And so we see, even on the issue of israel, sitting members of Congress Like tlaib who cant bring themselves to condemn hamas. These are dangerous things. These are dangerous. Host the house is coming back into session to debate a resolution on israel right now. N which the yeas and nays are n ordered, or votes subjected to under clause 6 of rule 20. The house will postpone votes at a later time. For what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i move the house suspend the rules and pass House Resolution 771 in support of the state of israel. The speaker the clerk will report the title of the resolution. The clerk House Resolution 771, resolution standing with israel as it defends itself against the barbaric war launched by hamas and other terrorists. The speaker pursuant to the rule, mr. Mccaul and the gentleman from new york, mr. Meeks control 20 minutes. Mr. Mccaul i ask to extend the debate by 10 minutes and ask all members have five legislative days i
Of course, two days before the floor vote, if we get there. Could the dont get stuck in committee today . Josh we will find out if the tax bill will move forward in the senate. There are two key senators that are uncommitted to the bill. Either one of whom could stall the bill if theyve dont vote in favor. The most important is senator ron johnson of wisconsin, who has a lot of concerns about the passthrough rate. Johnson himself was the owner of the passthrough business. He says if he is not satisfied with the changes that Mitch Mcconnell is going to make, he will not vote for the bill. The problem is, if mcconnell were to offer more generous pass benefits, it may have the effect of increasing the deficit, which may recognize the vote of tennessee senator bob corker, who is yet to be committed because he has concerns about the deficit. It is not clear whether Mitch Mcconnell will be empty square the circle by 2 30. David lets bring in our colleagues from washington. Pur, ron johnson i
Let by industrials and health care. You have the nasdaq down for the first day. Frontier, trying to stem off customer losses after producing assets from verizon. The s and p. Half good and half bad. This is in my terminal. Half in green, the other in red. This push pull feel came from the cpi number. Down, the gasoline and real estate once you get through hurricane season, may be the numbers dont look as good as we thought. A little bit of lack of conviction. Fanny and freddie. You have a letter from six democrats to the federal Housing Finance agency asking for a buffer. Take a look at these stocks. That core cpi number. I want to end on oil. It briefly touched above 50 a barrel. We are right here at that mark. You have some of the other Energy Companies getting a boost from the oil rally. Julia i will pick up right where you left off. U. S. Inflation may be creeping back toward the Federal Reserve 2 target. Todays Inflation Report offers some relief perhaps. Even if inflation was mov
Diligence. His perseverance in this role has been a true service to the nation. Hes a class act whose respect for the institution and his love of country are extraordinary. Ive been privileged to work with Speaker Boehner first when i was a congressional staffer on capitol hill back in the 1990s, when i worked for my predecessor, and at that time republicans took a historic majority in 1994. At that time Speaker Boehner then was in the leadership. And then this year i was able to join as a member of congress myself with the largest republican majority since the 1920s, and serve with Speaker Boehner once again. I know from that experience both as a staffer as well as a member the incredible great treatment he always gave his staff and how we all know the legendary boehnerland and how hes always been so wonderful to work with. Speaker boehner has taken on each of these tasks when he was a member, when he was a gang of seven member, when he was a chairman, when he was a leader and now as
C. B. O. Projects that we are entering a future in which our debt is so great that our Fastest Growing item in the budget will be Interest Payments. According to c. B. O. Annual interest costs will total 5. 4 trillion. By 2020, seven years from now, interest costs are expected to exceed the cost of National Defense. And i just left the Defense Committee hearing talking about the sequester and how damaging that will be to the Defense Department, because half of the cuts follow 1 6 of the budget and that is the Defense Department and that is too severe and they need to be spread out across the entire spending of issues. Interest payments which help no one build nothing will crowd on the rest of the budget and it will damage our economy in the meantime right now. While we talk of cuts, total spending spending on the 10 largest welfare programs, means tested and poverty programs will increase even more, 76 over 10 years, that welfare programs that overall comprise the single largest item i