The speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 228, the nays are 164. The bill is passed. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition . Thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Scalise i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for inquiring of the majority leader the schedule of next week. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Scalise thank you. I also ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Scalise with that, id be happy to yield to my friend, the gentleman from maryland, the majority leader of the house. Mr. Hoyer i thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, on monday the house will meet at 12 00 p. M. For legislative business. Members are vezzed that votes are expected are advised that votes are expected as early as 2 00 p. M. I want to repeat. That were going in at 12 00, votes can be as early as 2 00
partially correct. if, in fact, putin was hoping that one of the effects of him invadingef ukraine would be a brush back to nato, that he would be able to worry less aboute nato and somehow starti this war s would make that happ, sorry. when putin invaded ukraine there were 30 i countries in nato. now there are about to be 32. finland was the 31st country to join in april. that gave russia 800 more miles of border directly with a nato country. and now as of tonight we know that sweden is going to join natoat as well. sweden said months ago that they wanted to join, but this is something that really until today looked like it couldn t happen and that s because for a new country to join nato, it has to be a unanimous decision. all the nato countries have to agree with h the decision, if o country doesn t agree it doesn t happen. and inre the case of sweden it s an original nato it was a nato w member, a single nato country,in turkey, that said no. they saidid finland was okay
While speaking. Reporter his campaign appears to be in a tail spin. According to sources with nbc news, an intervention may not be far off. And thats not a surprise, according to republican strategist, jeff, who specializes in crisis communication and issue management. Nothings a surprise with donald trump anymore. The question is, even if his family or his closest advisers were to intervene, would he listen. Reporter the latest party controversy. Trumps refusal to back House Speaker paul ryan or senator john mccain as they face primary challenges. Both criticized trump for his comments about the family of slain u. S. Soldier captain cahn. Other controversies on the campaign trail . Asking for a crying baby to be removed from a rally, and accepting a purple heart from a veteran. I always wanted to get the purple heart. This was much easier. Anytime were spending time talking about why did he say this . How can he get away with it . Will there be an intervention . Thats time away from h
Signature legislation. To ask you about the government shutdown. Did that help or hurt conservatives . That topic is constantly debated among conservatives. At the time, and continuously, i argued that it was a bad idea. As long as harry reid is in charge of the senate and president obama is in the white house, you are not going to repeal or defund obamacare. Any strategy contingent upon hising obama to defund signature legislative achievements that he spent the first year of his presidency , staked his whole reelection on, and the idea that this is his one accomplishment and it is a big legislative thatplishment the idea he was going to on do that and you and you based your entire strategy on that was a poor strategy. The publicans ended up caving without getting much in return because they had to. Then, we saw with the deal that was just struck with the budget, it loosens the sequestration cap that conservatives fought for. It loosens them for 2 years. Conservatives originally said,
Federal judge rules this week that the National Security Agency Program that collect the records of millions of americans of phone calls is lawful. Says it does not violate americas privacy rights. It is december 28, the morning and welcome to washington journal. Our topic to kick things off is the end of that extended Unemployment Benefits. Will Congress Renew them when lawmakers return in january . We want to hear from you. For republicans, the number is 2025853881. 5853880. Rats, 202 you can also find us online a on twitter find us online on twitter, cspanwj. And email, were at journal c span. Org. The morning look at headlines. First from the front page of this mornings new york times. The headline the story also making a big in this mornings Washington Post a big slash in this morning post. Igntongton longterm unemployment is the highest since world war ii. There are 4 Million People who have been out of work for 27 weeks or longer. Joining us to talk about that is the hill is a r