then things go to the house of representatives. there are a couple of procedural things that have to happen in the house. they have to go to what is called the rules committee. the rules committee is a gateway to the house floor. almost every piece of legislation that goes through the house floor has to have a rule, a rule sets the parameters, how you will consider that piece of legislation. we don't expect that to take very long but they have to process it, literally bring the paperwork over and they will bring it literally right through here, this is statuary hall just across the capitol on the house side of the building. they'll bring it here, bring it to the house, go upstairs to the rules committee, where they will set up the parameters for debate. we don't think they will debate a very long because there will be about five or 6:00 in the morning and then moved to pass it. that might be a slow developing play, as well because members have been told to be on standby between 4:00 and 6:00 in the morning. they probably come on li

the had a deal in the bill, on a compressive a it never saw the light of day in the house of representatives. the bell one to see the floor. wayne see what they have to offer us. >> i would add without that the sole impediment to getting anything done on immigration has been the republican leadership in the house. we are simply asking for a vote. that is all we ever asked for. let the dream act on the floor. that ourarantee you values more: -- more closely line with the republican bill. i cannot reiterate enough that there is support for a daca dreamer fix it if the speaker would merely step up and be the speaker of the house of representatives, not just the speaker of his caucus. >> of the tax-cut stimulating the income -- the economy? would you want to get the entirety of the tax cuts in the job jack? >> are asking if -- in the jobs act? >> you're asking if we have a leader in the majority. >> yes. >> we would like to bring some bounce back to the governance of the united states. that's why it is imperative this important that the american people a lacked -- that is why it is important tha

. >> the next morning, the speaker designate stunned a packed chamber of the house of representatives. >> bob livingston, who was presumed to be the next speaker, resigned on the floor. >> to the president -- you, sir, may resign your post. [ people murmuring ] and i can only challenge you in such fashion if i am willing to heed my own words. i cannot be the kind of leader that i would like to be under current circumstances. >> it was just a bizarre moment. >> it was like a bomb went off in the chamber. nobody expected that. he gave that very brief speech, and he walked right out the door. >> amid a shocked chamber, the house would press on. >> on this vote, the yeas are 228. the nays are 206. article i is adopted. the yeas are 221. the nays are 212. article iii is adopted. the adoption... >> at 1:22 p.m., by a party-line vote, the house approved articles of impeachment alleging perjury and obstruction of justice against president william jefferson clinton. for the first time since 1868, the president had been impeached. >> when the speaker brought down the gavel on article i with a m

where does it look in the house of representatives? let's say the senate overwhelmingly passes this bipartisan budget deal and moves it to the house. how does it look in the house? >> well, certainly as you said, wolf, by far not a done deal. it certainly has essentially two sides of a problem for speaker of the house paul ryan to pass this through. first you have many house conservatives who are frankly not for it, already saying this is hugely problematic. very concerned about the deficit, the fact that spending would not be offset with budget cuts. they're already raising red flags to speaker of the house paul ryan. then you have the other side of the coin. you've heard there house minority leader nancy pelosi speaking to this, saying we're not going to go for this deal because it doesn't address daca. you have this really divide where speaker of the house paul ryan potentially needs to get this passed through and he's facing problems among house conservatives and house democrats. so certainly he's going to need to corral some suppo

there's no place like the house of representatives. this should be for every employee the most special place that they will ever work. i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 4924 and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman from mississippi has expired. ll time has now expired. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 4934, as -- 4924. those in favor will say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from mississippi seek recognition? mr. harper: mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 724, requiring each employing office of the house of representatives to adopt an anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policy for the offices workplace. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the re

when they had a deal in the senate, it never saw the light of day in the house of representatives. we are asking for them to bring a bill. the bill one to see the floor. that is what we are looking for. you are looking for a promise? rep: crowley: we have to see what they have. rep. sanchez: the sole impediment has been the house leadership. we have only asked for a vote. but the dream act on the floor. guarantee that our values are closely is up -- closely aligned with the bipartisan bill, not the forced republican bills they try to jam down our throats. i cannot reiterate enough that there is support for a daca dreamer fix. would merely step up and be the speaker of the house of representatives, and not just the speaker of his caucus. are the tax cuts passed in december stimulating the economy? rep: crowley: do we have a vetoproof majority? it is a big ask. it is a heavy lift. we would simply like to bring .alance back to the governance we think it is critical that the american people elect a democratic house of representatives. we think the american people of ourand the governan

but it still needs approval from the house of representatives. the coalition agreement reached in germany between chancellor angela merkel and the social democrats, or spd, is good news for europe according to a senior eu official, the economy commissioner, pierre moscovici. the deal ends months of uncertainty since september's inconclusive elections, but as andrew plant reports, it will still need to be approved. marathon talks that began on tuesday and continued through the night, to try to end more than four months of stalemate at the top of europe's largest economy. now, news that chancellor merkel‘s party has reached a deal tojoin forces in a ruling coalition. translation: i am convinced that the coalition contract we have worked out can lay down the foundations for the stable government that our country needs, and that many in the world are waiting to see. it has been called a marriage of convenience, but the deals made to make a coalition bring widespread criticism from members on both sides, who feel their core values have been compromi

the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives. sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, i have the honor to transmit a sealed vfl received from the house on february 9, 2018, at 10: 19 a.m. said to contain a message from the president whereby he smits a notice continuing the national emergency with respect to libya. with best wishes, i am, signed sincerely, robert f. reeves, deputy clerk of the house. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will designate the message. the clerk: to the congress of the united states, section 20 -d of the national emergencies act provides for the automatic termination after national emergency unless within 90 days before the anniversary date of its declaration the president publishes in the federal register and transmits to the congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. in accordance with this provision, i have sent to the federal register for publication the enclosed notice s

house of representatives.] in regards to people in our caucus, they will do what they think is in the best interests of their constituents. that is what they are elected to do. i think of many, if not all of us, i don't want to speak for every person, look at this as the issue of daca and immigration and how we treat immigrants in this country as the several-rights issue of our day. right now. that's a strong this is for all of us in our caucus. ison the immigration issue, the promise leader mcconnell that has neutral bill nothing to do with immigration, open amendments back and forth, would an offer from speaker ryan be good enough for house democrats? title,ity floor, with no nothing to it and don't know what direction it would be? i highly doubt speaker ryan would do that. what we are looking for is a commitment or it we know there are 40 plus individuals on the republican side who support a bipartisan comprehensive deal on the issue of daca. let that bill come to the floor. it is the heard-aguilar bill. i w

. >> the next morning, the speaker designate stunned a packed chamber of the house of representatives. >> bob livingston, who was presumed to be the next speaker, resigned on the floor. >> to the president -- you, sir, may resign your post. [ people murmuring ] and i can only challenge you in such fashion if i am willing to heed my own words. i cannot be the kind of leader that i would like to be under current circumstances. >> it was just a bizarre moment. >> it was like a bomb went off in the chamber. nobody expected that. he gave that very brief speech, and he walked right out the door. >> amid a shocked chamber, the house would press on. >> on this vote, the yeas are 228. the nays are 206. article i is adopted. the yeas are 221. the nays are 212. article iii is adopted. the adoption... >> at 1:22 p.m., by a party-line vote, the house approved articles of impeachment alleging perjury and obstruction of justice against president william jefferson clinton. for the first time since 1868, the president had been impeached. >> when the speaker brought down the gavel on article i with a m

house -- the house of representatives. this great house of the people. and i wish that the speaker would treat the house of the speaker with the dignity that it deserves. by giving us an opportunity, just an opportunity, for him to say that he would bring . gislation to the floor the hurd-ing ary bar bill, for one, -- hurd-aguilar bill, for one, and other pieces of legislation regarding daca so the house can work its will under the queen of the hill, the rule. last night mr. clyburn, the assistant leader, and mr. hoyer, the democratic whip, and i is sent a letter to the speaker -- and i sent a letter to the speaker. it said, dear, mr. speaker in the spirit of bipartisanship, we write again to our sincere desire that the government remains open and that the priorities of the american people are properly addressed. as you know, democrats have been clear that we support a budget agreement that ensures that our men and women in uniform have the resources they need to protect our country and that america's middle class and work

house of representatives.] prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 230. the nays are 177. the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from mississippi seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that the committee on house administration be discharged from further consideration of house concurrent resolution 106, and ask for its immediate consideration in the house. the eaker pro tempore: clerk will report the title of the concurrent resolution. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 106. resolution authorizing the use of emancipation hall for a ceremony to present the congressional gold medal collectively to the members of the office of strategic services . the speaker pro tempore: is there objection to the consideration of the concurrent resolution? without objection, the concurrent resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider s laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentlelady from

house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 231. the nays are 187. the motion is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on ordering the previous question on house resolution 725 on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 123, house resolution 725, resolution providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 772, to amend the federal food, drug and cozz mountainic act to improve and clarify certain disclosure requirements for restaurants and retail food establishments and to amend the authority to bring proceedings under section 403-a, providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 1153, to amend the truth in lending act to improve upon the definition providing for points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction. providing for consideration of the bill h.r. 4771, to raise the consolidated assets threshold under the bank holdi

the senate passed a bill, the house of representatives didn't take it up. i was in the minority atin that time in the caucus that was in the minority that voted against that bill because i didn't think it did things the way that i do them. and everything died in the house of representatives, something two years later i became chairman of the judiciary committee with jurisdiction over immigrationgr legislation. i could have spent three months on immigration during 15 or 16 and send a bill to the house of representatives that probably would have died, but i am made up mmade upmy mind early in my p that ine wanted to do things tht we could get done and so go fora period in the last congress, my committee voted out 31 bills all bipartisan because i felt in 15 and 16 why go through that process is going to die in the house of representatives so even a year ago against anything dealing with immigration and legalization of people here and even young people that have now come to the conclusion we oughtl to legalize we would be having this debate today and sometimes

for some reason, sometimes i think the speaker of the white house not the speaker of the house of representatives and we should have the opportunity -- we should have the opportunity there, touched a nerve should have the people's house work its will not be the cipient if it passes as 60 votes in the senate, maybe i'll bring it to the floor. that's not a commitment. let me say again what an honor it is for ourselves of the dreamers in our country. they are so magnificent. patriotism ofs of our country and they wanted the recognition of the speaker of the house. i'm almost finished. i could go longer. in any event -- and i thank the various speakers who were presiding the other day and i thank for the courtesies they were extending. i was one of the four principles with the white house negotiating on this legislation. nobody wants to shut down. and this is a good bill. doesn't do everything but it's a compromise. but the one thing, the one build to allay fear to confidence, to honor the vows of our founders that we could have done is we, in the united states of america in this people's house want

the house of representatives. that could be an applause line, but i guess not. [applause] pelosi: as a representative a senator and , majority leader he fought relentlessly to assure that every man and woman in uniform would receive the care they needed on returning from combat. just as the military leaves no one behind on the battlefield, we must leave no veteran behind when they come home. [applause] rep. pelosi: president dwight eisenhower, he chose to be memorialized here. his family told us of his wishes as a five-star general. isn't that exciting? a lot of people can be president of the united states, but hardly anybody can be a five-star general. [laughter] pelosi: he stands in the rotunda and said people who value privileges above principle soon loses both. senator dole's life and career in bodies that fo's. -- ethos. holdingedicated to values. senator the all believes in the values of justice and battled in congress in the 1960's to expand the civil rights of every american. ,e believes in fairness fighti

this bill will now go to the house of representatives. let's dip into mitch mcconnell and see if there's anything he's saying that we need to know. >> without objection. >> i ask unanimous consent that the senior senator from alaska, the junior scenario from wyoming and junior senator in south dakota be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions on friday, february 9th, 2018. >> this is just housekeeping matters he's dealing with. that's something the majority leader does at the end of sessions like this. this not affect anything happening on this bill. there is a government shutdown at the moment because rand paul forced these votes to occur after midnight. the house of representatives will will be voting possibly at dawn possibly during coverage of "morning joe" this morning only a few hours from now and it looks like the democrats will be joining republicans in a vote that will get this through the house of representatives at dawn tomorrow. that's tonight's last word". msnbc's live coverage continues right now. what's

house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 189. the nays are 228. the motion is not adopted. the question is on passage of the bill. those in favor will say aye. those opposed say no. in the opinion of the chair, he ayes have it. the gentlelady from california. the gentlelady from california is recognized. ms. waters: i call the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be 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 271, the nays are 145. the b

great to have you with us on al-jazeera bestival cox a tough battle indeed will the house of representatives how likely is it to pass this legislation i think is a tough tough vote for the house basically that republicans have a bloc that is the tea party with conservatives who are going to oppose it and then many of the really liberal democrats are going to oppose it because it doesn't provide protection for the dream works you know and have heard from house minority leader nancy pelosi who said that that she's not going to support this legislation but will the democrats follow suit well she has told them it's a conscience that is not going to whip them into line so they can do. however they want many of the moderates will want to vote to keep the government open. but the bargaining will probably be palosi and the speaker over whether to take a separate vote on the dreamers the senate is promised a separate vote on the dreamers cleaned up the house will want to do that and the democrats won and how long do you think before we see if that the compromise of that's what's going to happen you k

this plan is the only senate plan that has any possibility of passing the house of representatives and becoming law. i have asked my colleagues, are you interested in actually getting something done and actually providing a path to kids, or are you interested in a political issue for the 2018 elections. if you are actually interested in getting something done and getting a bill signed into law and fixing the issue, well, the choices obvious. if my colleagues are more interested in grandstanding and passing the bill that will never become law and not won't actually protect daca kids, that choice is pretty clear as well. to all my colleagues i urge her support for this amendment, let's fix this issue. let's demonstrate that we can find solutions to the challenging problems that americans are calling on us to solve. this is a compassionate compromise and the people that have been advocating to this for years, longer than i have been, because i've been at it just a short period of time, let them accept a compassionate optimize. let them do what they've done for a long time, settling the da

there is a major road block looming for all of this, no question about that, in the house of representatives because the leader of the democrats in the house, nancy pelosi, who spoke for over eight hours today without so much as a break but for a couple of glasses of water, she wants the same sort of agreement from the majority leader in the house, paul ryan, that the democrat leader in the senate managed to wrangle out of the majority leader there, mitch mcconnell. in other words, a commitment to discuss the plight of the so—called dreamers — nearly 2 million people who were brought here illegally through no fault of their own and whose deportation is potentially looming. now unless that sort of agreement is forthcoming from paul ryan in the house, then nancy pelosi has said that she is minded to advocate to her caucus to vote against this budget measure. so with just over 2a hours to go until the deadline, nothing here is certain. how many times have we heard that before? and even if it does go through, the deficit balloons by the tax cuts. absolutely. this is $300 billion more on spen

this bill will now go to the house of representatives. let's dip into mitch mcconnell and see if there's anything he's saying that we need to know. >> without objection. >> i ask unanimous consent that the senior senator from alaska, the junior scenario from wyoming and junior senator in south dakota be authorized to sign duly enrolled bills or joint resolutions on friday, february 9th, 2018. >> this is just housekeeping matters he's dealing with. that's something the majority leader does at the end of sessions like this. this not affect anything happening on this bill. there is a government shutdown at the moment because rand paul forced these votes to occur after midnight. the house of representatives will will be voting possibly at dawn possibly during coverage of "morning joe" this morning only a few hours from now and it looks like the democrats will be joining republicans in a vote that will get this through the house of representatives at dawn tomorrow. that's tonight's last word". msnbc's live coverage continues right now. >>> i'm

well the outcome in the house of representatives is anything but certain at this point nancy pelosi the leader of the democratic party in the house for one says that she's not going to support it for her and many democrats the issue is that immigration this spending package does not address immigration at all it is being put off until next week the house leadership has promised that they would take up immigration next week but democrats really want a pathway for immigrants who were brought to the united states as children to become citizens and to be have protections to remain in the country so they are many of them are considering holding out their support in order to force that issue and it's not clear at this point exactly how many are on board or aren't on the conservative side there's concerns as well you have the fiscal hawks that are worried about the price of this excess this massive spending package three hundred billion dollars over the next two years and that's exactly what led to the stalling in the senate earlier in the day midnight came and went sending the u.s. government

house of representatives. she o also serves as chairwoman of the u.s. commission on immigration reform. while serving in that role, she once said for our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law and those who violate it. i think that's a great principle to keep in mind as we begin to sort out this week's challenges, although we all recognize the anxiety of recipients who came too this country through no fault of their own and now face uncertain futures. at the same time we must recognize that many americans face certain plates too. they are dreamers too, as the president has said and we need to restore our legacy as a nation that believes in and applies the rule of law. indeed, equal justice under b the law. here's the bottom line. i'm not interested in a futile exercise or gamesmanship or political theater or ideas that can become t law. his opponents had two weeks ago, the ultimateur proposal must be one where nobody gets our country gets the critical reforms thatee it needs. 1,124,000 young

top democrat nancy pelosi makes history with an eight hour speech in the house of representatives. you know for a fourth consecutive day bombs are being raining down on rebel held areas of syria which were designated deescalation zones government and russian ass trikes have killed at least twenty three people in east and go to on the edge of damascus on thursday including children and a medic a rescue later their attacks there and an idiot province since a russian jet was shot down on saturday two hundred people in just four days adding to the bloodshed the u.s. that coalition says it's killed at least one hundred fighters and bears or problems who are attacking the syrian democratic forces syria has branded it a war crime ravichandran reports on the latest violence. by thursday the bombing raids in eastern huta had only intensified at least two dozen were carried out and activists say they see no end in sight to this horror from the sky the night before fires in the town of modest in the month the target of dozens of airstrikes. that's despite it being in the northeastern province

house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 396, the nays are zero, zero recorded as present. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: the ouse will come to order. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 the unfinished business is agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal which the chair will report de novo. the question is on approving -- agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> on that, i request a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote having been requested a vord -- a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. 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

with that, though, i thank the staff of the house of representatives, the various speakers of the house who have been up there with such courtesy. you smile. you smile. let us acknowledge the dreamers and their optimism, their inspiration to make america more american. hank you, my colleagues. ms. pelosi: with that, i yield ack.

because if the house of representatives is take action before march 5th we have little time left. both the house and senate are gone a week in effect so there's little time left before the march 5th deadline and i hope we can tackle it and get it down if the question that needed to asked it, what will be debated this sneak i think a lot of things. it's an actual open debate on the floor to some extent. and it could conceivably not only deal with daca and the dream act, it might even get into other immigration issues. there was a recent poll taken by quinnipiac on the issue that might come before us this week in in the out senate. the american people heave beenlessenning to the conversation and come to in interesting conclusions of this awe new poll that was just released today. by a margin of 81% to 14%, americans want dreamers to gain citizenship. support is overwhelmingly pro dreamer, when respondents were asked if they support, quote, allowing undocumented immigrants who were brought to the united states as children, to remain in the country and eventually apply for citizenship

house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 245, the nays are 169. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. pursuant to house resolution 748 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for further consideration of h.r. 1865. will the gentleman from georgia, mr. carter, kindly ake the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h.r. 1865, which the clerk will report by title. the clerk: a bill to amend the communications act of 1934, to clarify that section 230 of such act does not prohibit the enforcement against providers and users of interactive computer services of federal and state criminal and civil law relating to sexual exploitation of children or sex trafficking or for other purposes. the chair: when the committee of the whole rose earlier today, amendment number 3 offered by the gentle

house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 266, the nays are 157. one voting present. the bill is passed. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the house will be in order. the house will be in order. the house will be in order. members, please take your seats. members, please remove your conversation from the house floor. -- conversations from the house floor. the house will be in order. he house will be in order. members, please remove your conversations from the house floor. he house will be in order. he house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, -- ms. pelosi: mr. speaker, pursuant to rule 9, i rise to a question of the privilege of the house and i send to the desk a privileged resolution. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: members of congress is to uphold their constitutional duty to -- ms. pelosi: could the clerk please read into the micr

house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 228. the nays are 187. the previous question is ordered. the question is on adoption of the resolution. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. mr. polis: on that i request a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: a recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. 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 225 and the nays are 1887. -- 187. the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 227 and the nays ar

the house of representatives. there you see it there. let's get more from democratic congressman ted lieu, a member of the committees. thank you for joining us. >> thanks. i just came from the floor, what nancy pelosi did had remarkable stamina. she hasn't eaten all day. for her to deliver the stories is amazing. >> eight hours, that's a lot. will you vote for the senate compromise deal worked out by the democratic and republican leadership in the senate? >> no, and let me tell you why. in the house of representatives, the republicans control the house, and unlike the senate, there's no 60-vote filibuster. republicans can pass the senate deal, any legislation they want just on their votes. but if they want my vote, then they need to negotiate with us. and one of my reasonable requests is a fix to daca so we don't deport 1.8 million people, and if they don't need my vote, they can pass it by themselves on their own votes. >> nancy pelosi says if the speaker, paul ryan, agrees to do what mitch mcconnell, the republi

of representatives and there the outcome is much less certain that the house has a lot of the same concerns that the senate did and that rand paul did fiscal conservatives on the house side also very concerned about driving up the debt coming on the heels of tax cuts the deficit in the united states the government budget deficit is expected to top a trillion dollars in the next year as a result of all of the new spending in this package so this i mean sounds like very much the same concerns from the last shutdown just three weeks ago what's changed and why we seeing the second government shutdown in a matter of weeks. absolutely with the pressure there's a lot of criticism for lawmakers after that first shutdown especially for the republicans and both sides really came together trying to get a deal done and democrats got a lot of what they wanted in this proposal all of the things that i mentioned the money to fund the drug war the epidemic and the natural disasters and so on but they didn't get one thing that was very important that's immigration they were very much looking for something t

this is the longest speech in the history of the united states house of representatives. pelosi's push for democrats to be bolder is coming, at the same time that the senate is brokering a deal with congress and republicans are celebrating a win last night in a trump district in missouri. meanwhile the president is focusing on his unusual order for a military prayed. today we will question a trump supporter about that particular idea. and russia, meddling in the midterms right now. that news comes as democrats name a new leader of the senate foreign relations committee, hiss lawyer joins me tonight for an exclusive. so you see i think we have a lot going on including following pelosi's ongoing address. but we begin with this ongoing standoff between bob mueller and president trump, will trump testify like clinton ultimately did? will he take his subpoena to the supreme court like nixon did? there's news that there's middle ground that trump could stall mueller without risking a congressional crisis. if you like trump, you might not like this idea. and if you loathe trump,

but the top democrat in the house of representatives is threatening to derail it. nancy pelosi has been speaking nonstop on the house floor for the past five hours. the house minority leader says that democrats will not approve a spending bill unless the republican house speaker, paul ryan, promises a vote to protect the dreamers. they are, of course, the hundreds of thousands of immigrants whose parents brought them to the u.s. without documents. >> unless we can get the same commitment that mitch mcconnell gave the bipartisan group of legislators who asked for it in the senate, we would like that same response to our bipartisan group. >> shepard: a spokesperson for speaker ryan responded saying speaker ryan has already repeatedly stated that we intend to do a daca and immigration reform bill, one that the president supports. daca is a program that protects the dreamers. president trump has said that he will end it next month unless congress extends it or comes up with a replacement. the white house says it applauds this senate plan to deal with immigration outsid

and need to do it now because of house of representatives is to take action for march 5 we have little time left. but the house and senate will be gone in the month of february so very little time for the march deadline. i hope we can tackle it and get it done. the question that needs to be asked is what will be debated this week and a lot of things may be debated but it's an actual open debate on the floor in some extent and it could conceivably not only deal with tathe daca in the dream act butt might even get into other immigration issues. there was a recent poll taken by [inaudible] on some of the issues that might come before us this week in the united states senate. the american people have been listening to this conversation and it comes to interesting conclusions. this is a new pool that was just released today. by a margin of 81%-14% of americans want dreamers to gain citizenship. support is overwhelmingly pro- dreamer and the respondents were asked if they allowing undocumented immigrants were brought to thetu united states s children remain in the country and eventually appl

with that, though, i thank the staff of the house of representatives, the various speakers of the house who have been up there with such courtesy. you smile. you smile. let us acknowledge the dreamers and their optimism, their inspiration to make america more american. hank you, my colleagues. ms. pelosi: with that, i yield ack. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. >> thank you very much. allow me to just say that we continue on this most important legislation, 1153. ms. waters: and we have had the opportunity to yield time to speaker -- well, leader pelosi. in while she certainly came to oppose this bill, that we have before us having yielded one minute to the leader, is the most profound one minute probably in the history of this institution. that one minute that ended up eight hours where leader pelosi talked about the plight of daca and the dreamers and i'm very proud that in yielding that one minute, we had the opportunity to listen to leader pelosi deal with an issue and demand that we have an opportunity to have a real debate and a real discussion in the people'

congress had approved a spending bill ending the government shutdown the house of representatives passed a new federal budget which must now be signed by president to the. earlier the senate missed a deadline to pass the legislation which resulted in the second shutdown in just three weeks was blocked by a senator from republican party who opposed the budget deficit so let's get more on this now we're joined by white house correspondent. she is live for us and washington d.c. so it has not been easy but the legislation has been passed one of both sides getting. both sides are getting a lot of money that's what both sides are getting and that's where the contrary controversy was and that's why this government shutdown occurred because there was one lone senator rand paul from kentucky who said to his fellow republicans we are usually the party that restrain spending but in this case you have a pretty good example of what happens when one party is in control of congress as well as the white house there is simply no restraint and everybody gets what they want and that's certainly what's hap

now therefore be it resolved that the house of representatives, recognizes the significance of black history month as an important time to cknowledge and celebrate the contributions of african-americans in the nation's history and to encourage the continued celebration of this month to provide an opportunity for all peoples of the united states, regardless of where they are from, to learn more about the past and to better understand the experiences that have shaped he nation. whereas the house of representatives recognizes that ethnic and racial diversity of the united states enriches and strengthens the nation and encourages all states to include in their year-round educational curriculum the history and contributions of african-americans in the united states and around the world. mr. speaker, i am honored to say to this audience that this congress has been very responsive to the notion of celebrating african-american history. and my hope is that once we are back in the business of approving resolutions of this type that this resolution will be taken up by the congress of the united

of representatives, without hearing from one single expert in the house of representatives just bring this stuff to the floor. just passed a concealed carry bill in the house with very little discussion about this and can't even get a hearing on background checks. so, that would be -- i would recommend to the leader, if-as we win in november the speaker, we should start with that. bring in experts. we should have hearings. we should figure out the best way forward to keep our communities safe. >> just may say also, i don't want to have to wait that long. we could have a select committee right now. mr. thompson has had legislation calling for such select committee and said they had select committees on benghazi, planned parenthood, any discussion will do except a serious reason like studying the gun violence prevention issue. we could write on this appropriations bill due to end toward the end of march, we could lift at the prohibition on action taken by the center for disease control to talk about prevention in terms of gun safety, and we could bring up the background check legislatio

house of representatives. on the agenda, ideal -- this is like covered on c-span. -- live coverage on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will come to order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the clerk: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. february 13, 2018. i hereby appoint the honorable mark meadows to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the order of the house of january 8, 2018, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. the chair will alternate recognition between the parties. all time shall be equally allocated between the parties and in no event shall debate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip shall be limited to five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania -- missouri, mr. cleaver, for five minute

the house of representatives. the hope is that by dramatizing the issue it will raise the pressure in the long run on republican leaders to allow a vote. finding agreement the democrats would see as real progress and that would pass muster with the constituencies on the right is going to be difficult.>> reporter: the professor said it could be very difficult to reach a deal on immigration that trump and tea party republicans and the senate republicans can all agree on. the white house has been pushing their plan that would provide citizenship for some daca youth. some democrats don't want to give any inch on the wall. that is something that is central.>> what is the press secretary saying?>> reporter: she said nancy pelosi should come onboard and basically support the president's plan. it can pass in the house. it might not be able to pass in the senate with republicans needing democrats support. that is the fine line they have to walk.>> reporter: did he think the house and senate to come together and reach a dea

this is an issue that is near and dear to liberals in the house of representatives and the problem is that liberals in the house are going to have to make up the difference from republicans who are going to vote for the bill. keep in mind, the conservative like the house freedom caucus who are going to oppose this piece of legislation, they say wait a minute, it lists all the spending caps on the things that we don't like, so we are not going to vote for it. usually democrats would have to fill in the void, and that's what people don't know what this boat mixture is going to look like in the house of representatives since there is no daca fix to core democrats. >> shannon: nancy pelosi today setting a record speaking on the house for about daca, but technically there aren't really filibusters on the house i, that's just a senate thing. >> that's right. there's no such thing as a filibuster, but there is something called a magic minute in the house of representatives. it's a special prerogative but supported to the speaker of the house and other leaders where they can basically speak f