All time shall be allocated and no debate shall continue beyond 11 50. Each member shall be limited to five minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. Kelly, for five minutes. Mr. Kelly i thank the speaker. I rise today to honor one of our football teams back home. This team this is erie cathedral prep, the ramblers from erie cathedral prep. This is an outstanding football teams. When we come here we often talk about things and we tend to talk about whats going around our district and what were proud of. These types of championships that are won, what happened last weekend, this is something that every Single Player will remember for the rest of his life, their parents will remember it, members of the community will remember it. You know, to be able to stand here today and talk about the ramblers is really an opportunity for me and truly an honor. This is the second straight pennsylvania quad a state championship. Cathedral prep beat charter last week by a score
Walking off the job. The strike now just hours away. As we get ready for a recordbreaking year of Holiday Travel. Good morning washington. Toss to brian cool breezy today cold thursday winter solstice mild Holiday Weekend looking dry now on christmas tonight today mostly to partly sunny, breezy highs around 50 winds northwest 510 mph tonight partly cloudy, much colder lows 2532 winds northwest 510 mph thursday mostly sunny, cold highs mid 40s breaking overnight breaking overnight breaking overnight the Senate Passing a onepointfive trillion dollar rewrite of the tax code. This morning the house will have a doover vote after the bill ran into some procedural problems. And that will seal the deal on tax reform. John gonzalez is live with more on what the bill means for you. Reaction to the approval, and promising that if the tax bill is approved in the house today. There will be a News Conference set for one this afternoon at the white house. Well have all eyes on capitol hill today. Dow
Memory of san creek. What was the massacre . Prof. Kelman november 1864 the third colorado regiment, federal soldiers, and part of the first colorado regiment attacked a peaceful encampment of arapahoss. The native people were camped along the banks of small creeks, sand creek. And became one of the flashpoints in the wars, and also an important emblem of how the civil war played out in indian country. How many victims . That is disputed. 100 150 225. The overwhelming majority of People Killed were women children, or the elderly. This was a camp under peace chiefs, made up of people who believed they had forged an uneasy truce with authorities and colorado territory earlier in 1864. Alexa, the 150th anniversary of the massacre was last year. Can you talk a little bit about the connection of the massacre to the civil war . Honestly, ari will be the best answer that. Prof. Kelman the way in which the civil war is remembered and popular memory is as a war of liberation. I have a seventh g
Listen to cspan movies at 90. 1 fm at the washington area, cspan. Org, or download be cspan radio app. Recently, American History tv was at the organization of american historians annual meeting at st. Louis, missouri. We spoke with professors and graduate students about research. This interview is 20 minutes. Alexa roberts, history of professor at penn state. And author of a misplaced massacre, struggling over the memory of sand creek. What was the massacre . Prof. Kelman november 1864, the third colorado regiment, federal soldiers, and part of the first colorado regiment attacked a peaceful encampment of arapahos. In southeasstern colorado. The native people were camped along the banks of small creeks, sand creek. And became one of the flashpoints in the plains indian wars, and also an important emblem of how the civil war played out in indian country. How many victims . That is somewhat disputed. Somewhere between 150, 225. What is not disputed is the overwhelming majority of People
Adopted. The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 230, the nays are 16, the resolution is adopted. The yeas and nays are ordersed. The clerk will report the title of the resolution. The clerk house calendar number 127, House Resolution 793, resolution providing for consideration of the bill, h. R. 1270, to amend the Internal Revenue code of 19860repeal the amendments made by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care act, which disqualified expenses for over the counter d drugs over the counter overthecounter drugs under Health Flexible spending arrangements. The question on ordering the previous question. The speaker pro tempore the question is on ordering the previous question. 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 use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or