of the security of the united states of america? we should bring it up for a vote. i absolutely agree with what he just said. just like we should have brought up the senate vote on immigration last year. there was a clear vote. a bipartisan vote in the senate of the united states. why do we link these two positions and situations on this particular bill? why didn t we do it on some other? it was a strategy that the other side used in order to embarrass the president, and here we are. we do need a clean vote. it should have been last night. in fact if that vote didn t pass last night. i don t know if you agree with me, let s say that vote was turned down of waiting seven more days. if that was not if that was turned down last night, what would have been the next step? go home and do nothing? maybe. maybe we could have brought up the clean vote. why not? let me ask congressman
the internet? there was the lama chase, leading up to the main event asking what color is this dress? we will get to that but we ll start this hour with the story of the morning. the chaos on capitol hill late last night with speaker john boehner with nancy pelosi. will we end up past the brink? did john boehner cut a deal with the democrats? it all began with a stunning moment, a truly stunning moment a little after 5:00 eastern time last night. house republicans expecting to pass a bill to keep the department of homeland security open for three weeks. and then this. the yeas are 203. the nays are 224. the joint resolution is not passed without objection a motion to reconsider is laid on the table.
david cameron had wanted originally which was for decisive and immediate military strikes on syria. this was a watered-down vote for some sort of military action in principle down the road at a later date, and even that didn t pass last night. the last time that britain s parliament denied a proposal or shot down a proposal for military action was in the 18th century, and that effectively paved the way for britain to concede u.s. independence. now, the prime minister as commander in chief of the military here didn t need to seek parliament s approval for airstrikes on syria, but given war weariness in this country, he felt that he needed to get their approval. we have to listen to parliament. parliament spoke, and parliament, i think, made a very clear view which it doesn t want british involvement in military action, so we will proceed on that basis. reporter: prime minister cameron had been out front calling for military response to what he and much of the international community