We ask your blessing upon the men and women of this, the peoples house, who are settling into new spaces and committees here on capitol hill. As the new session begins, help them and indeed help us all to obey your law to do your will and to walk in your way. Grant that they might be good in thought, gracious in word, generous in deed and great in spirit. Make this a glorious day in which all are glad to be alive and ready to serve you. 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 his approval there. Pursuantolaole the journal stands approved. The pledge of alenalsance today will be led by the gentleman from allegiance today will be led by the gentlelady from North Carolina, ms. Adams. Ms. Adams i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justic
The speaker pro tempore the speaker pro tempore the yeas are 181, the nays are 241, the motion is not adopted. The question is on passage of the bill. Those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes have it. Mr. Speaker. I demand the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested. Those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. A sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This will be a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any usef csecaptioned covera of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly pribited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote, the yeas are 270, the nays are 152. The bill is passed. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The Unfinished Business is the vote
Now a program from the booktv archives, the expedited expansion to the United States, and facilitated trade to the u. S. The author recounts the development for initial proposal of construction in the 1800 to the day it opened on october 26th, 1825. This is about 40 minutes. Im going to talk for 30 minutes, and then well have time for a few minutes of q a afterwards. It was not my idea to write this book. An editor asked the agent if he knew someone who could write a book. My agent said yes. The guy had written the box about new york citys water history, and the editor said great, editor called me, and i said, why . What is there new to write about a canal . Can one make history out of iconic folklore . One was written in decades for children, an indication that the subject is not Fertile Ground for adult readers. My agent answered the question why by saying when a major publisher wants to pay you money for your second book, you just say yes, and so i did say yes after resolving the is
Likes those states. He thinks theyre in play. Now theyre supposed to be solidly safe states for barack obama. Paul ryan was in pittsburgh over the weekend, but thats the vice president. That could be a head fake. If you see the president ial candidate, mitt romney, going into michigan or pennsylvania, then obama is in trouble. The debate will focus on foreign policy. The response to the attack in benghazi continues to dominate headlines. On the jon stewart show, the president said talking about the victims, it was not optimal. That was a terrible statement. I cant use another and im sure mitt romney will refer to it. The mother of one of the people who died in benghazi said my son was not optimal and hes very dead. Its just really almost rivals the 47 . Why the president would use that term, that cold heartless kind of expression and if he misspoke, its a terrible misstatement, and i think it will haunt him and hell have to make up for it or actually even apologize for the use of that
Thats close enough. Already bickering. It is monday. You have to understand, tony. Radar, nice and quiet. High pressure out to the west will keep us nice and dry. The cold front well out to the west. This next week, here is my belief. This next week will be our nicest week of weather this year. Wow, thats nice. Well top out near 80 by about wednesday. For late october, thats great. Not bad at all. It is chilly out there this morning. Lots of 30s across the region. You want to bring a jacket if you are going to be outdoors the next couple of hours. 42 in pittsburgh. Here is your forecast. High temperatures topping out in the low 70s. Yesterday, we were in the upper 60s. I think today well top out around 72 so a little warmer than yesterday. Okay. Thank you. Very good. Lets turn our attention to julie wright. She will tell us how the Early Morning commute is going. I just said is that the giggle of one tony perkins. Believe it or not. How did they get you in here this early in the mornin