Was here to hear you speak, with his daughter, liz cheney, who is so important. what did you make of seeing the former vice president here? i didn t know he was coming and when i came in to call the house to order, there he was. i looked down and i saw him and i was happy to see him, as you may be aware, dick cheney served in the house of representatives, so, he has floor privileges as a former member of the house. that he would come this day with liz cheney, his, as you know, his daughter, was quite a statement on his part, one that was well received by the rest of us. we had our disagreements, but never a disagreement as to whether everybody was committed to honoring our oath of office, to support and defend the constitution of the united states. there are so many republicans that have not taken part in this event today. if we can t agree on what happened here a year ago, if we can t accept norms of behavior,
that little special. and, you still get floor privileges. i think you can go to the gym still. shannon: not without a mask. that s true. shannon: i want to point something to senate minority leader, let s go across. here s what he said about the messaging over the mask, vaccines, everything else. americans have received too many mixed messages about mass, vaccines, and for whom. want to get the best advice on cleanup on aisle five, what should be expected of them. masks have become too politicized, that s not the solution here. everybody needs to get back i m encouraged by the minority leader paying for ads right now in kentucky, especially in rural areas to get his fellow citizens
Act. that s the only way we can make a change when we get more people registered to vote without voter suppression, that s why we have the john lewis voting rights act. you as a member of the house have floor privileges in the united states senate. you re one of the few people on the planet who is allowed to walk onto the senate floor. but apparently, they don t want to hear your voice. they don t want to hear you raise your voice in any way, no matter how pleasant that music actually sounded in the hart building today. thank you. and you re absolutely right. this is why we will continue. because it is our voices that will make a difference. and we know that. it s been tried and proven and tested throughout history. we had the august 6th, 1965, legislation passed because the president, then president
On january the 6th, and we know what happened and what didn t happen. another reason we need to pass the john lewis voting rights act. that s the only reason we can make a change, when we get more people to register to vote without voter suppression, that is why we have the john lewis voting rights act. he was a member of the house have floor privileges in the united states senate, you re one of the few people who is allowed to walk on to the senate floor, you have the privilege to move anywhere you want in those buildings, but apparently they don t want to hear your voice. they don t want to hear you raise your voice in any way, no matter how pleasant that music actually sounded in the heart building today. thank you. you re absolutely right. this is why we will continue. it is our voices that will make a difference, and we know that. it has been tried and proven and tested throughout history, we have the august 6th 1965
Government needs to be reopened first before we do the state of the union. so it s clearly a point of leverage she hopes to use in the talks going forward, given the standoff we re in here heading to the fifth week of the shutdown. this may be a dumb question, but could he just show up and give the speech in the rotunda? could he deliver it there instead of the floor of the house? the short answer is no. he is going to need permission from democrats to do it in the rotunda. he is going the need permission from democrats to do it in the senate as well. he does have floor privileges to walk on to the senate floor, but to actually deliver a speech, you would need some support within the senate, because that institution operates on a concept called unanimous cons t consent, meaning everyone needs to agree. and in this environment, it s hard to see that happening. so the president is going to have to find another venue off capitol hill. well, definitely no unanimous consent. manu raju