R. 1222 a bill to amend the act and to improve Public Awareness and education about con jell tall congenital Heart Disease and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended. Members will record their votes by electronic device. 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 political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore the yeas are 394, the nays are 7. 2 3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the bill is passed and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. The house will be in order. He house will be in order. Members, please take the conversations off the floor. The house will be in order. Members, please take con
A look at your hourbyhour breakd overall were looking pretty good. We have two crashes, one in the landoverd one down 95 sout. As youre sort of headed through dumfries. Taking a look at 66, were good into and out of town, tiny but slow as youre coming outside of the beltway. Thats from earlier construction that was in the way. Up here, 95 is looking quite good. Wide look at the beltway, big picture here. No major issues right now, moving along as it should be for this time. Prince georges county side of the roadway, looking good. Seminary road southbound below 395, slow with one lane blocked. That should be out of the way by 5 00. Back in ten minutes. The white house fence jumper returns to court today. Federal prosecutors consider Omar Gonzalez a danger to the president. The army veteran is accused of jumping over the white house fence and running across the lawn and into the white house carrying a folded knife. Gonzalez faces federal and local charges. At his First Court Appearance t
So a few people could make a point. And they dont represent me. Even those who thought they were essential until today. I found out yesterday. It was a mistake. About one third of the faa employees are being forced to stay home. We think it is outrageous and it jeopardizes public safety. The first shutdown since 1995, when president clinton and a gop run congress could not agree on funding programs like medicare and education. This is not about me and it is not about republicans here in congress. It is about fairness for the American People. In a letter to federal employees, the president apologize to americans for being treated like punching bags. If there is one thing the congress and president did agree on, it was making sure that american troops are paid on time. John gonzales, abc 7 news. Even if you are not a government worker, you will see signs of the shutdown all over our area. This is a look at the National Mall, where some of the most popular attractions are closed to visito
And this is real money. This is real money. You are the most important part of the show so join our live conversation for the next half hour on twitter or facebook. 7 billion as many dollars as there are people in the world were spent by president ial and congressional candidates Political Parties and those socalled pacs, Political Action committees, during the 2012 election cycle. And every election cycle outspends the previous one. Thats because a good Election Campaign goes nowhere without a parallel Fundraising Campaign to pay for it. But because of wednesdays decision by the u. S. Supreme court, politicians running for office and the organizations that help them will now see the flood gates open with money from contributors just in time for this years vote in november. In a 54 decision the highest court in the land struck down the over all limits in place on what individual donors can give in each federal election cycle. I dont want to confuse things here. The maximum donation all
Real money. This is real money. You are the most important part of the show so join our live conversation for the next half hour on twitter or facebook. 7 billion as many dollars as there are people in the world were spent by president ial and congressional candidates Political Parties and those socalled pacs, Political Action committees, during the 2012 election cycle. And every election cycle outspends the previous one. Thats because a good Election Campaign goes nowhere without a parallel Fundraising Campaign to pay for it. But because of wednesdays decision by the u. S. Supreme court, politicians running for office and the organizations that help them will now see the flood gates open with money from contributors just in time for this years vote in november. In a 54 decision the highest court in the land struck down the over all limits in place on what individual donors can give in each federal election cycle. I dont want to confuse things here. The maximum donation allowed for any