The speaker pro tempore the speaker pro tempore the yeas are 181, the nays are 241, the motion is not adopted. The question is on passage of the bill. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. Mr. Speaker. I demand the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested. Those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. A sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any usef csecaptioned covera of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly pribited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 270, the nays are 152. The bill is passed. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The Unfinished Business is the vote
Behavior to a man who served his country. Protesters interrupted the hearing two more times. After the hearing, senator mccain said that there was responsible must be held accountable. In my 32 years in the house and senate, i have never witnessed this physical intimidation of a witness. Also we thought Madeleine Albright and george schultz. You can see all of the National Security hearing on cspan at about 11 30 eastern time. Or you can watch it any time at cspan. Org. New congress, test access. On cspan, cspan radio, and cspan. Org. Some of the headlines from the second day of the confirmation hearing from president obamas nominee Loretta Lynch. The senate has confirmed Loretta Lynch is not. Eric holder. Part reformers arent afraid of the resolution. The nominee opposes legalization but pot leaders dont see her as a threat. The gop case against laura lynch falls apart. Just some of the headlines from today. Witnesses testified before the Judiciary Committee on the nomination of Loret
Establishing National Immigration enforcement policies and priorities. That alone would seem to suffice but in addition, congress knowingly gives the administration only enough money to pursue less than 4 of dan documented population. That is the clearest evidence possible that congress intends for dhs to decide how those limited resources can be most effectively the boy. They have required you to just do require three things not full security, Border Security and the removal of criminal offenders. Those are three priorities that these memos incorporate. We have the 2012 Supreme Court decision in arizona where the court struck down most statues because it wouldnt appear with the federal government. Some critics claim that if the recent executive actions are legal, that would mean there are no limits at all and some future president could extend enforcement of another lot. It does not approach the hypothetical, nonenforcement that that argument conjures. If the president were to refuse
The california market but putting those together i was there when reggie negotiated requiring volunteer agreements by states to come together and deciding on the goal, who gets what allowances, who puts what in and who gets what out the difference is, they put together states with substantially different portfolios and substantially different epa targets that might not naturally agree and will require a little bit of a negotiation to get there. , we have states like texas and indiana that are served by multiple rtos. The markets themselves are going through a lot of transition as the generation mix in the country changes, and ferc is is doing a lot of work that it needs to continue to make sure the market rules in the Market Designs are written to support the investment and resources. We put out a few will assurance order earlier this year, that is one example of that effort and we have been doing a lot on the capacity arc it. Working all this out so we can markets. Working all this ou
For the members who are present, except for the ones that are here already, it will be on seniority, then other people that come in, youll be called on according to how our respective staff keep track of you in the order of your appearance. Before chairman leahy and i give our Opening Statements, id like to go over some things i said yesterday. First of all, we welcome everybody back to this second day of hearing on ms. Lynchs nomination to be attorney general. As i said yesterday and everybody abided by this, and i want to thank everybody that was here yesterday for their courtesy i want everyone to be able to watch the hearing without obstruction and if people stand up and block the view of those behind them or speak out of turn its not fair considerable to the others. So officers would remove those individuals. Thats what i want to thank because we didnt have any of those incidents yesterday. Before we begin the Opening Statements take care of a couple housekeeping items and explain