History. When all is said and done, excess of 60 million was spent by both the campaigns and outside groups in that georgia six race. Want to hear your thoughts this morning. Int rick is up first albany, new york. Line for democrats, go ahead. Caller hey, how are you question mark host doing well. Caller it was fairly predictable. Was whoever got that 60 million, you know . The media . Are you there . Weve got you. The 60 million, go ahead. Caller my party, the democrats, made so much out of it. We lost so much out of it. 30 million . 35 million . I dont know who else did, too. Republicans had to counter with where does that money go . The output of the race was fairly predictable. I just wonder if we have all gone crazy and spend happy just sending money to the media and hoping for the best return. Its him was like rolling the dice. Host on that money question, heres that chart from the wall street journal. Steve cohen anotherff, chipping in 10 million from outside groups. Karen handel, you can see the comparison between outside spending for her and her campaign. Other candidates, this was the runoff that happened in georgia. This was spending for other candidates in the race. And the first vote in the primary. We are asking what it means, your thoughts the day after that georgia race and the South Carolina race. Edwards in douglasville, georgia. Go ahead. Good morning. I just wanted to say that the Democrat Party is trying to play nice in the lions den. Jon ossoff he had a debate with handle where she stated that she is not for a working wage. He never took advantage of that. He tried to act like a nice guy. This throughout the Democratic Party. They want to play nice with republicans who are going cutthroat. Isis. Ompare him with they dogged him completely. Im not in that district, but i was just watching some of the commercials and the advertisements. The democrats have got to play rough in a rough environment. I am so sick of the nice guy democrats. They are never going to get in control. I dont care how much money they got. Two headlines that youre talking about. One from the front page of the Washington Post. Paul kane with a call them above that, the headline jon ossoff chose civil resistance and lost. Do they need more warriors . Wilmington, illinois. Go ahead. Caller what a desperate party, to spend that kind of money. This shows you that the democrats are so desperate to win. Its sickening. I will never vote democrat again. And i voted democrat. Never again, just from the way they are so outrageously spending money. Thank you. Illinois. And more of your calls coming in. Republicans we will get to those calls in just a second, but first we want to go to joe federman with the Associated Press, the israel and palestine territory bureau chief joining us on skype. Thanks for being here. Guest hey. Host wanted to discuss Jared Kushner in his middle east trip. What is his schedule . Why is he heading over there . Thet in addition to being soninlaw of the president , hes the middle east peace envoy. Hes making a Maiden Voyage here. He came briefly when the president was in town. Solo visit. First hes here to listen to both sides to see if he can find a formula to get hes talks back on track. Just a few minutes ago he reached Prime Minister bettman Benjamin Netanyahus office in jerusalem. Thats know how long going to go in late this evening hes going to be meeting with the palestinian president. Mahmoud abbas. What sort of expectations are being set on this trip . Is there a possible breakthrough in the works . Guest from what we are hearing in the background speaking to officials, they are expecting listening and learning right now. Getting a process going in the coming months. Outline for a an , has that changed at all since Trump Took Office guest you have sent signals what they would like you decide to do. Remember back in february, trump publicly asked the Prime Minister to show settlement restructuring, thats always been a big demand. The israelis are involved and are looking for ways to improve the palestinian economy, which is always in rough shape. They are looking for different incentives and boost the economy. Accused the palestinians of broadcasting i think that the americans are going to push the palestinians on that one. That is also the issue they have a welfare system in place within a payment the beenies of people who have arrested by israel, killed in fighting, or involved in fight violence against israelis. Israel doesnt like that system and for years they have been calling to an end to these payments. As we said, Jared Kushner is in the region today, having these read these meetings. Remind us what his relationships are with a key players. Guest that could make things interesting. One, its always important for an envoy to be close to the president and you cant get much closer to the president and kushner. When they ares to him they know they are speaking to the white house, giving them instant credibility. He has also held to meetings with roadsides in recent months in washington as well. By all accounts, both sides are very comfortable working with this white house and with kushner. That does give him some credibility with both sides, maybe to get something going. I think the bigger issue is down doesoad, no matter what he or how much they like him, hes still going to run into the same areas of disagreement that every other president deals with. And unless they have a magic formula he will just be dealing with those same problems again. Theseif there is news on meetings, you can be sure that the Associated Press will be on it. Appreciate your time joining us by skype today. Guest thank you. Host back to your calls. About 15 minutes before the house is scheduled to come in today. We have asked for your reaction to the special election win by republicans in georgia and south airliner tonight. Particularly in georgia, so much focus on that right that race. Want to hear your thoughts. Hosea and rogers, arkansas. Go ahead. Jose, in rogers, arkansas. Caller thank you for taking my call. This congressman from the , they got torty treading in waters like an idiot. He just lied. The most expensive congressional race in history georgia and he just said that without help, this guy got beat by 2 . We are not idiots, you know . We keep treating us with that kind of disrespect and we keep voting against them. Until they say hey, these people are not stupid. They always keep losing. They will keep losing. We deserve respect. You know . In the bible or Something Like that . I dont understand. They spend 50 million on that race. Come on, we need to be treated with respect. Thats my comment, thank you for cspan. Combined spending of over 50 million when all is said and done and that georgia six race. The most expensive house race in history. Heres a few of the headlines from local papers in the region. From the post out of south. Rolina, republicans prevail the front page of the constitution, victorious in the sixth, you can see the picture there at her victory speech. The marietta daily journal, the sixth held is the headline there. We are getting your reaction there this morning. Here is the president s reaction from twitter last night, saying that democrats would do much better as a party if they got together with republicans on health care and tax cuts, security, obstruction doesnt work. Thats the president from this morning, one of his tweets from just after 6 00 this morning. He was also tweeting about the race last night, congratulating the republicans who one. Arnold in tennessee, line for democrats, go ahead. Caller good morning, how are you doing . Have four very quick questions to ask you. The first, have you ever seen or calledf a documentary uncounted, the new math of american elections . If you want to know why the democrats keep losing, watch this documentary. Uncounted, the new math of american elections. My Second Russian is, have you ever heard of a book by the woman my second question is, have you ever heard of a book called love changes things, even in the world of politics. You can read the first few pages online. It deals with divine which happened in nashville, tennessee, right in the first or second page of her book. My third question is, i have written about written a book and i would like to make a statement about it. Before i do, that man that you had on, that you just had on, talking about the palestinian problem and israel . Ezekiel 33 inad the old testament, you will find gods position on what israel is doing to the palestinians. To thee are sticking georgia South Carolina special election race, a lot of people wanted to comment on that. Is there anything you wanted to add on that . I have written a book that you can read online for free, no charge for it. The website is gods love, and statemente me 10 more and more seconds, what would it do to everyones attitude about everything to see evidence of proof of god within the structure of the text of my book. That is arnold, with his thoughts. Jackson, riverdale, republican, go ahead. Caller my comment would be just to follow the money. Its ridiculous, millions of dollars being spent on elections. As hard as anybody can, i have that there are groups out there getting the money out of politics. For cspan to have those folks on and really try to find every dollar. Where does it come from . Who are the donors . Where are the donors protected through some kind of Supreme Court interpretation of free speech . Outfter that, lets find where all this money comes from and where it goes and whose pockets the money is lining. Wesley, columbia, independent line. Has occurred to me that perhaps people are replacing government with some sort of faith in a higher power . We are trying to rely too much on government to take care of every problem, including personal problems, that just doesnt work. Thank you. Int david is a democrat flint, michigan. One of the headlines that we republicaners, the win may dampen the hopes of democrats for 2018. What do you think . What do you think, david . I dont think that will dampen our hopes. I dont see what all the cheering is with republicans. I live in a democratic area. If a republican ransom against somebody in my district, Genesee County and came close and still got it, that wouldnt be a big deal. They are southerners, they are republicans. They want to vote republican. That such a big celebration for the republicans to think theyve done something. With this health care and all of this going on, im hoping the guy said, stop playing nice and rough like the nasty republicans have been for the last eight years. Thats all i have to say. , paul kaneat topic in his column for the Washington Post writes that jon whoff was someone studiously avoided confronting president trump, trying to win over enough Republican Voters in the suburbs north of atlanta to flip a district that had been in gop hands for debts decades. The most passionate activists wanted a full frontal assault, angrily angrily denouncing Party Leaders were not aggressively supporting those candidates. More than 200 miles north of that district a dramatic underfunded democrat nearly pulled off an upset victory in the house seat that the Democratic Campaign committee largely ignored. They had hoped to find a potential new fat for defeating republicans with a message of peace and stability, calculating that the rage of the sanders voter would not an over centrists, the support that he needed to win the district. So, he he chose the high priest route instead of the fierce warrior. Civil disobedience rather than civil unrest unrest and he lost by an even wider margin than the forgotten parnell. Thats what we are talking about this morning, what happens next . Before the house comes in to talk about it, line for republicans, what did you think . I just think the democrats are really stupid let stupid and they look at it very stupidly. This whole election, how do you bring in an outsider not born in georgia, not from georgia. The woman had her children, wife, her marriage was there, she was local. Have you bring in someone like that and expect to win . They dont like the country, they dont believe in america or even the people who are voting for them. They keep losing and they dont understand that. Its not about the money. They had the guy on bill martin about three weeks ago, he made a statement that he gave 1 million to his campaign on that show. Thats not going to do that in georgia. They are going to hate outsiders. If you ran a commercial of all the people in california, thank you for the support hes getting. They are not going to put up with that. People realize that. The democrats have to wake up, they dont care about americans. They care about foreigners and everybody else except real americans. Paul kane continues by saying that republicans countered with the message that should cause great concern for democrats, returning to their nancys to tie her to pelosi one senior republican involved in the overall effort to say that the more that the race became national in tone, the way that the voters proceeded here, the easier it was to turn him into a conventional democrat. Joseph, delaware, independent line, go ahead. Caller i just wanted to comment about the diversity in the Democratic Party. There is none. They roll out the colors of the rainbow, all the shapes and sizes of the human being, but they all share the same brain. They all have the same form of thought. There is no back and forth, no discussion. Its either they are right and you are absolutely wrong and thats it. And if you disagree with them, they are going to break your windows and whatever. Its just not funny anymore. Host what about republicans . Do you think that there is that same sort of uniformity in how they think and the Republican Party . I see more africanamericans turning republican and conservative more than ever. Motherst, my 80yearold switched to republican. Deep blue delaware democrat. Uncle was the mayor of wilmington. Recognizehe didnt the Democratic Party anymore. It was just a bunch of people screaming and yelling. She said she didnt want to go through the 60s again and that they had something to yell and scream about. Here its just, shut up, im taking your free speech and i dont want to hear it. Thats what its coming down to. So what, have a discussion, argue about it. If you like a good argument, you know . Its not there, its im right, youre wrong. Youre a racist, im gods gift to the world. Thank you very much. Anita, good morning. Your thoughts after these special election losses . Thatr well, i just think 25 million was also spent by the republicans and also, right before that there was an ad by the coat others involving the shooting in washington. I think that also played into it. I think that the win in South Carolina is very big. Even though we lost. Simply because it is just about 2 . Also, in the georgia race i that the percentage also is pretty low. Gives a lot of democrats hope. Especially in a very republican area. And im very hopeful and i think that this shows that we have a big camp in 2018 to win and i think that the democrats are still the party of the people. Republicans are the party of just a few percentage of the people. This is a bigat win for us, even though we lost. Simply because we are more united than ever. Host on this being a competitive election, he usa today noted that georgia doesnt often have competitive congressional races. Out of the 69th in 2008, just one was decided by a margin less than five points according to an analysis by smart politics. It was decided last night that karen handel would become the new member of congress from that district, taking over the spot of tom price, now health and Human Services secretary. Houston, texas, republican, go ahead. Its ok to spend 25 million on the candidate. Just gets it back in the economy. Ive been voting since 1964. Just fine with me. Youre ok with the spending. What about the results . Is there anything to be read into the 2018 elections from the special election results, john . Caller i dont think anything can be read into the results. Its just a competitive race. I like competition, i play shortstop. Host good luck out there on base, john. Linda is in fresno, california, line for democrats. Good morning. Thanks her taking my call. My observation about what happened in georgia, i think dont really change their party very much. As long as it says republican, i have done phone banking. One time i was phone banking for a republican and the person is up with said is he republican . They said i said yes and they said i will vote for him. I think the gerrymandering didnt help. I dont think in this country, people dont read anymore. Look at how many newspapers are going out. They dont follow what the person stands for, what he suggested. Its just as long as they are republican, maybe even the democrats are the same thing. I dont know. I think it years ago people used across a line to vote. I dont see that happening anymore. Read aer and father just policy professor, said read about it. Its not happening. Also thenk partisanship is outrageous in this country. The diversity, theres no diversity, no broad mindedness. I think the People Living in foreign countries, especially europe, they are more political, they understand more than we do. A time warp inn some communities where people just obey attention to whats going on in the world. I think they just go to the polls and they vote for whatever they are used to voting for. I dont think they read the issues, frankly. The house getting ready to come in here in a minute or two. A few tweets as we have been having this conversation about this election wins in georgia and South Carolina. Stephen says that the losses came in the republican backyards but the real losers will be the working class and low income voters from either party. Host charles lawton, make it quick, the house is coming in. Caller jon ossoff was a flawed candidate, he did his best. He needs to fight a knife fight and learn how. Karen handel as secretary of state continuously try to tamp down voting rolls and that really helped her out in the election. Host all right, charles, got to end it there. See you back here tomorrow morning. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [applause] the clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. June 21, 2017. I hereby appoint the honorable john j. Duncan jr. To act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, paul d. Ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore please be seated. Pursuant to the order of the house of january 3, 2017, the chair will recognize now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour