Report is adopted without objection to motion to reconsider and its upon the table. [applause] david is he happy or what . The house just passing historic tax reform this afternoon and now, the fate of the tax bill moves on to the u. S. Senate where debate is underway and a vote is expected tonight if the bill passes the senate we are looking at the biggest tax overhaul in 30 years. We are covering it from d. C. To wall street and beyond. Lets go first to adam shapiro for the very latest from capitol hill. Adam the president s legislative agenda appears finally to be moving forward. Yes, at least on the tax promises and the cuts for tax relief for the middle class but here is where we stand right now the senate has passed the motion to proceed because lets show you the video. They received the bill from the house as you showed video of paul ryan with the fact the house had passed the tax reform bill, so the tax cuts and jobs about was delivered to the senate. They then had a vote on pr
Youre an easy crowd. On behalf of the board and the whole march for life team i would like to welcome you to the 45th annual march for life. [ cheers and applause ] you are part of the largest annual human rights demonstration in the world. We will begin just as we should. I will welcome to the stage to lead us in the pledge of allegiance. He is from the knights of columbus of Catholic University of america. 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 justice for all. [ cheers and applause ] thank you very much. Now im absolutely delighted to introduce you to mckenna donahue, a ninth Grade Student who travelled from buzzards bay, massachusetts. She going to lead us in the national anthem. O say, can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight oer the ramparts we watched
Cspan. Org. We are going to take you live to the white house for a briefing on the possible Government Shutdown. We want to get you folks up to speed on where things stand in the possible lapse in funding. Omb is preparing for what we are calling the schumer shutdown. It still surprises me and i have been through some of these before that the democrats in the senate are opposing a bill they dont oppose. They are for clean crs and the extension to the chip program and many support the delay in some of the taxes, medical device and cadillac tax. They dont oppose anything in the bill but they are opposing the bill. I just want to let everybody know we dont want this. We do not want a shutdown. If m if mr. Schumer insists on this, he is in a position to force this on the american people. From an omb perspective, we are involved in managing a lapse or a shutdown. We want folks to know it will look very different than it did under the previous administration. One of the things i have learned
Possible Government Shutdown today. You are a member of the Freedom Caucus. It says you struck a deal with leadership for your vote last night to approve this continuing resolution until february 16th. What was the deal . Basically, we just wanted to take care of the military. That was the strongest piece of it. I, as a veteran, feel like it is wrong for us to not give some certainty to the men and women in uniform. Many of the planes are not flying. We havent had the pay raises that we have been promising. Families are struggling. We are not getting the training we need. Thats a big element. One of the things we want is a vote on how to move forward on the daca question. So those are the things that we said, okay, this is not the way to run the government. We shouldnt be doing month to month funding of things but we are where we are. Lets see if we can work our way out of it. The military is a big piece of what we were working on. What did you get on the military . Just that we are go
240 years ago our founders wrote words that have echoed through the ages. They declare these truths to be selfevident, that we are each of us and out by our creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. 45 years ago the Supreme Court of the United States turned its back on the inalienable right to life but in that moment our movement began. A movement that continues to win hearts and minds. A movement defined by generosity, compassion, and love. A movement one year ago tomorrow, inaugurated the most prolife president in american history, donald trump. From preventing taxpayer dollars from funding abortion overseas to empowering states to respect life entitled him, nominating judges who will uphold our godgiven liberties enshrined in the constitution of the United States this president has been a tireless defender of life and conscience in america and today donald trump will do even more to defend the most vulnerable in our so