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Washington journal continues. We want to welcome to our table congresswoman barbara lee. Thank you for being here. We talked about the 50th ofiversary of johnsons that president Lyndon Johnsons war on poverty. 50th anniversary of president Lyndon Johnsons war on poverty. The supplemental poverty rate in 1967 was 20 . If you look at why it has to do ,ith a lot of the tax credits the food stamp program, medicaid, medicare, all of those great societies that provide us opportunities for people. We are a long way to go because we squeeze all of these initiatives and policies. Primarily the Tea Part...

Workers as defense related factories wind down production. It is to allocate an additional 10 million to the office of economic adjustment from the general operations and Maintenance Fund. The office of economic adjustment helps communities across america when a factory shuts down. Over the last decade of war, middleclass factory workers have stepped up to the plate to make sure our troops on the battlefield have the weapons and equipment they needed as we transition away from two long wars and as defense production lines slow down, we cannot leave these workers with only a pink slip in their ...

Initially to limited success and then limited operations that had some success. But now over the last 72 hours theyve begun to make dramatic gains in iraq. In fact, they have overrun the secondlargest city. And there are expectations that they are on the way towards baghdad. The goal of this group is pretty straightforward to establish what would be known as an islamic caliphate. Basicallyings an islamic basically, an islamic fundamentalist, country, a terrorist government. And, by the way, this group doesnt necessarily respect any borders. They are looking to carve out pieces of land that the...

The result was overwhelming. The house stood up to the American People and for the constitution. That is something we can all celebrate. We sent a strong signal; that if the government wants to collect information on u. S. Citizens, get a warrant. Thank you for your hard wok on this important issue, and i look forward to working together with each of you to keep pushing for safer, more secure internet. All right. Thank you, congresswoman lofgren. And next up, alan grayson, representative alan grayson. mn congressman alan grayson. Thank you for inviting me to share this panel on the nsa, and th...

Quorum call quorum call mr. Reid mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Reid i ask unanimous consent the call of the quorum be terminated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Reid i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 839. The presiding officer the question is on the motion to proceed. All those in favor say aye. Mr. Reid aye. The presiding officer all those opposed say no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. Mr. Reid mr. President , there is a cloture motion at the desk. I would ask that it first of all, we havent repo...