Hr 847 News Today

The reason hr-847 is not brought up under regular order is the majority party is petrified of having members face a potential vote on illegal immigration. they want republican support yet they never consulted one republican before they made the corporate tax increase to pay for it. they say they want republican support before they pass the bill but never applied that standard when they ran towards the stimulus, health care, cap and trade, or financial regulatory reform. no, you only apply it to ...

Proper care. >> now, peter king, a republican congressman from new york, spent a great deal of time defending his fellow republicans who were going to vote no. he, himself, voted yes. do you wish that all of the new york delegation had worked harder to get this passed, and not just vote yes, but worker harder to collect votes for it and get it passed? >> yes. i believe that -- i wish that they would have worked harder. i know theyre coming up on a summer recess and they wanted to get it done bef...

Far. he came up to speak after the co sponsor of the bill, representative peter king from new york, had already spoken. listen to peter king. >> they say they want republican support, yet they never consulted even one republican before they made the corporate tax increase. they say they want republican support before they pass this bill. but they never applied that standard when they ran through the stimulus health care, cap and trade or financial regulatory reform. no. you only apply it to cops...

A bill that he co-sponsored with republican pete king, both of them of new york, failed for reasons that you may not understand. this was a bill designed to give free health care to rescue workers from 9/11. it was called hr-847. first of all, i want to bring you what anthony weiner, representative anthony weiner, said on the floor of the house of representatives last night. listen to him. >> great courage to wait until all members have spoken and wrap your arms around procedure. we see it in th...

They have earned and deserved, but they are offering $3,200 on the low end to opt into this which will open up the door for fraudulent cases, and i believe that $3,200 and you might as well give everybody a scratchoff ticket and say good luck, here is the world trade center lottery ticket. it is an insult to us. >> where do you go from here? do you continue to fight, and if you were a betting man, would you say that 95% of the folks would say no, that this thing is essentially null and void? >> ...

The 9/11 attacks. democrats had feared the gop would exploit the bill by tacking on unnecessary amendments so they introduced the measure on the houses suspension calendar, which meant the bill could not be altered and needed a two-thirds vote to pass. last night, right before the vote, congressman peter king, who co-sponsored the bill, made it clear that it was most likely that his fellow republicans would be mostly voting against the bill, ostensibly for procedural reasons. >> everyone knows t...