Rep. Yarmuth good to be with you. Joining us in the questioning is cristina marcos, who covers capitol hill. And the correspondent covering capitol hill for the wall street journal. Let me begin with the results yesterday in new orleans. In which john bel edwards, the democrat, winning with 51 of the vote. This is a state that donald trump won by 20 Percentage Points in 2016. He campaigned there in three separate occasions. It follows the election in your home state where andy beshear defeated the republican incumbent in kentucky. What does this tell you7 rep. Yarmuth well, it tells me that President Trumps endorsement does not mean a holland. I think there were probably extraneous factors in both cases. I know in louisiana a lot of former convicts had their Voting Rights restored recently. That could have played a role. In kentucky, we had a very unpopular governor, matt bevin, who has tried to undermine the Affordable Care act here, which would have taken Health Insurance away from 9
The speaker pro tempore on on this vote the yeas are on this vote the yeas are 226, the are 188. The previous question is ordered. Is on the adoption of the resolution. Those in favor say aye. No. E opposed, the ayes have it. Adopted. Ution is the gentleman from georgia. On that i ask for the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested. Those favoring a vote by the will rise. Ys a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute 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 on is vote the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 226. The nays are 189. The resolution is adopted. Without
They dont because. Its not. What happened last. The socalled. Strong. Society and the freedom of the individual. Greetings and salyut age. From president ial impeachments live on your smartphone while youre slammed together in a human sardine can running underground at top speeds on your way to probably your 3rd job of the day to being able to witness 24 hour coverage of congressman Lindsey Graham and adam schiff mugging for the cameras on and bliss wash rinse repeat spin cycle of iran syria Ukraine Russia to iran syria Ukraine Russia get iran syria Ukraine Russia get you to yet another new or really really old democrat joining the race for their president ial nomination well hawk watchers i think its time that we have to ask ourselves the question that will stump and confound historians for years to come is this truly the best politics the United States government has to offer its people i mean really palosi Schumer Mcconnell trumped this this is the cream of our crop i mean here in w
I hope we get to that agreement soon where whoever it is on your side that is going to be the point person that is authorized to get a deal can sit down with the senate and stay until they get that deal. I know there are other things going on over here. The impeachment infatuation and what it has taken away from i hope it has not taken away from the ability to get this agreement. This week the house and senate have to pass a temporary spending bill that would fund the government through december 20. The measure would need to be approved by the house and senate , then be signed by the president to avoid a possible shutdown. Current funding expires at midnight on thursday. Congress is back in session monday. Watch the house live on cspan and the senate live on cspan2. House Intelligence Committee chairman adam schiff released procedures for the committees first public impeachment inquiry hearing. Chairmanship outlined threequel chairmanship outlined 3 hiff outlined three questions. Did P
It follows the election in your home state where andy beshear defeated the republican incumbent in kentucky. What does this tell you7 rep. Yarmuth well, it tells me that President Trumps endorsement does not mean a holland. I think there were probably extraneous factors in both cases. I know in louisiana a lot of former convicts had their Voting Rights restored recently. That could have played a role. In kentucky, we had a very ,npopular governor, matt bevin who has tried to undermine the Affordable Care act here, which would have taken Health Insurance away from 95,000 people. He attacked teachers. He was quite a controversial figure. But basically, President Trump came the day before the election to kentucky. It did not do any good for matt bevin, and it looks like the same in louisiana. It is a good sign for states like ours, in which demographics are beginning to play a different role. An exit poll taken here after the election had andy beshear winning 62 to 34 among voters under 4