Captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org and a look right now on a beautiful fall evening in washington, d. C. , a sad day as the president said there. You see the flag at half staff that the president ordered. Waiting in just a moment from now, the house coming back here. Here they are. Live coverage on cspan. Er the. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title. The clerk report to accompany House Resolution 548, providing for cofferings the bill to amend title 18 United States code to protect paincapable unborn children and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, proceedings will resume on motions to suspend the rules previously postponed. Votes listen taken in the following order. H. R. 1547 by the yeas and nays. And h. R. 965 by the yeas and nays. The first electronic vote will be conducte
Review of the republicans tax plan freom earlier today. Well leave it here. You see it at cspan. Org. Committee members returning from a break to continue their work. Live coverage here on cspan3. Were going to continue with another round of questions about the modification. We will then conclude this portion of the markup at the completion of that round. And i hope everybody zpt havedo have to ask questions. At that point the modified mark will be open for amendments. Before we continue for the next round, i think its open for amendments now, but well do it for sure then. Before we continue with the next round, i want to say a few words of about some of what has been said. My democratic colleagues always pro fes to be the champions of middle class families. We see that rhetoric in full bloom and full display today. Thats why it is absolutely astonishing to me that they are so opposed to the repeal of the individual mandate tax. They talk as though everything is fine with our Health Ca
Cop car. Reporter Authorities Say the driver was taken into custody. The car also hit two other vehicles h you can see behind me. A photo journalist i spoke to who was struck but not injured said he saw bodies flying and total panic. Those gathered for the rally clashed with counterprotestors even before the scheduled noon kickoff. They came to protest the citys decision to remove a federalist statue from the park. This event has been declared an unlawful acceptably. Reporter Virginia Governor later declared a state of emergency in the city. We are all americans first. Reporter President Trump condemned the violence. It has no place in america. What is vital now is a swift restoration of law and order and the protection of innocent lives. Of the ku klux klan and neonazis came to attend the rally. Federal authorities are investigating a Helicopter Crash that killed two people on board. Nobody on the ground was injured and Officials Say the crash is connected to the White Nationalist ral
The speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 389, the nays are 2. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Without objection the title is amended. The Unfinished Business is the question on suspending the rules and passing h r. 4671 as amended which the clerk will report by title. The clerk h. R. 4671, a bill to require multiline telephone ystems to have a default configuration allowing a person to dial 911 without dialing any prefix, code or other numbers. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the bill. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Without objection the title amended. The Unfinished Business is the question on suspending the rules and passing h. R. 2589 as amended which the clerk will report by title. The clerk Union Calendar number 451, a bill to amend the Communications
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