, weof today, mr. President have endeavored to Reach Agreement with President Trump and the republicans that would have not only spared Government Shutdown, but cemented an agreement on spending caps, including those for military, disaster care issues relief, and immigration issues. President trump reached out to me today, this morning. To invite me to the white house to talk all of these issues over. And i accepted. We had a lengthy and substantive discussion. During the meeting, in exchange for strong daca projections, i reluctantly put the border wall on the table for discussion. Enough towas not entice the president to finish the deal. Many democrats dont want to go that far on the border. Many republicans dont either. But we were willing to compromise with the president to get an agreement. Room, its only like the president was open to accept it. , is afternoon, in my heart thought we might have a deal tonight. That was how far weve come. Thats how positive our discussion felt. We
Why this is happening. , the rsday, mr. Speaker house is not in order. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. Members, remove your conversations from the floor. The speaker mr. Speaker, let me understand why this happened. On thursday, this house response apply passed the bill to keep the government open and to extend the Childrens Health Insurance Program which covers nearly 9 million children from lowincome families. No games. No strings attached. A straightforward bill. We did our job. But Senate Democrats simply refused to do theirs. Last night, they used the filibuster to block our bill and to shut down this government. But why . What exactly in this bill was it that the Senate Democrats oppose . Why would they do such a thing . Why do they find owe objectionable. What is Worth Holding the entire government hostage . Was it funding for our military . Was it the Childrens Health Insurance Program . Is it funding for the Veterans Administration . Is it funding for our N
Virginia. Military operations key in that part of the country. Front page of the morning journal out of ohio. Lawmakers split on party lines on the president s performance. One more from the front page of ews, with ames n picture of the president. If you want to join our conversation, democrats, republicans, independents. A special line for federal workers. As you are calling in all morning, we have been helped out ta bringing us up to date on the latest. The first headline you read, we could learn more when the senate convenes this morning at noon eastern time. That will be our coverage on cspan2. They will talk about a possible deal through february 8 to open the Government Act up and fund it through february 8. The house came in and now they are in recess. Lawmakers remain in washington during the Government Shutdown. The fingerpointing, as you read in one of the newspapers, is happening on twitter as well. Speaker of the government is needlessly shut down because Senate Democrats n
The next person will talk about why it is so important that we are here. From thees constitutional center, here is our next speaker. Howre are you all feeling . I know that you are all called, so i will be fast. It is an honor to stand shoulder to shoulder with the dreamers who led this movement to protect dream act and the vision of america that we all want our country to be. Dreamers are young people mostly as children, very young, either parent, who believed in the american dream. But what we have seen this last year from the Trump Administration has been an american nightmare, with racist policies which hurt real people. From revoking protections for d. R. E. A. M. E. R. S. , to the unlawful and shameful discriminatory muslim travel of ourd to the Decision Department of justice to roll back Voting Rights protections for people of color. This is not how america should be. We the people, need to stand up and tell President Trump and his allies in the building behind me, that this wil
Francisco. Thousands packed civic center plaza. And marched down Market Street. They say turning last years fury into this years action. jr stone kron fours Philippe Djegal was in the middle of it all. And, shares why so many women felt obligated to join the movement. Philippe Nats thank you for showing up. Standing shoulder to shoulder. On a sunsplashed saturday afternoon. Podium nats the only way that we make change is that we demand it. Thousands in San Francisco. Mark president Donald Trumps first fullyear in office with a collective public rubuke of his polcies and perceived attitude towards women. Podium nats we will not longer put up with sexual harrassment, Sexual Assault or male dominance. Crowd nats this crowd is made up of first time and longtime activists. All here for their own individual reasons. But theyre unified by the fact that theyre fighting for equality. Josefina bacaasher activist to me personally, its the right to your own bodies i think as a woman, you should ch