i was so proud to vote for this historic legislation yesterday. now i m home, i m going to be talking with thousands of parents who every single day worry about how their going to pay for child care and be able to make sure they can go to work and not have to figure out how they re going to pay their grocery bills and their rent. that s what it s going to do for them. my senior, i live in a state with the largest percentage of seniors in the country and i stand online behind seniors, kendis, at the drugstore who have to leave prescriptions behind because they can t afford to take them all home buffet co-pays. lowering prescription drug costs that s going to make a huge difference in the lives of people i represent. it s critical that we talk about the impact of this legislation and we ll be doing that from now until the election and beyond. just in case you didn t stay up to watch all 8 1/2 hours of the minority leader mccarthy s marathon speech we wanted to show some of the highligh
legislative win. democrats there cheering as you can see after the house just passed the president s massive social spending bill, sending the $1.9 trillion package to the senate where it faces now an uncertain future. the vote today this morning coming just hours coming hours later than it had planned after republican leader kevin mccarthy commandeered the house floor with a record-breaking marathon speech, more than eight hours long, delaying passage of the plan. cnn s jessica dean is live on capitol hill with the breaking news following this morning. the speaker just took questions from reporters, jessica. what is she saying about the path forward? reporter: well, kate, obviously she s very excited and very positive but also acknowledging that the senate is likely to send back a bill that is different than what passed out of the house today. now, originally, her strategy had been nothing s we re not passing anything in house that can t pass the senate, but that
marathon speech forcing pelosi to push the boat 8:00 am eastern time today at the earliest. it comes as the congressional budget office estimates the package will add $367 billion to our federal deficit was a far cry from the president s promise that it would be fully paid for. norm blanchard has breaking news. reporter: minority leader kevin mccarthy was able to delay a house vote with a marathon speech, now almost eight hours later he is still going after democrats with the floor and called it a night. mister speaker, i don t know if they think they left i m going to stop. i m not. it is too important. because mister speaker, i am not
to answer questions about a missing tennis champion who is accused of communist party leader of sexual assault. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. hello, everyone. it is friday, november 19th. and we begin with u.s. president joe biden s sweeping plan to fight climate change and expand the social safety net for americans. the u.s. house of representatives were supposed to vote on it last night. but a marathon speech from republican leader kevin mccarthy went well into the early morning hours. in fact, it s still ongoing. democrats say they didn t want to vote on the bill in the dead of night, so they ll do it this morning. but mccarthy just kept talking. take a listen. you know, when i look at this bill, it angers me.
we are back with the fox news alert, kevin mccarthy wrapped up the longest speech in house history, declaring a vote on president biden s massive spending bill. the the longest i have ever given. the longest one minute ever given in this body. there is a reason why. this is a tipping point. the american people have spoken the democrats did not listen. mccarthy s marathon speech unlikely to change the outcome. the house will reconvene at 8:00. democrats are believed to have the votes to pass it before it goes to the senate. always comes as the congressional budget office estimates the bill will at $367 billion to the deficit over the next decade which includes repeated claims the bill would