Unfolded and what you heard sense heard since. Democratic leaders have been working to stress to their members how they should message about it. This is the first vote the house has taken on impeachment. There was a lot of concern among democrats it might be something that actually damages the party. What we saw today from the very beginning was democrats they reunited around this. They only lost two members on the floor, both of them have been vocal opponents of impeachment. The day began with top democrats, concluding the speaker, nancy pelosi, really stressing the weight of the moment. She used words like somber and solemn, and they really wanted to stress this is not something that was taken lightly. They will be facing a turn of attacks from republicans. Democrats really want to show to the American Public they are proceeding carefully on something of this magnitude. Impeachment ist, a political process, but as he mentioned, the House Speaker and jim mcgovern really try to frame i
And joining us on the phone is sarah ferris, who has been following all of the developments. Her work, available at politico. Com. Youre on capitol hill, walk us through how the morning unfolded and what you have heard since. Sarah over the last couple of days, Democratic Leaders have really been working to stress to their members what exactly this resolution meant, how they should message about it. This is the first vote that the house has taken on impeachment. There was a lot of concern among democrats that this could be misconstrued in the media, that it might be something that actually damages the party. But what we saw today from the very beginning was democrats very reunited around this. They only lost two members on the floor, both of them had been vocal opponents of impeachment. So democrats really did have this major show of support into this next phase of the impeachment inquiry. The day began with top democrats, concluding the speaker, nancy pelosi, really stressing the weig
Sir ferris from politico joins us. The house got their job done passing a continuing resolution through november 21. Negotiators continue off the floor. The senate will take up the cr in the coming week. What are the issues lawmakers have to go shake . Negotiate . The issues still outstanding, the cr package is locked in the senate. Of course, the funding fight going into october and november is going to be ugly. I have talked to democrats on the preparations panel, and is in the fight is essentially the same as last year. That is not great news because we ended up in a 35 day shutdown. They dont have a strategy on how they are going to do with the border wall. That was the main issue that spurred a shutdown through september and most of january of this year. There are the Enforcement Powers that ice agents have. These are things democrats are riled up about given the administrations aggressive actions through the summer. Democrats are ready to go to the mat on this. Republicans are du
Of the u. S. Public Health Service commissioned course core as well as the Inspector General. Here is part of the hearing. The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning to all and welcome hhs,e labor hhs labor, and appropriations subcommittee. We are here today for another oversight hearing, this time with Administration Officials and members of the office of the Inspector General to discuss the on they released report care of Migrant Children. I would like to thank you for being here today. Maxwell, the office of Inspector General department of health and Human Services, Jonathan Hayes, director of the office of Refugee Resettlement department of health and Human Services and jonathan white, commander public Health Service commissioned. This hearing is part of our oversight responsibility which we take very seriously something even more precious is at stake and that is the mental and physical wellbeing of children. That is why the office of the Inspector General report was so alar
Floor. The senate will take up the cr in the coming week. Panel and they say the fight is the same as last year because which is not great news because we ended up with a 35 day shutdown. They do not have a strategy of how they are going to deal with the border wall. That was the main issue that spurred the government into a shut down through november and january of this year. Then there are the other tricky issue like the detention beds and the Enforcement Powers that ice agencies have. These are things that democrats are really riled up about given the administrations aggressive actions on immigration all through the summer. Democrats are ready to go to the mat on this. Republicans are also hearing from trump on this. We are staring down the same fight as we did last year. Bill the senate will take up the continuing resolution. Back on the house floor, they are looking at the southern border. You point out the democratic bills by Lauren Underwood of illinois and Veronica Escobar of t