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President or were going to let some foreign power do it. You know who has the right to elect the american president , the citizens of this country and no one else. Men and women have died on the battlefield to protect our democracy. The least we can do is show the courage to stand up tonight and do our part to protect our democracy. With that i yield back. Gentleman yields back. Does anyone else seek recognition on the amendment . Mr. Armstrong. Gentleman is recognized. And im going to go back t...

But im going to read from the constitution. you are joining our live coverage here of the house judiciary committee markup of the two oarticles of impeachmen. we are in hour 11 right now. we thought this could wrap up midafternoon. its a process because they can keep offering amendments, speaking time and roll call votes. theyre in the midst of that. theyre on article 2 right now. it is quite possible the amendments will end soon, in which case the chair, jerry naldler will move things to a vo...

Extended its work period two weeks into august now. it will give us an opportunity to finish this up. we have tax reform, we have infrastructure, we have budget, we have jobs and the economy, things that we want to be working on for the american people. this is one aspect of this. but its an important one. we need to get done with it. we need to make decisions and have votes. thats the point in the process now, and i hope that our members when we get everybody back here will conclude that we nee...

Together. and that, quote, from the right side of their party and the left side of their party people are taking shots at it. >> and in a little while the relevant committees will start marking up the replacement bill. that means they go through line by line and start offering amendments. it is i have a very long process that today is expected to go until late tonight or early tomorrow morning. >> bill: more coffee and donuts or maybe less. thank you, peter doocy on the hill. shannon. >> shannon...

The republican party is going to have the reigns of power. the big question: what will they do inside the big top? >> on the agenda, of course immigration the budget and the keystone pipeline set to be on the center stage on capitol hill. >> keystone pipeline most likely first as you heard from senator schumer yesterday the democrats are going to do this thing by offering amendments. the republicans are going to lirch to people -- listen to people and debate. that is regular order. it is going t...

Minimum wage, if we want to extend unemployment benefits, we need for final passage 60 votes. if fast track is passed, guess how many votes well need for final passage? 50 votes. so the fast track concept is a terrible idea, prevents members of congress from offering amendments, provides just the 50 votes for final passage. i hope very much we do not bring this bill to the floor. if we do, i hope its competed. >> its going to be very hard for the conservatives wh where theyre concerned about sov...

Joe, for some people just to answer the questions and to be fair about the diversity within the republican party? >> i dont know. its not even that much diversity. hes a conservative guy. so let me ask you -- >> dimensions. >> let me ask you, john, about what happened with unemployment benefits. why did that compromise die last night? >> joe, i think the problem we have here right now is the leader in the senate, harry reed, doesnt want to take tough votes on amendments. so he consistently block...

Political gain, it makes sense to reform this. as joy said, the talking filibuster is part of the tradition. how is that the -- >> part of the tradition of blocking civil rights legislation, right? its not like -- it was a fairly effective method of blocking all sorts of legislation. >> thats true. >> i mean, at the same time, look, the republicans what they wanted most and they have claimed that the reason they filibuster everything is that harry reid hasnt allowed them to offer amendments. to ...

Candidates are in better shape than they have been in for a while. still, losing by two touchdowns or by three points is still a loss on this last week day in july well look ahead to the mid terms. will the gop be able to turn the 13 ethics charges against charlie wrangle into 13 ethics charges against the democratic party? theyre going to try. finally, the late-night comics view of the presidents appearance yesterday on "the view." thats all in the side show. well start with new york democr...

Benefits for 9/11 first responders. democrats however employed a procedural move. that blocked republicans from offering amendments. that move meant the bill required a two-thirds vote for approval. 290 votes in this case rather than a simple majority. the bill was defeated 255 to 159. just 12 republicans voted for the measure. congressman, here, of course, what you said on the house floor during the debate yesterday. >> we see it in the united states senate every single day where members say we...