Transcripts For CSPAN U.S. House Of Representatives U.S. House Of Representatives 20180121

We will show all of this briefing later on this afternoon. The u. S. House is gaveling in next. We do expect them to be in just briefly for now, with possible work later on. Thatrday they are proof same day rule for consideration of a continued resolution. The senate is in session, they have been session for about one hour and there is discussion about a possible way forward, at least on the senate side. We will update you on that once the house devils out momentarily, but let us go live to the house floor. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray, god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. You have promised that you are with us wherever we are and whatever we are doing to heal and to help, to give strength and make us whole. We pray that we all and the members of this Assembly Especially will be receptive to your promises and receive them with confidence and conviction and armed by your spirit, we will be able to forge Good Solutions to the current impasse to promote equity, justice and truth. Pardon us as we have missed the mark to this point and we pray we will be faithful messengers of your word and steadfast stewards of all your gifts. May all that is done today be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces his approval. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from new jersey, mr. Pallone. Mr. Pallone please join me with the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and stice for all. The speaker the chair will entertain 10 requests for one minute requests. For what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition . Mr. Thompson permission to address the house for one minute. The speaker without objection. The gentleman is recognized. Mr. Thompson thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we must reopen the government. I find it troubling that a majority of the Senate Democrats have chosen to jeopardize our military readiness and shut down Government Operations and eliminate Health Care Coverage for lowincome children while setting a deadline to address the daca issue. I know we must achieve comprehensive Immigration Reform which includes providing certainty on the status on children. But a Government Shutdown is not the way to achieve that public policy. We must continue to work towards a bipartisan to protect the faith of the dreamers and ensure our borders are safe for all americans. My district offices will be closed and many of my Staff Members are furloughed. I will remain here in washington to work to get this impasse resolved. Its my hope that cooler heads will prevail and reopen the federal government. All americans deserve better. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. For what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition . Permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. We are in the second day of this trump shutdown because republicans wont take yes for an answer. Mr. Hoyer senator schumer went to the white house and had a deal with President Trump until the Freedom Caucus vetoed it and forced the president to go back on his word again. Senator schumer offered President Trump his border wall. Republicans said no. Senate democrats offered shortterm continuing resolution to keep the government open. Republicans said no. I offered a fourday c. R. While we work on working on a budget agreement that adheres to party. And the republicans said no. When i asked when will republicans take yes for an answer . I asked will the Republican Leadership allow its members to vote for a clean c. R. To reopen the government instead of giving its Freedom Caucus faction a veto in order to perpetrate the trump shutdown. I ask unanimous consent to bring up h. R. 4872, end of shutdown act of 2018, a continuing resolution that would reopen government through tuesday while negotiations continue on a budget agreement that adheres to parity. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. But under the guidelines, recorded in section 956, and not been clear by the bipartisan floor and committee leadership. The gentleman is recognized. Mr. Wilson mr. Speaker, yesterday the editors of the National Review explained the schumer shutdown in their editorial hang tough republicans. Senate democrats have blocked a bill to keep the government running and fund the Childrens Health Insurance Program for six years. Senate democrats made a choice not to keep the government open. It causes harm to our military. Over 100,000 National Guard members will be sent home from weekend training and over two million Service Members will have their pay disrupted by the Senate Democrats partisan politics. I know that military readiness is at risk. Yet the government should be fully open for business if Senate Democrats didnt vote against the bill. They are trying to get leverage for a policy they favor. This schumer shutdown could have been avoided if Senate Democrats prioritized atrisk children and our military. The democrats stance is give us amnesty and blame the republicans. This is an unreasonable position. Hang tough, republicans. God bless our troops and we will never forget our troops and the global war on terrorism. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . Permission to address the house the house. Mr. Pallone i want to address this cynical effort by the republicans to link the trump shutdown to Childrens Health Insurance Program. The fagget of the matter is if the republicans cared about Childrens Health insurance or anybodys Health Insurance, they wouldnt have tried repeatedly to repeal the Affordable Care act or put in a provision that says people dont have to buy insurance which will result in about 13 million americans losing their Health Insurance. They wouldnt have put a chip bill earlier this year that eliminated or cut back on the Prevention Fund and at the same time said if you didnt pay your Health Insurance within the first 30 days that you would lose it which says c. B. O. Would cause another half a Million People losing their Health Insurance. If you clearly care about childrens insurance which you clearly dont, dont cut back on Health Insurance for the American People. You are sabotaging the Affordable Care act every day. The only reason why you linked the chip bill to the c. R. This week is because you dont have to pay the subsidies for peoples Health Insurance. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentlelady from north carolina. Ms. Foxx i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Ms. Foxx some americans have not heard the truth about why we have the schumer shutdown. The simple truth is that republicans believe in the rule of law and want to fund our troops and the chip program. They are advocating for illegal aliens. President obama violated the constitution. The court ruled his action unconstitutional. To President Trumps credit, he agreed with the court and asked congress to find a solution to that issue. House republicans are working on a solution and doing our job and passing Appropriations Bills and continuing resolutions to fund troops and our government. Senate democrats saw an opening for their zeal to make these illegal aliens and chosen to shut down the government. Its time for the democrats to give priority to National Security and legal people in our country. Vote to fund the government and come to the table to find a lawrespecting solution to immigration. Stop the schumer shutdown. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back. For what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition . Permission to address the house. The speaker pro tempore without objection. There is a lot of rhetoric out there about why there is a Government Shutdown and whos to blame. Mr. Pocan the g. O. P. Is in charge of all levels of federal government but hasnt been able to do much of anything since then. They cant fund the government and asking for their fourth continuing resolution of a few weeks yet again. Only thing they have done is give tax breaks to their wealthy donors and in spin mode trying to say the government is shut down because we dont want to let certain people in our country. We are fighting for schools and head start and programs like meals on wheels. You want to give community for Health Centers and chip and repair the daca agreement which is important. But lets remember, the only thing the republicans have to show for the last year is a giant wet sloppy tax break for their donors and a way to an extended honeymoon with the president. Time to step up and put our country before party. I make a unanimous consent request to bring up the speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman is not recognized. The chair will hear the unanimous consent request. Expired. Nute has mr. Pocan i would like to bring up h. R. 4872 the end shutdown act of 2018, a continuing resolution that would immediately reopen the government through tuesday while negotiations continue on a about budget agreement that adheres to parity. The speaker pro tempore as the chair, that request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance. For what purpose does the gentleman from West Virginia seek recognition . Permission to address the house for one minute. The American People are demanding of us to do what is right. Thats why i proudly voted yes to keep the government open, to pay our troops and provide funding to our nations military, health care for children in need for six years. Instead democrats in the senate voted no. They said no to all of these critical priorities, National Security, health care for our children, keeping the government open. All while they push their own political agenda. The only thing they said yes to was the schumer shutdown. Enough is enough, mr. Speaker. Nothing in this bill is controversial. We did our job. We passed reauthorization for chip, Childrens Health insurance, not once but twice and stalled in the senate. Democrats own the schumer shutdown. They have said no to policies the American People want and the American People need. Washington is broken. We need to get back on track. I urge my colleagues to work together, work in the interests of all the recent dents of investigate virginia and americans, military families and retirees. They are depending on us. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does gentlelady from texas seek recognition . The gentlelady is recognized for one minute. Ms. Jackson lee mr. Speaker, to the men and women of the United States military, how shameful it is to use you. You will be paid. And its important to note that the democratic party, our leadership is focusing on making sure your families are taken care of. This is a bait about making sure domestic spending so you have education dollars for your children and sadly our soldiers are on food stamps. And chip Program Needs to be made permanent. Its shameful. When i was growing up, the way to use language against a person running for office is for them to be calling an end lover. They used the race card. Now today the person in the highest office in the land is using the race card and sadly Congressional Republican members and leadership are using it by way of illegal immigration. And the political ad that just came out to say we are responsible for killing. Dreamers are americans, soldiers and doctors, my neighbors and interns. And im saddened by this. The best stamp is where the democratic leadership is because we are standing for all of america and we will continue. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is no longer recognized. For what purpose does michigan seek recognition . If the gentlelady will yield, until the gentlelady yields, i will not recognized. The gentlelady is recognized for unanimous consent. Ms. Jackson lee i ask unanimous consent to bring up h. R. 4872 the end shutdown act of 2018, a continuing resolution that would reopen the government through tuesday while negotiations continue on a budget agreement that adheres to the parity and on other Critical Issues to stop the trump shutdown. The speaker pro tempore that request cannot be entertained until after appropriate clearance. Mr. Poe why does it take 60 votes for a senate to make a decision . He said i cant really say what he said. He said nutty. Why have this rule, we learned in elementary class that 51 is a majority. By requiring 60 votes, government is ruled by the few, not the majority. A handful of senators can block progress. A result, the government is shut down. The senate inconsistently allows the majority rule on some votes but others, 60 . The senate should strongly consider what sammy thinks about this rule, make a decision with 50 regardless of what party is in charge. Sammy is right. This undemocratic rule is nutty. The sky will not fall if the senate decision. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition . The gentleman, without objection, is recognized. Mr. Speaker, a century ago there was a poem called the Second Coming in which he said things fall apart. The center will not hold. Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world. Mr. Raskin but in america thats not our destiny. We can make sure things dont fall apart. We can make sure that the center will hold. Lets move beyond the blame game and lets identify the moral center and Common Ground for reopening the government and moving america forward. Commanding majorities in congress and in the public want to reauthorize and fund the chip program and guarantee health care for our kids. We should do this for a 10year period and save 6 billion over a mere shortterm extension. Commanding majorities in congress and the public favor reauthorization in funding of the Community Health centers, which are indispensable for both children and adult health. Commanding majorities in the public and in congress favor passing a clean dream act for 800,000 dreamers who are contributing to our communities and in school and serving our country and all of us must favor a return to regular order and a fair and transparent budget process that allows all of our agencies, from n. I. H. And noaa, to the d. O. D. , to plan for the effective delivery of public services. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. Mr. Raskin mr. Speaker, i have a unanimous consent request. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans unanimous consent request will be heard. Mr. Raskin mr. Speaker, thank you. I ask unanimous consent now to ring up h. R. 4872, the end the shutdown act of 2018. A continuing resolution that would immediately reopen the government through tuesday, while negotiations continue on a budget agreement that adheres to parity and addresses the other Critical Issues facing the country. The speaker pro tempore as the chair has previously advised, the request cant be entertained absent appropriate cleenches. Clearance. Without objection, the gentlelady is recognized. Mr. Speaker, i rise today because i am frustrated. Im fed up and im concerned for our soldiers, our families, my constituents and all americans. Mrs. Hartzler people are filled with uncertainty. They are confused and honestly so am i. Chuck schumer and the Senate Democrats shut down the government over a deadline that does not exist. They voted against a bill they have no issues with. Democrats have recklessly put nine million children at risk of losing their Health Insurance. Over two million members of our military, the member and women who risk their men and women who risk their lives to defend us, are not being paid. Its time for Senate Democrats to join us and reopen the government. They need to join us in passing the Childrens Health Insurance Program and they need to join us in putting our military readiness, our american soldiers, and our country before political gamesmanship. Mrs. Wagner stop the schumer shutdown. And i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. For what purpose does the gentlelady from New Hampshire seek recognition . I ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentlelady is recognized. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I want to speak candidly and directly to the American People. There are many, many issues that we agree upon. Republicans and democrats coming together to solve big challenges. In my district in New Hampshire, people are dying. And theyre dying from an emergency that did not exist and a continuing resolution will not solve their problems. Ms. Kuster and that is the Opioid Epidemic that hits districts all across this country. People are dying, families are suffering, and our communities are hurting. We need to come together and we can. We have a Bipartisan Task force with 100 members of congress, republicans and democrats. And just this week 50 members, republicans and democrats, came together to ask for funding for this emergency crisis. We asked the president , extend the emergency. We need to fund. And now is the time, mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent, please, together, republicans and democrats, bring up h. R. 4872 to end the shutdown act of 2018. A continuing resolution that would immediately reopen the government through tuesday, while we continue negotiations on a budget agreement that adheres to parity and other Critical Issues like this Opioid Epidemic. This is urgent. Please. I ask my brothers and sisters on both sides of the aisle, thank you, mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore the gentleladys time has expired. In regard to hernan consent request, as the chair has previously advised, the request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance. For what purpose does the gentleman from north dakota seek recognition . Without objection, the gentleman is recognized. Cramecrame mr. Speaker, john mr. Cramer mr. Speaker, john andrews, died last week on wednesday. He was a patriotic american who loved his lord, loved his country, loved his state and loved his community. John was a strong conservative who exercised his convictions with grace and facilitated dignified deliberations. While john made a mark as a Public Servant at many levels, it was his work as a newspaperman that leaves the most impressive legacy. His columns were sometimes provocative. Always profound. But never mean. John was the president of the north Dakota Newspaper Association in 1970, and in 1989 became the only north dakotan ever elected president of the National Newspaper association. John was inducted into the north dakota Newspaper Hall of fame in 2000. And received the National Associations award for distinguished service. Distinguished service, the perfect description for john. While hes being laid to rest this weekend, because his servants heart has stopped beating, his legacy lives on in his words and his witness to decency. May we all strive to his very High Standard of statesmanship. God rest his soul god rest his soul. I love you. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. For what purpose does the gentlelady from illinois seek recognition . Without objection, the entlelady is recognized. Ms. Schakowsky day two of the trump shutdown. The first Government Shutdown in history when one party has control of the house, the senate and the white house. But i believe that the issues at the heart of this debate actually has support from the majority of americans and a majority in congress. So i ask my republican colleagues, who are the 218 republicans who would vote against funding Community Health centers, as well as the Childrens Health Insurance Program . Who are the 218 republicans who oppose addressing veterans programs, workers pensions and the Opioid Epidemic . And, yes, who are the 218 republicans who would vote against the young Daca Recipients and the dream act . We dont lack votes. We lack a willingness from the president , from President Trump and Republican Leadership, to negotiate. I am here, we are here ready to work. The democrats want to come together with the republicans on a bipartisan deal to end the trump shutdown. Mr. Speaker, i have a unanimous consent request. The speaker pro tempore the chair is listening. Ms. Schakowsky mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent to bring up h. R. 4872, the end the shutdown act of 2018. A continuing resolution that would immediately reopen the government through tuesday, while negotiating a budget agreement that addresses parity on other Critical Issues. Thank you. The speaker pro tempore the gentleladys one minutes time has expired. In regard to hernan consent request, her unanimous consent request, that cannot be entertained without appropriate clearance. For what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition . Without objection, the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Speaker, the American People can count. 44 Senate Democrats voted to shut down the government. Mr. Smith 10 times as Many Democrats as republicans supported denying funds to our military, to Childrens Health care, and to everyday americans. The Senate Democrats must be held accountable. Their actions halted Government Services services. They cant blame anyone else. The numbers dont lie and the American People can count. 44 Senate Democrats voted to shut down the government. Lets hope they change their minds and vote to get back to work. We have much to do to make america great. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. For what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . I request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I serve on active duty, i want a functioning government. But yet were in day two of the trump shutdown. How do we get here . Did we get here . Well, republicans controlled control the house, they control the senate, they control the white house, and they could not come up with a bill that would pass both houses, signed by the president. In fact, the harmful house c. R. Was rejected by the u. S. Senate on a bipartisan basis. Couldnt even get to 51 votes. But democrats have a variety of ideas to reopen government and we cant even get a vote on it. Mr. Lieu because we dont control the floor, we dont control the agenda. We do not control this government. And watch this. My request to reopen government wont even get a vote. Watch this request get shut down. Mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent to bring up h. R. 4872, the end the shutdown act of 2018. A continuing resolution that would immediately reopen the government through tuesday while negotiations continue on a longterm budget agreement that adheres to parity and other Critical Issues. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired and the gentlemans request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance. With that, for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition . Unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Lamalfa thank you, mr. Speaker. Well, were starting hour 39 of the schumer shutdown weekend. I would like everybody to understand that this is a fourweek spending bill. Four weeks. It has nothing to do with the march 5 deadline for daca. Has nothing to do with daca at all. Indeed, just to keep the government running. So, if we get nine or 10 senators on the democratic side to realize it has nothing to do with daca, maybe we can go on and do the peoples business. That said, many of my constituents are calling up asking about the fisa documents. The fisa memo. And i do want to see them put out in front of the public and the supporting documents go with them. After having had a chance to look at those confidential documents earlier downstairs. But i also want us to be confident in the process that chairman bob goodlatte, chairman gowdy and our Intel Committee chairman have in place to do this charactery, because we want to be sure these carefully, because we want to be sure these documents are brought forward and used in a way to get to the truth. Part of that will entail that we need a special counsel to investigate and not have the d. O. J. And f. B. I. Investigate themselves. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from oregon seek recognition . To address the house for one minute. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Defazio the previous speaker said, this is a fourweek budget for the government. And another speaker said theyve done their job. You know, the most basic function of the Majority Party who controls the house, the senate and the white house is to write a permanent oneyear budget for the government of the United States. This is the fourth temporary continuing resolution. Youre 113 days late. Now, whats wrong with that . Well, secretary of defense says operating under a continuing resolution is about as unwise as could be. And you say youre here for the troops . Four weeks, now 18 days maybe. Its cost the pentagon billions. Its cost us 1. 4 billion of lost transportation projects. Thats 21,000 jobs. Thats hundreds of projects across the country. Social security needs new computers. They cant sign a contract to get them. And instead of accepting responsibility for your failures to pass a single appropriations bill, youre now demonizing the dreamers. Pass the budget. Give us our appropriations. Not 18 days, not 30 days. For the rest of the fiscal year. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. For what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition . Request to address the house for one minute, to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection, the gentleman is recognized. For one minute. The house will come to order. The gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Speaker, its simple. Until you make it complicated. Theres a poster in my office that says just that. It kind of describes where were at. Were having a lot of debate in this house about the current government funding situation. Our military, the Childrens Health Insurance Program. Mr. Rothfus which by the way House Republicans actually voted to extend more than two months ago and again did this past week. Heres the simple part. The Childrens Health Insurance Program can be reauthorized. The government can be reopened and paychecks sent to our troops without delay if senators schumer and casey and other Senate Democrats changed their votes to make that happen. The shortterm funding bill and Childrens Health insurance reauthorization is about as bipartisan and noncontroversial as you can get around here. Yet senator schumer decided to make a crisis out of it. So, mr. Speaker, id like to be able to ask senator schumer, senator casey, would you vote to reopen the government today . Would it make a difference . If i said please . I yield back. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does gentlelady from washington seek recognition . Without objection. The gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Jayapal here are the facts, the first shutdown in modern history when one party has controlled the house, the senate and the white house. The fifth republican shutdown in 30 years and four continuing resolutions since september. Four republicans joined democrats in voting no on the house bill last week because it is not a solution. Mr. Speaker, this trump shutdown is no way to govern. Republicans had plenty of time to pass chip reauthorization but instead they want to use it for hostage taking and have the will to act on the g. O. P. Tax scam to benefit corporations and the wealthiest but not on pensions for working families and certainly had no interest in a solution for dreamers, an issue that 87 of the americans agree on and republicans would vote for democrats. There are two bipartisan bills in the house to protect dreamers and one in the senate. This isnt about Real Solutions. They want to use immigrants as a ape goat and end legal immigration. As an immigrant im tired being called the worst of the worst and mexicans are racist or africans are called vull garthy that i cant repeat. Lets end the shutdown now with Real Solutions for the American People, mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore the gentleladys time has expired. Ms. Jayapal i ask unanimous consent to bring up h. R. 4872 the end the shutdown ookt of 2018, a continuing resolution that would immediately reopen the government through tuesday while negotiations continue on a budget agreement that adheres to parity and on other Critical Issues. The speaker pro tempore as the hair previously advised, the unanimous consent continue be entertained. Mr. Crowley i offer a privilege resolution and ask for immediate consideration by the chamber. The clerk House Resolution 709 resolved that the following member is legitimated to the stadgeding committee of the house of representatives. One, committee on transportation and infrastructure. Ms. Plaskett. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Noke is laid upon the table. Mr. Hoyer mr. Speaker, i have a parliamentary inquiry. The speaker pro tempore state your inquiry. Mr. Hoyer if am i correct that a continuing resolution is not necessary if, in fact, an appropriation bill has been passed to fund the government . The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is not stating a parliamentary inquiry . Mr. Hoyer am i correct . The speaker pro tempore pursuant to clause 12a, rule 1, reporting on the senate side thoughts about what he said with an the hours saying the majority leader has offered the democrats a vote on a threeweek during which time we will continue to work on this daca solution. My guess, it will pass. Eric watson of bloomberg reports in this tweet, a group of 20 Senate Moderates are trying to hammer out likely february 8 cr in exchange for immigration vote by them. Ben. Then. Senator graham is part of that bipartisan meeting and a photo of his of the senator on his way to the work. The Washington Post with a tweet about senator joe donnelly saying he and other democrats met with senator schumer this morning and urged him to move toward reopening the government and discuss various related issues. An update on those meetings underway, we understand from the reports we just showed you on capitol hill. Bloomberg eric watson and his team releasing a story on what may be in that deal. Here it is. Group seeking plan, shutdown update, the house and senate are back in session today with a federal Government Shutdown and its second day amid a spending bill impasse in congress. The house is supposed to be on recess this week that members stayed in washington as the negotiations continue. They write a Bipartisan Group of 20 centrists was working sunday on a compromise plan to get the government funded for three more weeks while the immigration waste continues but there no assurance that Party Leaders or the house would go along we are really close, democratic in Susan Collins office, they may not be. Referring to the Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell and the Senate Democratic leader, chuck schumer. Reporting from bloomberg. You can read more at bloomberg. Com. An nfl conference championship sunday, this was a point the white house raised yesterday about Armed Forces Network not being able to show the championship games today, this is the Washington Post, u. S. Troops can watch nfl championship games with afm, Armed Forces Network, deemed essential. That is a washing that is at Washington Post was hingtonpost. Com. They met with those troops and spoke with reporters as well. Thanks, everybody. [inaudible] you have to stay focused on your mission. We will stay focused on ours. God bless you. Congress is coming back into session in the morning. I think its disappointing to every american man for democrats van forte democrats in the senate to shut down the government at a time for the troops. It will take as long as it takes. I can assure you the president we will support efforts on our end here. Democrats in the senate decided to shut down the government. Senate, with ae few exceptions, on either side, shows chose to put politics ahead of meeting the obligations of our national government. It iss just unacceptable, disappointing millions. [indiscernible] to do in thise moment is demand that congress do their job. Democrat and senates basha democrats and senate, step up. You already saw the movement. Been negotiations taking place over the last several weeks. The president and i are few more that within a weeks, we can solve the issues related to the budget. We can resolve issues related to the border wall, chain migration, diversity lottery, daca. Now is the time for us to remember, we have troops announcer Vice President mike pence on his way to meet leaders stopping in ireland at his and his comments from yesterday. Here is where things stand in the u. S. House. Our capitol hill producer tweeting the houses in recess, subject to they call a chair with their return time later today, tba. Thisare possible later afternoon and evening. We know they House Republican conference will be meeting in 20 minutes, 3 00 eastern. Any briefings or news out of that, we will bring that to you as well. The senate is in session. The debate continues on the senate floor to you can follow that over on cspan two. Here on cspan, we will take you back to the discussion from this mornings washington journal looking at yesterdays events on capitol hill. Our guest, sarah westwood, who covers the washington the house. What do you know . Guest what we know is we do not hold know a whole lot. As of right now, the best that we know is that the senate is scheduled to vote at 1 00 a. M. Monday on this next offering of a continuing