they do not like the way they perform on the house floor? ray: a lot of things they can do and oftentimes argue on the floor. there is not much they can do in terms of changing the legislation. the house works by numbers more so than the senate. whereas if the majority party pretty much calls the shots of what gets on the floor. so there s only so much you can do on the floor if you do not like somebody. of course, you have the chamber quorum but even if you do not like somebody you are supposed to call them nice things. my distinguished colleague, for example, instead of you rotten s.o.b. but, that is part of parliamentary procedure and parliamentary style. brian: what do they do in the senate? don: well, we are still influenced by thomas jefferson, who wrote the manual of parliamentary procedure to really cool down the tempers that would be there for any legislative issues. members are not to address each other by name. they are not to criticize another person s state or qu
whereas if the majority party pretty much calls the shots of what gets on the floor. so there s only so much you can do on the floor if you do not like somebody. of course, you have the chamber quorum, but even if you do not like somebody you are supposed to call them nice things. my distinguished colleague, for example, instead of you rotten s.o.b. but, that is part of parliamentary procedure and parliamentary style. brian: what do they do in the senate? don: well, we are still influenced by thomas jefferson who wrote the manual of parliamentary procedure to really cool down the tempers that would be there for any legislative issues. members are not to address each other by name. they are not to criticize another person s state or question their motives, and they are not to read a newspaper while another person is speaking. the senate has a high sense of decorum. i remember senator robert byrd who epitomized the sense of decorah, decorum, and when he was mad at somebody, h
the conversations are all about within the newspaper what is public policy. and it s not boring. host: what is your dad think of all of this? guest: i think he is very proud of me. he doesn t understand why i do this. but i think he is proud of me anyway. back when i was lieutenant governor, i would call him every night before we checked into the motel in virginia. out of respect for his being 91, i don t call him every night now. but i update him regularly because he wants to hear what the activities are. host: congressman don buyer thank you very much. tonight on c-span, president obama announces diplomatic relations with cuba. politico looks at the affordable care act and who is getting coverage under the law. on the next washington journal, what will it take to implement these supreme court s ruling on same-sex marriage in all 50 states? what is next for gay rights? later, larry pratt of gun owners of america on gun control in the u.s. after that shooting at the ame c
potential presidential run meaning he may challenge hillary clinton. we want to begin with a con tkpwaeugs with gun and gun ownership. a new study looks at how many americans own a gun and a third have at least one gun. we have divided our phone lines differently for the first 40 minutes. we want to hear only from gun owners and here s our question, why do you own guns? 2,027,488,000. and 2027488001. skwroeufrpb us on facebook and send us an e-mail at journal @.org. he s been looking into some of these numbers. thank you for being with us. hi, steve. thanks for having me. host: a surprising number. one in three americans own guns. where did you come up with this figure and what was your research like? we conducted a national represent tative survey of all u.s. adults. 18 18 / anyone from the age of 18 and we asked them good gun ownership so they answered that they own at least one gun. you got to keep in mind that this is a question for each person, not the household sur
filedd to have extension granted. and we have any doctor here in california. reporter: that was obviously died on call. jahi s uncle we need to move fast and we need to pray- jahi s mother. she moved her leg. when i touched her foot she put her foot back like that catherine: still hoping for a miracle. speaking generally and a specific to this case. yes people on the collector can show signs of movement but that does not mean a sign of life. and voluntary reflex has occurred. the city of oakland is bracing for a couple of protests on new year s eve. demonstrators are planning to march from frank ogawa plaza to city hall. around 9:30pm tomorrow night saying it s a protest against police actions locally and world-wide.. city officials say they don t expect problems - but there will be extra police on duty to protect property and public safety. catherine:on new years day. organizers have scheduled a noon rally. in memory of oscar grant. he s the young man who wa