld up by harry reid to protect president obama, to protect him -- >> that's not a reflection on senator landrieu, ron. so she can go back and talk about how she has been a huge defender of this project in her home state. >> okay. so we know that come january, though, republicans will control both houses of congress and i thought politico had an interesting take on that. ron, i'm pose this question to you. politico says "the republican sweep marks the rise of the "hell no" liberals and perhaps the death of the "just say no" republicans. do you buy that? >> i think with the emergence of people like elizabeth warren, the senator from massachusetts who has a seat at the leadership table for the democratic incoming minority, i it indicates the democrats will band together to protect the green lobby, to protect those who would inhibit job growth in this country and i think that the democrats are soon going to find having a band of minority that decides they don't want to move legislation f

particularly when you look at the ranks in congress, the united states house and the u.s. senate. in some ways, democrats, because so many governors races and so many senate contests end up happening in these midterm elections rather than presidentials, as the calendar has turned out, democrats who do much better in presidentials are kind of underperforming and being able to grow their bench. we're going to see a huge generation of republican stars hit washington and they're going to be in the limelight and the attention for several years to come. >> we'll see you back in the bureau in d.c. soon, thanks. >>> coming up, a philadelphia woman is back home with her family this morning. >> tonight, the fbi and the philadelphia police department have great news. that car lish sha freeland has been rescued. her abductor has been arrested. >> some really good news. we're going to go to jessup maryland for details on how police found that 22-year-old woman and her alleged abductor there days after she was violently kidnapped in philly. plus, the ray rice appeal hearing. it's going on right

state of kansas , and the midwest up through the dakotas, and states in the house -- the south, where you had members of the congress and the united states senate who were elected forever. and they accumulated great amounts of power and they were able to influence the political process rather significantly so the states of mississippi, which is one state that has accumulated a large amount of power over the years, but all the southern states, georgia, south carolina, north carolina, what you call the southern crop, had very, very powerful defenders in the congress. and that's why programs like tobacco, cotton, and rice, you know, were -- got special treatment. but even in big states that have big urban populations, states like california or in the pacific northwest, even in the northeast where you tend to have smaller producers, those producers and those interests have very strong defenders in and among their senators. so, for example, in the state of vermont, senator patrick leahy had been chairman of the agriculture committee, and nobody's more tenacious defending agriculture in vermont , which had a population of about 650,000

i have found a pill in the united states house of representatives.t empowers the speaker of the house to file after drupal action in federal court. if the president refuses, we would obtain and intense citation with appropriate sanctions as penalties. you can get a preliminary injunction rather quickly. we also have a fallback. if you elect a president that agrees and enforcing our laws, believe that we ought to be a country, that new president can reverse all the damage that this president is doing. stuart: would it be, the party of deportation? >> well, i would hope so. people are focusing just on the impact of illegal aliens. illegal aliens are costing americans 8 million jobs right now. according to george, a harvard economist. the depression of wages is in the neighborhood of $2000 per year in lost income to blue-collar workers. this is a very big issue. it is not just the deficit and the debt aspect of it. it is the loss jobs and adverse affect that has on struggling families. making it more difficult for us to pay our bills. that is the focus.

and if america bills over, so will the united states house of representatives. >> congressman king, it's jake tapper. i wanted to ask you what your feelings were when george h.w. bush took a smaller scale -- or it was actually the same percentage of people in the country illegally but the number was significantly less. it was about 1.5 million illegal immigrants, undocumented workers, whatever you want to call them, who were family members of those who had been in the pipeline through the '86 immigration bill. my point being there is some precedent for this. did you object to that at the time? >> you know, i saw that pop up in the news today and yesterday. i have not gone back to review that and i'm wondering what i was doing at the time. i do remember what i was doing in 1986 when ronald reagan signed the amnesty act and there is a dent in my filing cabinet from that day because i knew that ronald reagan had let us down when he signed the law. we then would have to set about restoring the rule of law with regard to immigration. we surely haven't done that. the promise of the next amnest

give you so much credit, the statistics say 1 million teens are homeless, here in the united states, covenant house actually helping 71,000 of them, 2,000 of which are from new jersey. so, you're helping out a good cause. how much money did you raise to sleep out tonight? >> as of this morning, about 4:00 a.m., i'm at $3,000. >> 3,000, okay, 3,000 from mike, 114,000 altogether. so there is about 60 folks who decided to campout here overnight, raising lots of money, again, for really, really great cause. the covenant house, and homeless youth. we will be live out here all morning long, trying to keep the folks warm. we send it back to you in the studio. >> we wish them well. nicole, we'll get back to you, thank you. rough day on the job for an other. you have to see what happens when he gets a little too close to some skateboarders. >> also must see video. building comes crumbling down after speeding suv slams right into it. what that driver was doing just seconds before that crash. >> plus: didn't even buy me a popcorn and soda. i'm not going out with him any more. >> hey, he is mr. franklin instit

united states senate. there's a companion bill that's bipartisan that's been introduced in the house. there is a discharge petition at the desk for members to sign to demand a simple up-or-down vote, secure our borders, reduce our budget deficit by over $200 billion. and there's a discussion of jobs with the keystone project. well, let me tell you, this bill on immigration reform that if body allows a vote on, would create over 250,000 jobs for american citizens. how about the employment nondiscrimination act? the senate has acted on a bill that would prevent an employer from firing somebody just because they're gay or lesbian. shouldn't be any of your boss' business who you date or who you love after work. the senate passed that. more than three-quarters of the american people support it. we filed a discharge petition on that bill. we would love to be acting on that bill here today instead of yet again, shortcutting the process with regard to an oil project. this congress has been a frustrating congress. and unfortunately here in our final weeks, i hope we're not setting the tone for

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 chair: on this vote the yeas are 194. the nays are 230. he amendment is not adopted. the question is on the amendment in the nature of a substitute as amended. suppose in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the amendment is adopted. accordingly, under the rule, the committee risings. -- rises. >> mr. chairman. the chair: state of the union has had under the consideration h.r. 4012 and pursuant to house resolution 756 i report the bill back to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports that the committee has had under consideration the bill h.r. 401 as pursuant to house resolution 756, reports the bill back to the house with an amendment adopted in the committee of the whole

i believe very strongly we should not have the debt ceiling in the united states house and senate. they can use the budget process to get around that. in this not only me. there is enough -- the conservative government in australia that decided lee would involve their legislature. so they did. for two years. and that same conservative government said we're not going to do this again. they removed that particular provision to allow them to set the debt ceiling. to meet that is like monetary policy. do you really want 535 people from various backgrounds across the nation setting monetary policy for this country that is a reserve country in though world -- currency in the world? so we believe in getting rid of the debt ceiling, the sequester caps, improving the composition so with the complexity of a process that you will find very interesting. >> thank-you. i will talk about some of the things that i want to reiterate we have made some progress from the heights that it was over the last several years. that does private -- provide relief. people think maybe we can look at other things

and use of the house of representatives to promote's candidacy to the united states senate, which i think is a really a disgrace to this institution. with that, i would reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon reserves. mr. shuster: it's now my pressure to yield two minutes to the subcommittee chairman of railroads and pipelines, mr. denham of california. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. denham: this is a bill about jobs and create tens of those of american jobs. long overdue. it will enhance our energy independence and strengthen our national security. however, today, i want to talk about the safety of this pipeline. as the chairman noted, the trans-canadian has agreed to a number of additional mitigation measures to make the pipeline the safest ever built. these 59 special conditions were recommended by the pipeline and hazardous materials and safety administration and go above and beyond current regulation. several conditions will ensure the high use of steal and welleds, both which will reduce the chance of a pipeline

so i think we can look ahead always that hope thinking that members of the united states house of representatives and the senate will appeal to their better angels and create a a new comprehensive immigration reform package moving forward. i don't know that will happen so the third area where i think we would have to go is to make sure that we have the people of this country involved in this next chapter of civil rights. in my view this is such an issue. it's an issue that calls out for the kind of leadership that many of you here today bring to the table. the kind of leadership that the evangelical organizations which are headed by my good friend, it's that kind of leadership that hopefully ultimately will appeal to creating a better consensus on a good comprehensive immigration reform. so we still have a long ways to go. we still have a long ways to go. we cannot give up on it. the issues that are at stake are so important. the economic issues for our country really depend on us being able to -- to this country from many places and that is why people like mark zuckerberg in so many others are s

and so since 2011 our colleagues in the united states house of representatives have been passing legislation that they feel would boost job creation and increase wages. in the 113th congress alone, they passed dozens of jobs bills and unfortunately, those have not been taken up by the majority leader in the senate. and they have been effectively declared dead on arrival. and we also know that the strategy of blocking amendments on pending legislation less vulnerable incumbents be forced to cast votes has been backfiring because many of our colleagues in the majority have not been able to point to a legislative record and it's for their own constituents because of this flawed strategy of blocking the senate and voting on it. it's one thing to be in the minority and have no amendments suggested that i'm offering added, but it's harder to explain your own constituents if you're being locked out by the majority as well. so i hope that we are done with that. and i know the incoming majority leader believes strongly in returning the senate to its traditions as the world's greatest body where anyon

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 -- on this vote the yeas are 252, the nays are 161, with one voting present. without objection, the motion is passed and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. hoyer feather i ask unanimous don sent for the purpose -- unanimous consent to address the house for the purposes of inquiring of the majority leader of the schedule. i want to congratulate the gentleman for his re-election and the expansion of his majority. not something i was seeking but it is the reality, and i say to him -- mr. speaker, the house is not in order. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is right. he house will be in order. please take your conversations off the fl

i believe very strongly we not have a debt ceiling united states house and senate. to get se the process around that, stkpeut's not only me. there is a conservative australia, bright guys, they decided they were involve their egislature forsetting a debt ceiling and they did and that same government said we're not oing to do this again and they removed that particular provision allowing the set alian parliament to debt ceilings. the debt ceiling to me is just monetary policy. really want 535 people of and us backgrounds monetary ns setting policy for this country that has currency of the world. you might want it at first blush it. u ought not to want so we believe in getting rid of ceiling and getting rid caps, improving the composition of the pwublg et ommittees and reducing the complexity of a process that many of you will find very you along this ear rplt >> we'll talk about some of the reiterate i want to that, yeah, i think that as mark beginning, we have made some progress with the the it coming down from astronomical heights that it was in the last several ye

united states navy and u.s. naval reserves. 10 years in the house of representatives. and 30 years here in the united states senate. i think anybody looking at that would say that is a remarkable and distinguished record of public service. after 40 years of representing , my friendongress tom will soon leave behind the halls of the u.s. capitol. he will also leave behind a legacy of fiery floor speeches, passionately delivered on behalf of individuals with disabilities . also for iowa farmers, also for the elderly, also for child laborers, and for many causes such aschampioned, early childhood education, nutrition and wellness, conservation of renewable energy, and the environment. and lots of others, but those are things that everybody knows he has worked on. throughout the years, tom and i have served side-by-side in washington for the good of our home state. for three terms, we worked together in the u.s. house of representatives. senate our in the shared commitment to give rural america voice at the policymaking table was solved. years, we worked together in the agr

speaker, it is my pleasure dave to the united states house of representatives. joining us today are fellow members the virginia delegation welcome you and look forward to working with you. i yield to the gentleman from virginia exploration scott for opening remarks fly rise today to welcome congressman brat to the people's house and virginia delegation. our delegation has a long history of working together. long time teen senator john warner set the together. working while we may not always agree on every issue we will always try to work together for what is for virginia and our nation. it is the virginia way. majority be replacing leader eric cantor and at end of delegation will lose two of its more senior jimers, frank wolf and moran. with the departure the wane a bitcloud may but will be reinvigorated by new workingcommitted to together for the commonwealth. dave comes to congress after a career as an economics professor. he has been appointed to state severalnd commissionspy virginia governors including the joint advisory board of economists. know he will pu

i believe very strongly that we should not have a debt ceiling vote in united states house and senate. we can use the budget process to get around that. it's not only me. there is a conservative government in australia. they decided they were going to involve their legislature in setting the debt ceiling so they did for two years. and then that same conservative government said oh no we are not going to do this again. and they removed that particular provision allowing the australians parliament to set debt ceiling's. the debt ceiling to me is just like monetary policy. do you really want 535 people of various backgrounds and inclinations setting monetary policy for this country that has the reserve currency of the world? you might want it at first blush but you ought not to want it so we believe in getting rid of the debt ceiling, getting rid of the sequester caps and improving the composition of the budget committee and reducing the complexity of a process that many of you will find very interesting as you let go along this ear. >> thank you steve. i will talk about some of the thin

i really, really am troubled by this. >> mike rogers is retiring from the united states house of representatives, leaving, good luck in the next chapter of your life, mr. chairman. thanks very much for joining us. >> six more weeks as chairman. >> but who's counting? >> right. >> thanks very much. israel is stepping up its security as he promises to retaliate for a grisly attack in a synagogue. we'll go live to jerusalem where tensions are rising. the suspect jesse matthew may face murder charges after officials rule hannah graham's death a homicide. we'll va have details. stay with us. you're in "the situation room." [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, we've always been on the forefront of innovation. when the world called for speed... ♪ ...when the world called for stealth... ♪ ...intelligence... endurance... affordability... adaptability... and when the world asked for the future. staying ahead in a constantly evolving world. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. that's the value of performance. you fifteen percent or more on huh, fiftcar insurance.uld save everybody knows th

what they needed to know that we would have a split in the political system in the united states effectively the houserepublican and the president would be a democrat and since 1945 that has generated positive stock market performance. the markets like the idea that you have a more business friendly washington so we saw all the major indices as you say moving into positive territory. i have to say cnbc has been doing work on some of the risks for 2015 and there are some geopolitical issues that it's worth bearing in mind. isis seems to be gaining strength in recruitment. the russians continue to testate to in the air over europe and, of course, the north koreans have now launched this soviet-era nuclear submarine so just some stories to keep an eye on for 2015. while we're on the subject of stories that are interesting and controversial, let me just mention thanksgiving here. some retailers are treading on hallowed ground when it comes to opening on thanksgiving. but those who are not are making a point of putting that out there in the market and saying, hey, we're observing the sanctity if you like o

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: have ll members cast their votes? the speaker: on this vote, the yeas are 382. no members voting in the negative, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the senate amendment is agreed to and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the house will be in order. members will please take their seats. the house will be in order. the speaker: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable, the speaker, house of representatives, sir, i have the honor to transmit a stamped copy of a letter received from honorable new jersey lieutenant governor secretary of state, indicating that according to the preliminary results of the special election held november 4, 2014, the honorable donald w. norcross was elected representa

. >> at iowa state penitentiary, our crew went inside the unit that houses the state's most chronic offenders 220. known inside the walls as the hole. >> shut up! [ bleep ] you. >> this is unit cell house 220, the disciplinary detention unit for long-term disciplinary detention inmates. this is your maximum security unit inside of a maximum security prison. here's where we house all the disciplinary detention inmates that couldn't be handled in our general population area. now we have to deal with them over here. >> the co's told us these inmates are among the most incorrigible of all inmates within the prison. and my observation was that they seemed to be lacking in the ability to restrain their impulsive behavior. >> i'm in here for cutting myself and stuff like that. getting a bunch of reports for flooding my cell and stuff like that. >> and some are in for more violent deeds. our female producer was warned to keep a safe distance from luis nieves. >> just don't get too close. >> i'm being accused of attempted murder to the staff. >> nieves is known at iowa state as the monster. he was app

house districts. i want to go back in time. this is the united statesrict level when the president was elected. look at all this blue. look at all this blue. and look at all the blue up there. there's the 2010 tea party year. a lot of that blue disappeared. here's 2012, a little came back. here's where we are tonight. increasingly republicans are stretching their house majority. and the question will be, as we look at what the final number is in the senate, that number will meter matter in the house, too. if john boehner is picking up moderate republican, if you go back and look at this map, very few up here. after 2012, none from new england. just none. so it's going to have a different composition in the house as well. when you get the final numbers, not just the map, it's the ideology of these people here. a lot of speaker in washington runnering if speaker boehner gets a bit of a longer leash. >> i think he's going to pick up a couple of seats in the house of representatives. the republicans will be the majority in the senate. they'll have the abili

first of all, on this warning that the speaker of the house gave to the president of the united states, don't take any executive action, you'll burn yourself, this will be a disaster, what do you make of that very strong word, strong words from the speaker of the house, congressman? >> well, plainly the speaker doesn't want the president to go forward at the same time the speaker was unwilling to give any kind of commitment they would actually bring a comprehensive bill to the floor. so i don't think the speaker is leaving the president much choice. i think the president will be compelled to act. it was significant when he was asked, why haven't we had an immigration bill and he pointed to the unaccompanied minors. that took place almost a year after the immigration bill passed in the senate. so that was a pretty weak argument for the failure of the house to act on immigration reform. i think it's going to happen as the president committed to do very soon after we go back into session and i wish the speaker had spent more time today talking about the areas where he could work with the

we start with huge news on climate change, united states and china have reached a historic agreement to cut green house emissions, under the deal the united states will curb its green house gas emissions from 26-28% by the year 2025 and china plans to peak its carbon emissions by the year 2030, and will aim to get 0% of energy from zero carbon sources by the end of the same year. president obama addressed the history making deal on tuesday in china. >> today i am proud that we can announce a historic agreement. i commend president, his team and the chinese government for the commitment they are making to slow, peak and then reverse the course of china's carbon emissions. this is a major milestone in the u.s. and china emissions and it shows what is possible when we work together on a urgent global challenge. we hope to encourage all major elections to be ambitious, developing and developed, to work across some of the old divides so we can conclude a strong global climate agreement, next year. >> republicans are not happy with the deal. he here's future senate majority leader earlier today. >> as i read

. >>> it is election day in the united states. every houseeat and 36 senate seats are in play at the moment. the results will determine which party will control the u.s. congress. and that, in turn, will affect the final two years of barack obama's presidency. >>> well, the big question on election day, will republicans take control of the senate from the democrats? and everyone is keeping an eye on the battleground states shown here in yellow on the u.s. map. >> there we go. let's push in. you can just see it now. a few surprises. one way or the other, could make for a very short or a very long night of returns. cnn's john king examined the various scenarios with anderson cooper. >> let's go through some key races. i've already assigned montana, south dakota, and west virginia to the republicans. most people think that's going to happen. those would be democratic pick-ups. if that happens, 45-45. ten states left on the board. the polls close in kentucky. mitch mcconnell the republican leader. and in georgia at 7:00. two republican states the

since 2011, our colleagues in the united states house of representatives have been passing legislation that they feel would boost job creation and increase wages. in the 113th congress alone, they have passed dozens of jobs bills. unfortunately, as we know, those have not been taken up by the majority leader in the senate, and they have been effectively declared dead on arrival. and then we also know that this strategy of blocking amendments on pending legislation lest vulnerable incumbents be forced to cast tough votes has really backfired because many of our colleagues in the majority have not been able to point to a legislative record of effectiveness for their own constituents because of this flawed strategy of blocking the senate from considering amendments and voting on them. it's one thing to be in the minority and have -- have the amendments or suggestions that i am offering added, but it's harder to explain to your own constituents if you're in the majority and you're being blocked out, too. so i hope we're done with that. i know the incoming majority leader, senator mcconnell

before that, he represented kansas' fourth district in the united states house of representatives for 18 years. during that time, he served in the ag committee. he was chairman of the subcommittee responsible for programs for six years. he also was an active member of the house judiciary committee and served as chairman of the house permanent select committee on intelligence. two other interesting features of dan's cv, he served as chairman of the motion picture association of america from 2004 to 2010. and he also served as director of the institute of politics at harvard's kennedy school. during 2002 to 2004. dan, we're delighted to have you here today. and welcome to the podium. >> well, thank you, bob. and i'm most appreciative. bob thompson is my hero. if you had to ask me the smartest man in the world, or the person i think is the smartest person in the world on agriculture policy is this man who just introduced me. and so, many of you are privileged to have him in your class. he's, of course, been dean of agriculture at perdue, the world bank, usda when i was a congressman. and

house never have to cast a vote, never issue a veto. never sign a bit. time to put america's issue on the president of the united states of america's desk and let him take action. gerri: john boehner today, speak of the house, had some interesting comments what his analysis of the president's actions might be. here is boehner. >> keystone pipeline veto would send the signal that this president has no interest in listening to the american people. it would be equivalent of calling the american people stupid. >> the equivalent of calling the american people stupid. and we know from surveys that about 60% of the americans support the project. how, is the president still playing to his left base in trying to prevent this project from going forward? >> i think so but i really don't understand where all that pressure is coming from. moving that petroleum underground in a pipeline doesn't emit any carbon as well. cleanest way to move oil across the country. i don't know who is the president is getting his information from but he is not listening to the state department, he is not listening to american business, he is not liste

that passed the united states house and it died innocent. within the way forward is that it's an earlier in this debate, i said that we passed in the house a border sector to go that i think is encouraging because republicans voted for it. the we've got them on record. and it's really important for our farmers, important to our families. >> you have this bill in place that was passed by the senator i understand you of your problems with it but why not at least use that as a starting point and getting something . gibson: it's a fair point, a fair point to raise that have taken action on that score. i went to the bill in what he said is low, let's drill in anwar the cbo found criticism. there's two things i think we can immediately do we get a better score. why this score matter? it matters because this is the impartial referee that assesses the bill. the american people need of faith that we're going to solve as. i recommended to think. the first thing is too many waivers in the bill. if the president are one of the secretaries kids to way. a

house of representatives. the republicans now controlling the united states congress. bloomberg's white house correspondentent staying with me on set through senator mcconnell's comments. margaret, he said the american people have changed the senate. we have an obligation to change the behavior of the senate. easier said than done. >> i heard him say two things. number one, they are going to press ahead on the keystone pipeline as soon as he gets a chance. number two, he wanted the senate to get back to normal. it's important to remember that it is actually senator mcconnell who sort of perfected the art form of the filibuster threat starting back in 2007 that helped get the senate to the situation it's in today. >> margaret, thank you so much. good to see you. again this press conference with senator mcconnell -- senator mcconnell is being live streamed on the web. you can see it there. stay with bloomberg as we bring you live coverage and analysis of president obama's news conference and his take on the election day fallout. mark and john of bloomberg politics will an

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 377 and the nays are 1, 2/3 being in the affirmative -- the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 378 and the nays are 1. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the bill is passed and without bjection is laid on the table. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the chair will postponefurther proceedings today on additional motions to suspend the rules on which a recorded vote or the yeas and nays are ordered or on which the vote incurs objection under clause 6, rule 20. any votes will be taken later. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the house will be in order. ask all members to take their onversations from the floor. all members, please take your onversations from the floor. for what purpose does the gentlem

house today. president obama has selected his pick for the next attorney general of the united states. ow, this comes on the same day that the president met with congressional leaders at the white house and approved the pentagon's request to send 1,500 additional u.s. troops to iraq. fox's own ed henry is in the briefing room with all the breaking details tonight. ed. >> sean, good to see you. what was interesting about this meeting is that republicans emerged saying that they believe it was actually a good start, that a conversation was started. there was a lot of substance at this meeting where they talked about the president wanting more ebola funding to deal with that crisis. also talked about ways to potentially create jobs. i'm told broader discussion from the president is he believes they can get some smaller deals on infrastructure spending for example that both sides basically say they want to do. that that could build momentum for larger budget deals, bigger initiatives that they can come together on. but the fact of the matter is beyond the substance the style and body langua

so most can get it done with very little expense and we've set up systems around the united states, like clearing houses, where if anyone as a problem, they have a question, they can call and they'll be able to tell them how to meet the requirements of the a.d.a. and a lot of it's so simple. i remember a school, debuque, iowa, called up. they were furious because of the a.d.a., they were going to have to replace all their water fountains in all three schools and they put out a bid for it and the company came in and all the plumbing had to be changed. it cost a lot of money. they were furious. i sent my staff person out to meet with them and see what could be done. so he looked at it and he made a suggestion to the school board. he said i'll tell you what, beside every water fountain, put a paper cup dispenser and waste paper basket. that's all you need to do. so someone's in a wheelchair, take the paper cup, fill it up, put it in the waste paper basket. and that's compliant. there's a lot of people out there trying to -- trying to make money off this, say, well, yeah, you do all this and costs you milli

unit outside the white house. you have the president of the united states in the white house. and you don't believe that there's trouble by taking those protective assets and moving them close to an hour away from the president himself? >> sir, i've read the inspector general's report and we respect his report, and we agree with the report that there was poor judgment in sending the prowler unit that distance in this case. >> the inspector general came to the conclusion that the prowler unit would have been unable to respond if there was an incident at the white house. >> that particular prowler unit, yes. that's correct, sir. any agent -- >> so did the president have more or less assets around him from the secret service by uses the prowler unit away? he had less, right? >> he did not have that unit, yes, sir. >> so there was less protection for the president as opposed to more protection from the president. >> >> well, it's a prowler unit. >> we don't know if there's going to be an incident on the president. how do you come to the conclusion that the prowler unit had no affe

state of illinois. and the president could struggle to implement domestic and foreign policy in the face of both houses controlled by the opposition. >> we'll see a more aggressive foreign policy from the united states, greater foreign aid. the president will have a lot less room to negotiate, less room to negotiate when it comes to ukraine, and the u.s. peace process, any negotiations with palestine and israel will be more hawkish. obama will be constrained. he wants to make promises to the world. he'll have to come back and get approval from a congress that doesn't want to work with him. president obama invited leaders were both parties to discuss their way forward in the light of the new political reality. emboldened by victory, the lords on the hill are more likely to demand presidential compromise, than seek it. >> from michael, let's go to kimberley halkett joining us live from washington d.c. we have seen an embattled congress for most of president obama's term in office. what difference will the polls make? >> what i can tell you is congress is not popular in the united states right now. historic lows in terms of approval ratings, at some points in recent years has been in the single