He s going to need permission from democrats to do in the rotunda, permission from democrats to do in the senate as well. he does have floor privileges to walk onto 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 concept meaning everyone needs to agree. and in this environment it s hard to see that happening. so the president s going to have to find another venue off capitol hill. manu raju, thank you very much. perspective now from david brinkly. decorum was beginning to erode. it wasn t the state of the union but the president made a health care speech you ll remember and shouted at him. but, no, i could not conceive of that but i also could not conceive of a 34-day or 33-day
Come speak? first of all, the house of representatives has to be in session. as house speaker nancy pelosi indicated earlier today, they have to pass a concurrent resolution between the house and senate for the president to come into the chamber and speak. he has floor privileges in the house and senate. what i have right here, this is the house rules book. article rule number 4 in the house, it lists who is able to come in to the house chamber and speak. that s very important, shep. the president is one of them. the librarian of congress, the architect of the capitol, heads of departments, foreign ministers, governs of state. at the end of the day, even if president trump comes to the capitol, he cannot speak without the concurrent resolution. nancy pelosi, when she returned to the capitol a couple moments aid said that s not going to happen. kevin mccarthy said he would
United states senate, where those bills would pass if mitch mcconnell would simply allow a vote. now, house members entering the senate chamber is a rare occurrence. most people working in the senate never see it happen. most staff members never see that happen. house members entering the senate chamber in protest, well, that s even more rare. and the way the country discovered that that was possible, that house members have the senate floor the senate floor privileges to do that was when the then very few women members of the house of representatives marched across the capitol campus and invaded the floor of the united states senate to demand that the senate judiciary committee re-open the confirmation hearing of supreme court nominee clarence thomas so that they could hear testimony from anita hill about what she said was the sexual harassment she suffered from clarence thomas. and i was working in the senate then at the time, and i can tell you that that hearing was not going to b
Are so strange. i just don t want to have to go through the process of trying to figure out, is this the joke one or is this the real not now. this is not a time when we need to shock ourselves out of the idea these headlines are feel. yeah, i know the feeling. thanks, rachel. thanks, my friend. well, donald trump discovered today that his job does not come with the same privileges that come with alexandria ocasio-cortez s job. donald trump doesn t have floor privileges. the president of the united states does not have the same floor privileges that a member of congress has, a member of the house of representatives can enter the house chamber at any time and a member of the house of representatives can also enter the senate chamber at any time. donald trump cannot. the president of the united states needs an invitation, and today house speaker nancy pelosi told the president because of the government shutdown that he created, she cannot extend an invitation to him to deliver
The house of representatives to a joint session of congress. and congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez put the blame for the shutdown right where it belongs as of now, and that is in the united states senate, and she did that by exercising her floor privileges and walking right in to the united states senate chamber to deliver a letter to mitch mcconnell telling him to bring the government funding bills that have already passed the house of representatives to a vote in the united states senate, where those bills would pass if mitch mcconnell would simply allow a vote. now, house members entering the senate chamber is a rare occurrence. most people working in the senate never see it happen. most staff members never see that happen. house members entering the senate chamber in protest, well, that s even more rare. and the way the country discovered that that was possible, that house members have the senate floor the senate floor privileges to do that was when the then very few