Congress can responsibly fund our government and uphold our commitments to American Families. Unless congress and the president act, the united 125 billion ce in devastating cuts that will hurt American Families and weaken our National Security. Thats why this Bipartisan Legislation, to avoid this fiscal cliff, is so critical. It thoroughly rejects the president s slashandburn Budget Proposal which would have pulled the rug out from under families and communities by decimating initiatives and services that make a real difference in peoples lives. Instead of reckless cuts, democrats were successful in securing the largest ever increase in base funding above sequestration levels. With these more reasonable budget caps, we can undertake an orderly appropriations process to invest in critical domestic priorities for the people. While this bipartisan deal represents a compromise, i am proud that it ends the senseless austerity of the budget control act once and for all. I urge support for t
Prior to the vote on the house floor. E minutes. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, i rise. N support of h. R. 3877 for months, noise democrats have insisted on raising unworkable budget caps so congress can responsibly fund our government and uphold our commitments to American Families. Unless congress and the president act, the united 125 billion ce in devastating cuts that will hurt American Families and weaken our National Security. Thats why this Bipartisan Legislation, to avoid this fiscal cliff, is so critical. It thoroughly rejects the president s slashandburn Budget Proposal which would have pulled the rug out from under families and communities by decimating initiatives and services that make a real difference in peoples lives. Instead of reckless cuts, democrats were successful in securing the largest ever increase in base funding above sequestration levels. With these more reasonable budget caps, we can undertake an orderly appropriations process to invest in critical domestic priorit
Morning along with california congressman darrell issa, great to see you this morning. Rnc chairman mcdon isle is here to talk boycotts and debate as well, acting director mark morgan to talk immigration and former ceo of toysrus, former target chairman jerry to talk u. S. China tariffs, taking a look at toys, former Federal Reserve chairman, capitalism in america, Alan Greenspan, talking Global Market and the fed. Dont miss a moment of it. Futures lower, lots of nervousnesses over the china situation and tariffs, yesterday markets finished up with encouraging economic data, fears of global slowdown, sparking up rally, nasdaq up 176, the u. S. Maintains pressure on hauwei, washington refuse to go grant licenses for u. S. Companies to do business with the Chinese Telecom giant after beijing refuse today buy american products, this according to bloomberg. Tit for tat continuing for hauwei and the u. S. Well, its about cooperation and noncooperation. President trump and the administration
The bill 3877 to amend the balanced budget and emergency deficit control act of 1985, to establish a congressional budget for fiscal years 2020 and 2021, to temporarily suspend the debt limit and for other purposes. Providing for providing for consideration of the bill h. R. 549 to designate venezuela under section 244 of the immigration and nationality act to permit nationals of venezuela to be eligible for temporary protected status under such section and for other purposes. And waiving a requirement of clause 6a of rule 13 with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the committee on rules. The speaker pro tempore the question is on the ordering of the previous question. Members will record their votes by electronic device. Members, this is a 15minute 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 pol
The hill, and kate ackley for cq roll call. Describe what the new Democrat Coalition is. It is a group of members, democratic members in the house who are forwardlooking, proinnovation, proeconomic growth. There are a lot of new members but that is not why we are called the new democrats. In fact, of the 40 seats that flipped from republican to democrat, 32 are members of the new Democrat Coalition. We call ourselves the new dems because we try to look at old problems through a new lens. When we talk about economic policy, for example. While there is a lot of focus on redistributive policies, our focus is on how do you grow that economic pie and make sure everybody can earn a slice of it. Often times in washington, d. C. The debate is government as always the problem and in some instances seeing government is always the solution. The new democrats say, how do we reinvent government . Have government work better to solve problems for the American People . We are 103 members strong. That