[captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use tseiod coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercialurposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 184, the nays are 239. The motion is not adopted. The house will be in order. The house will be in order. For what purpose does the gentlelady from new york rise . Mrs. Lowey i ask all members of the new york delegation, first to please join me here in the well. I ask unanimous consent to address the house out of order for one minute. Yesterday evening a commuter train struck an automobile at a grade crossing in valhalla, new york. Resulting in the deaths of six people and many others injured. I stand on the house floor today with my colleagues to call for a moment of silence to honor those who lost their lives in this tragic accident offer sincere condolenc
Meeting today of the cardinals before they head into the conclave and start the actual voting process. This process has been described in many different ways, an interesting one tweeted a while ago by greg burke, the vatican spokesman, who said life is like baseball, tomorrow is opening day in vatican city. To continue that metaphor, the question on all our minds is how many innings will this all take. Over the weekend, the pipe, the chimney pipe that will offer the smoke to give us our indication of the voting was affixed atop the Sistine Chapel. We can show you a picture of the papal balcony where the scarlet drapes have been hung, where as soon as tomorrow a new pope could greet this city and greet the world. This morning, cardinals are reflecting over the task at hand after a weekend spent celebrating mass at their assigned parishes all across rome. Tomorrow, it all begins with a special mass together, the 115 voting cardinals gathered here at the vatican will then file into the Si