Us with your thoughts with your first name, city and state at 202 7488003. Or you can go to twitter at cspanwj and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Whether it is rental assistance, help with your mortgage, you thinke costs, or your state needs aid from washington, help with colleges and schools, whatever it is, whatever economic aid do you need . That is our conversation this morning. Joining us on the phone is eric watson, congressional reporter with bloomberg coming year to give us the latest. Where do negotiations stand in washington . Guest we are still at a stalemate. There was a latenight meeting between mark meadows, secretary mnuchin and schumer and pelosi. There is talk of a standalone bill to a expand to extend extend Unemployment Insurance. Schumer and pelosi are united, and polling numbers show americans want a massive stimulus package with the American Economy stuttering, so they are insisting on more than a barebones package. They are wanting to see one of and locally, st
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. July 31, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable Dianne Degette to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Loving god, thank you for giving us another day. We turn to you, much as the psalmist did of old. Though we walk in the midst of dangers, you guard our lives with when our enemies rage. You stretch out your hand, your right hand saves us. And again we are surrounded by enemies who are like lions hungry for human flesh. Show your greatness in the sky, o god, and your glory over all the earth. And yet again look, your enemies are in an uproar and those who hate you have raised their head against your people. They devise deceptive schemes and lot toget
The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God our father, we give you thanks for giving us another day. Bless the members of this peoples house as they gather at the end of another week in the capitol. Endow each with the graces needed to attend to the issues of the day with wisdom. That the results of their efforts might benefit the citizens of our nation and the world. We also ask your blessing leading into this weekend upon fathers throughout our country. May they be their best selves and may their children appreciate fully the blessing they have been to them. May all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. The speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house her approval thereof. New england journal of medicine pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. The pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman
washington state. related to the bill will begin at about 3:30 eastern today. u.s. house e of the is here on c-span. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, dr. lance watson, st. paul s baptist church,, richmond, virginia. the chaplain: let us pray, we gather today in this house of representatives and the people s house to acknowledge that you alone are sovereign. thank you we share in a nation where life, liberty and happiness, are rights which we hold as self-evident. we praise you for the responsibility we have to do justice, love, mercy and walk humbly with you. give us the power to find need to meet them, find problems and solve them, find hurts and heal them. for every elected official, we ask the blessings of civilit
Can know and share the fruits of your spirit, especially in this time, virtue of tolerance and reconciliation, of justice and righteousness. Watch over this house and cause your blessing to be upon each member that they might serve all the people in their home districts, those who voted for them and those who did not. May all that is done within the peoples house this day be for your greater honor and glory amen. That we all the speaker the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. For what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas rise . Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, i demand a vote on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. The speaker the question is on agreeing to the speakers approval of the journal. Those opposed, no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The journal stands approved. The gentleman from arkansas. Mr. Womac